Transatlantic Ship Set

Lt gable · Post by **Lt gable** » 27 Oct 2006 13:58

hello, i plan to make a Ship set, it will consist in 4 classes (classes = same size) of passenger ships and 7 classes of freight ships. each ship would be refittable to another type (but still same class) of ship, just like liveries for the planeset. some types of ships will have restricted type of cargo EG: a tanker of any class, will be able to transport liquid freight only. i plan to add as many western europe companies as i can (who sails in north atlantic or surrounding waters).with this system, we won't be bothered by ID shortage and we would be able to have as many different ships as we want. btw, i've drawed some ships for preview. i have already posted them in my topic but i post them here also because this topic is dedicated to those ships.

Saibot · Post by **Saibot** » 27 Oct 2006 14:00

I love ships, so I think it's a great idea

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 27 Oct 2006 14:57

I do think such a ship set would be very cool, tho I hope to see more modern ships too.

Lt gable · Post by **Lt gable** » 29 Oct 2006 01:59

hello again, i've been working on the classes of passenger ships, here's the list (not final list). if you want to see your favorite ship in this set, feel free to ask. (i'll only accept ships from 1900 to 1950 yet). here's the list:

classes passenger:

coastal liner:

1.750 - 10.000 GRT

Ville d'Ajaccio : 1.707 GRT
Saint-Domingue : 3.159 GRT
Montreal : 3.342 GRT
Gouverneur Général Grévy : 4.565 GRT

medium liner:

10.000 - 20.000 GRT

The Virginian : 10,754
Republic : 15,378 GRT
Oceanic : 17,272 GRT
Franconia : 18,150 GRT
Arundel: 18,980 GRT

great liner:

20.000 - 40.000 GRT

Empress of Scotland : 26,032 GRT
France II : 23,666 GRT
Lusitania : 31,550 GRT
Mauretania I 31,938 GRT
Paris : 34,569 GRT
Mauretania II : 35,655 GRT

luxury liner:

40.000 - 99.999 GRT

Ile De France : 43,153
Titanic : 46,328 GRT
Aquitania : 45,647 GRT
Imperator : 52,226 GRT
Queen Mary : 81,235 GRT
France : 66,000 GRT

SAC · Post by **SAC** » 29 Oct 2006 07:33

This is really interesting! I'm looking forward to this set!

Dr_Quin · Post by **Dr_Quin** » 29 Oct 2006 08:28

All ships are great. But I is it posiible to be made aircraft-carrier. So when you can't build airfield, just to make ship.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 29 Oct 2006 09:32

Dr_Quin wrote:All ships are great. But I is it posiible to be made aircraft-carrier. So when you can't build airfield, just to make ship.

It'd be possible drawing one, but it won't function as a an aircraft-carrier (unless you define aircraft as cargo type so it can transport aircraft from one place to another. However, planes will never be able to land on such a ship). At least, not without a new patch feature.

Lt gable · Post by **Lt gable** » 29 Oct 2006 18:59

hello, i'm back with 3 of the biggest ships you'll be able to buy. next to those ship ships, the titanic looks like a midget. here's the profiles of the different classes of ships on the first 40 years of the game (so from 1920 to 1960).

Redirect Left · Post by **Redirect Left** » 29 Oct 2006 20:54

Great looking

Lt gable · Post by **Lt gable** » 29 Oct 2006 20:56

no, H.M.S are for military ships, R.M.S (meaning Royal Mail Steamer) is for civillian ships.

Redirect Left · Post by **Redirect Left** » 29 Oct 2006 20:57

Lt gable wrote:no, H.M.S are for military ships, R.M.S (meaning Royal Mail Steamer) is for civillian ships.

Yup, i googled it and got that, so i edited my post

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 29 Oct 2006 21:00

More Specifically, "Royal Mail Ship" was attached to ships which were contracted to take mail for Royal Mail.

Dr_Quin · Post by **Dr_Quin** » 30 Oct 2006 15:36

Purno wrote: It'd be possible drawing one, but it won't function as a an aircraft-carrier (unless you define aircraft as cargo type so it can transport aircraft from one place to another. However, planes will never be able to land on such a ship). At least, not without a new patch feature.

My idea was carrier to function like airport. But thanks for the fast answer

Ameecher · Post by **Ameecher** » 30 Oct 2006 16:12

Nice idea, When I download this I think that I will steer clear of the Titanic myself, I know ships don't sink in TT but they said that the Titanic couldn't sink....

The graphics are brilliant too, this might inspire me to use ships. However what ships are you going to use to carry freight?

lws1984 · Post by **lws1984** » 30 Oct 2006 21:32

Indeed, and also, you need some modern cruise ships, like the QM2 or somethng. Lookin' good otherwise!

Lt gable · Post by **Lt gable** » 31 Oct 2006 14:57

don't worry about the modern ships there will be some. but yet i'm begining so i begin by the early years. i've now covered one third of the game time with my ships. so now i do the remaining views of the ships profiles o've made then i'll draw some more modern ships.

jonty-comp · Post by **jonty-comp** » 31 Oct 2006 15:33

Don't forget, there aren't half as many ship slots as there are train or road vehicle.

(I can't remember the exact number of ships you can have - check the wiki

)

Lt gable · Post by **Lt gable** » 31 Oct 2006 15:38

check my first post.

Redirect Left · Post by **Redirect Left** » 31 Oct 2006 16:14

Lt gable, have you got a logo or anything for the website? (something like my logo for british tram set will do)

jonty-comp · Post by **jonty-comp** » 31 Oct 2006 16:16

Lt gable wrote:check my first post.

Ah, I thought that different liveries were technically classed as different ships and therefore have different IDs, but I don't know, I've never touched on coding ships or liveries before.

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