[WIP] A new great battleship!

Vittorio Veneto Class Main Gun.



The Second Gun.

[VonDos]

What a detail level °_°

[VonDos]

Originally Posted by Buhring

At a first glance, I would suggest four small adjustments:
1. The forecastle on the Duilio's and Cesare's is shorter than on the Littorio's: it should end just aft of the 90mm guns and not at the C turret;
2. As far as I remember, there were no visible anti-torpedo bulges ("controcarene" in Italian) on the Duilio's and the Cesare's; I will check this one out, anyway [EDIT: I checked that: in fact the Duilio's relied only on internal anti-torpedo protection (the so called "Cilindri Pugliese"); no external bulges];
3. The ships were somewhat lower on the water (IMO also the SH3 rendering of the Roma is a bit too high on the water);
4. The grey the Regia Marina used before the war (i. e. before camouflage of the ships) is lighter and a little bit more blue-ish (San Giorgio looks much better to me).

As for the turrets, the twin mount looks quite good to me; the triple turret instead is decidedly too big and "square". I wonder if the best solution wouldn't be to modify the twin turret in order to fit in a third barrel.

One more note: the platforms of the turrets should be smaller, in order not to be wider than the turrets themselves.

Buhring

1 Correct ^_^

I never thought i was able to do this ^_^ BTW this generate some little strange shadows on the hull near the modded zone.

2 Yu're right; those "controcarene" was a Roma's details; btw correct!

3 I'll check right level on the sea, if possible

4 Correct, easy!

Those guns in the images aren't the definitive; i'm waiting; Privateer is working on italian guns (see images up)

Btw, this is the new corrected version; i've added also searchlight; now i need to place a\a guns and ohers

[Jimbuna]

VD.....your files for Laconia and St Gior need looking at my friend.

They are currently: mod name (zipped)\mod name\mod name\data

I believe they should be: mod name (zipped)\mod name\data

I'll post on the relevent threads to ensure you see this

[VonDos]

Thanks, mate!
Fixed links in my shipyard now (see the signature)

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by VonDos

Thanks, mate!
Fixed links in my shipyard now (see the signature)

No prob...your welcome (3)

[VonDos]

Working on A\A.

[sabretwo]

Von Dos,

When you're ready for beta testing, let me know. I finished scripting the first battle of Sirte this weekend (minus the addition of your two new BBs). Once I have your betas, I'll drop them into the mission and test it live.

The way the battle is scripted, they should get a chance to fire and maybe take a few hits.

[VonDos]

While testing A\A i've modified overstructures between fore funnel and command tower (not a\a present in those images).




Is enought similar for you?

I'll return, i'm starting a vojage to Rome, a day in italian largest city!
Regards, VonDos

[Buhring]

Originally Posted by VonDos

Is enought similar for you?

Looking at this photo I finally understood where the problem of "being too high on the water" was: in fact the hull is too short, so all the superstructures look somewhat too high or too bulky. In fact, measuring from the aerial view, L/l ratio (Length to width) is 6.06:1; on the real thing it was 6.67:1 (original measures: 186,9:28,0). That means the hull is approximately 10% too short.

Apart from that, the ship looks really good -- and your last modifications are very well tuned.

Thumbs UP

Buhring

[sabretwo]

Von Dos,

Looking great!

Fantastic work!

[Tomi_099]

Great MOD , Great !!

[VonDos]

Thanks!
I'm stretching the fore section ^_^

[VonDos]

Here is with reworked stern and first a\a placed. I've also repositioned cables, cranes and flag following blueprints ^^



Thanks also to who rate this thread with 4 stars ^_^ A good rate for a Wip, btw i can (maybe) and i must improve ^_^

[Hunter]

I vote 5 stars since every new capital ship, AV carrier, CA or CL is a must have