Ship Simulator

English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: McGherkin on March 05, 2010, 21:33:23

Title: Powerboat Topic
Post by: McGherkin on March 05, 2010, 21:33:23

By Popular Request, a topic for powerboat enthusiasts, for the discussion of powerboats. P1, C1, whatever. This is the SPEED topic!

Hope you enjoy!

(http://www.class1uk.co.uk/teams/kos/kos_boat.jpg)

So, where's your favourite venue, and what's your favourite boat?

Mine are Plymouth and the King of Shaves/Negotiator!

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Willmutt on March 05, 2010, 22:09:10

My favorite powerboat is Miss Geico. It's just so freakin' dope! Her speed-record is, I think 210 mph and that's pretty awesome. It's pretty good engineering ;)

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Capt. Matt on March 06, 2010, 05:03:13

(http://i37.tinypic.com/8yxefb.jpg)
Our old powerboat ;D Top speed of about 80MPH
(http://i29.tinypic.com/262msrs.jpg)

My favourite speedboats are Cigarette and Outerlimits. Ours was a Baja.

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Ralphy on March 06, 2010, 09:31:13

Cowes - Torquay - Cowes

always fun to watch the big powerboats on their lorries trying to maneuver the streets of cowes  :D

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: colosus on March 06, 2010, 12:00:43

 :thumbs: ok sweet our own topic.....

well iam really not sure if it will ever be for a mod of powerboats with ShipSim because i heard its too difficult to work with.....anyway i will continue my KingofShaves model and post a pic with half completed....i think it has all there to do powerboats but just not that single player races with outher boats...i suppose it could be added like bots...but hey iam not a programmer, just make 3d models.....hehe

ok for Negotiator....

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: colosus on March 06, 2010, 12:21:43

and also my fav too Miss Geico Mystery C 5000 boat.... :thumbs:

and just a tease...an RC Cat miss Geico...hehe people with money...

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Capt. Matt on March 06, 2010, 15:02:07

 :o I want one!  ;D

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: McGherkin on March 06, 2010, 15:57:10

I think I saw a powerboat kit for £60 somewhere... VERY tempting!!!

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: colosus on March 06, 2010, 17:46:51

 ;D
sorry its not me in the photo.. thats hanspeter HPR RC boats from sweden very expensive..although  iam begining to build from scratch a radio controlled 1.1m callan cat which i will modify to look like the new Geico Hull..to race for fun...anyway i stop with the RC stuff here as its about addon powerboats to ShipSim...  :doh:

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: McGherkin on March 06, 2010, 17:48:48

This topic's about powerboats in general, not just in SS08!

But I wouldn't mind a drag boat  ::)

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: colosus on March 06, 2010, 18:00:45

oh ok thats cool then.....here is the site if anyones got loadsa money to spend on a real RC Cat.... http://www.swissmodelpowerboatteam.ch/mystic.html 
if i had the money i would buy one...
http://www.mhz-powerboats.com/shop/shop.htm

and this is not mine but i will be making the same cat...1.1m

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Willmutt on March 28, 2010, 15:28:23

Wouldn't an opportunity to trim and tilt the faster boats in SSE be great for different weather conditions etc? In rough sea tilt the angle down to get more hull in the water and get it more stable, and in flat water tilt it up to go faster and maximize the boats performance. I would really like to have it on the RIB and hopefully on the miss geico and a f1 if it'll be in too :lol: It would really increase realisme to the game!

What do you guys think? They have it in GTA 4 so why not in SSE?

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Willmutt on March 29, 2010, 13:35:46

Just found another thread about this, sorry I posted before searching ;)
http://80.95.161.114/shipsim/forum/index.php/topic,18306.0.html

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Minime on March 29, 2010, 16:08:39

no harm done ;) And maybe sometime, in a couple of years we might see this, it sure would be fun to play with.

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Willmutt on March 29, 2010, 16:25:53

But still it's a shame there isn't or, I think, will be in SSE when GTA 4 have it, and that's a game being far from specailized in boats... I do really think it's hard to make, but I believe VStep could be able to do it if they liked to :)

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Minime on March 29, 2010, 16:43:20

the reason it is done so easily in GTA IV is because the dynamics are far from real, which doesn't make it that hard. Read Some of Marty's posts in the other topic about this subject and you'll see how many calculations and whatnot are included. This probably isn't needed in GTA IV as much as in this game.

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Willmutt on March 29, 2010, 17:10:16

Quote from: Minime on March 29, 2010, 16:43:20

the reason it is done so easily in GTA IV is because the dynamics are far from real, which doesn't make it that hard. Read Some of Marty's posts in the other topic about this subject and you'll see how many calculations and whatnot are included. This probably isn't needed in GTA IV as much as in this game.

I think the dynamics in GTA is pretty good actually...

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Minime on March 29, 2010, 17:19:35

not when I tried them, the boats can almost fly, how can that be real?

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Willmutt on March 29, 2010, 17:43:49

Quote from: Minime on March 29, 2010, 17:19:35

not when I tried them, the boats can almost fly, how can that be real?

Ok, it was quite I while ago I played last time, so maybe I remember wrong :lol:
The boats can almost fly, yes, and so the PB can in SS  :doh:

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Minime on March 29, 2010, 17:48:38

not in the same way, they get airborne just because of waves if you trim it in a right way.

Title: Re: Powerboat Topic
Post by: Willmutt on March 29, 2010, 18:11:36

Quote from: Minime on March 29, 2010, 17:48:38

not in the same way, they get airborne just because of waves if you trim it in a right way.

Yeah, ok. Now I don't have time to hold a conversation about this anymore, but thank you for answering my inputs, got to study chinese now :D