Topic: Hovercraft non amphibious (Read 11782 times)

SRN4 · « **Reply #25 on:** June 04, 2011, 19:44:49 »

isnt that ss20008

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #26 on:** June 04, 2011, 19:47:00 »

it is indeed

mvsmith · « **Reply #27 on:** June 05, 2011, 01:32:02 »

In SSE the hovercraft can only move on the surface of the water. In order for her to appear to move over land, it is necessary to raise the surface of the water under the land to be as close as possible to the surface of the land without breaking through and making the landâ€”or rampâ€”disappear.
This unlovely kluge leads to a number of problems and makes it unlikely that other hovercraft may appear.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #28 on:** June 05, 2011, 11:05:38 »

Quote from: mvsmith on June 05, 2011, 01:32:02

In SSE the hovercraft can only move on the surface of the water. In order for her to appear to move over land, it is necessary to raise the surface of the water under the land to be as close as possible to the surface of the land without breaking through and making the landâ€”or rampâ€”disappear.
This unlovely kluge leads to a number of problems and makes it unlikely that other hovercraft may appear.

Oh...

Thats not good :/

Why was it changed though? the SS08 Hovercraft were fine as it was, and on one of the promo interview talks Frank says about hovercraft(s) being in game - I know things said before a release game can never be taken for granted, but still :/

And Doesn't Nautis have more hovercraft anyway? I thought I saw a couple of Military variations... Do they have the same problems then?

*Yes I know Nautis is different and professional

mvsmith · « **Reply #29 on:** June 05, 2011, 12:57:28 »

SSE is very different from SS2008. One reason for the major change was an attempt to satisfy some demands by users of SS2008: Bigger waves, little people scurrying about the ships, etc.
That brings to mind the old saying: â€œBe careful what you ask forâ€¦â€

Third Mate · « **Reply #30 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:23:00 »

Quote from: SRN4 on June 04, 2011, 11:49:21

I tried going up the slipway on sse at full throttle and it just would not get up and also why did it have to be on steam my computer hates steam !!! so i had to ditch it

cheers

SRN4

SRN4 how old are you? are you able do something for me, can you remove all the exclamation marks in your "Subject" section of your topic. Adding exclamation marks will not make a difference to the problem here in ShipSim forum.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #31 on:** June 06, 2011, 10:17:47 »

Quote from: mvsmith on June 05, 2011, 12:57:28

SSE is very different from SS2008. One reason for the major change was an attempt to satisfy some demands by users of SS2008: Bigger waves, little people scurrying about the ships, etc.
That brings to mind the old saying: â€œBe careful what you ask forâ€¦â€

Shame - I never even wanted "bigger waves"

Is there no way to modify the hovercraft to fix this? :/

Third Mate · « **Reply #32 on:** June 06, 2011, 11:46:33 »

Quote from: The Ferry Man on June 06, 2011, 10:17:47

Shame - I never even wanted "bigger waves"

Is there no way to modify the hovercraft to fix this? :/

I just wanted the ocean to look real but no bigger waves, see how un-realisic the ocean looks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqdblonl988 compared to the ocean here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hUqt2acbm8&feature=related. But the but the nutters from who ever made the ship sim 08 video somehow managed to get their point across

SRN4 · « **Reply #33 on:** June 06, 2011, 20:02:51 »

ok third mate but i am new to the forum so how do you do it

saltydog · « **Reply #34 on:** June 06, 2011, 20:15:13 »

Go to the very first post, click on Modify, then you can 'modify subject'..
You may also want to change the caps letters, it's considered as shouting ..

Third Mate · « **Reply #35 on:** June 07, 2011, 02:40:57 »

Cheers for that, don't worry someone will give you a sign of life, there are a fair amount of problems reported but they are all looked at and most of the times resolved

saltydog · « **Reply #36 on:** June 07, 2011, 23:22:14 »

So the Freedom 90 sails over the water, the land sits on the water.
Higher waves mean higher land, so the hovercraft gets stranded..
It's a conundrum..

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #37 on:** June 08, 2011, 00:38:15 »

I fear we're doomed to a non-amphibious hovercraft forever...

*Or at least until the next ShipSim comes out...

Shame...

saltydog · « **Reply #38 on:** June 08, 2011, 01:05:36 »

Not really, only in MP would the option of high waves be necessary..
In Free Roam or Missions the height of the waves could be adjusted to the type of ship you choose..
So if you choose a hovercraft, the wave-height (land height) could perhaps be limited accordingly..

Third Mate · « **Reply #39 on:** June 08, 2011, 01:20:38 »

Hmmm, so you guy's tried it at Dover with the sandy beach? If you guy's wanna get absolutely big waves what I did is I went into mission edditor, opened up the wave control thing. Then I closed the editor but not the wave control thing. Went into free roam, chose an eviromoment, ship and just went ahead. Then I used the wave control thing to make the waves extremely high. But what I noticed is when the hovercraft hits a big wave it just stops it dosen't smash through it and shoots out spray

Third Mate · « **Reply #40 on:** June 08, 2011, 01:23:51 »

Quote from: The Ferry Man on June 08, 2011, 00:38:15

I fear we're doomed to a non-amphibious hovercraft forever...

*Or at least until the next ShipSim comes out...

Shame...

I don't think I can trust VSTEP with another ship simulator, because of all the situations currently in SSE and it clearly indicates that they rushed. This feels like a war zone.Microsoft did a splendid job with their fligh sims, and train sims, then Railworks took over and created rail sim then rail works and rail works 2 the latest in train simulations. But when it comes to ship simulation, it's a long way away.

saltydog · « **Reply #41 on:** June 08, 2011, 02:05:46 »

Hovercrafts are not really meant to sail in heavy seas, wave heights of aprox. 2 m is about max.

http://www.griffonhoverwork.com/products/9

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #42 on:** June 08, 2011, 12:18:00 »

Freedom 90 has a maximum wave height of 2.4m

http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/ap1-88.html

The SRN4 Mk III could do up to 8ft (Also 2,4m) waves, though with a slower speed

http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/mk3.html

Ralphy · « **Reply #43 on:** June 08, 2011, 15:23:16 »

When i went to the hover museum i was talking to the old pilot of the SR-N4's and he said that they could do any weather conditions but the passengers wouldn't enjoy it that much so they had that 2.4m limit

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #44 on:** June 08, 2011, 15:27:14 »

Now that wouldn't surprise me...

SRN4 · « **Reply #45 on:** June 08, 2011, 15:58:18 »

was that so called "old pilot"named Alan Burns if so i know him very well and if you did see a man on the chair by the ladder of The Princess Anne that was my grandad!

Ralphy · « **Reply #46 on:** June 08, 2011, 17:53:26 »

Don't know what his name was, he was very friendly.

I don't remember anyone sitting on a chair though $:-\$

SRN4 · « **Reply #47 on:** June 08, 2011, 19:45:08 »

was he quite an old chap

Author Topic: Hovercraft non amphibious (Read 11782 times)

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