[REL] Playable S-Boot ( Final )

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

You know what, actually I already stored copies of all these .tga's in a second "menu folder" to take care of them, but at the moment it's so far away on that never ending todo list that I can't even read it :rotfl:

This is a massive undertaking Mikhayl. If you're going to do it properly --as I've no doubt you are and will-- there is a ton of things to do. Don't worry, we won't be pestering you for a full release for, oh, another week at least.

(If anyone wants be to host MP games just PM or message me; otherwise I'm trying to play with creating a playable DD)

[L_DOG]

Very nice work yall have done !!
ive been using them online with a couple friends .
lots of fun

[chris]

[Boris]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

@ chris : found that one too this afternoon and replaced the u-boot one :



(tell me if you notice any flaws)

Just a few suggestions... tone down the brightness and tweak the colour of the document to match the ambience of the rest of the items, and redo the drop shadow from the box

[chris]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

Thanks for the tip Boris, hope this one is a bit better



? :hmm:

Very good, Mikhayl.

Did you have a look to the above links, especially the - prinz eugen - ?
You will find a lot of interessting things there.

[USS Sea Tiger]

If you are using paintshop 7 or so,,

I might suggest to select all the gold, down tone it by 15 or so percent,, then add just a little noise to it,, .5 to maybe 2 at most to break up the so solid gold tone.

Where did you find a certificate?? I would be interested in that myself just for records sake!!

but thats jsut my two cents worth

OH and you said point out any errors,

One big one,,, its not on my machine yet!!!!!!!!hehehehehehehehe just teasing,,take your time,, this is a heck of a project,
I am loving it too!!

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

Yes I did, the prinz-eugen link is full of great pics + nicely sized plans, I used one of these for the boat profile in the damage screen. But the other link looks interesting but doesn't work here.
And I just tested the above screen in game, it looks like sh!t back to the old one, I just kept the new case which doesn't look too bad with the s-boat badge. I think I'm gonna delete the clasp, the u-boat one is totally out of place and the s-boat one looks terrible. Plus it seems that this one was created late in the war and rarely awarded.

Did the Germans follow the British practice of having war heroes "Mentioned in Dispatches"? If so, maybe you could insert a little scroll of paper or a newspaper clipping in that clasp space to represent the honor. IIRC this has been treated as an award in other sims - it would be interesting to see it in SH3.

[Wolf359]

Mikhayl you made REALLY GREAT JOB, these pictures look fantastic!.

Do you can make something similar for the bigger surface ships such as destroyers, cruisers etc.? Today I got one crazy idea for transforming SH3 into surface ships naval combat simulator.



You can read more about this my idea at this link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=131914


I was looking forward on your work on S-boat mod.

[USS Sea Tiger]

wow what a difference! Mikhaly

Just proves that that all types German torpedo boats are possible!! I am just glad the s-100 is first (My favorite)

[Syxx_Killer]

Mikhayl, that new S-boat model looks stunning! Fantastic job! That is such a huge difference compared to the original model.

Those new torpedo doors look awesome! I like how they take longer to load.

I am eagerly awaiting an updated version. This mod keeps getting better everyday. I constantly check this forum to see if this thread has any updates.

[Boris]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

I'm glad you like it Sea Tiger, by the way I thought about your (now) old request about the lookouts :



I'm not sure if it will look good with a guy up there because of the character animation that will make him move through the railings, but anyway the plateform is here (it will show on the left side of the deck in game, deepX reverses the model)

Now about the model, actually I didn't create a single new vertex, just reshaped the existing model, deleted some irrelevant parts, duplicated some others to reshape and re-use them elsewhere, etc. For example, see the ladder steps : I took the big wooden deck part, resized & duplicated it and voila. About everything is done in the same way

Wow, the detail is amazing! If you can do that... then I guess you can also make the Rettungsring and bars on the bridge texture, physical objects

Truly awesome mate

[USS Sea Tiger]

On mine I had the same issue,, bouncing through the rails.
I learned that the way they held their position was to be knees bent slightly and leaned harn into the forerail. Lookouts were manned this position at all times, running or fighting. Usually only one person.
I took a person model, (lookout), and just made the knees bent a bit, added it directly to the boat model, I.e. part of the boat. You already know how to add the new texture.
At speed you will see it blends quite nice and is not noticable that he is not moving like the rest.

Just a thought,

But darn that boat looks great the way you have her.

[sandbag69]

Can't wait for the next installment.

Brilliant work!

Would love a playable even drivable Narvik Class (type 36) destroyer in future but am well happy with the S-Boot. Its given new life to SH3 for me.

[bb-subs]

Wow Can hardly wait to try it. What range do you get from the boats?

Grant

[Dutchie-one]

Hello, I need to have some canal`s for de Schnell Boote mod.
if there is someone who can do that please PM me.

Thanks, Dutchie-one