Icebergs Ahoy!

[Bookman1960]

I've been enjoying hundreds of ships collected for the past 15 years -- everything from CFS2, FS2K2, FS9 and FSX in the seas, lakes and rivers of FSX.

With the recent amazing creations from Henrik, and the soon-to-be-released USN World-wide package, I'm awash (pardon the pun) in ship options but until today, I wasn't able to find any icebergs to place in the frigid arctic/antarctic seas -- something I've wanted so I can use my ice recon aircraft and research vessels, etc..

Well, tonight I was dabbling with an older file wildlife_v2.zip (which features all kinds of creatures placed around the world) and I saw that there were five icebergs included in the pack! Two sets actually (5 large and five identical models but very small)

So, with some creative effort, I was able to place the bergs into my seas with aicarriers. Here's my results..

 

[jmbiii]

Cool ! Where is the file located ?

 

[Bookman1960]

I found it over at Simviation.com

Cool ! Where is the file located ?

 

[Bookman1960]

Here's the Fiver bergs:

 

[hertzie]

Great fun! Looks good! Downloaded the file and will see if I can do what you could. If not, will come back for help .

Regards, hertzie.

 

[Bjoern]

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

 

[jmfabio]

If you can place them with AI carriers then they must behave like ships and thus could write traffic files for them to place them in motion on a track. Right?

Joe

 

[DaveB]

That's exactly what I was thinking Joe but I didn't put the suggestion forward in case someone expected me to write the traffic file for them

ATB
DaveB

 

[jmfabio]

Dave, not that I can write the file! I am like the monkeys with the typewriters. Given enough time and at random...... maybe>

But then again my friends say that I am a thinker, not a doer. HAHA!

Joe

 

[Bookman1960]

Well, Dave, now that you mention it...any chance you might be talked into creating some packs??

BTW, there are two sizes of each berg -- one large and one small.

Here's a quick comparison of one set. I'll try to get the other berg comparisons done tomorrow:

 

[Bookman1960]

Now, come to think of it, I recall Henrik hinting at making some bergs as well!!

From a post on his shipping projectack in 2015:

"...I am actually working on it... Greenland and the arctic areas will be in the next update and moving icebergs are not that difficult at all... this is from a test from Greenland..."

Wonder if he's looking at this page?

Henrik?

 

[Bookman1960]

Oh My Goodness!! Found a Few More!

Well, well,....

I was looking in another folder under \Misc and found these beauties -- and they're monsters!. They're from the Abacus "Mission Blackhawk" package.

I love the second set, as there are mixed sizes in the group.

 

[Bookman1960]

The Small Bergs

The Small Bergs from Above for Size Comparison

 

[jeansy]

have you seen this thread by aerosoft?

http://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/121981-you-want-ice-with-that-project-died-sorry/

I wish you luck with yours, it would be interesting to see the outcome

 

[kl791]

Now, come to think of it, I recall Henrik hinting at making some bergs as well!!

From a post on his shipping projectack in 2015:

"...I am actually working on it... Greenland and the arctic areas will be in the next update and moving icebergs are not that difficult at all... this is from a test from Greenland..."

Wonder if he's looking at this page?

Henrik?

I do... I will note it down for the next update... I do have the icebergs but never did the routes... Maybe because I found this Nuuk scenery from FSDG and just put my ships in between their icebergs...

 

[Bookman1960]

Are the bergs in that package static scenery or ai?

 

[IFlySWA]

An ai iceberg? It's just a matter of time before Erwin Welker makes one pilotable.

Brian

 

[DaveB]

An ai iceberg? It's just a matter of time before Erwin Welker makes one pilotable.

Brian

.. with 18 camera views for you to explore it!
ATB
DaveB

 

[kl791]

Are the bergs in that package static scenery or ai?

Static - the ones I have done are supposed to be AI and have been done with hard surface.

 

[hertzie]

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