Could it be done?

Freiwillige · 01-06-09, 12:00 AM

I had a great mod idea. How hard would it be to take some of the guys standing around at port and put them on merchant ships? Would be cool to see a guy at the railing smoking a cigarette. Or a group of guys standing around chatting on the back deck of that freighter. As it is these ships seem like ghost ships.

The figures are there we just need to put them out to sea!

Is this do-able?

A Very Super Market · 01-06-09, 12:07 AM

Hmm... sounds like a good idea. But you would need a way to make sure they stick onto the boats, I've never seen a harbour move, after all.

01-06-09, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

Hmm... sounds like a good idea. But you would need a way to make sure they stick onto the boats, I've never seen a harbour move, after all.

They stick at deck guns on merchants when they receive them don't they ?

Weiss Pinguin · 01-06-09, 12:50 AM

Hmm, are merchant deck guns manned? I don't think I've actually noticed that, not that I've ever made it a point of doing so.

Then again, warships have manned gunposts, so I guess merchants shouldn't be different.

Edit: That brings up another question in my mind: Does the game automatically add figures to manned guns, or is that something a modder would have to do for new ships? (Sorry, technically illiterate when it comes to SH3)

01-06-09, 04:28 PM

i'd say the crew is scripted to the gun.... so if you build a custom gun with a visible crew, you will have to link some guys that play with it

01-06-09, 05:23 PM

The Gun Crews are linked to the Guns in the Guns.dat's themselves.
Adding "Stand About" people from the docks is easy, but time consumeing.
You need to add extra nodes to the Ships dat file,
then assign the 'people' in the eqp file.

There are a few Ships that have 'people' onboard this way.
But you need to add a 'visibleunderwater controller' to the nodes
so they disappear when the ship sinks.
Or zone the node so it can be destroyed.

01-06-09, 12:00 AM	#1
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Could it be done? I had a great mod idea. How hard would it be to take some of the guys standing around at port and put them on merchant ships? Would be cool to see a guy at the railing smoking a cigarette. Or a group of guys standing around chatting on the back deck of that freighter. As it is these ships seem like ghost ships. The figures are there we just need to put them out to sea! Is this do-able?

01-06-09, 12:07 AM	#2
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hmm... sounds like a good idea. But you would need a way to make sure they stick onto the boats, I've never seen a harbour move, after all. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-06-09, 12:50 AM	#4
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Hmm, are merchant deck guns manned? I don't think I've actually noticed that, not that I've ever made it a point of doing so. Then again, warships have manned gunposts, so I guess merchants shouldn't be different. Edit: That brings up another question in my mind: Does the game automatically add figures to manned guns, or is that something a modder would have to do for new ships? (Sorry, technically illiterate when it comes to SH3) __________________

01-06-09, 04:28 PM	#5
Barrett Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	i'd say the crew is scripted to the gun.... so if you build a custom gun with a visible crew, you will have to link some guys that play with it

01-06-09, 05:23 PM	#6
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The Gun Crews are linked to the Guns in the Guns.dat's themselves. Adding "Stand About" people from the docks is easy, but time consumeing. You need to add extra nodes to the Ships dat file, then assign the 'people' in the eqp file. There are a few Ships that have 'people' onboard this way. But you need to add a 'visibleunderwater controller' to the nodes so they disappear when the ship sinks. Or zone the node so it can be destroyed.