[REL] Camera mod for SH3

[sergbuto]

Just dropped by to say that it is available on my site.

I mostly play SH4 nowdays and use SH3 only for looking at attacking aircrafts prior putting them in SH4 (such an option is not available in SH4, unfortunately). However, some of friends of mine ask me to make a free-walk cameras mod for SH3 similar to what I did for SH4. After completing it I thought that some of the SH3 players here might be also interested in the mod and therefore put it on my SH3 site (download can be found there).

This mod adds the following things:

1. Free-walk/move camera in the Bridge View (F4) [see below example screenshots]










2. Destabilized binocle which moves together with the boat and follows the free-walk camera in the bridge view (I had to do it because "No stabilized views" option does not work for binocle in vanilla SH3).






3. Free-walk interior camera in the conning tower.



(setting up a torpedo attack in conning tower)




4. Shaking with the boat movement and collision shock for the hydrophone, radar, nav. officer, weapon officer, helmsman, captain bed views and free-move camera in the Command room. Credits for the idea to add shaking/collision shock should go to l3th4l.

(free-move Shift-F2 camera after a collision)


(helmsman view collision)


(captain bed view collision)

[Letum]

Wow!

[3Jane]

Is the 'air attacks' mod still available for SHIII. It says file not found. Thanks.

[Myxale]

No way mate! This is ultra!

[KrvKpt. Falke]

Great! Just downloaded it. Will test tomorrow cause its almost 3am here.
Hope it will work with GWX...
Thanks!

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Originally Posted by KrvKpt. Falke

Great! Just downloaded it. Will test tomorrow cause its almost 3am here.
Hope it will work with GWX...
Thanks!

It will function, but will remove all other camera settings and corrections, defaulting them back to stock settings if this mod is based on the SH3 stock Cameras.dat.

Sergbuto will need to comment on whether or not this mod adjusts the stock cameras or otherwise.

[dcb]

Outstanding mod. Always got my view blocked by the spotting crew and wished to see a little more around the sub.

[sergbuto]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

It will function, but will remove all other camera settings and corrections, defaulting them back to stock settings if this mod is based on the SH3 stock Cameras.dat.

Sergbuto will need to comment on whether or not this mod adjusts the stock cameras or otherwise.

Yes, the mod is based on the stock Cameras.dat file and will work with any mod because I am not aware of any mod making adjustment to Cameras.dat except for the regular parameters. These parameters/settings concern things like the speed/ranges of movement/rotation and angle/distance of viewing for the player viewport, which are basically a matter of taste and do not affect gameplay in any way.

If needed these parameters can be easily adjusted to anyone's liking by using skwasjer's S3D editor. It is like editing a text file.

I did not introduce free-walk cameras for the command- and radio-rooms because that would require changes in other files which were already modified by various mods.

[Myxale]

Lyin' in the Cap. Bunk and watchin the room sway....grand feeling that!

[mic1184]

really nice of you to release this for SH3 although you arent playing it anymore. i think it adds quite a bit to the game, especially the free walk outside on the bridge.

thanks mate.

ps.: something else, on your SH3 download page, there is a mod that adds lifeboats, but there is no download link. where can i get that? thx.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice work Love this option in SH4 as well.


RDP

[Jhereg]

Thank you very much I have been wanting to walk on my U-boat since you released this for SH4.

[sergbuto]

Originally Posted by 3Jane

Is the 'air attacks' mod still available for SHIII. It says file not found. Thanks.

That reminds to update the link and also put the Kriegsmarine mod and the Library pack on my site. It would be easier if someone could make available archives of my Kriegsmarine mod and my Library pack to me.

[sergbuto]

Originally Posted by mic1184

ps.: something else, on your SH3 download page, there is a mod that adds lifeboats, but there is no download link. where can i get that? thx.

I am afraid this project will be never finished unless I'll get interested in SH3 again. SH4 has lifeboats implemented therefore there is no need or stimulus to work on the project any more.

[mic1184]

Originally Posted by sergbuto

I am afraid this project will be never finished unless I'll get interested in SH3 again. SH4 has lifeboats implemented therefore there is no need or stimulus to work on the project any more.

oh thats a pity, maybe you can give it away to someone else to complete it, looks quite nice on the screenshot already.