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09-09-14, 10:06 AM | #1126 |
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Hopefully lots of those WW1 merchants will also make its way to a WW2 japanese merchant fleet pack that enrichens SH4
At least it will compensate a bit for the loss of Tater's project
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09-09-14, 12:01 PM | #1127 |
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iambecomelife, your modeling skills for these vessels amazes me. I love how manage all the details and keeping the low polygon requirements. Great job.
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09-21-14, 08:47 PM | #1128 |
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Tomorrow will mark the 100th anniversary of one of the most important U-Boat successes (and one of the greatest tragedies for Britain during WWI). I'll be doing a little model work Monday, as my own minor commemoration - it will be posted later. Regarding collars, the game goes berserk when you make even minor changes to the human torsos, so I don't think collared shirts are possible. Capt. Cox is one of the few modders who could possibly do it, and I have not heard from him for a while.
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09-22-14, 12:08 AM | #1129 |
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The sinking of the Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy right? Fun fact about them, all three were Cressy-Class Armored Cruisers.
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09-22-14, 08:59 PM | #1131 |
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You guys know your history!
Interesting thing I found out about these ships while researching the mod: they shared a serious design flaw with the ocean liner "Lusitania". The designers added a centerline bulkhead from front to back, basically splitting the interior in two - this was intended to keep flooding on one side of the ship from affecting the other side. Apparently, nobody bothered to think about how dangerous this would be in the event of a severe list. This feature trapped water on one side of the cruisers when they were torpedoed, and caused "Aboukir", "Cressy", and "Hogue" to capsize or tilt during the action on September 22, 1914. Once again, this was repeated when "Lusitania" sank in 1915 - the heavy list kept many of the lifeboats from being lowered. HMS "Hogue" has the dual ID bands on the 1st and 4th funnels - I'm not sure if the ships had funnel markings when sunk, or if they had all been painted out to a solid grey. I already did anchor chains and anchors for the model but didn't like them - I will revise this week.
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09-23-14, 12:00 PM | #1132 |
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Funny thing about that bulkhead design. If the Titanic had it she would've been fine after hitting the iceberg. Also from what i've read it also doubled as extra space for coal. Hope that the game will be able to simulate that right though. Oh and love the models.
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09-26-14, 05:32 PM | #1133 |
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really excited for this keep up the good work guys!
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10-07-14, 06:57 PM | #1134 |
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Just a quick update today: Changes to the crew page background.
OPTION 1: The original change from some months ago - this was criticized as being cluttered, and making it hard to see the text. OPTION 2: The revised background, with fewer items. OPTION 3: Like Option 2, but with a map to add variety to the background. Yes, I know it's WWII, but I think it goes well with the other items, and it doesn't have any visible WWII Kriegsmarine insignia. I'm not sure which one you people would prefer; let me know. Ideas for completely different backgrounds are welcome. By the way, I just imported the hull of the U-51 boat into Silent Hunter 4 and was very happy with the results. The texture was 1024 x 1024, and looked good. Too early for screenshots because it's still covered in the parts for the "Porpoise" class, but things are coming along well..
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10-07-14, 07:49 PM | #1135 |
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I personally like option 3 the best.
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10-07-14, 09:21 PM | #1136 |
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Nice, I like the more simpler look of 2. Good to hear things are progressing with this :-)
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10-08-14, 07:07 AM | #1137 |
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Option 2 and coming along nicely
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10-08-14, 09:30 AM | #1138 |
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Me also option 2
I especially love the personal card/book, and if you could crop the image in a manner that the text ends exactly over the lines that would be awesome
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10-10-14, 05:13 AM | #1139 |
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To me option 2 looks best.
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10-12-14, 05:47 PM | #1140 |
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UPDATE: Wolves of the Kaiser delayed until 2114. Research assistants walk of the job, demanding a 10 treat-per-hour minimum wage....
More screenshots coming up.
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