U-BOOT_HAHD Official Thread

[brett25]

wait for the paint program videos maybe they will show you some real 2d magic

ok

[Bakkels]

Originally Posted by Hans Witteman

Ah ok now i get it any face lift on those fishing boat would be a good start but wait for the paint program videos maybe they will show you some real 2d magic

Best regards Hans

Will those video's be only for the team members? Because as you might recall I asked earlier how you get these great looking textures on the u-boat and I'm really curious how you incorporate specular maps in sh3...
I just really want to learn how you do that. Any chance I could get to see that tutorial? If not, that's cool too btw. I'll have to find out for myself then.
Anyway, once again, keep up the great work!

[Hans Witteman]

[Hans Witteman]

Originally Posted by Bakkels

Will those video's be only for the team members? Because as you might recall I asked earlier how you get these great looking textures on the u-boat and I'm really curious how you incorporate specular maps in sh3...
I just really want to learn how you do that. Any chance I could get to see that tutorial? If not, that's cool too btw. I'll have to find out for myself then.
Anyway, once again, keep up the great work!

Hi mate,

Video tutorials on this part of our workflow is not done yet and like i say we will release those videos publicly after release.

And it is a little bit complex to explain in a post so just a little bit patience and all our knowledge will be available to all forum members

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Hi shipmates,

Let's applaud the team for their fantastic work!

[Hans Witteman]

[Hans Witteman]

I am crying why do people don't like smileys

[Schwieger]

[Hans Witteman]

I didn't know tactical force were involved in yoga

[reaper7]

Originally Posted by brett25

haha, i love the little knights cross on the smiley

i just mean assigning us a few ships each to work on

Hi Mate, I'm gonna start on the NF_boat_1, there was 3 fishing boats in SH3 NF_boat_1, NF_boat_2 and NF_boat_3 I think Hans did no2 do you want to start on no3.
I think that Hans is right for us to start simple with the fishing boats. Even with them theres a lot of unpacking required .
Once we get up and running properly we can use the Management section of the Members area of the website to assign ship models to work on etc.

@Hans does this method allow for random skins like it does with stock textures. That is can we create multiple textures for each boat and the game will pick a different skin at random and apply it to the ship. So if we have a few of the same fishing boats on-screen, each my display different skins.

Originally Posted by Hans Witteman

I think i am not so well tonight

Looks like that Kaleun just been through a depth charge barrage. He's been shook so much looks like he's seasick.

Love them smileys. Lovely work

[brett25]

do you want to start on no3.

ok sure. thats what i was figuring- to go through the pipeline with one of the simpler assests to start with. How is that Hans?

[Hans Witteman]

Originally Posted by reaper7

Hi Mate, I'm gonna start on the NF_boat_1, there was 3 fishing boats in SH3 NF_boat_1, NF_boat_2 and NF_boat_3 I think Hans did no2 do you want to start on no3.
I think that Hans is right for us to start simple with the fishing boats. Even with them theres a lot of unpacking required .
Once we get up and running properly we can use the Management section of the Members area of the website to assign ship models to work on etc.

@Hans does this method allow for random skins like it does with stock textures. That is can we create multiple textures for each boat and the game will pick a different skin at random and apply it to the ship. So if we have a few of the same fishing boats on-screen, each my display different skins.


Looks like that Kaleun just been through a depth charge barrage. He's been shook so much looks like he's seasick.

Love them smileys. Lovely work

Hi mate,

Yes starting with the simplest boat will get you start nicely and as you go on you will gain the experienced need to get on bigger ships.

For the random skin i am not sure but i think it is accomplish with Sh3 commander correct me if i am wrong.

You can all start to Unwrap the 3 fishing boat by the time you do them i will upload the video you need to finalize the unwrap process also the painting video.

As for the smileys is there a specific size our chat room need them to be because i would love to see them just a tad bigger than the very small one in the chat room?

Best regard Hans

[reaper7]

Originally Posted by Hans Witteman

Hi mate,

You can all start to Unwrap the 3 fishing boat by the time you do them i will upload the video you need to finalize the unwrap process also the painting video.

As for the smileys is there a specific size our chat room need them to be because i would love to see them just a tad bigger than the very small one in the chat room?

Best regard Hans

Hi Mate, making some progress through your tutorials.
Got the NF_boat_1 Exported and rebuilt in my 3D application.
Progress pic can be seen in the Dropbox folder:
U-Boot_HAHD/Model and Texture/Reaper7/NF_boat_1/
Very pleased with myself with that one, especially as masts and lifeboat were not centred .

Ready to start the unwrap process.

As for smiley's not had much luck getting them to work in the common chatroom.
Don't know why as I've changed the correct files to display them -Might have to do with the size (even do I resized it to 100x150).
Will try it in the Group Chatroom to see if it works there once I get it up and running.

[Hans Witteman]

Originally Posted by reaper7

Hi Mate, making some progress through your tutorials.
Got the NF_boat_1 Exported and rebuilt in my 3D application.
Progress pic can be seen in the Dropbox folder:
U-Boot_HAHD/Model and Texture/Reaper7/NF_boat_1/
Very pleased with myself with that one, especially as masts and lifeboat were not centred .

Ready to start the unwrap process.

As for smiley's not had much luck getting them to work in the common chatroom.
Don't know why as I've changed the correct files to display them -Might have to do with the size (even do I resized it to 100x150).
Will try it in the Group Chatroom to see if it works there once I get it up and running.

Hi mate,

Nice to see that the tutorials are starting to show their purpose

I will upload the next tutorial tomorrow because right now i am struggling with the damn crew, i have made great looking crew with correct 3d uniform and hat but so far i try all kind of way to replaced the original mesh with the new one and still have that vertices mess in CR.

What we need is a script to export the original mesh with the skeletal rig and many modders in others games have done this without too much problem so we only need someone who know enough scripting to write one that can export the mesh with skeletal info and we would be able to change the crew finally.

Maybe granny could be used to do that combine with some script from the 3d programm.

The reason vertices are all mess up is because of animation the minute you move one single vertex the whole mesh go awkward!

I am on this reading everything i can find on the matter for about 2 days that why i am so quiet.

I won't be happy until i make a breakthrough on that.

Any help to change those crew models or being able to modify them will be welcome from anyone who can help

Maybe for the smileys you need the html code include in page source?

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Hi mate,

I found the correct procedure to install those smileys on wordpress here is the link to it : http://www.netchunks.com/how-to-add-...rdpress-blogs/

Best regards Hans