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Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:40 pm**

Dean B sent me through the first in a series of models of the Interislander ferries so I added them to the routes and let them do their thing- They look really good!

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:49 pm**

Looks brilliant

, amazing to watch these dock .. almost stop on a penny , swivel around and back in

... 7000 /8500 tonnes Impressive

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:52 pm**

Haha yeah the AI system does have some limitations but if it didn't then we wouldn't call FSX a 'simulator'

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:00 pm**

Cool!

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:00 pm**

Best to go in bow first then bow out

when loaded AI .. this would be interesting .. just don't follow 'Mikhail Lermontov' route AI .. It may do a funky chicken

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:02 pm**

Further to Timmos post, here are some screenshots from FSDS. Some of you may have seen the first version of the Arahura I made years ago. These new models have many times the detail. They have been a welcome beak away from aircraft for me. Kaitaki is not far off complete. Then the Aratere!

Coincidentally I sailed to the North Island today on the real Arahura.

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:41 pm**

Deane

, that is so 'Cruising on the Interislander' they both look spectacular

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:26 am**

Well done. I was thinking about creating AI ships the other day so thanks for this....looks fantastic

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:24 am**

Dean,

Are these available to download and if so where?
Thanks
Stewart

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:54 am**

stewartkingswood wrote:
QUOTE (stewartkingswood @ Jul 21 2012,3:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Dean,

Are these available to download and if so where?
Thanks
Stewart

Hi Stewart. No these cannot be downloaded yet. I have the third ferry to build as well as some other finishing details. Once all is complete they will be released as an AI package.

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:09 pm**

Very nice! well done

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:49 pm**

Lovely detail there Dean, great job!

Posted: **Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:00 am**

Thanks Dean will be waiting and looking forward to downloading these beauties.
Regards
Stewart

Posted: **Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:46 am**

deaneb wrote:
QUOTE (deaneb @ Jul 21 2012,10:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...Once all is complete they will be released as an AI package...

Long shot, as I know you only support FSX....
Any chance of a compile for FS9?
Would be great to have an upgrade for those venerable models which by now have surely qualified for a heavy maintenance overhaul?

Posted: **Sun Jul 22, 2012 1:08 pm**

Posted: **Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:15 pm**

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Jul 22 2012,10:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Long shot, as I know you only support FSX....
Any chance of a compile for FS9?
Would be great to have an upgrade for those venerable models which by now have surely qualified for a heavy maintenance overhaul?

In this case it might work. The reason I don't support FSX is because all the animation tags and texture types are different between FSX and FS9, so you have to re-animate the whole model as well as recompile the textures to make it backward compatible. In this case because there are no complicated animation and just a single texture it may work with no or very little adjustment. But no promises. Thats the model side of things - I'm not sure about the BGL file to manage the AI route.

Posted: **Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:24 pm**

deaneb wrote:
QUOTE (deaneb @ Jul 22 2012,2:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
In this case it might work.

Great stuff

QUOTE

I'm not sure about the BGL file to manage the AI route.[/quote]That you leave to me...