How to build an Hangar

[Troffmeister]

Thanks Alfa , that is the kind of clarification , i have been waiting for along time , both reading and posting on these forums )

 

having digested the info you have provided , it sadly confirms what i had thought , and my worse case scenario !

 

my aspiration , was to be able to add alot of new stuff into the Lo engine , and do a fs2004 in terms of planes , ships etc

 

- and have these new 3d entities in the game mission editor as usuable objects , eg planes a flying , ships a sailing , and weapons a firing etc - as this is not possible to achieve satisfactorily

 

- and as i personally find the swapping in / out of existing 3d objects undesirable , i think its time to be realistic and abandon my LO game engine 3d aspirations

 

thanks for clarifying

Roger

[crazyeddie]

TOMCATZ

 

Love your new Hangar, we needed something modern to fill that slot and this is terrific. Like so many others here I would love to be able to play around with the embedded objects, remove some, replace some.

 

I am going to use your Hangar but not in place of the Comms Centre, I like that and use it a lot. I wanted to replace the Repair Workshop with it but have hit a small snag. The embedded Repair Workshops it replaces, which I cannot remove of course, are all facing the other way round - 180 degrees difference. Is there any way I can change the direction of your hangar to overcome this ?

 

Cheeky request I know - if the answer is sod off - off I will sod !

[SuperKungFu]

You can add a new static object by editing appropriate *.sht file, make the entry in the meinit.xml and identify it with a custom generated CLSID.

 

yea I remember we isntalled that static object pack, but i thought there was a limit amount of objects you can add. I remember in the previous thread, someone said it would crash if you added over a certain amount of limit. I could be wrong though. Anyway, Alfa, could you tell us how to manually add this hanger into the meinit.xml file?

[SuperKungFu]

That would be great Super. I would really appreciate that. Getting your sign now.Cheers.

 

Here's the original pack + American flag.

http://download.yousendit.com/ADB4B80C6DAC0821

I searched through a couple of pictures and couldn't find a good one with a small "wave" to it but i think it looks nice. I'll update the link in the previous thread as well. Get it before it expires! Whichever flag you want to use, just name it DeutscheFlagge. Like if you want the russian flag, remove the 2 from the name and use that one in the temptexture folder.

[Alfa]

Thanks Alfa , that is the kind of clarification , i have been waiting for along time , both reading and posting on these forums )

 

having digested the info you have provided , it sadly confirms what i had thought , and my worse case scenario !

 

my aspiration , was to be able to add alot of new stuff into the Lo engine , and do a fs2004 in terms of planes , ships etc

 

- and have these new 3d entities in the game mission editor as usuable objects , eg planes a flying , ships a sailing , and weapons a firing etc - as this is not possible to achieve satisfactorily

 

- and as i personally find the swapping in / out of existing 3d objects undesirable , i think its time to be realistic and abandon my LO game engine 3d aspirations

 

thanks for clarifying

Roger

 

You are welcome Roger - but I don't think there is any need for dispair ;) .

 

At least in regards to ships Lock-on has a lot of potential for mod projects - the thing is that Lock-on "inherited" all ship entries(about 30) from the Flanker title, but only about half of them are currently being used.

 

The remaining ship slots have the full weapons code in place, so with new 3D models available they can be made fully functional in Lock-on.

 

For aircraft there are only two such inactive entries(MiG-29K and F-111) which can be revived.

[Troffmeister]

Thanks ALFA thats heartening to know )

 

i am about 3 weeks away from showing 3 new related 3d objects , i have built / still making here )

 

depending on the response i get to these in terms of LO implementation , when i publish the screenshot renders , i will review the 3d modding situation then .

 

The worse case scenario for me , means paying a small monthly fee for some reliable webspace , doing my own modelling hobby website , and continuing to build the 3d models i want , still to the 60-125k poly thresholds for aircraft and ships - as a general fun hobby , and not specifically aimed for LO

 

if i decide to do this , then its unlikely i will continue to post here , its pointless to show 3d stuff here on the LO forums , if the objects will never make it into the LO game engine correctly

 

anyway thats my take on the situation ,cheers for the info

 

Roger )

[Alfa]

yea I remember we isntalled that static object pack, but i thought there was a limit amount of objects you can add. I remember in the previous thread, someone said it would crash if you added over a certain amount of limit.

 

I don't think there is a limit - but messing with these files you can easily make a small mistake somewhere that will cause a crash :) .

 

Anyway, Alfa, could you tell us how to manually add this hanger into the meinit.xml file?

 

It is not just the meinit that needs to be edited in order to add an object to the game - it first needs to be "declared" as an available shape file in the "structtable.sht".

 

Then you must generate a new CLSID for it(e.g. using this tool: http://www.forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=20399 ).

 

Then make the entry in the meinit.xml(under "fortifications" section) stating the new CLSID and shape name as stated in the "structtable.sht" for it. Then finally add reference lines for the entry under each country for which you would like it available.

 

As far as how to edit the meinit,

 

This the sort of thing that is harder to explain than to do and I am not too keen on giving step-by-step instructions, because unless you understand what you are doing there is a huge margin for errors. It is actually quite easy to edit stuff in the meinit, but it requires that you understand the system and are very careful about syntax. The best thing to do is to look for an existing entry of similar nature in the meinit, study how it is made and then replicate the entry but replacing the bits - the CLSID and the name of 3D shape - with the ones for your new object.

[rattler]

Here's the original pack + American flag.

http://download.yousendit.com/ADB4B80C6DAC0821

I searched through a couple of pictures and couldn't find a good one with a small "wave" to it but i think it looks nice. I'll update the link in the previous thread as well. Get it before it expires! Whichever flag you want to use, just name it DeutscheFlagge. Like if you want the russian flag, remove the 2 from the name and use that one in the temptexture folder.

 

Thanks Super, doing it now. Cheers.

[TOMCATZ]

Hello SuperKungFu and ll others,

 

well did you mean Lights in the hangar? It was an experiment from me. You build an Lightline and take an "BanoWhite" or red or green -TGA over this. It only works on day thats why i´am delete it. But i work with this effecs in other projekts like my firefighters.

 

Nice Greetings

TOMCATZ

[rattler]

Tomcatz:

 

Is it posssible for you to make a damage model so if you hit it with a bomb it will get destroyed, or prevent us from driving planes through it. That seems to be the only thing missing, very nice job. I will use it as you have it but a damage file for it would be an awesome touch. Cheers and again, great work.

[SuperKungFu]

Someone told me to add the air combat command symbol on the sign so i did, here's what it looks like

 

 

if anyone wants it, i think i attached it correctly below, I have been having some problems with the attachments.

Hangar9.zip

[TOMCATZ]

Hello and sorry,

i was with my wife in holiday last days. Well you allways can destroy the hangar if you had insert the "comodestr.-LOM" in your LockOn-Files. You must attack a special-Point on top backside with an very hard bomb. Hope i can help you and wish

 

nice greetings

TOMCATZ

[rattler]

Thank you Tomcatz: Hope someone can help you with a damage model so we don't drive through the walls. Very nice addition to the sim. Thanks for that and answer to bomb question. Maybe put on x on the roof for bomb. Ha Ha.Cheers.

[ViperVJG73]

TOMCATZ new flight hangars, can you set on the free parking surfaces without embankment, on your Airbase. ;)

 

 

 

I have included the ground crew mod, also from TOMCATZ! ;)

[Alfa]

Nice touch with the the ground crew characters and tool trolleys :) .

 

It would be cool if you guys can figure out how to make working lights in the hanger and flood lights/lamp posts outside - I seem to remember Chizh posting something about how to do it, so it should be possible :) .

[SuperKungFu]

very cool new hanger, can't wait to test that one out. Any download links?

[ViperVJG73]

Send a PN to TOMCATZ! :D

[TOMCATZ]

Hi all,

 

well iґm very unhappy that the german lockon-forum is not online- there are all my downloads included. Viper has created the hangars ModMan-ready. I hope, that one day, the forum go online.

 

Hey viper- i had upgraded my groundpersonal. The modell is a little better now and i had try to build a better texture on it. I hope the situation of the forum is not hopeless.

 

The textures from SuperKungFu looks very cool. I had downloaded it- thank you. With the lights i have some problems but i wok on it if i got some time and ideas.

 

Nice Greetings

TOMCATZ

[Vekkinho]

Can U make a scarecrow. Every Russian AB has one...

 

:smilewink:

 

Nice work.

[rattler]

TOMCATZ new flight hangars, can you set on the free parking surfaces without embankment, on your Airbase. ;)

 

 

 

I have included the ground crew mod, also from TOMCATZ! ;)

 

How did you get hanger to be so small. mine has attached side sheds. Makes a big foot print.

[rattler]

ViperVJG73

 

This is my hanger. appears larger than yours. Any ideas. Would like to have it your size. Big FPS hit.Cheers.

[SuperKungFu]

well viper posted another version of the hanger, so that's why there's a size difference.

[666th_birdy]

yea I remember we isntalled that static object pack, but i thought there was a limit amount of objects you can add. I remember in the previous thread, someone said it would crash if you added over a certain amount of limit. I could be wrong though. Anyway, Alfa, could you tell us how to manually add this hanger into the meinit.xml file?

 

That is correct; the MEINIT file has a limit. I'm not sure how many but you can still add 100 objects before it crashes though ;)

 

As Alpha said, new designed models should be noted in the structtable.sht file aswell.

 

For more info on expanding the object list see this tread: http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=14030&highlight=objects

 

Note that if you are using my scenery mod, the ComCenter object (that is present in the scenery) will be replaced by the new hangar.

 

PS: love the new hanger model ! Might just include them in a new scenery file.

[crazyeddie]

Got the larger version of this hangar, where is the download site for the other smaller version ?

[Vekkinho]

Yeah Guys!

 

Share some DL links!

 

I'd like to suggest a Hangar version without any National banners and flags in texture file. It would make 'em universal. Texture can always be edited later with PS for a custom appearance...

 

 

Nice work!