[MOD] Shawn's Cockpit Mod v1.5 for X3TC feat. Weazel

DannyDSC · Post by **DannyDSC** » Sat, 18. Jul 09, 20:32

hi boys! this mod is fantastic!!

Shawn I've noticed that the M2 Otas Boreas don't have the cockpits .

Is possibile to add the cockpits for this class of ship?

THE_BIG_FISH:Leo · Post by **THE_BIG_FISH:Leo** » Tue, 21. Jul 09, 03:21

in X2 and in the X3 files (I am not sure if they are present in the X3:TC files) there ware some awesome cockpits for the Goner ship and the Xperimental Shuttle. it would be awesome if these cockpits could be updated as well, they could be used for a few of the heaver fighters and would look good on several of the modded ships.

There was also the model for each individual weapon turret, these could be modded back in for X3 and I don't see why it cant be done again for X3:TC the only problem is that it does not look like they are present in the X3:TC files and even if they did they would look pretty bad.

DannyD if you have the X3 Editor it would be easy to change or add cockpits to ships. You would just need to open the newest Tships file and edit the Cockpit scene under the model tab of the ship you want to change.

Tenlar Scarflame · Post by **Tenlar Scarflame** » Tue, 21. Jul 09, 04:45

I am quite excited about Weazel's work on BMM. If he pulls this off (which I shall pray nightly to the cyber gods that he does) it will be THE symbol of the X forum's dedication to making an almost-there game perfect.

DO keep this up!

And outsource to other forum members with 3D experience! It's a monster project to tackle on your own...

DannyDSC · Post by **DannyDSC** » Tue, 21. Jul 09, 22:36

THE_BIG_FISH:Leo wrote:in X2 and in the X3 files (I am not sure if they are present in the X3:TC files) there ware some awesome cockpits for the Goner ship and the Xperimental Shuttle. it would be awesome if these cockpits could be updated as well, they could be used for a few of the heaver fighters and would look good on several of the modded ships.

There was also the model for each individual weapon turret, these could be modded back in for X3 and I don't see why it cant be done again for X3:TC the only problem is that it does not look like they are present in the X3:TC files and even if they did they would look pretty bad.

DannyD if you have the X3 Editor it would be easy to change or add cockpits to ships. You would just need to open the newest Tships file and edit the Cockpit scene under the model tab of the ship you want to change.

I can change the Tship while using a mod ? ( atm I use " SomeonElse Rebalanced Mod " )

THE_BIG_FISH:Leo · Post by **THE_BIG_FISH:Leo** » Wed, 22. Jul 09, 01:06

DannyD wrote: I can change the Tship while using a mod ? ( atm I use " SomeonElse Rebalanced Mod " )

you could just edit the tships file in the mod however you would need to do it again if you download a new version or an update, also if the mod is pretty big you might want to make a backup. (so you don't have to re-download it if you make a mistake.)

someone else · Post by **someone else** » Wed, 22. Jul 09, 16:37

DannyD if you have the X3 Editor it would be easy to change or add cockpits to ships. You would just need to open the newest Tships file and edit the Cockpit scene under the model tab of the ship you want to change.

huh... considering that my Ship Rebalance Mod consists of a heavily modified Tships I could add these things to it myself... people like Cockpits and these look very very cool.
just tell me exactly what I must do and on what ships.

(I have a vague idea but I wanna be sure)

DannyDSC · Post by **DannyDSC** » Wed, 22. Jul 09, 16:54

someone else wrote:
DannyD if you have the X3 Editor it would be easy to change or add cockpits to ships. You would just need to open the newest Tships file and edit the Cockpit scene under the model tab of the ship you want to change.
huh... considering that my mod consists of a heavily modified Tships I could add these things to it myself... people like Cockpits and these look very very cool.
just tell me exactly what I must do and on what ships.
(I have a vague idea but I wanna be sure)

Sounds very very very very goooood!

Yeah, atm I se only the Boreas without the cockpits ( for the M2 ) .

Stingads_Gsöchts · Post by **Stingads_Gsöchts** » Sat, 1. Aug 09, 16:46

IsAB wrote:This mod is great! I love the cockpits.
Just want to point out that there's no cockpit for my Tenjin, in the offchance you where not aware of it allready.

Version 1.5.1 fixes the CP bug for the Tenjin:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=248901

someone else · Post by **someone else** » Sat, 1. Aug 09, 17:18

just in case anyone is interested my Ship Rebalance Mod has a optional Shawn's Cockpits Module to make ALL ships display the cockpit as intended...

I just copy/pasted the files to make them compatible and modified my Tships to fix the stupid ships that have the wrong cockpit entry.

Khaak_Slayer · Post by **Khaak_Slayer** » Wed, 19. Aug 09, 00:34

No word on this Bridge Module Manufacturing then?

mollari27 · Post by **mollari27** » Thu, 20. Aug 09, 13:08

crash and exit to windows every time i dock, no matter auto-pilot or manual. it also happened with x3 reunion for me, with custom cockpit mod. also, sometimes, when using auto-pilot, my ship didnt dock at all, was just standing next to docking area forever. happened also to AI ships. this is very frustrating and i didnt found any clue on that issue. it happened both for x3 reunion and x3tc. not sure how much cockpit mod affects that. without your mod i can at least dock manually and occasionally with auto pilot. AI ships seems fine.

Cyrus Deacon · Post by **Cyrus Deacon** » Fri, 21. Aug 09, 09:59

i actually love this mod BUT. It obstructs the view so much its kind of hard to do anything. How about a "interface" mod. instead of an entire cockpit?

Post by **Tomonor** » Fri, 21. Aug 09, 19:28

So umm, when can we get a compatible version with the sector size and backgrounds mod?
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=228541

superbun · Post by **superbun** » Fri, 21. Aug 09, 19:54

Love the screenshots! looks better than PSC01's mod! just some complaints: there were different cocpits for M5's and TS/TP ships and the M1/M2/TL ships may have had subtely different cockpits, i cant remember...

EDIT: I dont expect you to do anything, but just so you know, you're mod's incompatible with X2 Callback Mod some of the textures used in the cokcpits end up on the outside of the ships (i've only seen it happen on the Old Centaur atm, but it may happen elsewhere)

superbun · Post by **superbun** » Sat, 22. Aug 09, 14:14

Ive dowloaded the mod and tested all of the terran ships (not incluing ATF) and discovered that all the terran M3's dont have cockpits, so that's:

Terran Scimitar
Terran Cutlass
Spitfyre
Xperimental Shuttle

Venutian · Post by **Venutian** » Tue, 25. Aug 09, 17:58

I'm experiencing some texture flickering on the cockpits. It seems to be the way it's reacting to lighting inside the cockpit as I turn the ship. Only some parts of the cockpit reverts to older X2 cockpit textures or some even turns black and then returns normal depending on the lighting. What could be causing this? Otherwise, this is an excellent mod.

Edit: NVM, I got it working by using the version 1.4. I misunderstood thinking that it was an older version for X3TC version 1.4 instead of the mod version 1.4. My mistake. Everything working well now.

cnecktor · Post by **cnecktor** » Wed, 26. Aug 09, 21:09

I get that flicker too. I may just download that old version also. I though it was just graphic driver issue.

Venutian · Post by **Venutian** » Wed, 26. Aug 09, 22:14

Can someone explain step by step on how to modify Tship.txt to include cockpits on all missing ships?

This may be a poor way of getting around the issue but I found that if I install PSCO1's cockpits as fake patch and then install Shawn's cockpits as fake patch with higher number, I get Shawn's cockpit in almost all the ships including Boreas and even on rare ships like Truelight Seeker. So I have PSCO1's cockpit as 11.dat and Shawn's cockpits as 12.dat. But this seems to break the display on Springblossom cockpit. I'm guessing it's because PSCO1 has changed position on some? Not sure how all this cockpit mods work but at least I was able to get a cockpit on Boreas which is what I fly the most.

Venutian · Post by **Venutian** » Wed, 26. Aug 09, 22:35

cnecktor wrote:I get that flicker too. I may just download that old version also. I though it was just graphic driver issue.

With the older version, I don't get dynamic displays like the shield display in the cockpit but it's no biggy. Much more bearable than flickers.

nwalker · Post by **nwalker** » Tue, 1. Sep 09, 05:40

thanks for your mods!! I'm looking for this for a long time, thx again!!