Sinking effects for small ships

[stuart277]

Hi all
I have been working on a 27 foot lifeboat for CFS2.
I was wondering what effects could be used to simulate the sinking of the rather small lifeboat or if it needs a 'destroyed' model, like aircraft.
At the moment I have the following:
[EFFECTS.0]
; System = for_1
effect.0=100,LIBRARY,fx_ship_s,

[EFFECTS.1]
; System = aft_2
effect.0=100,LIBRARY,fx_ship_s,

The Lifeboat just burns and does not sink

I have tried fx_sink_s.fx but it is a really large 'splash' and wave effect.

Cheers
Stuart

[bearcat241]

Try this Stuart:

[EFFECTS.0]
; System = for_1
effect.0=100,LIBRARY,fx_ship_s,
effect.1=100,SINK,,

[EFFECTS.1]
; System = aft_2
effect.0=100,LIBRARY,fx_ship_s,
effect.1=100,SINK,,

[stuart277]

Try this Stuart:

[EFFECTS.0]
; System = for_1
effect.0=100,LIBRARY,fx_ship_s,
effect.1=100,SINK,,

[EFFECTS.1]
; System = aft_2
effect.0=100,LIBRARY,fx_ship_s,
effect.1=100,SINK,,

Hi Bearcat
Thanks for the effects:
LIBRARY,fx_ship_s seems to cause a fire and ,SINK,, sinks the lifeboat.
Unfortunately (and expectedly), it goes down with all hands.
I might just try ,SINK,, by itself and look at a trigger to have people floating in the water (a simple model).
The other thing is a 'crash model', which I have never done.
Cheers
Stuart

[bearcat241]

Yeah, you're asking a bit much from the old sim...better go with the spawn trigger.