[REL] KZS Hull Wetness for U-Boats - Page 6

Vorkapitan · 08-23-11, 10:24 PM

Kapitan,

Is the deck gun supposed to have the "wet" look in ver. 1.1?

Stormfly · 08-24-11, 06:54 AM

would be a good idea, because its a part which is more often wet as the cunning tower is.

Poacher886 · 08-24-11, 04:16 PM

Downloaded this Mod and installed. My V11a looks superb, i take my hat off to this excellent little mod, totaly convincing.!!

kapitan_zur_see · 08-24-11, 05:33 PM

No the deckgun's not wet in v1.1, but I'm testing this. Since there's a lot of small parts, angles and roundness to it, it's gonna shine probably a lot more in much more angles than hull and coning tower. Gives it a bit of a "plastic look" sometimes, feeling a bit odd under good weather. Maybe I'll put that as an optional install. Nearly everything ingame that is close to the sea can have this effect applied, Even some parts of the sub interior, like walls and etc. albeit it often doesn't produce very good results...

I wish I could tie this effect to some weather state controller... this way I could for example renders the watch men clothes all wet during raining situations or huge sea states. Alas, it seems impossible for the moment

For your record, here's how it looks in goblin:

tonschk · 08-24-11, 06:45 PM

I am not sure ?

but apparently on the side of the sub the brown ballast tanks dont have the wet effect applied ,?

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Originally Posted by kapitan_zur_see

thanks sober!

couple of pics I took while playing:

kapitan_zur_see · 08-24-11, 07:05 PM

It does, but it is showing up less easily than the rest (mainly whilst looking the sub from above usually). Can't do much about it

Nebulus1974 · 08-24-11, 09:06 PM

Muy bueno

Admiral Von Gerlach · 08-25-11, 10:22 PM

A truly magnificent mod being a visual nut myself, i love such details as this, thanks again for this great work.

tonschk · 08-31-11, 06:01 PM

The Wet/Gloss effect on the ballast tanks appear and disappear quikly , but actually the mod is working

, do you think is possible to get a permanent Wet/Gloss on the ballast tANKS ?

0rpheus · 09-02-11, 02:15 PM

Kapitan - this isn't directly related to the hull wetness mod, but after seeing what you did with this, it made me wonder if you can also implement something else.

When playing in the winter months, I've noticed a rather cool 'ice' effect on merchants and warships - makes them look frosted over from the cold. First time I saw it I thought how cool it was (no pun intended, lol) and I wondered if it would be possible to implement the same effect on a surfaced uboat?

Just a thought, no idea if it's even possible... any thoughts?

TheDarkWraith · 09-02-11, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 0rpheus

Kapitan - this isn't directly related to the hull wetness mod, but after seeing what you did with this, it made me wonder if you can also implement something else.

When playing in the winter months, I've noticed a rather cool 'ice' effect on merchants and warships - makes them look frosted over from the cold. First time I saw it I thought how cool it was (no pun intended, lol) and I wondered if it would be possible to implement the same effect on a surfaced uboat?

Just a thought, no idea if it's even possible... any thoughts?

ice is defined via a .dds file for a unit. The sub's must be missing this .dds file then

0rpheus · 09-02-11, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

ice is defined via a .dds file for a unit. The sub's must be missing this .dds file then

Hmm, is it possible to add it, do you think, or are those files specifically for the merchant/warships?

TheDarkWraith · 09-02-11, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 0rpheus

Hmm, is it possible to add it, do you think, or are those files specifically for the merchant/warships?

not sure. Haven't looked into anything dealing with it except for how the game showed ice on some ships.

Look in \data\Textures\TNormal\tex and the files ending in _ice are responsible for adding this ice to the ships. If you view them with image editor you'll see how the ice is defined.

tonschk · 09-02-11, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0rpheus

Kapitan - this isn't directly related to the hull wetness mod, but after seeing what you did with this, it made me wonder if you can also implement something else.

When playing in the winter months, I've noticed a rather cool 'ice' effect on merchants and warships - makes them look frosted over from the cold. First time I saw it I thought how cool it was (no pun intended, lol) and I wondered if it would be possible to implement the same effect on a surfaced uboat?

Just a thought, no idea if it's even possible... any thoughts?

I remember time ago (over a year ago) I think perhaps was Tomi making a mod to show the U-Boat with frozen ice on it, but was for SH4 if I remember properly

0rpheus · 09-02-11, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

not sure. Haven't looked into anything dealing with it except for how the game showed ice on some ships.

Look in \data\Textures\TNormal\tex and the files ending in _ice are responsible for adding this ice to the ships. If you view them with image editor you'll see how the ice is defined.

Will this work in a normal image viewer or will I need a special program? My talents lie exclusively as a writer - I'm appalling at graphics so I very much doubt I'd be any help on this.

If you wanted scripts for a crew dialogue mod to improve the crew 'story', or in fact stories in general then I'm your man - but stuff like this I should leave to the experts!

edit: of course I'm happy to help out with any testing required.

08-23-11, 10:24 PM	#76
Vorkapitan Samurai Navy Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 594 Downloads: 1367 Uploads: 0	Kapitan, Is the deck gun supposed to have the "wet" look in ver. 1.1? __________________ __________________________________________________ ________ __________________________________________________ ________ Joe

08-24-11, 06:54 AM	#77
Stormfly Serial Port Protector Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,424 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	would be a good idea, because its a part which is more often wet as the cunning tower is. __________________ Stormy......

08-24-11, 05:33 PM	#79
kapitan_zur_see Commodore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: France Posts: 614 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	No the deckgun's not wet in v1.1, but I'm testing this. Since there's a lot of small parts, angles and roundness to it, it's gonna shine probably a lot more in much more angles than hull and coning tower. Gives it a bit of a "plastic look" sometimes, feeling a bit odd under good weather. Maybe I'll put that as an optional install. Nearly everything ingame that is close to the sea can have this effect applied, Even some parts of the sub interior, like walls and etc. albeit it often doesn't produce very good results... I wish I could tie this effect to some weather state controller... this way I could for example renders the watch men clothes all wet during raining situations or huge sea states. Alas, it seems impossible for the moment For your record, here's how it looks in goblin: __________________

08-24-11, 07:05 PM	#81
kapitan_zur_see Commodore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: France Posts: 614 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	It does, but it is showing up less easily than the rest (mainly whilst looking the sub from above usually). Can't do much about it __________________

08-24-11, 09:06 PM	#82
Nebulus1974 Nub Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2 Downloads: 122 Uploads: 0	Excelente! Muy bueno

08-24-11, 04:16 PM	#78
Poacher886 Chief Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Highlands UK Posts: 323 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Downloaded this Mod and installed. My V11a looks superb, i take my hat off to this excellent little mod, totaly convincing.!!

08-25-11, 10:22 PM	#83
Admiral Von Gerlach Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Colorado and California Posts: 726 Downloads: 358 Uploads: 0	A truly magnificent mod being a visual nut myself, i love such details as this, thanks again for this great work. __________________ Erlaubnis an Bord zu kommen.

08-31-11, 06:01 PM	#84
tonschk Admiral Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,200 Downloads: 172 Uploads: 0	The Wet/Gloss effect on the ballast tanks appear and disappear quikly , but actually the mod is working , do you think is possible to get a permanent Wet/Gloss on the ballast tANKS ? __________________ What we do in life echoes in Eternity

09-02-11, 02:15 PM	#85
0rpheus Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 856 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 3	Kapitan - this isn't directly related to the hull wetness mod, but after seeing what you did with this, it made me wonder if you can also implement something else. When playing in the winter months, I've noticed a rather cool 'ice' effect on merchants and warships - makes them look frosted over from the cold. First time I saw it I thought how cool it was (no pun intended, lol) and I wondered if it would be possible to implement the same effect on a surfaced uboat? Just a thought, no idea if it's even possible... any thoughts?