Art mods

[Halsey]

USN Patrol's and ZP's.
USMC VMO/D's.
1 update.

[cantona2]

Thanks once again Bull

[Halsey]

Michael says that all the stock art got overwritten.

I keep a seperate modded art folder for the overwrites in an extra folder.
Then all I have to do is copy and paste after every major patch.
Have one for sounds too.[;)]

[Halsey]

ORIGINAL: cantona2

Thanks once again Bull

Slowly but surely....[:D]

[Mifune]

Nice tip Halsey, why didnt I think of that.[8|]

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: Tone

Here is Imperial Crest for commissioned Japaneses ships - thank you Tone

Thank you to divepac88 that did this for me.

Simple item that has a big effect. I have reformatted DivePac88/Tone's Imperial Crest graphic into a placeholder for all the IJN ship slots from 0001 to 0546. This should get all the commissioned combatants down to but not including the PT boats. The Imperial Crest will show up on the Ship Information screen.

I have put this pack together is so you guys can simply install and enjoy DivePac88/Tone's work. I think I have missed a few escorts as they were mixed in with the Marus and PTs but there shouldn't be too many.

If you have already installed your own IJN ship patches, be careful that this placeholder set doesn't overwrite them.

Installation:
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Just unzip into your game folder with the 'Use Folders' option set. (The zip archive already includes the art folder)

The download link for Part 1 of 2 is at bottom of this post.

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: Tone

Here is Imperial Crest for commissioned Japaneses ships - thank you Tone

Thank you to divepac88 that did this for me.

Simple item that has a big effect. I have reformatted DivePac88/Tone's Imperial Crest graphic into a placeholder for all the IJN ship slots from 0001 to 0546. This should get all the commissioned combatants down to but not including the PT boats. The Imperial Crest will show up on the Ship Information screen.

I have put this pack together is so you guys can simply install and enjoy DivePac88/Tone's work. I think I have missed a few escorts as they were mixed in with the Marus and PTs but there shouldn't be too many.

If you have already installed your own IJN ship patches, be careful that this placeholder set doesn't overwrite them.

Installation:
=============
Just unzip into your game folder with the 'Use Folders' option set. (The zip archive already includes the art folder)

The download link for Part 2 of 2 is at bottom of this post.

[TOMLABEL]

ORIGINAL: Reg

You da man, REG! You da man!!!![&o][&o][&o]

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: Reg

I have updated my revolving artwork utility to handle rotating ship artwork based on the info above.
(Michael, I assume the transparency files (Shils) are treated in exactly the same fashion...)

If anyone would like this utility to make the creation and formatting of rotating ship art distributions a lot easier, please feel free to use it. (I don't do ships...)

The instructions including a tutorial are included in the zip file.

Any suggestions on how to make this tool (or the instructions) better will be gratefully accepted.

Updated to Version 1.3 due to a bug where the "All Years" background and transparency images weren't being written to the distribution folder.

Apologies to the 8 or so guys who downloaded version V1.2 but you will need to download and use the latest version.

Download from here: Revolving ArtWork Utility

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Recovery for distributions created under V1.2:

If you have already created distribution sets you will need to recreate them.

Alternately it may save a bit of repeated effort if you just copy and paste the following lines to the end of the "xxxx_f.bat" configuration file and run the build-dist.bat script again.

Code: Select all

 if NOT EXIST %2\Art\AlliedShip_back mkdir %2\Art\AlliedShip_back 
 if NOT EXIST %2\Art\JapShip_back mkdir %2\Art\JapShip_back 
 if NOT EXIST %2\Art\AlliedShip_Transp mkdir %2\Art\AlliedShip_Transp 
 if NOT EXIST %2\Art\JapShipShills_transp mkdir %2\Art\JapShipShills_transp 
 

Sorry about that guys.....

[Mifune]

It just gets better and better, thanks.

[NAVMAN]

Hi Reg:
Was any of your rotating air art that we installed impacted by the latest beta patch?
Also, did you include FM-1 Wildcats in any of them?

Thx!

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: NAVMAN

Hi Reg:
Was any of your rotating air art that we installed impacted by the latest beta patch?

As the rotating art files are all new*, there is no chance of them being overwritten by the default art in a comprehensive patch.

This post includes an attachment that lists all the bitmaps in the patch.

Edit: * This is only strictly true for aircraft rotating art (and the LCU and SHP patches). The 'All Year' image for rotating ship art will be overwritten. Also improved default files such as Cathartes fantastic new aircraft top art will also be overwritten.

Also, did you include FM-1 Wildcats in any of them?

Ummmmm, Errrr.... I was kinda hoping no one would notice. [:(]

I did say that release was a first pass only and that I couldn't guarantee it was complete. However, I have attached a zip file which are just the F4F-4 images copied into the FM-1 slot to get you by.

As usual, just unzip into your game folder with the 'Use Folder' option set (the 'Art' folder is included in the archive).

I am waiting on a reply from Cathartes before I release the next batch.

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Edit 30Jun10: As a special request Cathartes has generously provided some FM-1 sideart. The attachment has been updated with the new images.

[Zebedee]

I can provide hosting/mirror if required. PM me or sommat and I'll get my shidazzle sorted and get it set-up.

[Halsey]

Feel free to use my bitmaps.
They are posted in order, with updates.

More in the works, had to take a break after last weeks binge.[:D]

[NAVMAN]

Reg,
Thx!

[Halsey]

The rest of "Tiger Force" and some air updates.[;)]

[Mifune]

Very nice and thank you

[Cathartes]

I am waiting on a reply from Cathartes before I release the next batch

You rang?

[Reg]

PM & E-mail sent.....

[Smeulders]

A new batch of ship badges, this time for the French Navy. Included are BB Richelieu, 2 CL, 3 DD and an AM.