Help with turm/hull/deck textures

frau kaleun · 10-25-11, 09:16 PM

Hi all,

The skin I use for my Type VII boats is a really dark paint job, which I love, but I've had to do some tinkering with all the extra textures that get added by various mods (like New U-boat Guns and Super Turms) in order to "paint" everything to match (more or less). Doing okay so far, but I cannot seem to find the file I need to tinker with in order to repaint the still-too-light circled areas in the pic below:

This is the first VIIC I've looked at while trying things out - the VIIB is fine. I've been through the .dat files in data\Objects and data\Submarine for the Type VIIC boats... all the embedded .tga files I find I've already taken care of or they are (as far as I can tell) being correctly overwritten by the textures in the skin mod. So I don't know where else to look. Would really appreciate it if anybody can point me to the right file(s) or texture(s) that will take care of the two remaining troublesome spots.

Thanks!

Sailor Steve · 10-25-11, 09:59 PM

No clue. You've gone far beyond what I've been brave enough to attempt.

U570 · 10-26-11, 12:13 AM

I'm not sure if will help, but try tinkering the files in Silent 3ditor.Might work, might not...

Fish In The Water · 10-26-11, 12:52 AM

I only have a passing familiarity with the Super Turms mods, (installed one once for testing but then removed prior to dissecting), so I'm just going out on a limb here with a wild idea.

Judging by the screen you posted I'm just wondering if Super Turms might be calling another texture such as 'ENG_Floor Plate.tga from the '...data\Textures\TNormal\tex' folder?

Probably incorrect, but that'd be my best guess from this distance.

clouclou · 10-26-11, 02:13 AM

Looking for may be in the "Objects"
Clouclou

Kafka BC · 10-26-11, 04:22 AM

Try looking in the data\Textures\TNormal\tex folder for Turm7c deck textures. If there are any there, they will get used instead of the ones in the .dat files.

Failing that, I would look at the files in the involved mods. It could be that they have added new or extra textures, or renamed some. I can't check because I don't have the mods you mentioned.

SeaWolf U-57 · 10-26-11, 07:57 AM

Yes the area's you are showing are controlled by a file in the
data\Textures\TNormal\tex and is named Turm7c_1_deck there may be three of these
files the middle number will show 1,2 or 3

You could always look at diffreant skins and find a deck you like and just change the three files

Hope this helps

frau kaleun · 10-26-11, 08:04 AM

Basically what I've done is export the new textures from the .dat files, fiddle with them to make them darker to match the ones in my preferred skin, then import the darker versions back in.

AFAIK the only files SuperTurms adds to data\Textures are the new ones for the Crew On Deck feature, nothing for the boats themselves - they all seem to be embedded in the .dat files. But I'll check again just to be sure. There doesn't seem to be anything in the .dat files that refers to a .tga I haven't already investigated but I'm kind of at the point where I'm gonna have to go through every .tga in the game just to find it.

10-25-11, 09:16 PM	#1
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Help with turm/hull/deck textures Hi all, The skin I use for my Type VII boats is a really dark paint job, which I love, but I've had to do some tinkering with all the extra textures that get added by various mods (like New U-boat Guns and Super Turms) in order to "paint" everything to match (more or less). Doing okay so far, but I cannot seem to find the file I need to tinker with in order to repaint the still-too-light circled areas in the pic below: This is the first VIIC I've looked at while trying things out - the VIIB is fine. I've been through the .dat files in data\Objects and data\Submarine for the Type VIIC boats... all the embedded .tga files I find I've already taken care of or they are (as far as I can tell) being correctly overwritten by the textures in the skin mod. So I don't know where else to look. Would really appreciate it if anybody can point me to the right file(s) or texture(s) that will take care of the two remaining troublesome spots. Thanks!

10-25-11, 09:59 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	No clue. You've gone far beyond what I've been brave enough to attempt. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-26-11, 12:13 AM	#3
U570 Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 867 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure if will help, but try tinkering the files in Silent 3ditor.Might work, might not... __________________ "Submariners are a bunch of intelligent misfits that somehow seem to get along, understand each other and work well together"- Anon

10-26-11, 12:52 AM	#4
Fish In The Water Prince of the Sea SUBSIM Welcome Committee Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Watching over U-253 Posts: 3,527 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 2	I only have a passing familiarity with the Super Turms mods, (installed one once for testing but then removed prior to dissecting), so I'm just going out on a limb here with a wild idea. Judging by the screen you posted I'm just wondering if Super Turms might be calling another texture such as 'ENG_Floor Plate.tga from the '...data\Textures\TNormal\tex' folder? Probably incorrect, but that'd be my best guess from this distance. __________________ "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people are so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell.

10-26-11, 04:22 AM	#6
Kafka BC Planesman Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 197 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 0	Try looking in the data\Textures\TNormal\tex folder for Turm7c deck textures. If there are any there, they will get used instead of the ones in the .dat files. Failing that, I would look at the files in the involved mods. It could be that they have added new or extra textures, or renamed some. I can't check because I don't have the mods you mentioned. __________________ Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage And make a Northwest Passage to the sea. - Stan Rogers (1949-1983) Last edited by Kafka BC; 10-26-11 at 06:28 AM.

10-26-11, 02:13 AM	#5
clouclou Gunner Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 91 Downloads: 244 Uploads: 0	Looking for may be in the "Objects" Clouclou

10-26-11, 07:57 AM	#7
SeaWolf U-57 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,231 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Yes the area's you are showing are controlled by a file in the data\Textures\TNormal\tex and is named Turm7c_1_deck there may be three of these files the middle number will show 1,2 or 3 You could always look at diffreant skins and find a deck you like and just change the three files Hope this helps

10-26-11, 08:04 AM	#8
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Basically what I've done is export the new textures from the .dat files, fiddle with them to make them darker to match the ones in my preferred skin, then import the darker versions back in. AFAIK the only files SuperTurms adds to data\Textures are the new ones for the Crew On Deck feature, nothing for the boats themselves - they all seem to be embedded in the .dat files. But I'll check again just to be sure. There doesn't seem to be anything in the .dat files that refers to a .tga I haven't already investigated but I'm kind of at the point where I'm gonna have to go through every .tga in the game just to find it.