Admiral189

Hey Toan, I haven't forgotten the Forbin. Right now I'm working to finish the HMS Albion with support craft. I will release them sometime this week. I have been working behind the scenes trying to finish the USS Fitzgerald as well. Sovremenny Class Destroyer will probably be released before the USS Fitzgerald. Sovremenny is next in line. Pepin1234 I haven't forgotten the Tarantul Corvette. As a reminder to you all. I can only create the AI Ship mods when I'm able to please have some patience. Thanks. Snapshot of the day. Three Arleighs working together in DCS. Sejong the Great will be the next Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer added to DCS.

Thanks, Oban. Sachen is in Inventory along with the Braunschweig Class, Brandenburg Class, and Type 125 Baden Wurttemberg Class. I would say Germany is covered.

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Hello Pepin1234, the weapons can easily be configured with the main ship Tarantul.Lua file. I wasn't aware there was an issue with it. I will correct it. Thanks for the feedback. In the future please PM me and I will correct it right away. Thanks. Hey Guys so I will be creating the Sovremenny Class Destroyer (Project 965) in the near future. Thank you all for your feedback with regard to which vessel you're more interested in seeing in DCS. Currently, I am finishing up the Albion Class LPD with support vessels. Stay tuned!

Am I hearing you right Eddie by saying they're feeding the sailors in port using private companies? That means they're using minimal personnel on the ship in port. That is not heard of here in the US. The cooks work 12 hours a day at sea and they always cook in port. Thanks Avoid! I got your votes guys. Thanks. Sovremenny 7 - Adams Class 5 I watch Warship TV on Youtube and I can see foreign nations and UK ships enter and exit ports all the time. A site to see. You all should check it out. Also, i'm not promoting this channel. I just like watching it.

That's beautiful Toan. Nice shots. I see the Liveries worked well. Hmm, sounds like we need some Medical personnel Models. So Sovremenny is up +2 over the Adams Class. As mentioned the deadline is Sunday, July 18th midnight. I will choose the winner on Monday, July, 17th. Either way, I will create both models but Soveremenny will be created first. Thanks, Sensei and RomanoDJr for your input.

Hello Jbhbhb, The Akizuki and Atago Classes are in DCS already. They're a WIP. I'm sure there's no model of project 23560 Lider out yet. So the mods that were chosen the most were the Adams Class Destroyer and the sovremenny-class destroyer. There's a tie between the two. I will give a deadline of Sunday, July 16th for the tie to be broken. Thank you all for your patience! https://postimg.cc/bZgsV0SW/167bea16

No worries Bemme. It doesn't bother me at all. One thing I've learned over the years is to be humble. Thanks. When I use to Pilot ships. The Captains will sometimes challenge me but no matter how much they talked I concentrated on my job. Never had an incident. Hey Toan, I have a few liveries as well if you need them.

Hey Colinflyboy, Unfortunately, I don't. 100% of the models I create are in 3DS Max 2022. Hey Bemme, thanks for the suggestion but I try to keep the naming convention as close to a real ship's name as possible. If you would like the naming convention and or name changed to a specific way please follow Ggrewe's suggestions below. Also, guys just keep in mind I'm trying not to copy or emulate Current's work. Current is a great modder but one thing we don't like doing as modders is copying someone else's work. However, I do speak to him when it comes to weapon scripting and so forth. Also just know I can't cater to everyones suggestions and there seems to be a lot lately. Thanks.

Hey DJ I will be releasing another version of Lewis as I need to re-add the underside of the Flightdeck and also the Flightdeck lighting. Thanks, Scotty for the Update. Oban, I will PM you but I'm reworking the model on the HMS Richmond. I don't like the outcome.

Hey Citizen, i would hope that have otherwise there would be a lot of sick people onboard

Thanks, Babzo. I can add it to my things-to-do list. Really need to update the weapons on her. Not sure when though because of the workload I have ahead.

Afternoon Everyone. I have released the USNS Comfort T-AH-20. Ver 1.0.0. FPS is great so no worries with landing onboard and taking off. I would like to thank Cattmurry for taking the time to set up the naming convention, flight deck landing, and mod files. Thanks, I appreciate the assistance. You all Enjoy! Thanks for your patience! USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) is a Mercy-class hospital ship of the United States Navy. Comfort's duties include providing emergency, on-site care for U.S. combatant forces deployed in war or other operations. Operated by the Military Sealift Command, Comfort provides rapid, flexible, and mobile medical and surgical services to support Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Forces and Army and Air Force units deployed ashore, and naval amphibious task forces and battle forces afloat. Secondarily, she provides mobile surgical hospital service for use by appropriate U.S. government agencies in disaster or humanitarian relief or limited humanitarian care incidents to these missions or peacetime military operations. Comfort is more advanced than a field hospital but less capable than a traditional hospital on land.

That's great! Thanks, Keyser. I tried flying the Apache and it spins like a spinning wheel. So I'm staying away from her. for now I guess it's best to stay away from the walls on deck as you should unless you want to crash. Thanks for the Feedback.

Thanks, Marroux! I appreciate that. I'm trying!! USS Lewis Puller ESB-3 Update Vers 1.0.1 has been uploaded. I hope you all get as good or better FPS as I received. I have my DCS settings set to HIGH. Enjoy Flying!

Numbers don't lie! USS Lewis Puller new collision model FPS Update. The numbers fluctuate up to an FPS of 82 onboard the USS Lewis Puller. I will upload the USS Lewis Puller's new Collision model and ship main.lua file. I will let you all know when it's uploaded so you test you can test it. With the FPS Lost issue solved I will work backward on some of the Mod collision models. Thanks, KeyserSoze!! Happy Flying!!

BREAKING NEWS! The Admiral has SOLVED the FPS LOST ISSUE! I went back to the old-school way of how we created the AI Ship Collision models. Lately, I have been creating the collision model as just one object. So I used the Fitzgerald as a test platform. The flight deck collision is a separate object. Now DCS is seeing the flight deck as a separate object instead of seeing the entire ship as a collision model. Check the top left corner of the photo below. Prior to me splitting the collision model the FPS was as low as 10. SOLVED!! I will rework the Lewis Puller Collision model and give you all feedback. Right now I get an FPS of 11 of the Lewis Puller. Thanks, Gogi12. So now the Adams Class destroyer is tied with the Sovremenny Class Destroyer.

I honestly, don't know what to say about the FPS anymore. The ships alone FPS is great. It's only when you add a Player Helicopter. So what is it about the Player Helicopter that's causing the issue? All the ships are created the same. I also need to look at the flight deck of the ships to see if there are other options I can use. I will keep researching until we resolve it. Prcowboy I just saw your input. With that said I will look at how I created the USS America FLightdeck. However, if you look at the Normandie. There are no FPS issues and her Collision model was created the same as the other ships. Thanks. I will work on that today. There's always a way. Thanks, John Day for your Input. John, it appears Maps and Aircraft are more important than ships in DCS. Unfortunately, I'm only one person although there are other modders out that as well that can create them. At the moment the Adams Class destroyer is still leading the way and the Project 956 Destroyer is in 2nd and Forbin Class Frigate in 3rd Place. I can say today USS Fitzgerald DDG-62 is in DCS conducting Sea Trials. For those of you that don't know I was stationed aboard the USS Fitzgerald for five years and completed two Pacific Deployments. So I'm passionate about creating her along with some liveries. Still a WIP!!

Thanks, Tengah for your input. So you're saying you don't see any FPS issues with the Lewis Puller? If not that's great. Can you PM me your DCS settings? Maybe that's the issue. My settings may be off. Thanks.

Hey Guys. Happy Friday. I would like to start a discussion on FPS Lost. So at the moment some of you are having FPS lost while taking off and landing on some of the ships I created. What we have found is if you remove the .lods (Level of Detail} file the FPS returns to normal but in most cases that file is needed for gameplay. When you see a ship or boats silhouette on the horizon it's because of the LODS file. So what relation does the Lods file have to FPS? Also, what relation does player aircraft have to FPS? However, the FPS of the model alone is fine. I was getting 140 FPS on the Lewis Puller yesterday without aircraft onboard. I read an article yesterday that stated if you turn off VSYNC in DCS and enable VSYNC Fast in NVIDIA. I tested this but the FPS didn't change. One thing I do know is the greater the detail of a model the more FPS is lost. Starting to wonder if we should just create low-poly models for DCS. So my question to you all. Does anyone here have more insight on FPS? Just trying to figure out why FPS is lost while taking off and landing from warships. All the mods are creating the same. Some are just larger than others with more weapons. Thanks.

Thanks, Guys I appreciate the input not only on the models to create but just general Input. In my future mods, I will add the Prefix in the front if that makes it easier for you. Thanks, ggrewe, I appreciate that. Seems you have been around a while and understand DCS file lingo. Good Information. I just normally create the mod names based on the old fashion way. I have never really seen something in writing about how they should be named but I can implement the new naming convention as long as no one gets confused with it. One thing I am trying to do is improve on the creation of the model making. Your feedback helps greatly because it gives me an idea of what to improve on and I thank you all for that. So the Adams Class destroyer still has a good lead with Forbin Class Frigate coming up the rear.

So far the Adams Class Destroyer is getting more requests but it's still early. Noted Enoy. Most Foreign ships have that prefix but not US ships. One day I will sit down and show you all how to change the names of Ships without affecting the ships game play. Thanks.

Thanks, Guys for the input. Lord Gore, I've uploaded an update to the Bowen and also I released an updated version of the Oak Hill recently. I'm working on the Atago Class and the JS Akizuki DD-115 Class as well but I have most of the modern Japanese ships. For Korea, I have the King Sejong Class, Daegu Class, and Incheon Class. Here's the fix for the missile glitch and that's a big glitch lol. Open the USS Bowen FF-1079.Lua. Change line item 190 which is below from True to false and that will correct that issue. GT.WS[ws].LN[1].show_external_missile = false As a note to you all. If you see any issues with the models I create send me a PM and I will assist you in correcting it. Thanks. I am keeping tabs on the ships requested and so far I haven't seen two requests of the same ship yet so keep them coming. Thanks.

Hey Guys. As you know I'm attempting to create an AI Warship for most countries. I still have the Netherlands, Japan, Korea, the US, Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Danish, Greece, Indonesia, Singapore, Chinese, Russia, Turkey, and Germany. I have Warships and Corvette Class ships for all these countries. I also have a lot of small patrol boats that I have to create along with plenty more commercial vessels. I'm not just limited to creating ships. I understand how to create Tanks, vehicles, aircraft, and helicopters as well but I just haven't released them. I still have some older warships I need to create as well. All of you have different interests in what you would like to play with in DCS. So I would like to take a vote on what type of ship you all would like for me to create and from what country. I will create that ship based on the number of votes I get for that type of vessel. Send your requests and I will take it from there. No more than TWO SHIP REQUESTS PER PERSON. You all have ONE WEEK to make your reqyest. Thanks. Admiral189

Hey Timex3. Thanks, I really appreciate it. Sorry, I should have given more information on her but she is the first purpose-built expeditionary mobile base vessel (previously classified as a mobile landing platform, and then as an afloat forward staging base) for the United States Navy, Hey Keyser, I will PM you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lewis_B._Puller_(ESB-3)