voidhawk Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 After having just very recently received CMBB, I created a new set of annotated bitmaps for all the base vehicles (i.e no winter or tan textures) in the game. You may remember I did a similar thing for CMBO, but unfortunately I no longer have my website... This is a rather specialised mod that replaces all the vehicle textures with a colour-coded set of checkerboarded textures (16x16 pattern) that also contain the numbers of the bitmaps as part of the textures. So, by applying this mod, you can see right away what textures are used for any vehicle, and how those textures are mapped to the 3d model. I'm still refining the resulting bitmaps, as the much larger number of files involved (2836 CMBB vs. 768 for CMBO) means the entire zipped set is still a little larger than I'd like...5.4M to be precise. In the meantime, if a small number of people would like to take a "beta-tester" look at the mod, please let me know here and I will send you the mod in another day or so (make sure you can receive emails that large!) In the long term, assuming there is further interested in this mod, it would be great if somebody could host it on a mod website. I could also probably come up with a CMMOS compatible set as long as I know what file name convention to use, although as this is a global mod CMMOS may not be the best mechanism to use in this instance. I personally just make a copy of the bmp directory, and extract the zip to the copy, and then rename the directories such that the "active" one is always "bmp". You do need about 700M free disk space to make that copy though! [ October 20, 2002, 11:38 PM: Message edited by: voidhawk ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Looking forward to the mod, it was ver useful. You might want to break it down to blocks of bmp numbers Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 voidhawk, I have all the vehicle unit portrait bmps modded with the bmp numbers right now, if you want a copy of these, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou2000 Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Originally posted by voidhawk: In the meantime, if a small number of people would like to take a "beta-tester" look at the mod, please let me know here and I will send you the mod in another day or so (make sure you can receive emails that large!) In the long term, assuming there is further interested in this mod, it would be great if somebody could host it on a mod website. I'd be happy to test this for you once it is ready. Email address as per profile. I have zipped up my original CMBB BMP directory so restoring everything back to normal shouldnt be a problem. Lou2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 bump this file needs a new home on a Mod Server for sure great work -tom w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fridericus Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 i looked for this mod some time ago. please hurry in finishing it it. max.thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidhawk Posted October 22, 2002 Author Share Posted October 22, 2002 I was able to shrink the zip file down to about 2M (most mods for the kbyte!) and sent version beta 3 to the folks who showed an interested above. Let me know if you don't receive the file soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidhawk Posted October 22, 2002 Author Share Posted October 22, 2002 Michael Dorosh - thanks for the offer, but I actually deliberately skipped those when generating the annotated bitmaps. That way when you click on a vehicle you can use the textured side view as a reference to the annotated 3d model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Panzer Boxb Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 voidhawk, if you need a site to disseminate that wonderful mod just drop me a line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchlstrt Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 I missed having the BB version of those very recently. Try azulie@earthlink.net. Nice tool, good work. strt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidhawk Posted October 22, 2002 Author Share Posted October 22, 2002 Early feedback indicates that some of the regular (as opposed to the winter or tan add-ons) bitmaps may be missing; let me look into that before placing the mod on a website. Thank you all for your interest so far - I will send you all an update as soon as I have it available. (If you don't want another big email let me know!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cris Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 Please send me a copy if possible. ironchicken@blueyonder.co.uk regards Iron C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou2000 Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 Posting as a BUMP and adding some info. Im currently testing this mod for VOIDHAWK ... The guy has obviously put in lots of hard work (and it shows) and it should soon be ready for general consumption. Understandably he doesnt want unfinnished copies getting out ... once its ready im sure he'll reveal his creation to all you mod-sluts. Lou2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbunnelle Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 Excellent, the one you did for CMBO was essential in my modding. Thanks for the hard work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidhawk Posted October 23, 2002 Author Share Posted October 23, 2002 I've sent the final(?) beta to the people who showed an interest above; stay tuned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michlos Posted October 23, 2002 Share Posted October 23, 2002 Void: Feel free to send it my way for hosting once it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou2000 Posted October 23, 2002 Share Posted October 23, 2002 Michlos Just been to the Combat Mission Times to get a couple of mods. The links dont seem to be working. I tired the IS mods (stripe & plain) and a couple of the Intro music mods, Couldnt get any Particularly interested in the IS tank mods. Lou2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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