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ORIGINAL: Halsey

I have just about compiled an updated version of the ships for use with CHS.
Every known bitmap with upgrades.[;)]

Surprisingly more than a few of fremens, Dixie, TomLabel and BigB's ships are very close to being in scale.

So this latest package will include detailed and scaled ships for both the Allies and Japan.
I'll try to post them to Spooky's this weekend.

Great! [:D]

ORIGINAL: Cathartes

CHS Allied air sides due soon (accurate markings and camo for Dec 1941-March 1942). Next iteration of Stock Allied air sides (Oct '43-?) on its heels.

And more great! [:)]

The files are uploaded and available here:

Allied Shils
Allied Sides
Japanese Shils
Japanese Sides

A proper page will be up in the next few days for them as well.

If you don't mind me pointing this out (or even if you do [:)]), the pic for the London CLass CA in slot 424 is wrong. It should have X turret and the catapult replaced with more AA weapons.



*EDIT: Jap sides link fixed.

Go ahead and feel free to replace it.
The artwork is a community effort.[;)]

Great news! Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to the 'Oct '43 - ?' set. Any plane tops forthcoming?

TOMLABEL

Yes, but a slow project behind completing sides.

ORIGINAL: Cathartes

Great news! Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to the 'Oct '43 - ?' set. Any plane tops forthcoming?

TOMLABEL

Yes, but a slow project behind completing sides.

Those are awesome!!! Can't wait for you to finish 'em!!
[&o][&o][&o]

TOMLABEL

ORIGINAL: Cathartes

Great news! Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to the 'Oct '43 - ?' set. Any plane tops forthcoming?

TOMLABEL

Yes, but a slow project behind completing sides.

Probably the SLOWEST type of art to produce....lots of research necessary.

Good thing this community boasts people who are willing to take that time...

ORIGINAL: Dixie

The files are uploaded and available here:

Allied Shils
Allied Sides
Japanese Shils
Japanese Sides

A proper page will be up in the next few days for them as well.

If you don't mind me pointing this out (or even if you do [:)]), the pic for the London CLass CA in slot 424 is wrong. It should have X turret and the catapult replaced with more AA weapons.

The Japanese sides link is broken. Thanks!


Im a little confused here...

Are these the standardized artwork sets made for CHS or a mix of other stuff?

I really like the consistency of the standardized project and was wondering if it could be updated to CHS...

ORIGINAL: Tanaka

The Japanese sides link is broken. Thanks!

Allied Shils
Allied Sides
Japanese Shils
Japanese Sides

Fixed [:)]

As far as I'm aware these are the standardised CHS ships. I'm not sure exactly what ships are in the CHS packages, I think that several have been gathered from other sources, but any that aren't to scale are very close anyway. Any new ships I post on my site will be to scale though, but most will be camo'd as I prefer a bit of colour [:)]

Some oddball CHS originals are included.

I've tried to mellow some of them out so they aren't so noticeable.[;)]

Here's how I came up with this set.

I started with Subchasers original graphics package.
Overlaid the CHS base graphics.
Then I individually placed ships sides one at a time.
Reworked some of the original CHS graphics, and touched up and modified later arriving classes.

The US subs will be the most noticed.[;)]

Feel free to add your own favorites over what's available.
Everyone should have their own art packages personalized anyway.[;)]

ORIGINAL: Halsey

Everyone should have their own art packages personalized anyway.[;)]

Exactly, the game recognises differing artwork and improves your results if you're using a customised mixture [:D][;)]

Darn, thought I was finished.

Had some specific requests to do as much as posible on CHS under the same conditions as the standard set. Under the circumstances, couldn't say no.

Since Japan is a no-brainer, I will at least complete the Japanese CHS set. All the standard art is valid, and about 90% of the added ships have already been done for prior iterations of CHS. Only about 8 or 9 are missing, and only a few need to be resized since they were done at the original 4 feet per pixel scale. Gamma and contrast need to be adjusted, but no problem. I guess about a week to complete. They should all look kinda like these: JWE

Hooray for JWE!

Fantastic! [:D][&o]

Thank you thank you!!!

It's been a while since I logged on and a real need to praise the work of JWE and the team has certainly built up.

This is fantastic!

With some sheepishness I will admit that I am the klutz that did much of the additional artwork for CHS. They were shrunk down line drawings from some soft-copy ONI World War II recognition manuals – and they looked like it! One of the early CHS contributors tried to clean them up but the basic artwork was so poor that little could be done.

Many folks, including me, were upset with the poor quality of the artwork.

Many folks, including me, are ecstatic with the new standardized art work and I for one am ecstaticer with CHS being redone.

Thanks to all the contributors!

Yep, you guys are amazing.[&o] I thought your art was pretty good at the time Don.

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Don Bowen

It's been a while since I logged on and a real need to praise the work of JWE and the team has certainly built up.

Does this means that you withdrawn from WitP update/patch team Don? [&:]


Leo "Apollo11"

Having a little problem with the new artwork, which is likely caused by my installation error (I am no computer expert). When the Allied art came out a couple of weeks ago, I downloaded it, replaced the old artwork and everything worked fine. This weekend, I downloaded the revised Allied artwork and the new Japanese artwork and installed it. I am currently playing as Japan vs the AI. During the orders phase, everything is OK. The new artwork shows up (and looks great), but when I run the combat, the ships do not show up in the combat animations. The background is there and the script tells what is going on, but no ships or subs. If it is an air attack on ships, the planes are there, but not the ships. Any suggestions on what I did wrong or on a fix? Thanks.

That's because the Shils with the pink background vessels aren't in the right folders.[;)]

How do I get them in the right folder? I replaced the old JapShip_Back and JapShipShills_transp in the ART folder with the new ones. Was that not correct?

How do I get them in the right folder? I replaced the old JapShip_Back and JapShipShills_transp in the ART folder with the new ones. Was that not correct?

Hi Ducanlang this is not an art problem it is an obscure WITP bug that to my knowlege only 2 others as well as myself have had - it seems to happen when doing large art changes with the
ship art and will effect all installs

The Fix
1 if you have only 1 install of WITP do a complete copy of the folder to another Drive or location on original drive and rename this copy to anything you like
2 uninstall the original install
3 re-install WITP you do not have to patch this install just keep as a vanilla for future
if the problem happens again ( I have had it about 5 times now)
4 copy the copied install back to original location but do not rename back TO WITP
5 re run a combat sequence the ships should now appear

all other installs should also now work
I do not know why this happens or how it can effect all installs but it does

if you need further assist just PM or call out in this thread

Cobra Aus