Yet another SH3 mod...

[conus00]

Hi all,
I have created this mod for my personal use but I thought I would share it with you.
You have to have GWX installed (either ver 2.0 or 2.1) and I am not sure if there are any conflicts with other mods because I am running only GWX 2.0 and this little mod.

As far as disclaimer goes, I am not really into any legal bull (considering we all modify already copyrighted files ) but please do not modify my files without either contacting me first or at least crediting me for them...

What is included:
- Added some sub conning tower emblems (some pin-ups and "movie version" of U-571)
- Changed some menu backgrounds (the ones I didn't like in GWX 2.1)
- Changed loading screens (personally I am not a big fan of modern 3D graphics in historical games so I used some historic photos)
- Reworked the "Das Boot officer's icons" (my thanks to whoever came with the original idea, I love it). I have spent a few hours going through Das Boot capturing images and couple hours in Photoshop so now all icons have the same color balance, lighting and saturation. Also, I have changed the persons in the icons so they better correspond with the movie (Lt Werner was a military correspondent not a radio man)

I have had a lot of fun creating this little mod and would appreciate any feedback...

Just a quick heads up: John Hamm and me are currently working on another version of his Uniform MOD for SH4 and I am currently in the middle of the extensive mod for SH4 U-boat Missions Expansion ....


Anyway, here's the file:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zh14osx4ifx

Cheers,
-Libor

[mcf1]

Thank's mate.
I downloaded and will give it a try as soon as I install SH3 and Gwx again.

[Sailor Steve]

Had a look at them. Observations:

I find the 'Pinup' emblems in rather poor taste; but my opinions aren't everyone's, and I don't have to use them, do I.

The Officer Faces: You replaced Werner the correspondent with Lumprecht the Bosun. He's no more appropriate, as he had nothing to do with the radio and was usually only seen in the torpedo room. That said, your lighting improvements are good and they look great.

I'm old and blind (or maybe just stupid), but I can never tell the difference between all the menu backgrounds. They all look the same to me.

The loading screens are great! I'll be adding them to my randomizer.

[Ivan Putski]

conus00, thanks for this mod, like said the pin ups are a matter of taste, Some Vargas Girls would have fit the time frame a little better, but thats just me. The loading and menu screens a great, thank you. Puts

[conus00]

Thank you for all the praise, and also some of the criticism. To put the things in the right perspective:

Sailor Steve, I agree with you that the pin-ups are a poor taste but as you said nobody is forcing you to use them (just delete them from your MODS directory). Matter of fact I originally made them just to learn how to actually make one... As far as officers faces go I did replace Lt Werner with Bosun and there are two reasons for that: 1) There is no designated radio man in Das Boot as far as I know Hinrich is the Radio/Sonar operator. It seemed stupid to me to have an icon of the same person twice. 2) Bosun was the only person in the movie to actually be seen near the radio (in the scene with Hinrich and the soccer news) therefore my choice of the character. The backgrounds replaced are: Academy (I couldn't stand the "orange" GWX's, it felt completely out of place and didn't flow with the others, but again matter of taste), changed the in-game menu (after you hit Esc during the game), replaced poster on the bureau screen and some minor modification to others...
I am glad that you like my loading screens, thanks!

This mod wasn't meant to be anything breathtaking, just some minor things which were bugging me.... Wait until you see what I am working on for SH4...