WhiteBoySamurai

Great, colmack! Had no idea you were working on those.

I'm sending you some parts to save you some time--

I just rebuilt and retextured that Mk45 gun. It actually looks significantly better than what I've got on my Tico/Burke. (I think I'd get lynched if I updated and made everyone re-download them yet again though, haha...)

Very nice work so far, angelp. Sending a PM your way.

"Two weeks," that's where it is.

I've been kinda lacking motivation for this project, because

 A) I don't even have PTO or KAW installs set up at the moment, so the Essexes aren't even going to get much use on my end when they're done, and

 B) I'm able to complete several modern warships from scratch in the same time it's taking me to finish even a small section of this big carrier.

But I'm making progress bit by bit. Here's one of the fire directors (mostly done with mapping but not yet textured).

Perhaps you can get in touch with the original author and work something out with him? It would be much quicker and easier to alter the existing models and make the variants you need rather than scratch-build everything yourself.

LCAC, huh? Well, that would be a challenge to make, but possible. How would it be used within the sim? I don't think there's any way to have them be deployed from amphibious assault ships.

Right now, I'm just finishing up a new gun for some slightly older ships.

The Kanimbla is being uploaded now. I'm looking forward to checking out your campaign, Viggen.

Interestingly, but it seems that the designers of the Ivan Rogov never accommodated for the replacement of the ships two gas turbines... meaning that once the engines became worn out, the ships were as good as gone.          

That's hilarious. I had wondered why they were retired so early. 

Thanks again for the resources.

Hehe the reason I asked for DPRK vessels was that I wanted to add them to my Korea 85 camp, check it out here http://combatace.com/topic/85880-korea-85-wip-including-new-ground-war/

Cool, I'll give it a try. And I'll see about throwing some DPRK equipment together.

The Kanimbla is almost done. Working on the distance/collision/flight deck lods now. Too bad there aren't many Aussie escorts for her right now.

Awesome WBS! The Kanimbla is actually something I'll be using in a small campaign I'm working on.

That's just the sort of thing I like to hear. I'm hoping all these ships I've built allow you guys to create more immersive campaigns and fun missions.

More progress:

Just out of curiosity, are there any plans to do the modern Gator Navy ships?

 

I started work on an LPD-17 San Antonio class a while back, and I'll get around to finishing it eventually. I also plan to make an Oosumi class for the JMSDF, and maybe Russia's Ivan Rogov if I can ever find some clear photos and diagrams.

Speaking of refitting, I've started on the Aussie Kanimbla class.

The primary differences are the large helicopter hangar, a modified bow (no more ramp), and a gigantic crane.

There was a small oversight with the Newport class-- I forgot to delete the lines I use to align the railings before I exported the model, so it created some graphical glitches. The fixed version is now uploaded. Once again, to anyone who already downloaded it, I'm sorry for the inconvenience. And thanks to the community for catching bugs so quickly.

One of these days, maybe I'll actually get a release right 100% on the first try!

Lovely! I must say that thanks to your efforts WBS, SF2 now has one of the largest and most comprehensive libraries of cold war and modern naval assets!

 

EDIT: Ps. When/if doing the DPRK vessels, go all out on the rust :)

Rust? On the Glorious Leader's pristine and ultra-modern armada? Inconceivable! 

Hello Samurai,

 

Is there any chance you can model both the Spurance/Kidd Class Destroyers, I hope so

 

Cheers Mike G

Yep. The Kidd class is here.

That model started out as a Spruance, but I cancelled the project years ago when I found out that SF2: North Atlantic already included a Spruance, and so I turned it into a Kidd class instead. 

I have plans to modify the model back into a Spruance so that I can create the final versions of that ship (with Tomahawk box launchers, RAM, ASROC VLS, etc.) The remodeling would be simple enough to do, but I do not look forward to trying to find refit dates for each ship, and reworking the namelist.ini files for the stock Spruances.

The Newport is being uploaded now. This ship will allow six more countries to have amphibious task groups in SF2 starting in the mid-1990s (plus more variety for the USN).

WBS you rock!

 

and nice you fix things I wanted to point out, namely the too good (pristine?) conditions of them hulls, a bit of decaling of rust and water environment in general on them looks better IMO

Thanks. I'm still not very confident about rust, weathering and stuff. When I'm spraying down a layer of rust and dirt in gimp, I think "this is too much." But it doesn't look as severe in-game. Must be the lighting? Anyway, since this is an older ship, I tried to make it look more weather-beaten.

Love the boats!! hey WBS i might suggest have float pontoons strapped too the side to I seen a a few photos like that GO GATOR NAVY!!

I was thinking to add those, but I ran out of room on the texture sheet, and out of time/patience. Maybe in some future update.

Almost done. I just need to do the low-poly lods, collision mesh, decals, and ship name/date lists.

Beautiful work as usual.Not to dump more on your plate but do you have any plans on modifyvng this to the Australian assault ship conversion? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Manoora_(L_52)

To round off the far east theater, how would you feel about making some DPRK scrap metal ships?

Yes, I'll be making some of those. I'll be able to borrow the guns and radar from the Riga, which will save time. Looking at the layout, I'm pretty sure that the Nanjin will blow itself up half the time when launching its Silkworms. 

I also have plans for South Korea's Ulsan, KDX-I, KDX-II, and KDX-III. 

It's a good start. Just some advice:

1) Condense your materials. Right now, it looks like this--

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For this model, you have 6 different textures. So there should be only 6 materials. You should not have duplicates of the same one over and over. I recommend that you delete them all and keep just the 6 you need.

2) You have two different models of the same 76mm gun, with two different uvw patterns and different textures. Pick one, texture it well, and then use it for every ship that has the same gun. It will save you a lot of work.

3) Don't show the uvw lines when you are making the texture. Don't just fill in between them. Paint over them completely.

4) You don't need the .SHD file. That was only for an older version of the game. For the ini file, just use this:

I made a destroyed model for the Riga class, so you may find it useful as a generic cold war shipwreck. I'd be willing to provide the max file if anyone feels like messing with it for scenery.

I've started skinning the Newport. The mesh is finished except for railings and riggings.

Star Trek Online (screenshot of my flagship below), Skyrim, Kantai Collection, Mount & Blade, lots of retro games on emulator

I'm thinking of trying the Wargame series, and Elite: Dangerous some time soon.

Thanks, I'll take a look at those.

Thanks, russouk2004! I'm really looking forward to your modernized J-7, by the way. No campaign set near China is complete without that plane.

I've just updated the AV-8B Harrier II Plus (2010) package. Nengajyou made some new skins and decals, so the package covers pretty much the entire USMC inventory, including the CAG birds. Please download it when you get the chance.

I'm working on a request from a while back, the Newport class LST:

It's... not a pretty ship. But it was a fairly important one. The Newports were a contemporary of the Iwo Jima class that colmack is working on, and will fit well into any cold war scenario. Furthermore, they were sold off to other countries (including Taiwan, Spain, and Australia) after the USN decommissioned them, and many of them are still in service.This will allow amphibious task groups to be set up for those countries in SF2.

Excellent work. Just double-check the node names for your weapons to fix those floating missiles. You may also want to set up the launcher with a single missile and 7 reloads, which is how Sea Sparrows are set up on the stock ships and mine. Fewer XYZ coordinates to worry about.

Oh, and let me know if you need a custom flight deck lod.

Thanks for finding that page, KJakker. I had based the gun performance on the Model 1958, since it was the closest thing I could find. I've adjusted the rate of fire, train, and elevation according to the listed info. The source you linked says 48 rounds of ready ammunition, but nothing about total capacity. I'll assume 480 rounds total, which is close to similar sized 40mm turrets. 

I'll upload the new version in a moment, but you can just grab this hotfix instead if it's more convenient.

KangDing hotfix.rar

The Kang Ding is uploaded and awaiting approval. We now have all of Taiwan's major surface combatants available for the sim.

Here is a close-up of the new Hsiung Feng II missile, on its way to meet a friend.

I made two versions, ship-launched (with booster) and air-launched (without booster). Both are included in the package.

I also posted an update for the La Fayette. There were a couple of typos in the data file, causing the ship to run out of missiles too early. You can either download the new version or just edit the data.ini manually as described in the support topic. Sorry for the inconvenience.