FSX Everglades are beautiful

[FSX68]

I made a short video (2:09) showing the Bubba Boat in Everglades, East of Homestead Field (X51). The dusk video is the same video 'instant replay' as day time. I just made it 'dusk'. You can do that to instant replay, you know. Otherwise I would run into trees I could not see.

I also had to reduce the number of trees by changing Auto Gen from 'Dense' to 'Normal'. Otherwise there are no 'gaps' between trees.

GaryGB: I am waiting for Mike to return email with 'ok'. Your forum post was from 2010 (ie: out dated). I am not sure if I have the FS9 or the FSX version. But it doesn't matter as you would only want it in FSX because only FSX has real Everglades 'swamp' land (ie: wet ground). FS9 doesn't have any 'wet land' in Everglades. Here is video link: http://youtu.be/JMXbtm_vI_A .
Chuck B
Napamule
PS: Edit: The correct entry in Cfg is 'Category=Airplane'. No need to make it a boat, per se. It has 'gear' (type 1 cnt pts) so it can go on land and not get stuck. This also makes it 'eligable' for 'Push Back'. Gear also retracts if you want to 'beach' it on waters edge.

I have a version made by M. Allen Richards, now whose version are you talking about making the changes to or is that another version of a swamp boat?

[napamule]

Well, I guess you want pictures of the liveries involved? I just happen to have some. Shows them in FSX as FS9 does not have 'swamp' (wet) land. Just dry land. No point in running an 'air boat' on dry land!
Chuck B
Napamule

[napamule]

The 'New & Improved' FS9 and FSX Air Boat files (zip) are available for download. They are an improvement all around compared to the original Air Boat flight dynamics (sorry Mike). But you have to try them to see. Shoot up a narrow, winding, river and find out if you like. Cheers.
Chuck B
Napamule
PS: Get them while you can as I THOUGHT I was given 'OK' (but perhaps I mis-understood) by Mr Richards and they might get removed. We'll see.

[FSX68]

The 'New & Improved' FS9 and FSX Air Boat files (zip) are available for download. They are an improvement all around compared to the original Air Boat flight dynamics (sorry Mike). But you have to try them to see. Shoot up a narrow, winding, river and find out if you like. Cheers.
Chuck B
Napamule
PS: Get them while you can as I THOUGHT I was given 'OK' (but perhaps I mis-understood) by Mr Richards and they might get removed. We'll see.

Get 'em Where?

[modelr]

I don't know what MSE Florida V2 is but it sounds like FREEflow Florida V2 that Bob Brown and I did just as FREEflow was being founded.
Florida V2.0 was the first scenery to be made for FSX. We converted V1.0 to make it comply with FSX. V2 did not have the coastlines and waterways that were in FREEflow Florida.

MegaSceneryEarth V2.0 High res photo scenery

[napamule]

Gents,
They say 'haste makes waste' and it's true. In my haste to upload I seem to have made a couple of 'wastes'. Here is what I KNOW will make the boat behave much better. It was sitting too low in water, for one. The other prob was it crashed with cnt pts I uploaded. The Cfg for all the air boat I uploaded are IDENTICAL. So this update is for FS9 air boat and FSX air boat. Cheers.

//MOI's
empty_weight_roll_MOI= 13300.000
empty_weight_pitch_MOI= 25560.000
empty_weight_yaw_MOI= 48800.000
empty_weight_coupled_MOI=0.000
---------------------------------------------------------
[contact_points]
point.0=1, 7.480, -3.500, -4.880, 14500, 0, 2.000, 42.0, 1.000, 1.1, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 0.000
point.1=1, 7.480, 3.500, -4.880, 14500, 0, 2.000, 42.0, 1.000, 1.1, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 0.000
point.2=1, -9.000, -3.500, -4.860, 14500, 1, 2.000, 0.0, 1.000, 1.1, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 2.000
point.3=1, -9.000, 3.500, -4.860, 14500, 2, 2.000, 0.0, 1.000, 1.1, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 3.000
point.4=4, 7.680, -3.300, -4.136, 14500, 0, 0.512, 0.0, 0.440, 3.5, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 1.000
point.5=4, 7.680, 3.300, -4.136, 14500, 0, 0.512, 0.0, 0.440, 3.5, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 1.000
point.6=4, -10.00, -3.200, -4.136, 14500, 0, 0.512, 40.0, 0.450, 3.5, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 1.000
point.7=4, -10.00, 3.200, -4.136, 14500, 0, 0.512, 40.0, 0.450, 3.5, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 1.000
max_number_of_points=14
static_pitch=0.000
static_cg_height=4.180 //o=0.000000
gear_system_type=0

Hope you like. Enjoy.
Chuck B
Napamule

[FSX68]

Gents,
They say 'haste makes waste' and it's true. In my haste to upload I seem to have made a couple of 'wastes'. Here is what I KNOW will make the boat behave much better. It was sitting too low in water, for one. The other prob was it crashed with cnt pts I uploaded. The Cfg for all the air boat I uploaded are IDENTICAL. So this update is for FS9 air boat and FSX air boat. Cheers.

//MOI's
empty_weight_roll_MOI= 13300.000
empty_weight_pitch_MOI= 25560.000
empty_weight_yaw_MOI= 48800.000
empty_weight_coupled_MOI=0.000
---------------------------------------------------------
[contact_points]
point.0=1, 7.480, -3.500, -4.880, 14500, 0, 2.000, 42.0, 1.000, 1.1, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 0.000
point.1=1, 7.480, 3.500, -4.880, 14500, 0, 2.000, 42.0, 1.000, 1.1, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 0.000
point.2=1, -9.000, -3.500, -4.860, 14500, 1, 2.000, 0.0, 1.000, 1.1, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 2.000
point.3=1, -9.000, 3.500, -4.860, 14500, 2, 2.000, 0.0, 1.000, 1.1, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 3.000
point.4=4, 7.680, -3.300, -4.136, 14500, 0, 0.512, 0.0, 0.440, 3.5, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 1.000
point.5=4, 7.680, 3.300, -4.136, 14500, 0, 0.512, 0.0, 0.440, 3.5, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 1.000
point.6=4, -10.00, -3.200, -4.136, 14500, 0, 0.512, 40.0, 0.450, 3.5, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 1.000
point.7=4, -10.00, 3.200, -4.136, 14500, 0, 0.512, 40.0, 0.450, 3.5, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 1.000
max_number_of_points=14
static_pitch=0.000
static_cg_height=4.180 //o=0.000000
gear_system_type=0

Hope you like. Enjoy.
Chuck B
Napamule

Chuck

I sent you a PM about the settings.

[FSX68]

I have "borrowed" some of the effects files and one from the grumman goose in order to create a better wake effect (IMO) then before.
I have combined some effects from the first airboat and the contact points from the 1st Aircraft.cfg and merged them into the 2nd aircrat.cfg file.

I have the best of both worlds in that the boat isn't sinking or taking on water like in the boat and the spray effects from the goose were added to the newer
aircraft.cfg file:



A much better looking wake effect I think.

If you want the aircraft.cfg file that combines some of the 1st boat with the 2nd (latest) here ya go:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/b35bec...2/aircraft.cfg

[FSX68]

Neither of the boats will not restart with CRTL + E. When I shut them down and let the props come to a full stop and then CTRL + E, nothing happens.