Aircraft Carrier (Nimitz?)

[stilton 0]

Ok, so it's in the title... i'm releasing an alpha of my aircraft carrier

Try not to laugh too hard, its an alpha i say again  But regardless, you can land on it.. and take off from it, using the F18.. (or a helicopter, or anything with fixed-gear on it, but sadly not standard BIS harriers at the moment, as the gears fold up on landing - sadly)

I have been testing it using the Beta 0.25 MAS F18..

Which can be found here

which is made by Franze.. Works great and has a tailhook with it, so i'll pimp his F18..

I have uploaded it    here..

Warning - It unzips from 2meg, to 200.. somehow..

Instructions included but it ain't brain surgeory, i have also included a custom mission which has the various pieces of the carrier automatically placed using the INIT fields, otherwise you'll have to guesstimate it, which i had to in the begining

If anyone has any constructive criticisms or suggested improvements they can thank of, they'd be appreciated - please not 'make the textures not suck'  -  because i know that already

I hope it  entertains someone/anyone cheers..

[stilton 0]

i've just uploaded some pics also.. Maybe i shouldnt double post.. but eventually when it gets lots of detail i suppose i might need this post space here..

..and as this is top of the forum atm anyway, i suppose technically this isn't bumping it... maybe.. possibly.. ..hopefully..

*ducks and prepares to get shot*

Here are imgs of me splashing down near the carrier.. Failed landing 1939324201 ... Click for larger images :P

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[rubberkite 19]

Thank you for relase

I try your stuff, is really alpha state, but it's the frist Carrier that I could try in ArmA, so I hope to see It improved in the future, some texture and some fixes, and you work could be used for start mission from it with u60 navy

tell me if u need help with texture, I could do something for you.

see ya

Rubber

[mattxr 9]

Good Job, with a little more work here and there this could be a really good addon.

"Keep on keeping on" as 'Joe Dirt' would say

[ArmaVidz 0]

!~nice

Can't wait to try this baby out after work! Thanks very much for releasing it!

[Kaio23 0]

Don't mean to crash your party, but you've been beaten to the punch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHnnZDcK2Ys

Keep working on it, though, at least we're not the only ones working on naval units.

[themaster303 22]

tested it, and have to say its really alpha.

i fall thru the deck on some spots. i think thats the most important

error to fix.

i wait for further versions. than i will test it again.

greetz

[lebson506th 0]

You fall through the deck because the ship is in 4 parts...

[DaSquade 0]

Feels like 2003 all over again...Nimitz...

Anyway, just wanted to post the link, if allowed, to give you some background. If not mistaken there is some important facts in it, but non that aren't known. Refuring to the geo/fire/roadway lods dimensions.

In short, make sure non of the pieces are bigger then 60mx60mx60m. If your Nimitz is scalled correctly, it should have at least 10-12 pieces as the carrier will need to be split in width but as you already did, in lenght.

Anyway, do some very good test with basic parts representing the carrier before you carry on...OR IT WILL HUNT you after many years .

Good luck. Maybe one day you will release an true replacer for (my/hawks) Nimitz. No need for an other bugged one. Last meant in a positive way!

Quote[/b] ]Kaio23 Posted on Mar. 25 2008,20:58Don't mean to crash your party, but you've been beaten to the punch: hxxp://www.youtube.com/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Keep working on it, though, at least we're not the only ones working on naval units.

No, he doesn't got beaten. They simply 'made' a port, with all the bugs that come with it. Had an interesting topic on Armaholic about it today...again.

If Stilton decide to go through the rofe and boared (but interesting and informative) part of making a test bed so it is bug free, he will OWN the party .

[russin 0]

tottally Awesome look forward to seeing this progress nice work there

[eble 3]

Thats a great base to start from mate, it would make a great ASW carrier becuase of its size.  

I know that Tykell is working on the Nimitz port from Opf here:

]Nimitz

I've spent the last day or so trying to convert over the Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier - Opf addon done by Gnat, UNN, Ivan (originally done by) & eddyD.

At the moment I'm working on it just to make it stable in Arma for personal use in missions etc, Gnat is working on it @ 90% completion of a port to arma for this carrier.

Kuznetsov Carrier

Southy

[stilton 0]

i had seen some videos of people flying harriers onto a carrier in arma... on youtube.. very recently when hunting around for footage to help make my carrier addon - as i've never actually been on a carrier

But yeh... on the video it said it was a carrier-addon released for 'private testing' and as mine was already working (sort of - it works just doesnt look pretty)

- but as there wasn't a 'released' version, that i could personally use.. i thought i'd make mine..

So i'm curious, have i been beaten to the punch lol? is the other carrier available to download?

Also, i've been informed by mandoble that the way i've setup my carrier into seperate addons is wrong, which means i'll be fiddling with a bit of the config.cpp But this should remove any hassle placing it on the map and getting it to line up.. So when i next update it.. very shortly hopefully.. If i have that working placing it into a mission will be the same as placing any other object

..hell maybe i can even turn it into a real 'ship' and give it a wake... and some torpedos.. and a nuke.... ..steady..

But to fix it quickly, if you've loaded up my custom mission, you can simply decrease the '90' -ish figure in the 3 init fields.. which it appears. (Back/Middle/Tower) pieces.. just decrease it by 1, and you will not have a problem.. if not try 2

I did notice it myself, but i think i forgot to move the roadway LOD in place properly.. rushing to release it before i fell asleep.. sorry if this isnt being very specific...

If i can ask you guys for help... It'd be this..

If you know of anywhere that's got good photos/information on carriers feel free to post away

I'd also really like to get the.. damnit i've forgotten the acronym.. SAVI ? - its called 'the meatball' anyway, i'd like to get a funtional 'meatball' on my carrier... which i think would really add to it... making it much more usable.. i mean it's not that hard to land on at present.. but it'd just be more visually appealing on landing..

anyway definately time to sleep

thanks for all the nice comments/suggestions/criticisms

..whoa long post

[eble 3]

Your correct yours is the first carrier addon for arma, excluding all the ones floating round in private use being made for release sooner or later.

As i said I did a size comparison with the russian carrier I'm looking at and yours would be a perfect ASW carrier or amphibious assault carrier, it's a perfect size.

Assault carrier

Info page

Anyway good luck.

Southy

[4 IN 1 0]

instead of the "almight" nimitz, i would be more then happy to see it done as a Wasp

[stilton 0]

hmm showing my nautical ignorance here..  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship

It says that the ones 'port' are wasps... but i have no idea what that means lol

Plus, i'll be honest.. i only called it a nimitz because i like the angled deck, and when i had modelled it... i want to keep the (i think its 9* angled landing strip)

But i'm quite happy with it's current size.... so, if someone has downloaded it, and they know its wrong size for a nimitz... but know of another carrier, that it's a better size for... that has an angled deck... i'll model it that class... and once again, any reference pics available would be great..

(i've had my sleep now and i'm raring to go lol)

cheers

..also..

What does everyone want on it?

I was next planning on putting in things like the meatball... (i think  i said that already)

....and i'd love to hear if any of you have crashed into it much? If you think its easy/hard to land on.. i'm guessing you must be using the F18 to land on it lol...

i believe i have working lights on it, it should be viable to land on it at night... Takes a bit of practice but it's quite possible i believe..