Fluyt update

[Armada]

Try this version of "detali.tga", which should remove those anchors, the wheel and the belfry.
A wheel is too modern for this ship, but I don't think it can be removed via texturing without also removing the belfry.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Thanks!

This might leave the ship looking too bare, but there might be other options.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

You missed some ropes which look a little odd. I have been trying out different decks but none of them cover all the ropes. It does look better overall though.

 

[Armada]

Ah, so the wheel ropes use the same texture as the gunport ropes.
Will try to get you a fixed texture tomorrow.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

I learned how to move things in TOOL!! I thought my days of learning new things were over.....

I moved the anchors, ships bell, and cannons.

 

[Armada]

Nice! That brings a bit more life to the deck.
Here's the updated texture to remove those floating ropes.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Got it installed and moved the furniture around some more. Put the bell under the deck out of the weather and now she has 4 stern chasers.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

If anyone notices, I made a mistake when putting the folders together for the fleuts and they have ropes sticking up out of the deck. The correct detal1.tx is in post #26 above.

It goes in POTC--->resource--->textures--->ships.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

@Levis could you update the installer with this?

 

[Levis]

I will try to this week. I first need to get the right files from the installer etc. But I will look at it this week.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Been moving the anchors around and just about have them positioned. Then comes the other stuff.

 

[Armada]

I think the anchors should be resting a bit lower than that, with one end at the base of the 'vants' and the other hanging below the catheads.
Have a look at how they're stowed on the Aurora and Rossiya for reference.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

That is a WIP picture. I am about done with it now and will get another pic soon. I installed win8.1 yesterday and things are a little messed up right now.

I had the anchors resting on the vants but that put the catheads(?) almost coming out of a window, so I moved the anchors up and forward.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Here are some pics showing how it went. I started with them resting on the vants platform and then moved them up and forward.

 

[Armada]

I don't mean to be picky, but here's how I would arrange them:

I'd keep the anchor resting on the vant platform ("channel"), and just move the catheads (red) forward and up slightly.
I know it looks a little weird because there should be a hook linking the cathead with the loop on the end of the anchor, but it's the best we can do within TOOL's limitations.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

I thought about that and almost did it as it looks much more practical, but didn't because I was basically just cleaning up the existing mess. I will do that when I get some time as I see a possibility there. It is possible it was like that at one time and got screwed up years ago.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Well, it is not as good as I had hoped, but is about as good as it can get. There are some ropes above the ring that have to be hidden in the anchors or the main line would be attached to the ring.

 

[Armada]

That looks fine to me.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

It seems the quality of the work done over the years is highly variable. Last night I went and looked at the other fleuts and the catheads are..............well one is facing forward and the other is facing backward.

All of the others are like that. I started retrofitting them last night.