Simviation Forum - In the drink...

Oct 25^th, 2010 at 5:12am

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Yep, he's in the drink, but his wingman is sending help.

The new US pilot in his rubber dinghy is coming soon. Wink

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Reply #1 - Oct 25^th, 2010 at 4:07pm

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Back in the dark ages, when FSDS was in version 1.0 (verses the current 3.5), Collin Glendinning (Master Shipwright) started a liferaft project, then shelved it. Cheesy

That was some nine years ago. I recently stumbled across the source file, dusted her off and decided to finish her up. She still needs some tweaking, but will be available soon for rescue missions...and perhaps there;s a crew-sized liferaft on the horizon as well. Roll Eyes

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Reply #2 - Oct 25^th, 2010 at 6:04pm

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Oh, heck! We'll just have to have versions with and without dye stains in the water (smoke doesn't work well with these for a number of reasons). Single and Crew versions of the raft. Cool

Why can't things be simple! Roll Eyes

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Reply #3 - Oct 25^th, 2010 at 6:16pm

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Oh, yea! I'm getting carried away again. Cheesy

Somebody stop me! Tongue

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Reply #4 - Oct 25^th, 2010 at 9:01pm

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I posted the package of four life rafts this evening:

- US_Raft_Pilot...Pilot in raft, no dye stain
- US_Raft_Pilot_Dye...Pilot in raft with dye stain
- US_Raft_Crew...four Air Crew in raft, no dye stain
- US_Raft_Crew_Dye...four Air Crew in raft with dye stain

They are ships and can be used as such, but work best as infrastructure objects.

They should be available by morning. Smiley

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Reply #5 - Oct 25^th, 2010 at 9:09pm

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Go, Tango, Go! Smiley

You must be chuggin' 5-Hour Energy! Grin

Good looking stuff!

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Reply #6 - Oct 25^th, 2010 at 10:27pm

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Nole wrote on Oct 25^th, 2010 at 9:09pm:

Go, Tango, Go! Smiley

You must be chuggin' 5-Hour Energy! Grin

Good looking stuff!

Nah, that stuff's for pussies....I depend on Knob Creek. Grin

Besides, I've been working on this project off & on for a couple of months. Tongue

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Reply #7 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 5:38am

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TR, didn't we use it in a rescue mission in one of the campaigns?

regards Collin

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Reply #8 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 11:40am

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Collin wrote on Oct 26^th, 2010 at 5:38am:

TR, didn't we use it in a rescue mission in one of the campaigns?

regards Collin

Originally we were going to use her in rescue missions for the Sea Fury and Panther campaigns, but opted to go with placing the downed aircraft floating/sinking at the site. That's why she got shelved and was never quite finished. I was looking for something to do a couple of months ago and ran across the old source file. Been doing a bit here and there ever since. Wink

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Reply #9 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 11:57am

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I'm toying with the idea of doing a detailed texture for the 'old yellow stain'. Perhaps it would look less like a broken egg or an area where the crew relieved themselves. Grin

Not sure if it's worth the effort...particularly since I am 'paintshop challenged'....or (to be brutally frank) can't paint worth a damn. Wink

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Reply #10 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 12:16pm

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Why does the airman look like a cross between Neil Morrisey and Hannibal the Cannibal? Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #11 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 3:11pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Oct 26^th, 2010 at 12:16pm:

Why does the airman look like a cross between Neil Morrisey and Hannibal the Cannibal? Grin

I thought no one would notice. Cool

Now they're gonna want royalties. Undecided

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Reply #12 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 3:14pm

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Tested some varigated textures on the dye patches without enough improvement to warrant the trouble, so I'll leave well enough alone. Wink

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Reply #13 - Oct 27^th, 2010 at 8:10pm

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What brilliant work. Many thanks TR!

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Reply #14 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 12:50pm

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Collin, remember this mission from Ocean Fury? Instead of the raft, we just used the broken-up aircraft and signal smoke for the S-51 copter to home in on. We had done the same thing in Bunker Hill with the Panther. Tongue

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