WhiteBoySamurai

Glad to be of use!

With regards to the Longbow Hellfires, perhaps the best thing to do for now is change them to Radio [i.e. radar] Command Guided and add Terminal Guidance and Target Memory. That way, they'll be able to engage moving targets and be true fire-and-forget like the real thing. They all appear on the racks correctly if set up in the loadout.ini. But unfortunately, the in-game loadout screen won't let you attach them like that manually. Dels, do you think you could integrate the M299 racks into the model itself, and just create four stations (same group ID) for LGR/CGR under each hardpoint? It would be just like how you did the Stringer tubes on the wingtips. That way, we'd be able to load any Hellfire regardless of guidance type, without the need for separate M299/M299L racks. By the way, in the data.ini, I think the RocketBoresightAngle should be zero instead of 4. I couldn't hit anything with Hydras until I changed it.

View File Jiangwei class frigates These three models represent the Type 053H2 Jianghu-III class, Type 053H2G Jiangwei-I class, and Type 053H3 Jiangwei-II class frigates, in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy. The Jiangwei series frigates were developed from the earlier Jianghu series, with the Jianghu-III being a transitional design, and are considered to be China's first true multi-role frigates. All necessary sounds, guns, and weapons are included in this package. Hull number decals and helicopter support are not featured, as these ships are meant to be used as OPFOR units, but they can be released on request. Note: This model has been updated for full compatibility with SF2:NA. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or constructive criticisms regarding this model, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you! Submitter WhiteBoySamurai Submitted 10/13/2011 Category Frigates

We are currently in talks to discuss the scheduling of a timetable on which to meet about the pending meeting in which we finally finalize our plan for the PLAN. Mind you, this all needs to be cleared by the Redundant Department of Redundancy. No problem. I'd like to get as many warships as possible standardized and working well. I do a lot of aftermarket modding on the ships I download, so I'm happy to share the data that I use. Here are some screenshots of the 053H2G Jiangwei-I. I just need to add a bit more detail, finish the flight deck, and do some bump mapping. The two ships weigh in at a modest 9000 polys up close, 5000 for long distance. And here are the ships in their intended purpose: Three hundred rounds of 20mm well spent.

Got it, thanks. I'll be posting updates of these ships soon, so hopefully the bump mapping will be a noticeable improvement for some of you. I may also try using .DDS textures once I get the proper plugin and image converter installed.

Oh wow, is that the Yamato up there?? I can tell it's going to be awesome already.

Yeah, you've really outdone yourself this time, Fubar. Photon torpedoes should be fun to do. 1.5kg matter x 1.5kg antimatter = 64 megatons.

Awesome! Now you've got me thinking about doing a flyable Bird of Prey.

Huh. I wish I had known that sooner! I'll try using multiple smaller textures if/when I do an aircraft. What I wanted to know about bump maps specifically is if I can have a bump map file that's smaller than the model's texture file? i.e. a 1024 texture with a 512 bump map? I tried it and it looks okay in render, but I don't know how it will look in-game.

Yes, Sovremenny and Kirov are in the works. Thanks to colmack for helping me get started. I'm not sure if there are SF2 versions of the Udaloy and Slava, but they're easy to convert manually. You just need to add the radar frequency data under the [DetectSystem] entry. This is what I use for modern Russian ships: RadarSearchFreq=8.0 RadarTrackFreq=12.0 RadarSearchCW=FALSE RadarTrackCW=FALSE RadarMissileGuidanceCW=TRUE If you are using my naval RWR mod, you should also add "RadarFamilyName=Destroyer" for the Udaloys and "RadarFamilyName=Cruiser" for the Slava.

The addons I get the most requests for are carriers and OPFOR vessels. While I do have some carriers on the back burner, I decided to get at least one or two smaller ships out first. So, I'm doing the Type 053H2G Jiangwei-I class, and Type 053H3 Jiangwei-II class, modern frigates used by the People's Liberation Army Navy. Numerous and well-armed, I think they'll make very suitable targets for all your Harpoons and assorted ASMs. As you can see, the mesh is done and I've already started skinning. The Jiangwei-I and II primarily differ only in their missile payload, the location of their rear guns, and a few internal systems. These ship's HQ-61 (Aspide knockoff) and HQ-7 (French Crotale copy) missiles are also basically finished. I expect to have it ready for upload by next week.

I've been experimenting with bump mapping. I've decided that the payoff-to-effort ratio is pretty good, so all my ships will be getting updates with bump maps. It's too bad I can't see it in-game on my own computer, but the renders look nice. Here's the Leahy: ...I also fixed an issue with the railings on this ship and the Bainbridge. For a more dramatic example, here's the USS Freedom: A few questions on this process: Can I get away with using a smaller (lower resolution) bitmap? For example, a 1024x1024 map for a 2048x2048 texture? I'd like to save RAM and hard drive space for anyone who downloads my stuff, as long as quality isn't sacrificed too much. Also, is it possible to use a compressed image format (jpeg? png?) for the bump map instead?