New "Unit": Debris / Flotsam for download - Page 2

bigboywooly · 01-16-07, 10:40 AM

Interesting idea DD
Yes please keep going mate

Very cool

DivingDuck · 01-16-07, 11:04 AM

Thanks for all the pleasant replies and encouragement. Other items are in progress.

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navigation bouy´s...

...will be covered by pontius, a new modder from the German UBI forum. See a screen here. (Try again if you get an error message. We have some trouble with the forum actually)

Regards,
DD

AG124 · 01-16-07, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Woof1701

If there were more of these floatsome objects, could someone start scripting random environmental obejcts into the water in order not to have the same stuff floating around each time I leave port?

If there were generic environmental entries (type 105) in the campaign, then you may get icebergs instead of debris. That might look odd in some areas of the Atlantic, or in the Mediterranean.

However, if one could create a second 'merchant' entry for environmental objects other than icebergs, this could possibly work.:hmm:

Also, DivingDuck, are you planning to create other type of debris such as crates or planks?

Myxale · 01-16-07, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by HEMISENT

I for one think this is cool. It's the small details such as this that adds so much to the game.

Bloody Right! Amen to that Bro!

"It's the small things that make a world look big!"

bigboywooly · 01-16-07, 11:13 AM

Icebergs are covered differently in GWX AG
So they are now spottable

AFAIK there are currently no type105 entries in the GWX files so it wont be a problem to add generically

Just one q DD
Do they drift ? or do they need to be scripted as to show a drift

DivingDuck · 01-16-07, 11:13 AM

Moin,

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Originally Posted by AG124

Also, DivingDuck, are you planning to create other type of debris such as crates or planks?

yes I do. These are the next items to be released.

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Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Do they drift ? or do they need to be scripted as to show a drift

they drift, hopefully. Not tested so far. Presently they´re given a max speed of 1kt.

Regards,
DD

The Munster · 01-16-07, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Venatore

You have got to be joking , this is totally awsome ! how far can this game go ? I order you not to stop, the list could be endless !

Floating birds,
Floating navigation bouy's,
Floating survivor,
Floating dead body,

Amen to that brother

Floating birds = Ducks [pun ?] and Swans [usually get 2 of them, Male and Female] around Harbour area's.

PS Is requesting the Loch Ness Monster too extreme ? :rotfl:

Samwolf · 01-16-07, 01:07 PM

How about Bernard in a life raft?

Safe-Keeper · 01-16-07, 01:18 PM

Keep it up, DivingDuck.

bookworm_020 · 01-16-07, 06:12 PM

A Pelican would be a good bird, may an albertross??:hmm:

A floating mine would be fun

Just as long as I can use my AA guns on it!:p

Vikinger · 01-16-07, 06:39 PM

logs and planks are common item that floats around in a harbour. Packs of seaweed as well.

Would be cool to have 2 flags whit a fishnet between them in shore areas.

darn you have much work to do if you gona try and implant all the request

dertien · 01-16-07, 08:01 PM

If you can spawn these when ships sink you could make some nice lifeboats

Nice work !

Tikigod · 01-16-07, 09:52 PM

What happens when you run into it? Does it reduce hull integrity? Would be cool to make some floating mines.

iambecomelife · 01-17-07, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Tikigod

What happens when you run into it? Does it reduce hull integrity? Would be cool to make some floating mines.

That's a good question - IMO this debris should be a danger to small craft, maybe, but not a U-Boat or a ship.

Great job as usual, Duck, and I hope to see more. Someone mentioned bodies and survivors - this is a good idea. IIRC IL2/Pacific Fighters has downed pilots as units, complete with life rafts - why not in SH3? :hmm: For the life of me I can't figure out why the game's makers thought we needed to be protected from this aspect of war.

The fact is that between 1939 and 1945 the typical seafarer would have a good chance of encountering them at one point or another.

edjcox · 01-17-07, 02:09 AM

You could create flotsam of bodies and then use code similar to the ship holes to darken them, especially in proximity to tankers...

Try a few Mae wests, inflatables, perhaps a pallet or two, single oil barrels, a mine, , single boards, how about damaged lifeboats with holes...

There's a whole series of macbre things to be done... Change the blue oil slick code to pink or reddish waters.... Parts of crews..... Feeding sharks..... Seagulls having a chum festival...

See if you can switch those dolphins into more toothful predators of the sea....

:hmm:

01-16-07, 10:40 AM	#16
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Interesting idea DD Yes please keep going mate Very cool __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-16-07, 11:13 AM	#20
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Icebergs are covered differently in GWX AG So they are now spottable AFAIK there are currently no type105 entries in the GWX files so it wont be a problem to add generically Just one q DD Do they drift ? or do they need to be scripted as to show a drift __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-16-07, 01:07 PM	#23
Samwolf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South Carolina, CSA Posts: 684 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	How about Bernard in a life raft? __________________ GWX 3, JSGME 2.3, Sh3 Commander 3.2 SH3 Gen 8.1, Water Stream for U-boats, LRT LITE 2.0, Lifeboats for SH3

01-16-07, 01:18 PM	#24
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Keep it up, DivingDuck. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

01-16-07, 06:12 PM	#25
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	A Pelican would be a good bird, may an albertross??:hmm: A floating mine would be fun Just as long as I can use my AA guns on it!:p __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

01-16-07, 06:39 PM	#26
Vikinger Captain Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 514 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 6	logs and planks are common item that floats around in a harbour. Packs of seaweed as well. Would be cool to have 2 flags whit a fishnet between them in shore areas. darn you have much work to do if you gona try and implant all the request

01-16-07, 08:01 PM	#27
dertien Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Antwerp Belgium Posts: 259 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	If you can spawn these when ships sink you could make some nice lifeboats Nice work ! __________________ If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea, and I have an idea and we exchange ideas each of us will have two ideas. G.B.Shaw

01-16-07, 09:52 PM	#28
Tikigod Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United States Posts: 777 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	What happens when you run into it? Does it reduce hull integrity? Would be cool to make some floating mines. __________________ My Current Mod Contributions for SHIII

01-17-07, 02:09 AM	#30
edjcox Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Shang Gri La Posts: 219 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Bodies and so on You could create flotsam of bodies and then use code similar to the ship holes to darken them, especially in proximity to tankers... Try a few Mae wests, inflatables, perhaps a pallet or two, single oil barrels, a mine, , single boards, how about damaged lifeboats with holes... There's a whole series of macbre things to be done... Change the blue oil slick code to pink or reddish waters.... Parts of crews..... Feeding sharks..... Seagulls having a chum festival... See if you can switch those dolphins into more toothful predators of the sea.... :hmm: __________________ EJ Cox http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...jcox/usaCa.gif