[WIP]Aces of the Deep Sub Emblems

minispace · 09-13-09, 12:51 AM

Hello all,

I've been playing the heck out of SH3 lately, and I wanted to share a little something with the subsim community.

The first U-Boat sim I played was Aces of the Deep (or was it 688? anyway the first one I really dug was AotD). Back in the day I always used AotD's panther emblem on my boat. Since I couldn't find a suitable alternative for SH3, I had to make my own.

Surprisingly, I was able to install AotD Command on my XP box (I even still have the old spiral bound manual and fold out patrol-grid map!), and get it to run well enough to take screen shots of the uboat emblems. Most of them were pretty cool. They might not be 100% accurate, and they're all really low res, but they had heart. I've been playing around with my ancient copy of Paint Shop Pro, and learning some new things in GIMP to recreate some of the emblems for SH3.

Basically what I'm doing is 'tracing' over the original images to make a vector graphic of the emblem. Then I add a few shading and detail layers to make them look nice.

Here's my first attempt, the "Steel Panther".

original

hi-res

Pretty snazzy, no?

There's only a couple dozen emblems from the game, total, and I might not get through them all before I get bored and move on to something else, but I'll be sure to post the ones that I finish.

The laughing Sword Fish

original

hi-res in red

hi-res in green

Olympic Rings

original

hi-res

Black Cat

original

hi-res

I've got about 20 left to do if I want to make them all. In the mean time, everyone can feel free to edit, distribute, poke, prod, or fondle the ones that I've posted.

I'll try to release these as .tga files when I get further along in finishing them.

-Alex

p.s. I also wanted to show off my sig, the emblem from U-51, the VIIB I'm commanding in GWX3. She's the boat that sent the Hood to the bottom of Gibralter, and sank the Nelson! (twice!)

Wildhawke11 · 09-14-09, 12:11 PM

Thanks buddy but
Is it me, because there is no photo on the page or no link to the download

Rapt0r56 · 09-14-09, 01:06 PM

Sounds Interesting.

Quote:

Is it me, because there is no photo on the page or no link to the download

I also can't D/L it

minispace · 09-14-09, 06:26 PM

Yikes! I just changed the links so they should show up now. The emblems are transparent pngs so they might not look right in older browsers.

I haven't released any SH3 compatible tga files, yet, but in the mean time feel free to use these images in any way you like. I'll try to include in-game screen shots the next chance I get.

-Alex

Anton88 · 02-23-11, 01:04 PM

How do you add more emblems to Aces of the Deep?
what format do they have to be and where do they go?

thanks,

09-13-09, 12:51 AM	#1
minispace Watch Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 24 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	[WIP]Aces of the Deep Sub Emblems Hello all, I've been playing the heck out of SH3 lately, and I wanted to share a little something with the subsim community. The first U-Boat sim I played was Aces of the Deep (or was it 688? anyway the first one I really dug was AotD). Back in the day I always used AotD's panther emblem on my boat. Since I couldn't find a suitable alternative for SH3, I had to make my own. Surprisingly, I was able to install AotD Command on my XP box (I even still have the old spiral bound manual and fold out patrol-grid map!), and get it to run well enough to take screen shots of the uboat emblems. Most of them were pretty cool. They might not be 100% accurate, and they're all really low res, but they had heart. I've been playing around with my ancient copy of Paint Shop Pro, and learning some new things in GIMP to recreate some of the emblems for SH3. Basically what I'm doing is 'tracing' over the original images to make a vector graphic of the emblem. Then I add a few shading and detail layers to make them look nice. Here's my first attempt, the "Steel Panther". original hi-res Pretty snazzy, no? There's only a couple dozen emblems from the game, total, and I might not get through them all before I get bored and move on to something else, but I'll be sure to post the ones that I finish. The laughing Sword Fish original hi-res in red hi-res in green Olympic Rings original hi-res Black Cat original hi-res I've got about 20 left to do if I want to make them all. In the mean time, everyone can feel free to edit, distribute, poke, prod, or fondle the ones that I've posted. I'll try to release these as .tga files when I get further along in finishing them. -Alex p.s. I also wanted to show off my sig, the emblem from U-51, the VIIB I'm commanding in GWX3. She's the boat that sent the Hood to the bottom of Gibralter, and sank the Nelson! (twice!) __________________ Last edited by minispace; 09-14-09 at 06:15 PM. Reason: Changed images to photobucket links

09-14-09, 06:26 PM	#4
minispace Watch Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 24 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Yikes! I just changed the links so they should show up now. The emblems are transparent pngs so they might not look right in older browsers. I haven't released any SH3 compatible tga files, yet, but in the mean time feel free to use these images in any way you like. I'll try to include in-game screen shots the next chance I get. -Alex __________________

09-14-09, 12:11 PM	#2
Wildhawke11 Lieutenant Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK England Posts: 264 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Thanks buddy but Is it me, because there is no photo on the page or no link to the download

02-23-11, 01:04 PM	#5
Anton88 Helmsman Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: home Posts: 106 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 0	How do you add more emblems to Aces of the Deep? what format do they have to be and where do they go? thanks,