Italian built

JapLance · Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 60 Location: Palma, Spain

Here's a snapshot of the Southamptons in my HD: Sergbuto's version, Belfast-like version and my previous Southampton:

Lovely ships and model indeed Thumbs Up

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When I have some spare time I'll pack the new ones into an ace file (been a bit busy lately).

Bruno Lotse · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject:

Lovely! Let me guess. These are HMS Southampton, Shefield, and Manchester

willi · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 22 Location: ITALIA

Beautiful!
Difficulty to choose...

Yep

GlowwormGuy · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 615

Thanks for the sites Willi and JapLance. Now all I need is a listing of the ships in the harbor and we're good to go. So far all we have to go on are the Norse tanker Sagona, the British Queen Elizabeth and Valiant of course, the cruiser Euryalus and the DD Jervis (K class, please, please, please, please!) as well as the decommed French BB Lorraine. I can fix up a harbor setup with the map you provided (though a larger map of Alex at the time would help too).

Problem though - I'm running SH2 with Project Messerwetzer now and again I cannot get the SLC to run in SH2. It appears fine in DC but there seems to be something wrong with it in SH2. Could it be a matter of textures or something in the model? It's not the UDF file definitely. Are there other textures I need to install?

As for the Mountbatten yards, I'm still working on several versions of the 1923 torpedo boat before moving on to other stuff.

Nice work on the Southamptons. I don't see why we can't have all of them Wink

By the way, Bruno, would you have any info as to general schemes for RN warships by time period and theater? Like the Western Approaches would be different from the Med which would be different from Scapa Flow.

Cheers,
Mountbatten

Bruno Lotse · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject:

@Mountbatten
Have you tried this book?

http://rapidshare.de/files/16636478/Painters.Guide.to.WW2.Naval.camo.zip.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/16639552/Painters.Guide.to.WW2.Naval.camo.z02.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/16641992/Painters.Guide.to.WW2.Naval.camo.z03.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/16644600/Painters.Guide.to.WW2.Naval.camo.z01.html

Good place to start. There are a short article on RN camo schema used in various periods of WW2 in in various theaters.
Well. there is also schema called
Mountbatten pink Rotfl

No kidding...

Bruno Lotse · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Problems and potentials

GlowwormGuy · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 615

Hopefully we can - I need to get the SLC to work first! The file I'm using is the one posted here last week.

Mountbatten

JapLance · Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 60 Location: Palma, Spain

I didn't find problems to run the SLC, apart from being painfully slooooow Very Happy

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JapLance · Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 60 Location: Palma, Spain

The link for the Southampton repaint:

Southampton repaint

GlowwormGuy · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 615

It's very very strange as the SLC appears fine in Destroyer Command. Are there any additional files besides the ones posted that will be needed to run it? I really don't know what's up - as I said, I'm running it on SH2 with Project Messerwetzer (but not Alfa Tau or Pacific Aces or anything like that installed.)

Mountbatten

JapLance · Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 60 Location: Palma, Spain

GlowwormGuy · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 615

Alright will try it again though I do fear there may be a problem somewhere with my install and the model. Will try and post the error message hopefully it sheds some light on it.

Many thanks,
Mountbatten

GlowwormGuy · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 615

Okay here's the weird thing - the SLC works 'in game' and in the viewer but when I try and look at it in the preview window in SH2 that's what crashes the game. Otherwise working fine! The thing is, the UDF of the SLC (with appropriate modification) apparently has, surprisingly, also solved the problem of the Japanese midget sub. While I'm not complaining I'm really weirded out about the relationship of model and udf to the in game behavior of the ships. Right now I've got a nice little midget fleet - the British X Craft (using the German mini-sub model), the Italian SLC and CB (CB does not seem to want to run in game either, it gives me a Unit Error message), Japanese Midget Sub and of course the German vessels. Strange thing is when I used the X-Craft UDF (with appropriate modification) with the IJN Midget it would very easily roll over - even underwater - and when it oscillated too far the game would crash. Now - same model but with SLC UDF - the problem seems to have vanished! Strange, strange, strange (but then I'm not complaining - it works!)

Thanks very much to Willi, Canarb and the amazing Italian shipyards!

Mountbatten

willi · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 22 Location: ITALIA

On my computer the small sub "CB" works correctly, also in the preview window (SH2 game).
Nevertheless it is not possible to get a satisfactory enlargement of the image in the menù F12.

The appearance of the model in the preview window can depend on the presence or less of the same model in the database "UnitsIt.db."

I have found an interesting image - map of the harbor of Alexandria.
I will send it as soon as possible.
I believe that there is a problem to carry out the model of harbor of Alexandria that it resembles to the original one.

GlowwormGuy · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 615

The map actually has the physical parts of the coastline of 'Alex' modelled pretty well - that half-moon curve is there all that is needed is a long breakwater. I'll see what I can do about that. Perhaps another thing that you chaps could look into would be some 'facilities' and stuff to give 'atmosphere' to the map. You have my 'bases' mod right? I've been able to cobble together accurate layouts for Dunkirk, Malta and if I can find a map of Alex I can do that too. Of course it just uses the stock stuff. By the way would you have available a set of those Italian ports - just the ports - so I can incorporate your superb (may I say superior?) designs in the bases set? If bases can't be DL'd I'll repost for everyone's benefit.

Best wishes,
Mountbatten