vingrjoe
Landlocked Shipwright
New version 1.7, follow this link:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=140053
Modern Iowa Class Battleship Revision 1.1
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vingrjoe
Landlocked Shipwright
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vingrjoe
Landlocked Shipwright
John Falkner
Knight of the Round Table
Wow!!! I like it 
When do you come to your first russian modern ship ???
When do you come to your first russian modern ship ???
Panzer_Blitz
P8baller
Wow, thats a nice unit. Didn't know battleships were being reto-fitted with new weapon systems...
vingrjoe
Landlocked Shipwright
Panzer_Blitz said:
In the 1980s, the US brought back all four Iowa class battleships out of mothballs. They were upgraded with modern electronics, computers, tomahawk and harpoon missiles. Then, in the early nineties (90-92), they were again decommissoned. The Missouri BB63 and New Jersey BB62 are now museums and the Iowa BB61 and Wisconsin BB64 are on the US Navy's inactive reserve list just in case duty calls again.
John Falkner, I still have that Kirov model sitting on my shelf, just have to get around to it. I just bought a North Carolina BB a few weeks a go. I can't give any ETA's, epsecially since my wife and I had a 'spirited' discussion about my computer time, and it looks like, for my own good, I have to reprioritize my time and how it's spent.
John Falkner
Knight of the Round Table
vingrjoe said:
Wife, which wife
I haven´t seen my own one for a couple of days I think, only because I have begun a new Civ game 
(hope she doesn´t read this
)
Ah... They are the same everywhere in the world... But what could we do without them?
John Falkner
Knight of the Round Table
Steph said:
Playing Civ every time we want ???!!!
valamas
Prince
Hi All
This looks fantasic. I have nver installed a mod.
How do install this Mod and does it on appear for the American Civ or all civs.
thanks!
This looks fantasic. I have nver installed a mod.
How do install this Mod and does it on appear for the American Civ or all civs.
thanks!
10lire
Prince
valamas said:
It's too long to explain how to do in a thread.. You can refer to the thread:
Civilization Fanatics' Forums > CIVILIZATION III > Civ3 - Creation & Customization > Unit Graphics > How to Add/Use These New Units
Here is the link:
How to Add/Use These New Units
Please feel free to send me PM for any question
and have fun modifying your CIV3!
10lire
Prince
Yes, the explotion in the Death animation is great, but the ship appears almost unharmed after the explotion and before sinking; look at the attached picture (it losts only the radar tower) ...
I think the ship has more damages after a so big explotion...
however very nice unit!
I think the ship has more damages after a so big explotion...
however very nice unit!
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vingrjoe
Landlocked Shipwright
The whole death animation pushed my computer to it's limits. I was mainly concerned with the explosion more than the damage inflicted. I figured the ship sinks pretty quickly after the explosion, so adding in alot of damage wouldn't be worth the labor. The current damage includes the forward mast destruction, the forward funnel cap destruction and the aft funnel destruction.
The stern deck plating was metal coated with a skid-proof material, (close to what's used on carrier flight decks), so that's why it looks like asphalt.
The stern deck plating was metal coated with a skid-proof material, (close to what's used on carrier flight decks), so that's why it looks like asphalt.
10lire
Prince
vingrjoe said:
I'm sorry if you are annoyed with my observation; the problem is that I visit these forums rarely (look at my posts stat!) and I have seen your Battleships from "This Week's New Civ3 Downloads"; however the sense of my post is: "This unit is great (and I add it to my mod
), but, if you in the future will create a modern Iowa Battleship revision 1.2 , why don't you etc. etc."; nobody wants you discard your work and restart!
vingrjoe
Landlocked Shipwright
10lire, I apologize for being somewhat irritable. I'm glad you and others, overall enjoy my unit(s). You brought up a good point there about future revisions. If there is a revision 1.2, I will keep your suggestion in mind.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
In defence of VJ, what you asked is easier said than done. It depends on the program being used. And most of the time it is a lot of extra trouble for sometimes few rewards.10lire said:Yes, the explotion in the Death animation is great, but the ship appears almost unharmed after the explotion and before sinking; look at the attached picture (it losts only the radar tower) ...
I think the ship has more damages after a so big explotion...
however very nice unit!
vingrjoe
Landlocked Shipwright
I didn't think I'd be making a new revision for quite a while, but it was brought to my attention that my ships had a grainy, fuzzy look to them. I personally didn't notice fuzziness, but I did notice my units have jagged edges. Now I don't really like post-release critism, but even I will, from time to time, agree with it. So, starting with the newest revised Iowas, I'm making new renderings using new settings in 3DMax. So now units should be smoother and more clear. The Kirov is on hold until I get both new Iowa revisions done, then I will finish the Kirov, and then proceed to cleanup my other ships. So here is revision 1.1a of the modern Iowa.
Thanks to Wyrmshadow for referring me to Ripptide and thanks to Ripptide for the helpful info on Max filters.
Updated file links and preview in post #1 of this thread. The file is in two parts.
Thanks to Wyrmshadow for referring me to Ripptide and thanks to Ripptide for the helpful info on Max filters.
Updated file links and preview in post #1 of this thread. The file is in two parts.
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