Screenshots thread

[Strannik]

I have been pretty hard at work on the weather for the Maelstrom port and added procedural sea colors. It is starting to come together nicely

 

[KillPhil]

I think @Strannik makes very good progress here I even think we may be close to releasing it as the new stable weather system for Maelstrom: New Horizons

 

[Mirsaneli]

I think @Strannik makes very good progress here I even think we may be close to releasing it as the new stable weather system for Maelstrom: New Horizons

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Yep, the new unique weather system that cannot be seen in any COAS mod.

 

[KillPhil]

WARNING! Some users may find the following screenshots inappropriate due to the ship & seaporn here

SPOILER: @Strannik really did an absolute fantastic job with the new weather. It's just a little bit of polishing here and there and we will be ready to publish it!

 

[KillPhil]

 

[Grey Roger]

That looks like a retexture of the Swedish East Indiaman. If so, would you be willing to upload the texture so I can include it in the next update?

 

[KillPhil]

Its actually 4 repaints. If you want, I can PM you the link to my google drive where I put all the ship models polished for Maelstrom in. All my new variants are there too

 

[Grey Roger]

Almost the right name - perhaps if the ship had been Dutch instead of British...

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Almost the right name - perhaps if the ship had been Dutch instead of British...

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Is that my alter ego who, inspired by our esteemed Horatio Hornblower, decided to sign up for the British Royal Navy?

 

[Grey Roger]

Poking through GoF, I found a couple of nice alternative textures for the pinnace of war, known to NH as "HeavyLineShip" and known to GoF as "Neptune".




The GoF version of the ship has better rigging including deadeyes at the base of the shrouds on the mainmast and foremast, as well as a couple of boats. So I upgraded the original "HeavyLineship" to the same standard.

Original version:


New version:

 

[Pieter Boelen]

That's some nice ones indeed!

@Pillat has been doing some more retextures of his own on the Buccaneer's Reef Discord too.

 

[Grey Roger]

Discord is something that happens to other people. But I've been in PM contact with @Pillat, who kindly supplied me a link to his ship files. If I have time, I'll have a look and maybe add some into NH in time for an end of year update and installer.

 

[Grey Roger]

And here are some of @Pillat's ships:

Red version of the Swedish East Indiaman:


Dark blue version of the same:

I took the liberty of changing the stern detail from the normal white to yellow, making the ship a little more different from the original blue version. Due to the way the model is structured, that also changed the figurehead's robe from white to yellow.

Black battleship:


Notice anything odd about the flags? Perhaps if we look at the flag code in "Ships_init.c":

Spoiler

    refShip.Flags.Mast1.Flag1 = FLAG_PENNANT;
    refShip.Flags.Mast2.Flag1 = FLAG_PENNANT;
    refShip.Flags.Mast3.Flag1 = FLAG_ENSIGN;
    refShip.Flags.Mast4.Flag1 = FLAG_PENNANT;
    refShip.Flags.Mast4.Flag2 = FLAG_ENSIGN;

Nothing apparently wrong - this calls for ensigns on the mainmast and flagpole, and pennants everywhere else, which is exactly what the ship shows. What's odd is that this is the code for every other battleship of similar type:

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    refShip.Flags.Mast1.Flag1 = FLAG_ENSIGN;
    refShip.Flags.Mast2.Flag1 = FLAG_ENSIGN;
    refShip.Flags.Mast3.Flag1 = FLAG_PENNANT;
    refShip.Flags.Mast4.Flag1 = FLAG_ENSIGN;
    refShip.Flags.Mast4.Flag2 = FLAG_PENNANT;

That should put ensigns on the sprit topmast, foremast and mizzen, and pennants on the mainmast and flagpole. And indeed, when I copied the entire code from one of these other battleships for the new one, that's exactly what the new ship showed. But this is what the other battleships show:

Pennants on the sprit topmast and mainmast, ensigns on the foremast and flagpole. So the real question becomes, why aren't the other battleships doing what they're told?
In any case, thanks, @Pillat! This lot will be in the next update.

 

[KillPhil]

it's possible to use the DirectSail - multifleet feature in Maelstrom without any crash danger!

@Strannik implemented a rain system that follows real world caribbean rain patterns over the year!

and I am getting closer to finish all ships that don't have working lanterns / lights yet

 

[KillPhil]

btw, did you ever notice that the Black Pearl's (and variants) scale did NOT match AT ALL?

according to all sources, she is about 50m long .. roughly the same as the HMS Bellona.. however ingame, she is like 20 m short compared to the Bellona..

I changed that and scaled her up to her "real" size:

 

[KillPhil]

while I was upscaling the last few variants of the Black Pearl, I also added lights to the Queen Anne's Revenge (now also scaled up to her 'real' size) and she never looked prettier

 

[DH27]

Beautiful! Hope this makes it's way into an update of NH

 

[Mirsaneli]

Beautiful! Hope this makes it's way into an update of NH

Of course. I believe it will be available on itch this weekend.

 

[Bogdam]

"btw, did you ever notice that the Black Pearl's (and variants) scale did NOT match AT ALL?

according to all sources, she is about 50m long .. roughly the same as the HMS Bellona.. however ingame, she is like 20 m short compared to the Bellona..

I changed that and scaled her up to her "real" size:"
How do you manage to do that???!!!i always asked myself why they look so small

 

[KillPhil]

I imported the .gm models into blender with @Artess999 Blender plugins.. powerful stuff