posted 02-03- 09:16 AM               

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I now have this German Observation Balloon as a flyable vehicle by us, and now as a "flying" ground object as well! You hop in it (F6) and hit (for now) Q (for canopy on players airplanes) the this balloon slowly rises way up high a few thousand feet and at the same time is swaying back and forth / side to side as if by the wind. There's no noise but a little wind sound and it's really beautiful to see. At the top of it's DOF it hovers for a couple minutes (this can be easily changed/longer or shorter) and then slowly floats back down.

posted 02-03- 10:11 AM               

This slowly movement will be lovely to watch.
The WWI crew is very grateful.

Great idea !
Thanks!

Hey guys, we need to model all the alies and axis observ. baloons and use the standard one from Pete as template.

posted 02-03- 12:09 PM               

This is truely great work! I can't explain my excitement.

It kicks so much ass that you have been dabling with these WWI objects - this will add SO much well-roundedness to the WWI planepack.

Thanks for your work, and thanks even more for keeping us posted and posting screen shots! This can be more time consuming (and much less fun) than building it. But posting this new stuff makes this board (and being a part of this community) so fun!

I can't believe it, its like every four hours there's some new object, plane, or breakthrough! And we are just warming up.

I hope the people who vote for the best plane keep in mind that there is a one year Creator liscence on the line! Who's hands do you want Creator in?

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-Sv =FC=

WWI in SDOE!

posted 02-03- 03:22 PM            

Just a thought, and I know you've already got alot goin on and all but... do you think you could put together a DOF powered V1? I know that making it explode at the end of the line would be tough to work out (maybe even impossible) but it would still be cool to be able to fly out and intercept an incoming V1. I would think this would be a perfect application for the DOF method because these were 'straight line' weapons - they go up and fly straight to target with no turns (except for wind induced ones).

What do you think?

I'd try to do it myself... but, well, as I have stated before I have NO modelling skill whatsoever. Although, maybe if you send me one of your existing creations I can figure out how to apply the DOF settings on my own...

posted 02-03- 10:15 PM            

Do you realize what you have done? That was prbably the worlds first dirigable head on collision!!

TS -

Yes, please do share!! If you can make the AI fly into the target then I imagine finding someone to make a V1 model fly wouldnt be too tough! Hey, in fact Pete has already done that! Shame on you TS, holding out on us like that..

posted 02-04- 02:32 AM               

If you do a search for "buzz bomb" on the OPP forum you'll turn up a bunch of discussion on this.

Here's some ideas I think they all would work:

- Just set waypoints so AI flies into ground where the target is (waypoint 0 alt)

= Since the AI already controls a DOF when bombing (the bomb bay doors) make the V1 a bomber and make a bomb door DOF that is connected to an airfoil causing the plane to dive.

- Alternately, connect it to an airfoil that makes an (invisible) part detach right away. The invisible part would also be the fuel source for the engine = )

TS

posted 02-04- 10:49 PM               

The reason Tailslide liked the downelevator tied to the bombbay doors is this. It reaches a target city, opens the doors to drop bombs and as the door opens, DOWN IT GOES! It worked while I'd fly it and was awesome, but the AI, like I said before is just too quick with the open and shut of the doors to affect it.

Man, everything is tied to the AI being to quick to open and shut the bay doors when bombing. It ruins my ideas. This was best too because they would be over their target and take an action that effects their flight path. I don't know if I can edit a 'bayDoor DOF to go any slower. Is there a way Michael?

Or better yet have the baydoor dof trigger another dof to go ONE WAY and not return, like a CG movement. But it's tough. Still trying. Just seeing a V-1 fly is way cool, but if I can get this to work right it'll be that much better. (I have a real V-1 sound to go with it!)

Ok, back again... what was I thinking, this is easy! Herein lies the key...

inpToggleBombDoorsState = D

Now I make a new DOF up called CGMOVE and when the D key gets hit by the AI for the doors, this DOF will go ONE WAY and screw the AI pilot by making him nosedive! More in a few

posted 02-05- 01:05 PM               

If you send me the plane I can have a crack at it.

posted 02-05- 01:20 PM               

But I do think the AI is somewhat superhuman. Why, because when I did the airfoil on the bomb bay door that was connected to one of the elevators, I opened the doors and promptly nosedived into the ground. When the AI did it he opened and shut the doors so fast (while dropping his bombs in that split second) that it didn't effect him.

I guess you could try putting in a oscRuntime of 10 or something, that way the bomb door dof may run extra slow. But I have a feeling the AI would work around it.

posted 02-05- 04:03 PM            

Maybe AI closes the bay again because it detects something is wrong. You set it to dive when the bay is opened.

What would you do if you open your bay and you start to dive? Right, close it again.

posted 02-05- 04:57 PM               

You said it ripped the whole tail off the V1 when you tried it Pete, can't you just make the breaking point lower so it doesn't destroy the whole rocket?