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Full Height Carrier Launches Here what I have for all

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HouseHobbit

Charter Member
I have worked out a way to launch from Full Height Carriers, it isn't a perfect fix but it is something I hope will do in upcoming missions..
Like the catapult launches, there is NO changes in any item used all stock..
It is all a sidestep to a long standing problem in CFS3, But I believe it works well for how the missions are built..

Have a look all,
 
WOW.....HH...very cool! All my carriers look like ****.....why are yours perfect? This deck mod is a great pursuit......keep it up!!! Thanks.....
 
I am sorry to say I haven't worked out how to land on a carrier since I haven't changed the Full Height Carriers, you still fall to the lower deck..

This is a way to start a mission with you on the Flight deck, so when you are ready, you can catapult off..

Yes, this can be Used in any of the CFS3 based sims, including the stock CFS3 set up..

I have been working on this for some time, it just side-steps the problem with CFS3.. But it does give you the chance to launch from a Full Height Carrier at a mission start..

It is in the way I build the missions that allows this to work, and only with fixed landing gear aircraft like the Val, Claude, Fokker XXI etc does it work best with...

I am setting this up for those who may enjoy flying from the flight deck, instead of at the waterline..

Not Perfect, just a side-step I worked out.. For missions..

It is fun, and I have enjoyed this many times.. Working out the needed settings in the mission is a hassle..Can't be done using the Mission Builder, I have to do this all by typing in the settings by hand, then save them..
 
Owen, you do realize that this places you among the Masters, don't you?

What's the difference with the fixed and retractable landing gear???
 
The aircraft is actually flying at the start of the mission, like the catapult launch missions, when you Hit "Fly" to begin the mission you also Hit Pause(P), this freezes the mission at the start with the aircraft in place..

As I said just a side-step to the problem of carrier launches in CFS3..
It works well, But doesn't solve the problem..

I have used this method to develop the catapult launches in the set I uploaded here..

It is much easier(with carriers) then launching from a Catapult ship (camship).. The carriers are larger so it makes it easier for me to build a mission with the Aircraft in place..

With fixed gear aircraft the aircraft "Looks" like it is sitting ready to launch..
With a retractable gear aircraft I can do this also.. But the gear is retracted in flight..
So the aircraft is still in position, But in the game engine for CFS3 and the expansions your gear is Up..

As I stated not a perfect fix, but something that gives a impression of a Full Height launch when used..

Launching from Cruisers is also possible, Like the camships and carriers.. But all of the Cruisers we have in CFS3 and expansions Have aircraft on the catapults already,
and this looks crazy when I set up a catapult launch..

** I need a cruiser without a aircraft on the catapult to use in missions..Then I can make catapult launches on those ships also**

I CAN ALSO SET UP SEVERAL AIRCRAFT ON A (Full Height) CARRIER AT THE START THAT WILL LAUNCH..

It does take some time to to do this then I build the mission, because the placement and timing is everything..

As I have requested from our Masters a Cruiser without a Aircraft on the catapult
so I can set up missions for cruisers with catapult launches..
But none has yet answered this need..Bummer..

Perhaps in the future one of Our Masters will have the time to set up a cruiser so I can do a set with cruiser catapult launches..
Always hopeful here..
 
As it is, it can only be done in missions, I haven't the skill to change any of the items in our beloved sims to make it any different..
I can build a mission so this works, but not change the items within our sims to change any of this..
 
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