[REL] Whale chasing flotilla

[rowi58]

Whale Flotilla

Conversion from SH4 to SH3

Models by permission of AOTD_MadMax (from the MOD “Fall of the rising sun”)


This MOD contains two ships: a “whale factory ship” and a “whale chaser”. Both models were made by AOTD_MadMax for the SH4 MOD “Fall of the rising sun” and are converted to SH3 by rowi58. Both ships are “delivered” to Canada and Norway. The MOD is JSGME-ready – just add the lines (ship names tp your EnglishNames.cfg and GermanNames.cfg (in folder data/sea).

The idea to import / use these ships in SH3 comes from BlackPegasus - thanks to BlackPegasus for getting permission to use these ships in SH3.



ChangeLog:
The factory ship got a whale on board (model by??? GWX), Model is in a DAT file in “data/Library”. I've re-imported the deck-skin as a second skin into the DAT file so you will see the deck-skin as it was in the original SH3 ship – the “Liberty Ship” (Whale Factory Ship is based on a model by iambecomlife) . Second funnel with smoke exhaust (new funnel model in DAT file and controller in SIM file).


The next ship is a “whale chaser” based on the tug boat of SH4 (which is similar to the tug boat in SH3).



ChangeLog:
I've just added the “harpoon” as a model (node) to the DAT file. The harpoon don’t work – it is just a model.


Installation:
This MOD is JSGMA-ready – so just copy it into your MODS folder an add the ship names as mentioned in the E...Names.cfg / G...Names.cfg to your EnglishNames.cfg / GermanNames.cfg.

CREDITS:

AOTD_MadMax
for permission to convert his SH4-ships to SH3

BlackPegasus
for the Idea of using whale chaser / factory ships in SH3 campaign

iambecomelife
for the basic model of the factory ship

GWX (???)
for the “whale” model

skwasjer
for his “S3D” tool

sansal
for “Pack3d” (yes, i'm still using it – and i'm loving it)

Christian Maas
for his famous HexEditor “XVI32”

Ubisoft
for a moddable game SH3


So – have fun (sorry to all “GreenPeace activists” for embedding a whale chaser and whale factory ship).

DOWNLOAD-LINK:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nd2g7v2cpeau6i8

Greetings
rowi58

With corrrect folder structure!

[MoN]

Originally Posted by rowi58

So – have fun (sorry to all “GreenPeace activists” for embedding a whale chaser and whale factory ship).

Nice work.

I think the “GreenPeace activists” will be happy to put some torpedoes into them.

[fitzcarraldo]

Great! There are some nice models in FOTRS to convert for SH3. Good job!

Fitzcarraldo

[Volk2]

The water on the screenshots looks nice. What's the environment?

[rowi58]

Originally Posted by волк

The water on the screenshots looks nice. What's the environment?

Hi волк,

still the same - good old "16-km-atmosphere-MOD" by Markimow, Kpt.Lehmann, Seeadler, et all.

I will never chnage this water - it is - that's my opiniom - the best water in SH3 i've ever seen.

Greetings
rowi58


P.S. You've got it with the download.

[WolfyBrandon]

Hi Rowi58,

Nice work, just letting you know there is a small issue with the download folder structure that causes the whale not to work. You have...

/data/Sea/Library/

It should be...

/data/Library/

People who have already downloaded it, you can just move the folder where it needs to be to get the whale working. (disable the ship in JSGME, move the folder, then re-enable).



WolfyBrandon

[Myxale]

This is so awesome!

In all my Careers on all the UBoats I have never seen a Whale in GWX, but having an actual Whaling-Ships is so coool!

Kudos for your hard Work!

[fitzcarraldo]

Originally Posted by Myxale

This is so awesome!

In all my Careers on all the UBoats I have never seen a Whale in GWX, but having an actual Whaling-Ships is so coool!

Kudos for your hard Work!

...But GWX have whales and dolphins, according the manual! I didn´t see a whale n-e-v-e-r in GWX!!!

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo

[Myxale]

I know, this is what makes SH3 GWX for me still something to experience!!

[rowi58]

Originally Posted by Myxale

I know, this is what makes SH3 GWX for me still something to experience!!

Hi folks,

that's why SH3 is still a good (old) game. You can play Stock, you can play GWX, you can play NYGM, you can play any other MOD. There will be allways surprises.

That's why i like SH3 - the old one

Greetings
rowi58