Stories and Patrol Logs + Screenshots and Videos (merged)

[runningdeer]

Wow...really neat presentation. I liked the music. I'm new to skinning and working on a memorial skin, and some other unhistorical ideas.

In the video I couldn't see the tower on the left side of the boat. Were you able to get the numbers going in the right direction?

Thanx bro.

[LTD.KUNNINGHAM]

Originally Posted by runningdeer

. Were you able to get the numbers going in the right direction?

Thanx bro.

no thats the only thing i trip over, you can do that at one side, but the other is mirrored, i hate it, no numbers or text can be added so the conningtower is offlimits, untill someone knows a fix
doesnt matter anyway, the torsk has its teeth painted after the war, just like most of the conningtowers

so all i need is a way to fix text and numbers

[tei]

Lighthouse


I used photo Cockspur Island Lighthouse from here
Original size 1680x840 like always here: Lighthouse by ~tei77
Hope you like it.
Cheers!

[Vandrith]

Tei, great as usual. Very very nice job!

[runningdeer]

...Yeah, terrific work tei.

I've been working with a few skins, nothing serious or historically accurate yet, just practicing and learning as I go. Struggling to get numbers going the right direction on the left side of the boat. Many hours of trial and error to get to this:

Right side



Left side



What do you think?

[ichso]

Nice idea with Popeye there

U might wanna consider using this font:
http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Amarillo_USAF.htm
It looks quite cool and is fitting perfectly into the scheme.
Would have used it myself until I skipped the idea of adding numbers.
Here is how it looks:

[runningdeer]

Originally Posted by ichso

Nice idea with Popeye there

U might wanna consider using this font:
http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Amarillo_USAF.htm
It looks quite cool and is fitting perfectly into the scheme.
Would have used it myself until I skipped the idea of adding numbers.
Here is how it looks:

Hi ichso ...thank you for the font link. But I've tried it. I really like it except it comes out too thick on the other side of the boat, after applying it to the occlusion map. I first tried all the military fonts available that I could find but none are thin enough. This one comes out too thick/blurry. So unfortunately I had to go with what I used.

Did you get it looking good on both sides? The numbers in my above images were applied using the occlusion map (NSS_[**]_O01).

[ichso]

You're right, numbers on the occlusion maps turn out a bit blurry in the game. Did a quick test (don't look at the colors ^^).

[runningdeer]

yeah, I tried touching up the font that you are using on the left side, but it seemed too thick. So I went with another font that is very crisp and more thin...defined.

I know that numbers can look even better. I keep trying different methods and better results every time. But I suppose you can only make a numbers shadow look so good.

[ichso]

Maybe the numbers look a bit more blurry because the occlusion maps are of lower resolution than the texture files, 1024² vs 2048², and the numbers have to be scaled more in order to fit the rest of the texture.

[runningdeer]

Well, I'm still learning, but the way I understand it is that the occlusion map simply casts a 'shadow', some type of 3d utility is needed to make an actual 'texture' on the left side.

I wish I could use white text . Black works best because of the contrast factor?

I have some awesome white naval font that casts a dark shadow, the same used in photos I've seen of tower numbers, on some boats.

I'm really having fun with this skinning, learning a lot. But editing and getting things to look proper has consumed many hours .

[Armistead]

The little fella hit the ocean before his chute opened...funny I caught it.

[runningdeer]

Originally Posted by Armistead

The little fella hit the ocean before his chute opened...funny I caught it.

[Torpedoloader]

[IMG][/IMG]
An old lady goes to war

[Gunfighter]

New Signature Art By tei for my Birthday