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  1. #351
    Quote Originally Posted by PhantomTweak View Post
    I think, maybe, your trouble may be a space, believe it or not.

    The syntax looks like this:

    [formation.2]
    title=Lone cruiser
    unit.0=CG-49, 0, 0

    Look on the unit.X= line. Note that there's no space between the 9 in CG-49, and the comma following it.
    I've found that a space there can cause what you're experiencing. I won't swear that spaces between the spacial coordinate numbers and their comma's won't have the same effect, but I'm not certain of that. Note that there also is not a space between the unit.X= and the ship's title.

    Another thing to take note of is that the ships designator following the = sign MUST be exactly, preceisely, as it appears in the ship's sim.cfg file in the sim's Simobjects\Boats folder. Just as an example (and it doesn't match my previous example, sorry) is:

    [fltsim.0]
    title=SS-581_USS_Blueback
    model=
    texture=

    Note the Title= line. The entry in the AICarriers.cfg file, or whatever .cfg file you use (I'll get to that in a second), must be an exact copy of that. I always use the copy-n-paste system to ensure I get them right.

    As to .cfg files: It's a BAD idea, IMHO to keep adding more and more entries into the original, basic, aicarriers.cfg file. Why, you may ask?
    I am glad you asked. If you keep adding more and more [formation.X] entries into your original aicarriers.cfg file that came with the download, it will very quickly become so long as to be unusable. You will end up having to search through page after page of the menu in the sim to find the Formation you want. Takes a rediculous length of time.
    What you want to do is create new .cfg files for each set of formations (which can also mean a single ship, btw) you will want to use. Like for example, a .cfg file for all your Nimitz boats, one for all your Soviet carriers, one for the WWII type carriers, etc etc. Store all the different .cfg files in a folder under the AICarriers\conf.d folder. Like ...\AICarriers\conf.d\Store, or whatever you want to call it. Then, you can place the .cfg file you want to use into the conf.d folder, and when you want to use a different one, just remove the one in the conf.d folder, and copy another one into the conf.d folder. Less is better, in this case.
    Don't MOVE .cfg files into the conf.d folder, COPY them in there from your sub-folder. That way, when you go to change them out, you can just delete the one in the conf.d folder, and copy-n-paste another in there.

    Hope this helps a little get you started using AICarriers.
    I hope you're using AICarriers.NET, not the original, JAVA based version, by the way...


    Have fun with it!
    Pat☺

    ok thanks for your reply , whilst I deeply appreciate the work that the makers do it would be really helpful for the AI Carriers info to be included , it would make it so much easier , thank you

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    New PLA Type 56 corvette

    Quote Originally Posted by kl791 View Post
    Next up... Type 56 corvette of the Chinese Navy



    Hi kl791

    really good news! The Type 56 corvette will be a wonderful addition to my PLA fleet in the South China Sea...

    ...at the time nearby Fiery Cross Reef...














    Greetings RS
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  3. #353
    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
    Hi kl791

    really good news! The Type 56 corvette will be a wonderful addition to my PLA fleet in the South China Sea...

    ...at the time nearby Fiery Cross Reef...














    Greetings RS
    Hi
    Nice screenies I will send it to you for testing as soon as it gets the finale texture; and there will be more Chinese stuff... I just started on the newest destroyer of the Chinese navy - the Type 55. It is still in a very, very early phase just getting the basic hull shape. It has taken some time to get the documentation right - there is plenty of guesswork around this ship and plenty of bad drawings, so now it is getting done using satelite imagery and some good pictures from the first sea trial.

    PS... Is the Liaoning yours?

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  4. #354
    Quote Originally Posted by top gun View Post
    ok thanks for your reply , whilst I deeply appreciate the work that the makers do it would be really helpful for the AI Carriers info to be included , it would make it so much easier , thank you
    See? You're doing it again. Look at your post. All the places you put a comma, you put a space both before AND after it.
    Just make sure you, or your KB if that's doing it for you, doesn't do that when creating the AICarriers .cfg files.

    BTW: A lot of devs of single ships, if they're designed to be AI ships, have a AICarriers config file included. Not all, but many. Double check the download file for one. It may be unobtrusive (hows that for a big word, huh??), but there may be one there someplace. Some put them into the ship's folder you drop into your ...\Simobjects\Boats folder, some are in the download zipfile someplace else. Anyway, it's going to have the file designation of .CFG. Take a look around for it.
    There may not be one, very true, but there may be

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    ....more Chinese stuff

    Quote Originally Posted by kl791 View Post
    Hi
    Nice screenies I will send it to you for testing as soon as it gets the finale texture; and there will be more Chinese stuff... I just started on the newest destroyer of the Chinese navy - the Type 55. It is still in a very, very early phase just getting the basic hull shape. It has taken some time to get the documentation right - there is plenty of guesswork around this ship and plenty of bad drawings, so now it is getting done using satelite imagery and some good pictures from the first sea trial.

    PS... Is the Liaoning yours?


    Hi kl791

    ...more chinese stuff..like the new Typ 55.. this sounds devilishly good... I´m curious about how the ship will look like...
    Thank you for your offer to test the new corvette. When it´s due I like to test it and to give you my feedback.
    Regarding the Liaoning I have to tell you that it´s payware from flyfreestd. The ship is part of their Mig 29 K/KUB FSX package
    From my point of view this model is the best choice of the available russian Kuznetsov classships for fsx... notably for carrier traps too...


    Greetings RS

  6. #356
    HEy guys...

    First thanks RS for adding the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) to the FSX fleet.

    Now do AI FSX ships just transfer over to P3DV4 or what?

    Thanks... about to finally make the leap to P3D.

  7. #357
    Quote Originally Posted by JosefK View Post
    HEy guys...

    First thanks RS for adding the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) to the FSX fleet.

    Now do AI FSX ships just transfer over to P3DV4 or what?

    Thanks... about to finally make the leap to P3D.
    Hi,
    Yes and no... The models compiled for FSX displays fine in P3Dv4 - actually even better than in FSX - however, some changes must be done to the sim.cfg to prevent ships from capsizing or even flying... yes, adjusting water realism to Ultra with dynamic waves makes some larger models fly or sink... The solution is the add
    ition of one line in the sim.cfg and reducing the radius of the mdl;
    The mdl center point might also need adjustment for the ship to have a decent behavior with dynamic waves. And finally another issue is the wake effects where certain parameters must be added or omitted... Models FS9 must be recompiled for FSX in order to not make trouble.
    Henrik

  8. #358
    I hoped the Liaoning would have been yours... Anyway, the Type 55 is taking shape - it isn't easy as documentation is still not very comprehensive and drawings and pictures match poorly


  9. #359
    The work on the Type 55 destroyer continues - unfortunately I miss some documentation on the helideck, so I will probably have to take a break from this one. The ship is so new that the number of good close ups is limited.




    Meanwhile for comparison... From left to right US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Bainbridge - Chinese Navy Type 55 destroyer Renhai - Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan - Chinese Navy Type 52C destroyer - and Chinese Navy Type 54 frigate. The new Chinese is a by all means giant...





    https://youtu.be/gZ5RL0wcC4A

  10. #360
    Outstanding work...
    Very Respectfully,

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  11. #361
    Quote Originally Posted by docjohnson View Post
    Outstanding work...
    Thanks - trying my best to turn the flightsim into a ship sim

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    Wow...

    Hi kl792

    your ships are real beauties... I can not await to watch them ruling the virtual sea in my FSX.

    Meanwhile... a topview from Type 55. May be this photo could help you to design the helideck.





    source: https://southfront.org/chinese-naval...its-high-gear/


    Greetings RS
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  13. #363
    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
    Hi kl792

    your ships are real beauties... I can not await to watch them ruling the virtual sea in my FSX.

    Meanwhile... a topview from Type 55. May be this photo could help you to design the helideck.





    source: https://southfront.org/chinese-naval...its-high-gear/


    Greetings RS
    Thanks... But despite what they claim on Southfront.org the picture doesn't show a Type 55 but instead shows a Type 52D - the Type 55 has a very different and stealthy chimney block and antena masts.


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    Cool

    Quote Originally Posted by kl791 View Post
    Thanks - trying my best to turn the flightsim into a ship sim
    Well having naval action on the high seas of FSX & P3DV4 is much appreciated. Haze Gray Studios did a big leap in that direction last year for the US Navy...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JosefK View Post
    Well having naval action on the high seas of FSX & P3DV4 is much appreciated. Haze Gray Studios did a big leap in that direction last year for the US Navy...
    You won't get a complete navy here as in Ripcord's US Navy project, but you will get the most significant units from the Royal Navy, the Brazilian Navy, the Chilean Navy, the Royal Danish Navy, the Royal Norwegian Navy, the Chinese Navy, the Spanish Navy plus diverse units from Thailand, Taiwan, Egypt, Romania, Germany, France, Moroco, Pakistan, Canada, and even a few US Navy ships... Plus of course around 1000 civilian ships... I have set a deadline before Christmas the year - that will be 20 months after the last mayor release and this will be the so far most comprehensive package.


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    Icon23 Chrismas timeline stable ?

    Quote Originally Posted by kl791 View Post
    You won't get a complete navy here as in Ripcord's US Navy project, but you will get the most significant units from the Royal Navy, the Brazilian Navy, the Chilean Navy, the Royal Danish Navy, the Royal Norwegian Navy, the Chinese Navy, the Spanish Navy plus diverse units from Thailand, Taiwan, Egypt, Romania, Germany, France, Moroco, Pakistan, Canada, and even a few US Navy ships... Plus of course around 1000 civilian ships... I have set a deadline before Christmas the year - that will be 20 months after the last mayor release and this will be the so far most comprehensive package.

    Hi kl791

    Are things going well? Excuse me, I am exited so see your new ships... You think you can hold your timeline before chrismas...?
    ....my PLAN carrier needs really a good escort...




    Maybe there a some more visual appetizers from your work?


    Many greetings RS
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    Seems you got a little sneaky when naming your ships....




    Found this cruising off the Washington coast. Sent the screen to Francois on Facebook. He loved it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian_Gladden View Post
    Seems you got a little sneaky when naming your ships....




    Found this cruising off the Washington coast. Sent the screen to Francois on Facebook. He loved it.
    Hi
    Sorry for long absence and response time, but no access to Sim-outhouse from China where I have spent the last month.

    I actually think this ship is from Misty Moorings - they repainted the standard ships. At least I have not done this one.

  19. #369
    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
    Hi kl791

    Are things going well? Excuse me, I am exited so see your new ships... You think you can hold your timeline before chrismas...?
    ....my PLAN carrier needs really a good escort...




    Maybe there a some more visual appetizers from your work?


    Many greetings RS
    Working hard on it... There should be more screenies after the weekend I have a slight trouble with the Chinese Type 55... still no pennant numbers painted on the originals... Hope they will come soon in real life. Apparently the first will be 101, but still to be confirmed.

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    PLAN Type 55 D markings helicopter deck

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    Hi KL791,

    things going well?

    I remember you miss information about the helicopter markings on the PLAN 55d deck.
    Yesterday I found that picture. May be this sattelite image from 3rd October helps...



    source:https://news.ievenn.com/major-chines...uildup/521435/


    Greetings

    RS
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    Quote Originally Posted by kl791 View Post
    Hi
    Sorry for long absence and response time, but no access to Sim-outhouse from China where I have spent the last month.

    I actually think this ship is from Misty Moorings - they repainted the standard ships. At least I have not done this one.
    Yes, That is a paint by Jan de Jong of one of the default container ships.

  22. #372
    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post

    Hi KL791,

    things going well?

    I remember you miss information about the helicopter markings on the PLAN 55d deck.
    Yesterday I found that picture. May be this sattelite image from 3rd October helps...



    source:https://news.ievenn.com/major-chines...uildup/521435/


    Greetings

    RS
    This was exactly what I was looking for - a decent view of the flight deck. Thanks a lot. Yesterday I flew straight over the yard in Shanghai where half of them are being built but to my big disappoint it was foggy and rainy and we got into dense clouds before passing over the yard. Still remains to confirm the pennant numbers,

  23. #373
    A few screenshots from a test in P3D today...









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    A few more screenshots from the test today









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    These are all really nice Henrik!

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