Uboat Tower Emblem (ATO) Paintkit
 

Uboat Tower Emblem (ATO) Paintkit

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Addon For Silent Hunter IV
Atlantic Theater Operations
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Uboat Tower Emblem (ATO) Paintkit
by etheberge and Akula4745
November 5 2009

DOWNLOAD:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1423

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CONTENT:

Readme file
Adobe photoshop ready psd files for the following uboats:
IIB, IIC, IID, IX, IXB, IXC, IXC40, IXD2, VIIB, VIIC, VIIC41,
VIID, XXI, XXIII
Historical Emblems.psd

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DESCRIPTION:

This Paintkit is an addon to the Atlantic Theater Operations -
SHIV Uboat campaign. This Paintkit will give the player (you) the
ability to add tower emblems to your U-boat with a minimal
amount of muss n' fuss.

This Paintkit is not JSGME ready and requires basic knowledge of
a good graphics program. You may also need the nVidia DDS
plugin for Photoshop available at:
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/p...s_plugins.html


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HOW TO:

Look for and open the folder named after the U-boat you are currently
operating. Open the psd file in your favorite graphics program. Open
the historic emblems psd file and find your desired emblem. Copy and
paste your desired emblem on the ship psd on top of the test emblem.
BE SURE TO TURN OFF OR DELETE THE LAYER WITH THE TEST EMBLEM!!!
Depending on the size and shape of the emblem you may wish to
resize it to taste. Finally, save your file as noted in the individual
instructions below.


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INDIVIDUAL UBOAT INSTRUCTIONS

Here is a list of the files you need to change for each sub models:

All files must be placed under \Data\Textures\TNormal\tex

Type IIB
Filename to use: "NSS_Uboat2b_T01.tga"

Type IIC
Filename to use: "Typ_2C_Hull.tga"

Type IID
Filename to use: "Typ_2D_Hull.tga"

Type VIIB
Filename to use: "NSS_Uboat7b_hull.tga"

Type VIIC
Filename to use: "NSS_Uboat7c_hull.tga"

Type VIIC41
Filename to use: "NSS_Uboat7c_hull.tga"

Type VIID
Filename to use: "NSS_Uboat7d_hull.tga"

Type IX
Filename to use: "turm9c_1.tga"

Type IXB
Filename to use:"turm9c_1.tga"

Type IXC
Filename to use: "Turm9c.tga"

Type IXC/40
Filename to use: "Turm9c.tga"

Type IXD2
Filename to use: "NSS_Uboat9D2_Turm_T01.dds"

Type XXI
Filename to use: "Typ_21_Hull.tga"

Type XXIII
Filename to use: "Typ 21_Hull.tga"


Be sure to backup your original files!


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COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHR'S EMBLEM MOD FOR OMEGU

Available at: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=157758

You can use the emblems included in "Historical Emblems.psd" in combination with Othr's Emblem mod if you wish. Simply copy the layer containing the emblem you wish to use to a blank 256x256 image with transparent background and save to \Data\Textures\TNormal\tex as either emblem.tga or emblem.dds. Depending on the size and shape of the emblem you may wish to resize it to taste.

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DISCLAMER:

This paintkit and its whole contents may be included or used with other mods or mod packs ONLY under the singular condition that a Bavarian beer maid of rather busty persuasion and questionable repute is delivered to the co-creators prior to use of any acquired content. This paintkit and its whole contents are released for free in-game use to the Silent Hunter community. Alteration or modification to any of the files contained here in, in part or in whole, and/or subsequent posting of this mod pack for download, is expressly prohibited unless prior permission is obtained, or singular conditions met to satisfaction of grantor. Historical emblems are copyright the men who fought under them.

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CREDITS/RESOURCES:
Our sincere thanks to...

www.uboat.net
Gudmundur Helgason

Embleme, Wappen, Malings
deutscher U-Boote 1939-1945
Georg Hogel
ISBN 3 7822 0407 7

U-Boote1935-45
The History of The Kriegsmarine U-boats
Jean-Philippe Dallies-Labourdette
ISBN 2 908 182 42 4

U-Boot Typ II, VII, IX
Waldemar Trojca
ISBN 83 919215 4 9

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Hope you enjoy... and happy hunting.

etheberge
Akula4745

http://www.jimdeadman.com/images/mid42_tower.jpg

Here is an index (hope I included all of them) of the emblems included in the Historical Emblems.psd file. There should be a total of 281 emblems...

http://www.jimdeadman.com/images/historical_index3b.jpg
http://www.jimdeadman.com/images/round2.jpg
http://www.jimdeadman.com/images/round3.jpg

Kit includes emblems for:

Crews (6):
28-36-37-39-41-42

Flotillas (19):
1-2-3-5-6-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-19-21-23-24-25-26-29

U-boats (256):
3-9-19-30-34-37-38-47-48-49-59-60-65-66(b)-67-68-69-70-71-73-78-82-85-87-99-100-103-
106-107-108-109-110-116-117-123-124(b)-129-134-136-137-141-143-154-161-162-164-168-
174-178(b)-180-181(b)-188-189-190(b)-191-196-199-200-201-202-203-205-207-208-209-
210-214-216-218-220-224-225-227-233-236-238-239-244-249-251-255-257-264-265-269-
271-276-277-281-287-290-292-293-295-299-305-308-309-312-313-320-328-331-332-333-
335-350-357-385-396-403-404-405-406-407-408-413-414-421-422-429-444-455-458-460-
461-462-481-482-487-489-505-506-515-518(b)-520-552-556-561-563(b)-565-575-587-
591(b)-592(b)-593(b)-595-596-598-599-601-604-606-608-613-615-621-622-625-634-636-
640-641-642-654-660-662-666(b)-667-669-672-680(b)(c)-701-704-706-715-716-721-733-
741-751-752-764-773-775-778-847-850-857-858-861-874-901-921-923-928-957-966-969-
975-978-979-981-990-991-995-1004-1006-1008-1013-1023-1026-1059-1064-1171-1162-
1195-1201-1225-1229-1233-1302-1304-1305-2332-2513-2527-2541-3002-3003-3008(b)-
3011-3014-3015-3027-3030-3032-3512-3516-4701-4705-4711

Boat numbers which have a (b) and (c) behind them indicate a second (and third) emblems associated with the boat.

The emblems look great Akula, great job putting all these together. :yeah:

Akula I dont mean to be a pain, But how the hell do ya get this to work???:damn:

I have photoshop and I can get the two TGA files open............the eblem and the hull. Im no too up to speed with photoshop and where to place the emblem on the Image for the hull is beyond me.

If you can help that would be great...........If not thanks anyways. I wil find a way.:salute:

Ego.

Ego,
Inside the downloaded kit are PSD templates - in the bottom left corner of the template FOR YOUR SUB (the one you are using in your current career) is an example emblem just place yours on a new layer over the top of it - then turn off the example emblem layer and save as DDS. You may need the Nvidia DDS plugin to save.

Then make sure the DDS file is located in the right folder, start up SHIV and you are good to go! Hope this little guide helps... if you have a specific issue or problem let me know.

Cheers.....Wil look into it and let ya know.

Your a gent.:salute:

Got it thanks...........Looks sweet.:DL

Post a screen shot for me, Ego... let's see! :o

I got started thinking about all the tower emblems I have used in the game since I discovered SHIV...
http://www.jimdeadman.com/images/toweremblems.jpg

Here you go Akula...............cant really seem to get it workin perfect without the image doubling up and had to resize the images down to a fifth of the original.

But it thought me a bit about skining..............Like I can make the exausts more burned and a few other little things which is nice to know too. Cheers.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...N/Miners-1.jpghttp://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...LOHAN/U995.jpghttp://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...LOHAN/u201.jpg

Looks great Ego! Well done sir!

nice work mate!!
cheers:yeah: