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Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carriers
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If memory serves this issue came up when Lazarus first converted the carriers to FSX I think it had something to do with the crash barrier which was selectable in cfs2 but permanently 'up' when first ported over to FSX there was some issue about getting rid of it as it would require the model to be edited in order to rectify it I can't remember what happened with this but I think it was just made invisible as an interim measure I'll see if I can look into it
Oriskany has smooth 30 fps from stern to bow - through the jet blast screen area.
Midway ditto - except that the deck crowd are hovering 6 feet up in the air - and stayed stationary when I set the boat in forward motion.
Check the static CG height entry in the sim files for both midway and the deckpark they should both be at '
'0'
Butcherbird17
Charter Member 2012
Playing with the statics, put them on board the Mustang Tales USS Shangri-La. This is just the recovery statics, still need to do the
launch statics. Getting them to the right height is adjusted in the sim cfg (static CG height). I did notice that the tail sits to high.
Joe
launch statics. Getting them to the right height is adjusted in the sim cfg (static CG height). I did notice that the tail sits to high.
Joe
WombRaider78
Charter Member
Sorry for the absence! I have been working a lot, and then my computer took a dump on me. I almost have everything back up.
So could it be the platforms causing the issue? Would re-exporting from SU and making one solid platform manually? As of now, I have it Auto-platformed using MCX.
So could it be the platforms causing the issue? Would re-exporting from SU and making one solid platform manually? As of now, I have it Auto-platformed using MCX.
Hey Warren glad to see your back mate yes we've isolated an issue with Autoplatforming in mcx for some reason it
Generates loads 0000's when I looked at it so placing them manually is by far the best option I have already been through the Forestall class on my rig and done so but haven't gotten as far as kitty hawk class yet. I would be happy to share with you what I've done but I'm not home atm so it will have to be later on
Hooky
DaveB
Charter Member
It can certainly put platforms where you neither want nor need them. I let it auto-platform Mispillion a couple of weeks ago and ironically.. the only place it didn't put one was where I wanted one.. on the landing platform!!
Tried again with a converted CFS2 Knox class and it did exactly the same. For sure.. adding platforms manually would seem a lot more cost effective
ATB
DaveB
Tried again with a converted CFS2 Knox class and it did exactly the same. For sure.. adding platforms manually would seem a lot more cost effectiveATB
DaveB
navy81
Charter Member
Oriskany has smooth 30 fps from stern to bow - through the jet blast screen area.
Midway ditto - except that the deck crowd are hovering 6 feet up in the air - and stayed stationary when I set the boat in forward motion.
Frame rates are good! However, I confirm this strange occurrence that Expat found. Aircraft stay at the origination point. All is well if carrier is not moving. Very strange in that did not occur with the original mdl file - the objects moved together. Any ideas on how to remedy that?
Deke
Do these carriers have a frequency by which these can be located?
Cees
Cees
I think I have sorted out the height issue by making all the sim.cfg's static cg height = 0, but like Tarpsbird I am having the deckcrowd (including F4U's on the Essex boats) left behind floating in the air and trailing the carrier once it is set to move forward in AICarriers2. It's behaviour is almost like it not having as much physics mass as the ship so it slides off as the ship accelerates. Sometimes get this with the flyable model on the deck appearing to slip backwards (actually staying stationary) after pressing "1" to start the ship moving forward, which you can quickly correct by pressing slew or brakes to get the wheels to "stick" to the deck so plane and ship are now moving together.
Do these carriers have a frequency by which these can be located?
Cees
Sylvain Parouty's RFN TACAN Gauge has a XML file that allows you to add carriers with their own TACAN channels. I have not done it but it doesn't look difficult.