Carrier Ramps

[toot]

Is it possible to make a carrier ski-jump actually work in game? like instead of flying through the ramp have the aircraft actually go up

thanks!

[+Gepard]

No it isn't. Either through the ramp or jumping in the air. Other options we dont have. Unfortunatly.

[yakarov79]

maybe it is possible. We just need to be more creative...

TK's ultimate goal - make all those lazy gamers more creative... 

[+Gepard]

1 hour ago, yakarov79 said:

maybe it is possible. We just need to be more creative...

 

I have tried this with Kuznetzov and Liaoning:

I modded the starting and the end position of catapult-run so, that the end point is higher than the starting point. ( The last value in the column, the Z coordinate)

[Cat1]
SystemType=CATAPULT
CatapultID=1
StartPosition=18.04,70.12,13.94  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< start point height 13,94m
EndPosition=  5.10,176.40,21.97 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<end point height 21,97m
LaunchTime=3

The result in game looks so:

starting position on Liaoning carrier

when activate autopilot the plane jumps into the air

and then jumps over the ramp (okay more or less, the end value is set a little bit to low)

If i set the end point at the same high than the starting point the result looks so:

Both is not satisfying, but i see no other way to simulate a ramp start.

If you want to see how the "jump over the ramp" take off works try my Liaoning carrier.

 

Edited February 24, 2023 by Gepard

[+daddyairplanes]

so  it seems possible.

but will need ALOT of ini dancing to make practical

[EricJ]

It should also include the 3D mesh making the aircraft go over the ski jump, not just an ini dance though. I mean it has to appear to go up the ski jump like it should, and that has to do with collision and stuff.

[+daddyairplanes]

i figured the ini dance would be with a pairing of an aircraft and carrier like in Gepard's screenies.

im not saying this is super easy to do. to the contrary, it will be difficult, not fit every aircraft or ship, and take a lot of time to do.

its possible, but you'd have to really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really,  want it to go through with it

 

 

[+Gepard]

21 hours ago, EricJ said:

It should also include the 3D mesh making the aircraft go over the ski jump, not just an ini dance though. I mean it has to appear to go up the ski jump like it should, and that has to do with collision and stuff.

The Liaoning has a flightdeck.lod file with a jump ramp. And it does not work as it should.

Its difficult to see in the screenshot, but the bow is going upwards to the ramp.

 

[EricJ]

Yeah I know that. I mean there should be coding to support the ramp working as it should and so on.