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179 New AI ships released
- Thread starter kl791
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SOH-CM-2024
After a long silence here on SOH it is time to a small update. Beta test is ongoing the new shipping package - if no major problems are found release of the new package will happen next week including a full update of the previous routes for the US and Canada and including this time also the Great Lakes.
Wow - "lakers"! Really? that IS fantastic......
Bill
DaveB
Charter Member
As always.. stunning work Henrik
Incidentally.. I knocked this up a few days ago using your Liberty's..
Believe it or not.. the only thing that pulled my FR's down was the carrier in the middle of the convoy and the 4 warships around the outside. Sadly.. the FS maritime world needs more 'period' merchant ships but for now.. the Liberty Ships will do fine
ATB
DaveB
Incidentally.. I knocked this up a few days ago using your Liberty's..
Believe it or not.. the only thing that pulled my FR's down was the carrier in the middle of the convoy and the 4 warships around the outside. Sadly.. the FS maritime world needs more 'period' merchant ships but for now.. the Liberty Ships will do fine
ATB
DaveB
delta_lima
Charter Member 2015
Great news Henrik!!!
Dave, I proposed some 50's / 60's era merchant and passenger ships to Henrik a good year or so ago, and he liked the idea then - so it may not be impossible ...
In the meanwhile - these are awesome.
dl
Dave, I proposed some 50's / 60's era merchant and passenger ships to Henrik a good year or so ago, and he liked the idea then - so it may not be impossible ...
In the meanwhile - these are awesome.
dl
As always.. stunning work Henrik
Incidentally.. I knocked this up a few days ago using your Liberty's..
Believe it or not.. the only thing that pulled my FR's down was the carrier in the middle of the convoy and the 4 warships around the outside. Sadly.. the FS maritime world needs more 'period' merchant ships but for now.. the Liberty Ships will do fine
ATB
DaveB
DaveB
Charter Member
Yes indeed I've actually 'modified' (dare I use that word) the Liberty Ships slightly. They now wear 'Red Dusters' rather than the Stars'n'Stripes (all the ones in that convoy anyway) and I've lowered them in the water by 10ft to represent them being fully laden. I've kept the originals of course so I can mix'n'match
I've been flying around the Med recently and was very pleased to see his ships around Malta and leaving Port Said. Can't wait for the additions to be released.
ATB
DaveB
I've actually 'modified' (dare I use that word) the Liberty Ships slightly. They now wear 'Red Dusters' rather than the Stars'n'Stripes (all the ones in that convoy anyway) and I've lowered them in the water by 10ft to represent them being fully laden. I've kept the originals of course so I can mix'n'match I've been flying around the Med recently and was very pleased to see his ships around Malta and leaving Port Said. Can't wait for the additions to be released.ATB
DaveB
Here's another shot a bit closer in. Now.. if only I could get AI taking off from the carrier (out of shot).. that would complete the picture
ATB
DaveB
Fantastic shot and utilization of the Liberty model... Exactly the use I imagined when I started doing the model. You should soon have more for the variation as the modern pack has gone in Beta and I can return to the classic collection. First up a small 1937 steamer.
Regards to your comments on FPS - all models are done with minimal draw call - one texture for the whole model. I think that is the major part of the trick. Of course the liberty ships are much simpler than an aircraft carrier, but compared to similar size models that I have seen and analyzed and which have been done in Sketchup they are much lighter. When analyzing one of the new ships for the upcoming package done by another author in Sketchup, we realized that vertices for that freighter was 6 times higher than my ships and drawcall 40 compared to 2... I model in good old GMAX and start from a texture - I think Sketchup modeling often tricks you to eg write letters directly in the model which is extremely costly on vertices instead of having the ship name on the texture sheet with no impact on frames.
Not that stupid a question... There are only routes in the Irish Sea - I never did routes for the Irish West Coast - It might still be possible for the upcoming package as I will not upload until next week.
DaveB
Charter Member
Isn't it silly, you get such a thrill when you see a ship a sailing that you just have to buzz them. Thanks for this add-on. Why is it that some of the best ones are the freebies.
Amen to that
Glad you like the convoy too Henrik
ATB
DaveB
The new package 80 AI Ships and AI Ship Traffic is now available on www.simviation.com The package updates the previously released routes around North America, adds routes across the Great Lakes, adds traffic for Alaska and Greenland, and adds additional routes across the rest of the globe. The package contains several navy ships from Denmark, Norway, and Brazil and a lot more... Below some screenshots...
P&O Oriane near Vancouver Island
Alexander von Humboldt by Erwin Welker
Vega Taurus, a 190 m bulk carrier
A Brazilian patrol boat leaves Rio de Janeiro
P&O Oriane near Vancouver Island
Alexander von Humboldt by Erwin Welker
Vega Taurus, a 190 m bulk carrier
A Brazilian patrol boat leaves Rio de Janeiro
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Cheers Henrik
ATB
DaveB
Hi Dave,
Next up will be the classic ships... The first one in the shipyard is a 1937 freighter which would fit perfectly in your convoy
Henrik
DaveB
Charter Member
Excellent
Just had a look at one of the new ships I saw included in 80Ships.. Milton's AI Bounty. I've got her ICW a minehunter (which may be released at some point) and noticed Bounty is flying 3 Ensigns!!
The rest of her looks just fine. Will have to nip to North America soon to see what the new routes look like.
EDIT: Note added to Milton in the Bounty thread.
ATB
DaveB
Just had a look at one of the new ships I saw included in 80Ships.. Milton's AI Bounty. I've got her ICW a minehunter (which may be released at some point) and noticed Bounty is flying 3 Ensigns!!
The rest of her looks just fine. Will have to nip to North America soon to see what the new routes look like.
EDIT: Note added to Milton in the Bounty thread.
ATB
DaveB
Excellent
Just had a look at one of the new ships I saw included in 80Ships.. Milton's AI Bounty. I've got her ICW a minehunter (which may be released at some point) and noticed Bounty is flying 3 Ensigns!!
The rest of her looks just fine. Will have to nip to North America soon to see what the new routes look like.
EDIT: Note added to Milton in the Bounty thread.
ATB
DaveB
Good that I have a solid tradition for making patches....
And it might not be Milton who put the three ensigns there... It can be from the compilation I did of the model to make the wake sit better in the water when the Bounty is used as AI ship in P3D - it might have messed up an animation, and I did not go close enough to see it when I did the test. Actually I think you can notice it also on the screen below, which is from the test, but you have to look for it - I just looked at the waterline...Attachments
DaveB
Charter Member
Ah yes.. it's just visible!!
The wake moves around a bit 1st person in FSX too.. I remember commenting to Milton about it at the time. Wake at the stern was always where it should be but running down the side.. it was often a lot higher.
Anyway.. I'd sooner have an AI Bounty with 3 ensigns than no AI Bounty at all
ATB
DaveB
The wake moves around a bit 1st person in FSX too.. I remember commenting to Milton about it at the time. Wake at the stern was always where it should be but running down the side.. it was often a lot higher.
Anyway.. I'd sooner have an AI Bounty with 3 ensigns than no AI Bounty at all
ATB
DaveB
Henrik, there are actually 4 flags in the Bounty, each one has a wind speed range for its display. For some reason, all 4 seem to be showing.
Ahhh, I know, you may not have model xml that must be compiled in.
Why not just remove all but 1 set.
Or, you can include the following in your model xml code:
Well, it is not pasting well. I will send to you via Email.
Milton
EDIT: Email sent
Ahhh, I know, you may not have model xml that must be compiled in.
Why not just remove all but 1 set.
Or, you can include the following in your model xml code:
Well, it is not pasting well. I will send to you via Email.
Milton
EDIT: Email sent