Akula Class Attack Sub

snafusmith · May 8, 2006

25TH NEW UNIT!!!!!!!!!

I don't know what it is about modern subs, but they're fun and easy to make...

The Akula:

Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akula_class_submarine
Poly: 632
fscale: 0.65

It uses the submarine animations, so please point to the submarine.kfm file in your XML.

ENJOY!

-Smitty

MaxRiga · May 8, 2006

oh man, you are the best !!!!!!!!
already in my MOD as Russian sub vs your LosAngeles SSN

)) ... please, keep working on ur units !!!!

P.S. Gonna make picture collection of the units in my mod on my website soon

All authors/units makers will be noted

))

P.S

please, if you so good in naval units, could you make ohio battleship for USA and Sovremeniy class battleship for Russia???? really need this special naval units for my mod !!!!

Khai · May 9, 2006

What a sexxay beast!

zeysoft · May 9, 2006

Good job snafusmith

adamamri · May 9, 2006

you are great....
respect....

Drogear · May 9, 2006

great work! Im just hopping for a solid scen to make use of all these exellent units.

Thomas P · May 12, 2006

Hello, I've got trouble with akula and other subs. I can see the subs in the game, but they are pink! Does anybody know the reason? What does "Poly: 632" mean? Is it important for me?

When I was looking for a solution, I saw that the original submarine.dds has got an alpha channel, but akula.dds, ohio.dds, ... haven't got. Why not? Could that be the reason?

Thanks.

snafusmith · May 12, 2006

If it's showing up pink, just make sure that the texture file is in the folder with the .nif files. Also, make sure it's named the same way as when it was downloaded.

Poly 632 just means that there are 632 polygons in the model. For models w/ more than 1500-2000 polys, be careful of using them with slower computers. There shouldn't be any issue with this model though, as 632 polys is about what a normal civ4 unit has.

Rabbit, White · May 12, 2006

Can't believe I missed that :wallbash:

but "Akula" is russian for Shark

fitchn · May 13, 2006

Ack! I can't seem to get it to work! I'm not getting any errors loading my mod after I put the unit in, but it continues to use the submarine graphics! I even dumped all of the submarine's support files into the Akula folder, and still no luck! My XML looks like:

Code:

		<UnitArtInfo>
			<Type>ART_DEF_UNIT_AKULA</Type>
			<fScale>0.55</fScale>
			<fInterfaceScale>1.3</fInterfaceScale>
			<NIF>Art/units/Akula/Akula.nif</NIF>
			<KFM>Art/Units/Akula/Submarine.kfm</KFM>
			<SHADERNIF>Art/Units/Akula/Submarine_FX.nif</SHADERNIF>
			<ShadowDef>
				<ShadowNIF>Art/Units/01_UnitShadows/BattleshipShadow.nif</ShadowNIF>
				<ShadowAttachNode>BIP Pelvis</ShadowAttachNode>
				<fShadowScale>0.001</fShadowScale>
			</ShadowDef>
			<iDamageStates>4</iDamageStates>
			<fBattleDistance>0.55</fBattleDistance>
			<fRangedDeathTime>0.31</fRangedDeathTime>
			<bSmoothMove>1</bSmoothMove>
			<fAngleInterpRate>720.0</fAngleInterpRate>
			<bActAsRanged>0</bActAsRanged>
			<TrainSound>AS2D_UNIT_BUILD_UNIT</TrainSound>
			<AudioRunSounds>
				<AudioRunTypeLoop>LOOPSTEP_SUBMARINE</AudioRunTypeLoop>
				<AudioRunTypeEnd>ENDSTEP_SUBMARINE</AudioRunTypeEnd>
			</AudioRunSounds>
			<SelectionSound>AS3D_UN_SUBMARINE_FORT</SelectionSound>
			<ActionSound>AS3D_UN_SUBMARINE_FORT</ActionSound>
		</UnitArtInfo>

I've set up a couple of other units with no problems, but I just can't get this one to work! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

snafusmith · May 14, 2006

Your problem is HERE:

<NIF>Art/units/Akula/Akula.nif</NIF>
<KFM>Art/Units/Submarine/Submarine.kfm</KFM>
<SHADERNIF>Art/Units/Akula/Akula.nif</SHADERNIF>

NONE of my units have more than one kind of .nif file. The SHADERNIF should always point to the same file as the NIF. Also, none of the submarine files need to be copied over that aren't in the folder the unit comes in. The game will know were to go so long as you keep consistant with the original structure for the kfm file.

-Smitty

fitchn · May 14, 2006

snafusmith said:
Your problem is HERE:

<NIF>Art/units/Akula/Akula.nif</NIF>
<KFM>Art/Units/Submarine/Submarine.kfm</KFM>
<SHADERNIF>Art/Units/Akula/Akula.nif</SHADERNIF>

NONE of my units have more than one kind of .nif file. The SHADERNIF should always point to the same file as the NIF. Also, none of the submarine files need to be copied over that aren't in the folder the unit comes in. The game will know were to go so long as you keep consistant with the original structure for the kfm file.

-Smitty

Thanks! Worked perfectly! I'll be putting this in my next release of CivMore (along with several other of your units)! Keep up the great work!

Thomas P · May 14, 2006

Thank you. I can see now the layout of the akula-sub and of all the other subs. Nearly perfect. But now I've got a new problem. I tested the unit in a battle with the standard sub. Suddenly one of the akula-subs was out of the display and (as usual) a small "picture" of the sub appered. But the picture was only a pink area. Why is it just pink although I created a new button for the nuclear sub? Do I have to add a picture to "CityBar_Atlas_32.dds" ?

fitchn · May 14, 2006

Thomas P said:
Thank you. I can see now the layout of the akula-sub and of all the other subs. Nearly perfect. But now I've got a new problem. I tested the unit in a battle with the standard sub. Suddenly one of the akula-subs was out of the display and (as usual) a small "picture" of the sub appered. But the picture was only a pink area. Why is it just pink although I created a new button for the nuclear sub? Do I have to add a picture to "CityBar_Atlas_32.dds" ?

In the Unit Info XML file only include the path to your button in the button tags; get rid of all of the commas and other values; Your icon will then show properly everywhere.

civ_4_rox · May 24, 2006

smitty you are my favourite moder of all them you are totally pro!
I could beat myself up :hammer2:

MaxRiga · May 24, 2006

agree, very nice model, i love to play it in my scenario

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