Icebergs Ahoy!

[DaveB]

That error 'usually' points to an incorrect AIC entry. AIC is looking for the model listed in the formation and can't find it. This said.. I've never tried icebergs before so who knows what could be causing it! As a check.. make sure the title= line in the sim.cfg matches the unit.X= entry in AIC.

ATB
DaveB

 

[Bookman1960]

Iceberg AI Help

Ok...Hopefully these screenshots will assist you in converting the bergs you have to ai. If not, PM me and we can get you sorted.


You first have to isolate the models (image 1)

Then create entries for each berg (image 2)

Finally, make sure you have a 'boat' ai as the basis for the file (I took mine from one of the default ai boats)

Hope this helps.

Bookman

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OK, did install wildlife v2. It says it's simconnected. Also AI-carriers works ok, says I can load icebergs. But no icebergs show up, for I get the message that creation of the objects has failed, so I must have done something wrong. I tried to make icebergs as boats putting the model, texture and sim-folders in a folder named Iceberg1,2,etc. and reworked the cfg.

Suggestions welcome, never too old to learn,

hertzie

 

[Bookman1960]

Technical Assistance Request

So...

I have isolated a dozen berg shapes from iceberg_lib.zip by Jay Langham [an iceberg scenery placement library for FS9 & FSX]. The file is a single .bgl file that when evaluated revealed two dozen berg shapes\MDL's which I have extracted and looked at using MDL view tools.
Now my question is...

Having isolated each mdl file, is it possible to then make these ai, as I have done with the other shapes we've been discussing? My understanding from reading through various forums over the weekend is that FSX makes no distinction between an MDL made for flying and an MDL made as a scenery object. Thus I'm hoping I can utilize these shapes to broaden my ai bergs plan further.

Alas, I have been unsuccessful in getting these files to work for me. I can see them in the MDL view tool (and they're textured) but so far I have been unsuccessful in getting them to load as ai.

Any ideas?

Bookman

 

[trucker17]

I think there's a model of the Titanic around somewhere...

Is it a Ghost ship...? that would be perfect......

 

[hertzie]

OK Bookman, thanks for your time, help and advice. For me it's a bridge too far, so forget about it.

Safe landings,

hertzie.

 

[Bookman1960]

This project is still in progress. Every few months I've been learning/trying new ideas and tools.

I've had a scenery file that I couldn't seem to get to cooperate with me but this past weekend (thanks to some wonderful support over at FS Developers forum) I've finally made some progress ...at last!

I now have a collection of twenty additional icebergs to populate my oceans!

Here's a few examples: