[WIP] Ship Silhouettes - Modder's Resource - Page 3

DanielCoffey · 06-08-20, 04:44 PM

That's great!

Did you include the revised Length, Depth and Height figures into the .CFG files or just the images? I am hoping they will make a big difference to accuracy in manual firing solutions.

There are some "misc" vessels that I missed from the first two passes of Merchants which will include NLL, NOTMs_, NPS_Tyohei, NTR, NVV, NVV2, T07B and T07US. I will get round to those immediately after the Liners. Once those are all done it will be into the Warships but they will take longer because of all the different guns.

Moonlight · 06-08-20, 08:17 PM

Just the images at the moment, but now you mention the .cfg files I'll get them done as well. .CFG files all done and I've also prepared a copy of the sea folder for any future amendments.

DanielCoffey · 06-10-20, 02:08 AM

DOWNLOAD Liners Pack 04 : http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/sile...tesLiners04.7z
File Size : 0.7Mb
Version : 2.0
Release Date : 23/06/2020

Included vessels : NPL_Conte_Verde, NPL_Hap, NPL_Hikawa, NPL_Horai, NPL_Kiturin, NPL_RC, NPPE_, NPPQ_, NSHOS_, NTUS_

DanielCoffey · 06-10-20, 02:21 AM

Thanks to VonDos for helping me understand the "dynamic models" for several of the famous Liners.

I will be working on the last few freighters and a bunch of tankers I found then it will be on to the warships.

VonDos · 06-10-20, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanielCoffey

Thanks to VonDos for helping me understand the "dynamic models" for several of the famous Liners.

You're welcome!! =)

Best regards,
Vd

Moonlight · 06-10-20, 11:36 AM

I'm gonna test these liners out if I can find one, I hope I can snag me a large ocean liner as I saw one in the China sea on the last mission.

DanielCoffey · 06-10-20, 11:37 AM

Be sure to make visual contact though as some are in use as Hospital ships.

propbeanie · 06-10-20, 12:22 PM

Build yourself a quick test mission Moonlight. The Hospital ships do sink, and we think we may have found some intention in the original mod for them to sink more easily than their "sister" ships. More changes are forthcoming in the next release... lol

Excellent work DanielCoffey, if I haven't mentioned it a half-dozen times yet. You are really talented at this. As to the "changes" statement above - no ship sil changes will be needed... yet.

Moonlight · 06-10-20, 03:21 PM

Aaaah Mr beanie, how do I make sure its an hospital ship I'm gonna sink, test mission is producing a Large Ocean Liner but not the hospital variety.

propbeanie · 06-10-20, 04:26 PM

Look in the Red Cross Roster when in the Mission Editor, and choose "Hospital Ship" (or any other ship you want). The "Hospital Ship" is the same thing as the Japanese NPL_Hap, and is listed in the Japanese Roster as "Troopship Modern Class". The "Large Ocean Liner" is the NTUS_ and it takes several torpedoes to sink, sometimes more than six...

Jeff-Groves · 06-10-20, 05:00 PM

You are doing GREAT my Friend!

DanielCoffey · 06-11-20, 01:48 AM

I have a question about Blender that I would really appreciate some help with.

I have imported the OBJ parts of the W-19 vessel and the hull (and only the hull) is extremely dark in Blender. It looks fine in S3D and shows all parts at an equal brightness but in Blender the hull is dark but the guns, boats and forward mast are normal.

The model in S3D is made up of hull+rear mast, 4x boats, guns, funnel and forward mast.

I have added a temporary spotlight to the scene and I can see there is definitely texture on the W-19 hull while everything else is very bright.

I don't know if I have nudged something in Blender to do with that OBJ but even when reimporting the hull it is the same. All camera angles are affected.

What should I check first?

BLENDER FILE : http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/sile...er4/W-19.blend

EDIT : It may be the object in S3D. Importing it into an empty blender file shows the behaviour only on the hull object. Re-exporting the hull from S3D shows the same behaviour. It is Node:2 3D model. Any ideas?

DanielCoffey · 06-11-20, 06:24 AM

DOWNLOAD Miscellaneous Pack 05 : http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/sile...ettesMisc05.7z
File Size : 0.8Mb
Version : 2.0
Release Date : 26/06/2020

Included vessels : AuxSubchaser, CO_Kaibokan, JP_SubTender, NATF, NDA_Sirtori, NKSQ_, NKSs_, NOTMs, NPS_Tyohei, NTR, NVV, NVV2, OldCorvette, Sub_Depot_Ship, T07B, T07US, W-19

Please note that IJN_SubChaser has been renamed to JP_SubChaser due to a pending name change.

propbeanie · 06-11-20, 07:37 AM

Did you get the W-19 looking the way you want?

DanielCoffey · 06-11-20, 08:13 AM

No - when looking at the hull OBJ in Blender there seems to be a black skin on it over the real texture. There is some visible z-fighting at the bow where the real paint "shows through".

In addition, the skin also covers where the funnel would be despite there being a separate funnel object. I can move the real funnel out of the way and the black layer still shows where it was.

For now I have just made a 100% black silhouette.

Id' like to fix it of course but I didn't want it to hold up releasing the big bunch of misc ships.

Next... CVs.

06-08-20, 04:44 PM	#31
DanielCoffey Planesman Join Date: May 2020 Location: South Ayrshire, UK Posts: 199 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That's great! Did you include the revised Length, Depth and Height figures into the .CFG files or just the images? I am hoping they will make a big difference to accuracy in manual firing solutions. There are some "misc" vessels that I missed from the first two passes of Merchants which will include NLL, NOTMs_, NPS_Tyohei, NTR, NVV, NVV2, T07B and T07US. I will get round to those immediately after the Liners. Once those are all done it will be into the Warships but they will take longer because of all the different guns. __________________ Caselabs S8 : Intel i7-7700K 4.5GHz / 32Gb DDR4 3000 / Asus 1080 Ti / Samsung 960PRO 1Tb / Dell U2715H 27" 2560x1440 / Corsair AX1200i / APC SMT1500I / Windows 10 PRO

06-08-20, 08:17 PM	#32
Moonlight Admiral Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,122 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	Just the images at the moment, but now you mention the .cfg files I'll get them done as well. .CFG files all done and I've also prepared a copy of the sea folder for any future amendments. __________________ Last edited by Moonlight; 06-09-20 at 08:24 AM.

06-10-20, 02:08 AM	#33
DanielCoffey Planesman Join Date: May 2020 Location: South Ayrshire, UK Posts: 199 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	DOWNLOAD Liners Pack 04 : http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/sile...tesLiners04.7z File Size : 0.7Mb Version : 2.0 Release Date : 23/06/2020 Included vessels : NPL_Conte_Verde, NPL_Hap, NPL_Hikawa, NPL_Horai, NPL_Kiturin, NPL_RC, NPPE_, NPPQ_, NSHOS_, NTUS_ __________________ Caselabs S8 : Intel i7-7700K 4.5GHz / 32Gb DDR4 3000 / Asus 1080 Ti / Samsung 960PRO 1Tb / Dell U2715H 27" 2560x1440 / Corsair AX1200i / APC SMT1500I / Windows 10 PRO Last edited by DanielCoffey; 06-23-20 at 02:08 PM.

06-10-20, 02:21 AM	#34
DanielCoffey Planesman Join Date: May 2020 Location: South Ayrshire, UK Posts: 199 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks to VonDos for helping me understand the "dynamic models" for several of the famous Liners. I will be working on the last few freighters and a bunch of tankers I found then it will be on to the warships. __________________ Caselabs S8 : Intel i7-7700K 4.5GHz / 32Gb DDR4 3000 / Asus 1080 Ti / Samsung 960PRO 1Tb / Dell U2715H 27" 2560x1440 / Corsair AX1200i / APC SMT1500I / Windows 10 PRO

06-10-20, 11:36 AM	#36
Moonlight Admiral Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,122 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	I'm gonna test these liners out if I can find one, I hope I can snag me a large ocean liner as I saw one in the China sea on the last mission. __________________

06-10-20, 11:37 AM	#37
DanielCoffey Planesman Join Date: May 2020 Location: South Ayrshire, UK Posts: 199 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Be sure to make visual contact though as some are in use as Hospital ships. __________________ Caselabs S8 : Intel i7-7700K 4.5GHz / 32Gb DDR4 3000 / Asus 1080 Ti / Samsung 960PRO 1Tb / Dell U2715H 27" 2560x1440 / Corsair AX1200i / APC SMT1500I / Windows 10 PRO

06-10-20, 12:22 PM	#38
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,734 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Build yourself a quick test mission Moonlight. The Hospital ships do sink, and we think we may have found some intention in the original mod for them to sink more easily than their "sister" ships. More changes are forthcoming in the next release... lol Excellent work DanielCoffey, if I haven't mentioned it a half-dozen times yet. You are really talented at this. As to the "changes" statement above - no ship sil changes will be needed... yet. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

06-10-20, 03:21 PM	#39
Moonlight Admiral Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,122 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	Aaaah Mr beanie, how do I make sure its an hospital ship I'm gonna sink, test mission is producing a Large Ocean Liner but not the hospital variety. __________________

06-10-20, 04:26 PM	#40
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,734 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Look in the Red Cross Roster when in the Mission Editor, and choose "Hospital Ship" (or any other ship you want). The "Hospital Ship" is the same thing as the Japanese NPL_Hap, and is listed in the Japanese Roster as "Troopship Modern Class". The "Large Ocean Liner" is the NTUS_ and it takes several torpedoes to sink, sometimes more than six... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

06-10-20, 05:00 PM	#41
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,317 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	You are doing GREAT my Friend! __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

06-11-20, 01:48 AM	#42
DanielCoffey Planesman Join Date: May 2020 Location: South Ayrshire, UK Posts: 199 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I have a question about Blender that I would really appreciate some help with. I have imported the OBJ parts of the W-19 vessel and the hull (and only the hull) is extremely dark in Blender. It looks fine in S3D and shows all parts at an equal brightness but in Blender the hull is dark but the guns, boats and forward mast are normal. The model in S3D is made up of hull+rear mast, 4x boats, guns, funnel and forward mast. I have added a temporary spotlight to the scene and I can see there is definitely texture on the W-19 hull while everything else is very bright. I don't know if I have nudged something in Blender to do with that OBJ but even when reimporting the hull it is the same. All camera angles are affected. What should I check first? BLENDER FILE : http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/sile...er4/W-19.blend EDIT : It may be the object in S3D. Importing it into an empty blender file shows the behaviour only on the hull object. Re-exporting the hull from S3D shows the same behaviour. It is Node:2 3D model. Any ideas? __________________ Caselabs S8 : Intel i7-7700K 4.5GHz / 32Gb DDR4 3000 / Asus 1080 Ti / Samsung 960PRO 1Tb / Dell U2715H 27" 2560x1440 / Corsair AX1200i / APC SMT1500I / Windows 10 PRO Last edited by DanielCoffey; 06-11-20 at 02:06 AM.

06-11-20, 06:24 AM	#43
DanielCoffey Planesman Join Date: May 2020 Location: South Ayrshire, UK Posts: 199 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	DOWNLOAD Miscellaneous Pack 05 : http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/sile...ettesMisc05.7z File Size : 0.8Mb Version : 2.0 Release Date : 26/06/2020 Included vessels : AuxSubchaser, CO_Kaibokan, JP_SubTender, NATF, NDA_Sirtori, NKSQ_, NKSs_, NOTMs, NPS_Tyohei, NTR, NVV, NVV2, OldCorvette, Sub_Depot_Ship, T07B, T07US, W-19 Please note that IJN_SubChaser has been renamed to JP_SubChaser due to a pending name change. __________________ Caselabs S8 : Intel i7-7700K 4.5GHz / 32Gb DDR4 3000 / Asus 1080 Ti / Samsung 960PRO 1Tb / Dell U2715H 27" 2560x1440 / Corsair AX1200i / APC SMT1500I / Windows 10 PRO Last edited by DanielCoffey; 06-26-20 at 01:33 AM.

06-11-20, 07:37 AM	#44
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,734 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Did you get the W-19 looking the way you want? __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

06-11-20, 08:13 AM	#45
DanielCoffey Planesman Join Date: May 2020 Location: South Ayrshire, UK Posts: 199 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	No - when looking at the hull OBJ in Blender there seems to be a black skin on it over the real texture. There is some visible z-fighting at the bow where the real paint "shows through". In addition, the skin also covers where the funnel would be despite there being a separate funnel object. I can move the real funnel out of the way and the black layer still shows where it was. For now I have just made a 100% black silhouette. Id' like to fix it of course but I didn't want it to hold up releasing the big bunch of misc ships. Next... CVs. __________________ Caselabs S8 : Intel i7-7700K 4.5GHz / 32Gb DDR4 3000 / Asus 1080 Ti / Samsung 960PRO 1Tb / Dell U2715H 27" 2560x1440 / Corsair AX1200i / APC SMT1500I / Windows 10 PRO

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