Topic: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008 (Read 23784 times)

Smoody · « **on:** July 23, 2007, 13:04:15 »

Hello,

for everybody who haven't seen yet, here it is... the hovercraft for a virtual travel from Portsmouth to Ryde like in reality.

Available in the upcoming upgrade expected in September.

Holger

J3nsen · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2007, 13:05:49 »

ahhh, nice to hear the project live!

chouby-20 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2007, 13:13:16 »

WE WILL HAVE THE HARBOUR OF CALAIS AND DOVER IF THERE IS HOVERCRAFT?

Smoody · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2007, 13:36:42 »

Until now no other Hoverports are planned. If you are looking to the ports of Portsmouth and Ryde you can see the special ports where hovercrafts can land and these ports are used by "Hovertravel" which you can see on the picture above.

Mr Robville · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2007, 14:23:23 »

looks awsome! i can't wait

JHB · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2007, 14:41:00 »

Looks great! How about the dynamics and behaviour? Is it realistic?

Smoody · « **Reply #6 on:** July 23, 2007, 14:54:37 »

Maybe an administrator of this forum can give more details about the actual state of this hovercraft... I'm also hopeful that the dynamics are realistic as they should be.

wazzzzzzy · « **Reply #7 on:** July 23, 2007, 16:35:21 »

looks awesome but what about the jet ski

Ballast · « **Reply #8 on:** July 23, 2007, 17:52:06 »

Oh men, u can have some fun with the hovercraft at the Phi Phi Islands

Shipaddict · « **Reply #9 on:** July 23, 2007, 18:55:49 »

I like that hovercraft

dave123 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 02, 2007, 14:43:38 »

Has any lucky developer got a video of this in action (on water as opposed to the model video I remember seeing)?

Thanks!

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #11 on:** August 04, 2007, 00:51:18 »

Will it be able to go up onto land, like on Alcatraz...

100 posts =D

Jazz · « **Reply #12 on:** August 04, 2007, 01:30:46 »

Pwange.

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #13 on:** August 04, 2007, 05:06:40 »

Is it based off of the Freedom 90, Hover travel Hover Craft

http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Hovertravel/Freedom90-20040911-igb-01.jpg

Edit: NVM yes it is >_<

Gertjan · « **Reply #14 on:** August 07, 2007, 11:03:45 »

I saw in one of the navy fire exersize movies from Vstep a Dutch ROyal Navy M-Class frigate

Please, pretty please with sugar on top, put this beautifull vessel ingame

Check it out here: http://www.vstepvideos.com/video/VSTEP_Navy_training.wmv

Merkur · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2007, 15:57:28 »

You talk about an upgrade ?? Will it be an upgrade which we have to pay for ? Or will it be an regular patch of this Game ?

Jazz · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2007, 16:15:08 »

It will come in a free path, due to release for Spetember if I'm correct? For free, of course.

Bottman · « **Reply #17 on:** August 07, 2007, 16:48:40 »

Quote from: chouby-20 on July 23, 2007, 13:13:16

WE WILL HAVE THE HARBOUR OF CALAIS AND DOVER IF THERE IS HOVERCRAFT?

There are no hovercrafts any more since a few years running between Dover and Calais! Well, and the new one for the Sim is much, much smaller than the good old channel hovercrafts!

Cheers

shipfan55 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 07, 2007, 16:52:25 »

i cant wait till fairmount fjell comes out to sail,ill put it in huge waves!

muns · « **Reply #19 on:** August 07, 2007, 18:48:56 »

Ahh I remember the days of the SRN6 hovercrafts from Southampton to Cowes. The southampton terminal was on the north side of the River Itchen near the Bridge. I think the Cowes Terminal was not far from the current Red Funnel Car terminal near the hanger with the Union Flag painted on the front (but I may be wrong).

Btw, the inventor of the Hovercraft was Sr Christopher Cockeral and he lived just down the road from where I grew up in Hythe, near Southampton.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 08, 2007, 12:24:55 »

Quote from: Bottman on August 07, 2007, 16:48:40

There are no hovercrafts any more since a few years running between Dover and Calais! Well, and the new one for the Sim is much, much smaller than the good old channel hovercrafts!

Cheers

A quick off topic point:
And since hoverspeed chopped the profitable hovercraft and made everyone go on the seacat (which despite the speed rarely docked before the P&O leaving at the same time)- what has happened? Hoverspeed is no more.

Just a quick point I thought I'd make. For no reason.

Stu

Stew2000 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 08, 2007, 17:31:58 »

Quote from: muns on August 07, 2007, 18:48:56

Btw, the inventor of the Hovercraft was Sr Christopher Cockeral and he lived just down the road from where I grew up in Hythe, near Southampton.

I never knew there was a Hythe at Southampton. all i knew was that there is a Hythe near Dungeness.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 08, 2007, 19:03:24 »

According to google there are three places in Britain called Hythe.

Where the third one is, I couldn't tell you.

I know the Kent hythe quite well. Got a superb little railway running through it. (Romney, Hythe, Dymchurch Railway for those who don't know) 1/4 scale... More reliable and punctual than mainline!

Stu

Stew2000 · « **Reply #23 on:** August 08, 2007, 19:15:16 »

Quote from: Stuart2007 on August 08, 2007, 19:03:24

I know the Kent hythe quite well. Got a superb little railway running through it. (Romney, Hythe, Dymchurch Railway for those who don't know) 1/4 scale... More reliable and punctual than mainline!

Stu

rofl so true ^_^
i live bout 20 miles from it. and only been on it once. i prefer the Bodiam to Tenderden line, only 8 ish miles away.

getting a little off topic

muns · « **Reply #24 on:** August 08, 2007, 19:20:11 »

Quote from: Stew2000 on August 08, 2007, 17:31:58

I never knew there was a Hythe at Southampton. all i knew was that there is a Hythe near Dungeness.

Hi Stu,

The Hythe near Southampton is shown on the ShipSim Charts - all be it not spelt correctly - Hyth - but what's an e between friends

You can find it on the south western side of southampton water opposite the itchen river.

There is a ferry that runs from the Hythe Pier to Town Quay in Southampton, next to the real Red Jet Terminal.

I havn't been to Hythe in Kent for years and years, quite a nice place if I remember.

Rgds

Mark

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