Best of SUBSIM noms - SH3 Modder

[Onkel Neal]

Best of SUBSIM noms - SH3 Modder

[Onkel Neal]

Onkel Neal has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Very well researched, interesting development. Also posted on SS news page.
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: rik007
Nominated Post: Rik007: SH-3 Night surface attack project

I feel I'm not 20 anymore. So I'm a slow modder and for years SH-3 didnot have my attention anymore but everything came back a year ago when I upgraded my video card...
On an average I now worked a few hours per week on this project which delivers an enabler. Basically it could be a breakthrough or a failure: who knows?
For me it is a breakthrough and I hope it will be the same for you all. I create some movies this week to explain it and some demo's.

First I explain the project itself and my experiments into night surface attacks and what I think of it:



Then an example of a night surface attack in 'Otto Kretschmer-style', unprecedented I think:



Then a sample of the wheather transition bug which is in most environment mods. The wheather will suddenly switch around 00:26:



And the version with a correct - smooth wheather transition:



Then a demo with Northern Lights and detection:



What is happening next?

If there is need for these mods: the Moon mod is about to be finished. There is no whish list. This project as-is drained my energy. If people are willing to learn how=to-hard-code-fix I might organize an online workshop.
As how to contine: I will ask some people to 'beta-test' and depending on the results further steps will follow. I have no intention to change Fifi's or OneAlex's mod so some form of working together is the idea.

I want to thank:
- Hsie for his exellent hardcode mod. If you read this: a few of your discoveries in your assembly files I re-used!
- hughesjr for his basic voice attack profile (unreachable on Steam)
- Jerry Mason and crew

Here you find the site with the u-boot journals:

https://www.uboatarchive.net/

Go to U-boat KTB for the logs.

Update 6-1-2024: Release candidate 1.18 has arrived
More and more people are downloading the Night Surface attack project. So that is great! The 1.18 update we have is polishing what is already there. So this is what has changed:

SH-5 Water for SH-3 20 Km Atlantic V1000:
Ambient light for cloudy sky at night a now a bit darker
Changed the Lod factor to 15 and patches to 90 in the scene.dat for better performance

SH-5 Moon mod settings (SH-5.cfg) for all mega mods:
Adjusted sh5.cfg for vanilla, Fifi's, OneAlex & LSH 2022 according to this change in ambient lights

Moon mod:
- Northern lights will only be visible when there is no mist (totally clear night). Also the odds to to see them has been increased
- Northern lights are now a bit closer to avoid issues with Hsie's night vision fix
- Settings for Fifi's original environment have been removed after chat with Fubar
- Removed an obsolete sync statement to increase performance with a few FPS

Of course I like to thank Fubar295, Dieselglock & Mister_M again for their help during the testing!

Please find below the link to the project which contains instructions how to install or upgrade. Please read the installation instructions carefully.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/hqrk7...v1.18.zip/file

Do not forget to patch your sh3.exe first and then enable the moon mod.

Changes to the mega mods themselves - like 1 Km space between lanes in convoys - have not been included in this mod. Let's hope they will come in time.

:Kaleun_Cheers:

Regards,

Rik007

[fitzcarraldo]

fitzcarraldo has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Great WIP mod for SH3, working very fine in his first version.
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: rik007
Nominated Post: Rik007: SH-3 Night surface attack project

I feel I'm not 20 anymore. So I'm a slow modder and for years SH-3 didnot have my attention anymore but everything came back a year ago when I upgraded my video card...
On an average I now worked a few hours per week on this project which delivers an enabler. Basically it could be a breakthrough or a failure: who knows?
For me it is a breakthrough and I hope it will be the same for you all. I create some movies this week to explain it and some demo's.

First I explain the project itself and my experiments into night surface attacks and what I think of it:



Then an example of a night surface attack in 'Otto Kretschmer-style', unprecedented I think:



Then a sample of the wheather transition bug which is in most environment mods. The wheather will suddenly switch around 00:26:



And the version with a correct - smooth wheather transition:



Then a demo with Northern Lights and detection:



What is happening next?

If there is need for these mods: the Moon mod is about to be finished. There is no whish list. This project as-is drained my energy. If people are willing to learn how=to-hard-code-fix I might organize an online workshop.
As how to contine: I will ask some people to 'beta-test' and depending on the results further steps will follow. I have no intention to change Fifi's or OneAlex's mod so some form of working together is the idea.

I want to thank:
- Hsie for his exellent hardcode mod. If you read this: a few of your discoveries in your assembly files I re-used!
- hughesjr for his basic voice attack profile (unreachable on Steam)
- Jerry Mason and crew

Here you find the site with the u-boot journals:

https://www.uboatarchive.net/

Go to U-boat KTB for the logs.

Update 6-1-2024: Release candidate 1.18 has arrived
More and more people are downloading the Night Surface attack project. So that is great! The 1.18 update we have is polishing what is already there. So this is what has changed:

SH-5 Water for SH-3 20 Km Atlantic V1000:
Ambient light for cloudy sky at night a now a bit darker
Changed the Lod factor to 15 and patches to 90 in the scene.dat for better performance

SH-5 Moon mod settings (SH-5.cfg) for all mega mods:
Adjusted sh5.cfg for vanilla, Fifi's, OneAlex & LSH 2022 according to this change in ambient lights

Moon mod:
- Northern lights will only be visible when there is no mist (totally clear night). Also the odds to to see them has been increased
- Northern lights are now a bit closer to avoid issues with Hsie's night vision fix
- Settings for Fifi's original environment have been removed after chat with Fubar
- Removed an obsolete sync statement to increase performance with a few FPS

Of course I like to thank Fubar295, Dieselglock & Mister_M again for their help during the testing!

Please find below the link to the project which contains instructions how to install or upgrade. Please read the installation instructions carefully.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/hqrk7...v1.18.zip/file

Do not forget to patch your sh3.exe first and then enable the moon mod.

Changes to the mega mods themselves - like 1 Km space between lanes in convoys - have not been included in this mod. Let's hope they will come in time.

:Kaleun_Cheers:

Regards,

Rik007

[Dieselglock]

Dieselglock has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: This is a fantastic mod. It would be very difficult to play the game without it now. Documentation and attention to detail is outstanding.
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: rik007
Nominated Post: Rik007: SH-3 Night surface attack project

I feel I'm not 20 anymore. So I'm a slow modder and for years SH-3 didnot have my attention anymore but everything came back a year ago when I upgraded my video card...
On an average I now worked a few hours per week on this project which delivers an enabler. Basically it could be a breakthrough or a failure: who knows?
For me it is a breakthrough and I hope it will be the same for you all. I create some movies this week to explain it and some demo's.

First I explain the project itself and my experiments into night surface attacks and what I think of it:



Then an example of a night surface attack in 'Otto Kretschmer-style', unprecedented I think:



Then a sample of the wheather transition bug which is in most environment mods. The wheather will suddenly switch around 00:26:



And the version with a correct - smooth wheather transition:



Then a demo with Northern Lights and detection:



What is happening next?

If there is need for these mods: the Moon mod is about to be finished. There is no whish list. This project as-is drained my energy. If people are willing to learn how=to-hard-code-fix I might organize an online workshop.
As how to contine: I will ask some people to 'beta-test' and depending on the results further steps will follow. I have no intention to change Fifi's or OneAlex's mod so some form of working together is the idea.

I want to thank:
- Hsie for his exellent hardcode mod. If you read this: a few of your discoveries in your assembly files I re-used!
- hughesjr for his basic voice attack profile (unreachable on Steam)
- Jerry Mason and crew

Here you find the site with the u-boot journals:

https://www.uboatarchive.net/

Go to U-boat KTB for the logs.

Update 6-1-2024: Release candidate 1.18 has arrived
More and more people are downloading the Night Surface attack project. So that is great! The 1.18 update we have is polishing what is already there. So this is what has changed:

SH-5 Water for SH-3 20 Km Atlantic V1000:
Ambient light for cloudy sky at night a now a bit darker
Changed the Lod factor to 15 and patches to 90 in the scene.dat for better performance

SH-5 Moon mod settings (SH-5.cfg) for all mega mods:
Adjusted sh5.cfg for vanilla, Fifi's, OneAlex & LSH 2022 according to this change in ambient lights

Moon mod:
- Northern lights will only be visible when there is no mist (totally clear night). Also the odds to to see them has been increased
- Northern lights are now a bit closer to avoid issues with Hsie's night vision fix
- Settings for Fifi's original environment have been removed after chat with Fubar
- Removed an obsolete sync statement to increase performance with a few FPS

Of course I like to thank Fubar295, Dieselglock & Mister_M again for their help during the testing!

Please find below the link to the project which contains instructions how to install or upgrade. Please read the installation instructions carefully.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/hqrk7...v1.18.zip/file

Do not forget to patch your sh3.exe first and then enable the moon mod.

Changes to the mega mods themselves - like 1 Km space between lanes in convoys - have not been included in this mod. Let's hope they will come in time.

:Kaleun_Cheers:

Regards,

Rik007

[FUBAR295]

FUBAR295 has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Rik007's Moon Mod brings so much needed realism for SH3 nights. You now have to pay attention to the moon phases and light and is a must for early war convoy attacks. Here's his mod

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=256218
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: rik007
Nominated Post: Link

Hi Guys, something different... if you enjoy the night surface attack mod you can nominate me for the Sh3 modder of 2023 for the hard work I did to get it to your desktop .... :up:

The instruction how to do it you find here:

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=247958

Here you can follow the nominations so far .... somebody well known to you has already done so... check it out :

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=254339

PS: I'm not allowed to nominate myself :o

[Onkel Neal]

Onkel Neal has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Completed Black Sea campaign
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: Fifi
Nominated Post: Link

Black Sea campaign done!
Currently adding all Med files to standalone mod :doh::D:haha:
So next update will not have separated files anymore (except for Med water & colors if desired)
Sailing back and forth into Mediterranean will be possible any date (more populated from La Spezia starting date though - 01/10/1942)

Work almost half done, career tested starting 01/10/42 at La Spezia… loading time=less than 4 mn! :o
Quite incredible :hmmm: the more I add units, the faster it loads! :haha:
(Made many optimizations and corrected some values inconsistencies that could explain faster loadings)

:Kaleun_Salute:

[fitzcarraldo]

fitzcarraldo has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Awesome ships becoming compulsory targets for SH3!
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: VonDos
Nominated Post: Kriegsmarine - Carl Peters fleet tender ships - 2024 edition

Hi everyone,

i'm glad to release this new mod; Carl Peters fleet tender ships (Carl Peters, Adolf Lüderitz, but the unit is intended also to play the part of other similar tender ship or ship classes like Hela, Tsingtau, Bauer class...):



D\L link:https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/dow...o=file&id=6473





This is the twentyfifth of a serie of units for Kriegsmarine, reworked in collaboration with flush deck.

Pack include a multiskin unit based on Carl Peters class tender ships (three skins included, a generic gray one and one camo skin for every ship in the class).



Based on LSH3 dev team for the original ship, original model imported by SOM-Group, with slight changes by rowi58, 3d updated using SHV model and parts and a lot of details (portholes, stairs, cables, lifeboats, glass windows\interiors, turning radars\rangefinders...).






CREDITS

For this 2024 version:
Thanks to LSH3 dev team, SOM-Group and rowi58 for original model;
Thanks to Stefan Thimme for help me with library!
Special thanks to flush deck for new fantastic textures, for ship and library also!
Thanks to Sphere, who give me permissions to include and modify his searchlights mod (please read original readme included).
Thanks also to Anvar1061 for some suggestions about those searchlights and about optimize .eqp files.
Thanks to Fifi for suggestions related with guns' reflections.

NOTE: In the library new version, there's a couple of reworked weapons based on another library where in the "author info" i can read the name "isinchievici"; i was unable to contact him. He has full credit for his work. If you, who are reading, are the author, please contact me if you want me to remove these guns, or if you want me to modify this disclaimer. I can only say thank you, for now.

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This mod replace all previous versions =)

Best regards,
Vd

[fitzcarraldo]

fitzcarraldo has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Best SHe modder: NYGM FiFi Edition. Well deserved.
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: Fifi
Nominated Post: Link

NEW VERSION 5.5 IS OUT!
(Download in my signature spoiler, or first page of this thread)

Few changes that come to mind:

- Leigh Lights repaired, should be fonctional when date is reached (at night!)

- New flags (and some ships may have more than one!)

- New Ships (from Ccom12 & AlexB and adapted)

- Old ships completely re-worked and optimized

- Campaign files configuration dates adjusted, so units have latest equipment

- Campaign files waypoints adjusted & corrected

- Campaign files convoys units adjusted, so units are same at save reload!

- Campaign files harbor units adjusted

- Roster & roster definition sides corrected

- Black Sea campaign files also adjusted

- VIIB type have now handrails!

- Escorts burning in bad weather SHOULD be fixed (if not, try to play WITHOUT seasonal waves activated in Commander options)

- Loading times are even shortned due to optimization

- Etc etc (i don't recall all the changes :haha:)

Forgot to say I was unable to repair the Kiel kanal waypoints plotting … so until I find out a solution, I deleted the waypoints.

Hope you will enjoy it!
To me, it's my best version ever!

:Kaleun_Cheers: :Kaleun_Salute:

[GrenSo]

GrenSo has made a Best of SUBSOM nomination.
Category:

SH3 Modder

Post: Best mod with great support for SH3. A must have for everyone.
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Posted by: Fifi
Nominated Post: Link

VERSION 5.6 IS OUT!

Please download lastest 5.6 version... Bordeaux harbor ships have been fixed.

Bonus: Added Vondos German Carl Peters ship, plus Vondos Komet & Pinguin ship...and of course their campaign files.

Also added new harbor East of South Afrika: Port Elizabeth (and its ships)… useful for flotilla 12 campaign from Bordeaux.

Hope you'll like it.

:Kaleun_Salute:

[fitzcarraldo]

fitzcarraldo has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Best mod for SH3. New update.
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: Fifi
Nominated Post: Link

New target for future update :D



Heavy cruiser London

:Kaleun_Salute:

[fitzcarraldo]

fitzcarraldo has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Best modder for SH3 (NYGM Steel Coffins).
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: Fifi
Nominated Post: Link

Added other new schnellboot model to NYGM





And new German tender ship beside Vondos Carl Peters that we already have



Of course included in RDN & SCR files

:Kaleun_Salute:

[fitzcarraldo]

fitzcarraldo has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Best mod for SH3: NYGM Steel Coffins Challenge edition. Awesome.
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: Fifi
Nominated Post: Link

I doubt it’s compatible with latest version …

:Kaleun_Salute:

[fitzcarraldo]

fitzcarraldo has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: For the great hardcoded mods for SH3. The mods are must have...
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: rik007
Nominated Post: Link

Ok, I send it to both of you. So after some testing, and without issues, I will make the fix/update available for everyone. Let's hope we can do that somewhere next week. :hmmm:

First these bugs affects the campaigns. The naval academy works as it should. Something I have seen before. So let me explain what I found:

There are multiple date/time variable in sh3. One of them controls the moon and the environment and one is the current date/time you see on the watches etc. The first one is not correct after a save/reload. After a reload the daynumber is set to 1. The effect you can see below:



In this case I started a patrol on the first of April 1941 (first row). Without safe/reload I continue the patrol until april 26th where I did a safe (second row). Then I reloaded the campaign (third row) and you can see the results. In the unpatched version the moon is back to its postition of april the first as well as the sky. Please notice that when we get closer to June the 21th days get shorter and the sun will set later.

All these pictures are same location and same time.

The fix corrects the date that controls the moon and environment by overwriting it with the current date/time just before calculations are done. This also solves a second bug as the update of that date/time is not correctly done.

So with this fix the moon will also follow the calendar provided with the moon mod.

[fitzcarraldo]

fitzcarraldo has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Nice ships for SH3, means nice new targets...
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: Alex.B
Nominated Post: auxiliary cruiser

progress...

[fitzcarraldo]

fitzcarraldo has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

SH3 Modder

Nomination basis: Great hardcoded mods for SH3. Well deserved.
Forum: SHIII Mods Workshop

Nominated Member: rik007
Nominated Post: Link

Indeed! It sure does:



:Kaleun_Salute: