Desperate Help Needed!!!

rommol777 · 03-13-23, 05:35 AM

Good day gentlemen we are in need of desperate help from the folks of SH3 community

We are currently designing a Tribal Class Destroyer for Silent Hunter 3 but we need help from the guys thats familiar with modifying Ships in SH3 If you have modding knowledge can you please share your knowledge with us there are many difficulties when modding perhaps you can share your thoughts with us, we would greatly appreciate it, anyone are welcome to join, I will leave the link to the discord group thanks.

https://discord.gg/tqPgNqYfK6

iambecomelife · 03-13-23, 02:46 PM

A very basic rundown I posted earlier:

Welcome! Making new ships involves the following:

1-Taking an existing unit

2-Cloning it using the tool S3d

3-3d modeling your unit in blender/wings3d or whatever

4-Importing the modified hull and other ship parts (3d obj files) into the new cloned ship file

5-Editing zon, sim, eqp files so that your new ship has the right durability, speed and armament.

If you are working on a new turret it will need to have its own entry in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Library\guns.da t

C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Library\guns.si m

C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Library\guns.zo n

Then you need to add an entry in the ship's eqp file so it equips the new turret. Here is an example for the V/W destroyer, note how it shows the date the gun is equipped

[Equipment 1]
NodeName=M01
LinkName=4InchSingle_BR
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19451231

I recommend you make sure your Silent 3d editor is the latest ... Subsim members VonDos and KptLehmann are very good sources of info. Also try just playing around with Silent 3d editor on "throwaway" files so you learn what does what.

rommol777 · 03-15-23, 03:55 AM

Thanks for your reply

The ship came nice together but we are struggling with deck guns on this tribal class destroyer

propbeanie · 03-15-23, 07:16 AM

Anybody asking for help should supply as much information about the details of what they're doing, so that other folks know how to help. In other words rommol777, with the "deck gun" for the Tribal, are you attempting to make a playable DD, that a person uses in SH3 as their ship? Or are you making an AI (game) controlled ship? They would have different binary and configuration file needs... ?? Also though, are you doing this for use in a particular mod, or the stock game? There can be differences in files in that regard also.

rommol777 · 03-22-23, 10:07 AM

The mod we are using was created by chinese U-47 (destroyer vs U-boot) it has one playable destroyer in game, but we are attempting to add more british playable ships, but its easier said than done, creating ships from scratch can be a pain in the neck especially the deck guns and getting the gun to fire, I have search high and low to get hold of chinese U-47 but with no luck

(Destroyer vs U-boat) this mod puts you on the allies side, you play as a british destroyer escorting merchant ships vs (axis) german U-boats, this mod was intended for multiplayer purpose, in simple words this mod allows you play as british and not only as germans

we'll appreciate any help from the community to assist in designing british tribal class blackswan class or river class thanks.

anyone's welcome to join or assist discord link
https://discord.gg/tqPgNqYfK6

03-13-23, 05:35 AM	#1
rommol777 Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: South Africa, Cape Town Posts: 7 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Desperate Help Needed!!! Good day gentlemen we are in need of desperate help from the folks of SH3 community We are currently designing a Tribal Class Destroyer for Silent Hunter 3 but we need help from the guys thats familiar with modifying Ships in SH3 If you have modding knowledge can you please share your knowledge with us there are many difficulties when modding perhaps you can share your thoughts with us, we would greatly appreciate it, anyone are welcome to join, I will leave the link to the discord group thanks. https://discord.gg/tqPgNqYfK6

03-13-23, 02:46 PM	#2
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,583 Downloads: 297 Uploads: 0	A very basic rundown I posted earlier: Welcome! Making new ships involves the following: 1-Taking an existing unit 2-Cloning it using the tool S3d 3-3d modeling your unit in blender/wings3d or whatever 4-Importing the modified hull and other ship parts (3d obj files) into the new cloned ship file 5-Editing zon, sim, eqp files so that your new ship has the right durability, speed and armament. If you are working on a new turret it will need to have its own entry in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Library\guns.da t C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Library\guns.si m C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Library\guns.zo n Then you need to add an entry in the ship's eqp file so it equips the new turret. Here is an example for the V/W destroyer, note how it shows the date the gun is equipped [Equipment 1] NodeName=M01 LinkName=4InchSingle_BR StartDate=19380101 EndDate=19451231 I recommend you make sure your Silent 3d editor is the latest ... Subsim members VonDos and KptLehmann are very good sources of info. Also try just playing around with Silent 3d editor on "throwaway" files so you learn what does what. __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

03-15-23, 03:55 AM	#3
rommol777 Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: South Africa, Cape Town Posts: 7 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Deck gun issues Thanks for your reply The ship came nice together but we are struggling with deck guns on this tribal class destroyer

03-15-23, 07:16 AM	#4
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,735 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Anybody asking for help should supply as much information about the details of what they're doing, so that other folks know how to help. In other words rommol777, with the "deck gun" for the Tribal, are you attempting to make a playable DD, that a person uses in SH3 as their ship? Or are you making an AI (game) controlled ship? They would have different binary and configuration file needs... ?? Also though, are you doing this for use in a particular mod, or the stock game? There can be differences in files in that regard also. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

03-22-23, 10:07 AM	#5
rommol777 Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: South Africa, Cape Town Posts: 7 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	The mod we are using was created by chinese U-47 (destroyer vs U-boot) it has one playable destroyer in game, but we are attempting to add more british playable ships, but its easier said than done, creating ships from scratch can be a pain in the neck especially the deck guns and getting the gun to fire, I have search high and low to get hold of chinese U-47 but with no luck (Destroyer vs U-boat) this mod puts you on the allies side, you play as a british destroyer escorting merchant ships vs (axis) german U-boats, this mod was intended for multiplayer purpose, in simple words this mod allows you play as british and not only as germans we'll appreciate any help from the community to assist in designing british tribal class blackswan class or river class thanks. anyone's welcome to join or assist discord link https://discord.gg/tqPgNqYfK6 Last edited by rommol777; 03-24-23 at 05:09 AM.