skins help/request - Page 2

Sledgehammer427 · 11-19-08, 07:33 AM

hmmm,
Privateer, do you think there is a way to make 2 side emblems?
like, say, your personal one, and the flotilla one? i think i even saw this on erich's U-boat, where he had his red devilemblem, and then you could see his flotilla emblem where you usually see the ones the game allows

Sledgehammer427 · 11-19-08, 07:51 AM

well, i'm willing to do that, have a few famous submarine's emblems ready to rock, put a "GWX -" tag on them, and BAM!

actually, when i started work on Erich Topp's skin, (that sounds REALLY messed up) i was going to start a new career in SH3Cmdr with his name, boat, base, and date (his first patrol started Dec 1940 or 41, cant remember which...)

off to school!

Sledgehammer427

VikingGrandad · 11-19-08, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by privateer

VikingGrandad,

I can modify a new panel to fit the turm as per your pictures.
Create an Emblem and you got that look.

Just so I understand (cos I get easily confused)....

So you're saying that you'd need to create a new, extra large panel on each side of the turm, onto which the dragon graphic would be placed as a big emblem - similar to the way normal emblems are handled now but on a bigger scale? And would this new panel, from a 3D point of view, be invisible? (i.e. it wouldn't change the form of the tower in any way?)

Or would the dragon graphic be part of the turm's skin (like I was trying to do), rather than a separate emblem TGA file?

How would SH3's in-game menu handle this?

Sorry to ask so many dumb questions. I'm a proper noob when it comes to all of this stuff!

(but very keen to learn...)

11-19-08, 06:52 PM

We'd delete the stock Emblem place holders from the dat.
Create New, larger place holders with the curve of the Turm
taken into account.

You'd use the In Game menu to select your Emblem
and there you go.

If no Emblem is selected?
It would be exactly like the stock Turms
when no emblem is selected.

You don't see them.

It's Magic!!!
:rotfl:

Sledgehammer427 · 11-19-08, 06:59 PM

hahaha!

uuhhh, i would be willing to help provide that for GWX Gold/3.0

you make the new turm .dat's, and I'll make and test a new emblem set, with specific names, i was thinking it would be a JSGME-integratable add-on, added with the new GWX or added on not too much later.

11-20-08, 11:00 PM

Honestly!
I do not have the time to do all the 3D work!

Not to fit into GWX 3 anyway.

I posted how to do the 3D work.
Anyone can take it from there.

Wolfehunter · 11-21-08, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VikingGrandad

In my quest to find ultimate Viking emblem for my boat, I was trying recreate U-404's full-turm emblem on an IXC turm...

Don't forget to add thedark base lining around the conning tower.

VikingGrandad · 11-21-08, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by privateer

We'd delete the stock Emblem place holders from the dat.
Create New, larger place holders with the curve of the Turm
taken into account.

You'd use the In Game menu to select your Emblem
and there you go.

If no Emblem is selected?
It would be exactly like the stock Turms
when no emblem is selected.

You don't see them.

It's Magic!!!
:rotfl:

Thanks Privateer, I understand the concept now

What software do I need to edit the files as you described?

VikingGrandad · 11-21-08, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfehunter

Don't forget to add thedark base lining around the conning tower.

Well spotted Wolfehunter! Thank you

11-21-08, 07:54 PM

Any 3D program that can handle OBJ files is fine.
For the dark band around the bottom.
I'd do a cut from the original Turm model and add it to the Turm 3D model
along with a modded tga.
Then it would be re-UVed to that area.

Sound hard but it's really not that much work.

Say around 15 minutes if the wife is talking at me.
:rotfl:

arturas89 · 01-10-09, 07:13 AM

hi all! I looking for u-552 hi res skin. I found only low res Fubar's skin.......please help me to find it in hi res.
Thanks in advance!

LordNeuro"Serbia" · 01-10-09, 12:20 PM

I gues u r the man who will know the anser if any. Is it possibol too make U53 eagle amblem and rubini flags work togheter in the same time. Both r using the turn stuff and u ccann use it togheter. I will love too see theam both on my both. Is there a way too make it work?

11-19-08, 07:33 AM	#16
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	hmmm, Privateer, do you think there is a way to make 2 side emblems? like, say, your personal one, and the flotilla one? i think i even saw this on erich's U-boat, where he had his red devilemblem, and then you could see his flotilla emblem where you usually see the ones the game allows __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

11-19-08, 07:51 AM	#17
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	well, i'm willing to do that, have a few famous submarine's emblems ready to rock, put a "GWX -" tag on them, and BAM! actually, when i started work on Erich Topp's skin, (that sounds REALLY messed up) i was going to start a new career in SH3Cmdr with his name, boat, base, and date (his first patrol started Dec 1940 or 41, cant remember which...) off to school! Sledgehammer427 __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

11-19-08, 06:59 PM	#20
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	hahaha! uuhhh, i would be willing to help provide that for GWX Gold/3.0 you make the new turm .dat's, and I'll make and test a new emblem set, with specific names, i was thinking it would be a JSGME-integratable add-on, added with the new GWX or added on not too much later. __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

01-10-09, 12:20 PM	#27
LordNeuro"Serbia" Chief Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 328 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Qvestion for u privateer I gues u r the man who will know the anser if any. Is it possibol too make U53 eagle amblem and rubini flags work togheter in the same time. Both r using the turn stuff and u ccann use it togheter. I will love too see theam both on my both. Is there a way too make it work? __________________

11-19-08, 06:52 PM	#19
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	We'd delete the stock Emblem place holders from the dat. Create New, larger place holders with the curve of the Turm taken into account. You'd use the In Game menu to select your Emblem and there you go. If no Emblem is selected? It would be exactly like the stock Turms when no emblem is selected. You don't see them. It's Magic!!! :rotfl:

11-20-08, 11:00 PM	#21
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Honestly! I do not have the time to do all the 3D work! Not to fit into GWX 3 anyway. I posted how to do the 3D work. Anyone can take it from there.

11-21-08, 07:54 PM	#25
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Any 3D program that can handle OBJ files is fine. For the dark band around the bottom. I'd do a cut from the original Turm model and add it to the Turm 3D model along with a modded tga. Then it would be re-UVed to that area. Sound hard but it's really not that much work. Say around 15 minutes if the wife is talking at me. :rotfl:

01-10-09, 07:13 AM	#26
arturas89 Nub Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	hi all! I looking for u-552 hi res skin. I found only low res Fubar's skin.......please help me to find it in hi res. Thanks in advance!