Post by PsyWarrior on Feb 18, 2004 8:56:57 GMT -5
Greetings, denziens of the OFP world.
This post will be the official development thread for the Psychic Productions aerial/ naval bailout liferaft/ tender script. This will simulate the inflation and deployment of a liferaft (when bailing from aircraft over the water or from ships), thus preventing drowning when bailing over water. In the case of ships, this unit can also be used as a tender for moving ship to shore, or ship to ship. It can even be used for hostile takeovers of enemy shipping!
Full features can be found below, and may be updated.
Features:
-Any floating vehicle can be used (although bailing from a PBR with a LSD is a little unrealistic). This is up to the mission designer.
-When bailing from aircraft, pilots must deflate the liferaft and take it with them, otherwise when they get into another aircraft, the script will not execute if they bail over water again.
-Unit can board any friendly ship (making ship to ship movement possible).
-Unit can attempt to take over enemy shipping. This becomes more difficult as the number of people on the enemy craft increses.
-Comes with Psychic Productions General Issue linking script, for use with addAction commands.
-Currently uses the Psychic Productions "Multiple object proximity detection" (MOPD) to scan for objects close to the liferaft, without picking up just the liferaft itself.
-SAR using spawned helicopters to pick up the unit after bailing. Optional, designers discretion to enable this function or not. Designer can also decide which vehicle is used for the SAR operation (for instance, UH60), the spawn point, and where to take the unit after pickup.
Known Issues:
-Reliability. Sometimes the liferaft/ tender is not created after bail, and you sink. RESOLVED
-Issues detecting presence of shipping. RESOLVED
-Problems with nearestObject Command RESOLVED by using MOPD system.
-Problems with optimising MOPD system. Significant testing required to minimise lag and video drag, and maximise performance and reliability. DONE
Watch for more updates...
-Supreme Commander PsyWarrior
-Psychic Productions Command
This post will be the official development thread for the Psychic Productions aerial/ naval bailout liferaft/ tender script. This will simulate the inflation and deployment of a liferaft (when bailing from aircraft over the water or from ships), thus preventing drowning when bailing over water. In the case of ships, this unit can also be used as a tender for moving ship to shore, or ship to ship. It can even be used for hostile takeovers of enemy shipping!
Full features can be found below, and may be updated.
Features:
-Any floating vehicle can be used (although bailing from a PBR with a LSD is a little unrealistic). This is up to the mission designer.
-When bailing from aircraft, pilots must deflate the liferaft and take it with them, otherwise when they get into another aircraft, the script will not execute if they bail over water again.
-Unit can board any friendly ship (making ship to ship movement possible).
-Unit can attempt to take over enemy shipping. This becomes more difficult as the number of people on the enemy craft increses.
-Comes with Psychic Productions General Issue linking script, for use with addAction commands.
-Currently uses the Psychic Productions "Multiple object proximity detection" (MOPD) to scan for objects close to the liferaft, without picking up just the liferaft itself.
-SAR using spawned helicopters to pick up the unit after bailing. Optional, designers discretion to enable this function or not. Designer can also decide which vehicle is used for the SAR operation (for instance, UH60), the spawn point, and where to take the unit after pickup.
Known Issues:
-Reliability. Sometimes the liferaft/ tender is not created after bail, and you sink. RESOLVED
-Issues detecting presence of shipping. RESOLVED
-Problems with nearestObject Command RESOLVED by using MOPD system.
-Problems with optimising MOPD system. Significant testing required to minimise lag and video drag, and maximise performance and reliability. DONE
Watch for more updates...
-Supreme Commander PsyWarrior
-Psychic Productions Command
