Type IX U-Boat mod help

TheDarkWraith · 08-07-12, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

The guys who made that might be working on a IX (RIGHT GUYS,RIGHT?)but Silent Hunter 5 is more complex and...***t!

SH5 uses the Granny system for storing 3D model data. That is the big obstacle with SH5. The only non-commercial software that can even begin to edit these files (that I know of) is my GR2 Editor/Viewer WIP.

Hartmann · 08-07-12, 07:58 PM

There is a mod about this, it changes the type VII specifications to a IX boat

the exterior and interior model is a VII boat .

i think that a good way to the first Ix mod is change the external model an use the VII interior. but it requires advanced skills in 3d modelling, have the correct tool and deal with granny files.

here is

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=187530

Kipparikalle · 11-04-17, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

SH5 uses the Granny system for storing 3D model data. That is the big obstacle with SH5. The only non-commercial software that can even begin to edit these files (that I know of) is my GR2 Editor/Viewer WIP.

Is there a commercial software that can edit those files?

Jeff-Groves · 11-04-17, 06:35 PM

Yep. 12 grand last I checked for a single user license.
That means you can't give copies out to others.

Kipparikalle · 11-04-17, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Yep. 12 grand last I checked for a single user license.
That means you can't give copies out to others.

Christ.

What was the file format that's being used to store the 3D data? I'm fairly sure there exists user-made software out there somewhere.

Jeff-Groves · 11-04-17, 07:20 PM

All 3D data is in the Granny GR2 files.
VERY few people can work with them and mostly on a very limited basis.
I only know of 2 people that can do limited things with that format.
TDW and myself.

I get a lot of requests from other Gamers playing other Games for help.
Most I believe get to a point that they just give up.

As an example. SWTOR used standard GR2 files when first released.
It was a simple matter to rip 3D models from the files. They changed from a standard GR2 to a Custom GR2.
Didn't take a few of us long to break that format also.

Fussing up the CRC was a standard trick to stop ripping files.
We changed that also! LOL!! We can fix the CRC.

Kipparikalle · 11-04-17, 08:42 PM

I asked a couple of friends who knew people who pointed to some other people who, as it finds out, have tools.

Are here people who would actually port models from SH3 to SH5 if they had the tools for it?

Jeff-Groves · 11-04-17, 08:47 PM

Some may. But SH3 models are sub par compared to SH5 models.
Unless the better Modders with new Units OK the imports.
I'd like to see the Tools.
Use anything released by RAD Games that was not purchased and a whole World of hurt comes down.

08-07-12, 07:58 PM	#2
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	There is a mod about this, it changes the type VII specifications to a IX boat the exterior and interior model is a VII boat . i think that a good way to the first Ix mod is change the external model an use the VII interior. but it requires advanced skills in 3d modelling, have the correct tool and deal with granny files. here is http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=187530 __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

11-04-17, 06:35 PM	#4
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,322 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Yep. 12 grand last I checked for a single user license. That means you can't give copies out to others. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

11-04-17, 07:20 PM	#6
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,322 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	All 3D data is in the Granny GR2 files. VERY few people can work with them and mostly on a very limited basis. I only know of 2 people that can do limited things with that format. TDW and myself. I get a lot of requests from other Gamers playing other Games for help. Most I believe get to a point that they just give up. As an example. SWTOR used standard GR2 files when first released. It was a simple matter to rip 3D models from the files. They changed from a standard GR2 to a Custom GR2. Didn't take a few of us long to break that format also. Fussing up the CRC was a standard trick to stop ripping files. We changed that also! LOL!! We can fix the CRC. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

11-04-17, 08:47 PM	#8
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,322 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Some may. But SH3 models are sub par compared to SH5 models. Unless the better Modders with new Units OK the imports. I'd like to see the Tools. Use anything released by RAD Games that was not purchased and a whole World of hurt comes down. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

11-04-17, 08:42 PM	#7
Kipparikalle Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I asked a couple of friends who knew people who pointed to some other people who, as it finds out, have tools. Are here people who would actually port models from SH3 to SH5 if they had the tools for it?