Land Hovercraft - for OTTD?

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Land Hovercraft - for OTTD?

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I've just read this suggestion for Locomotion. Could this work in OTTD?
viewtopic.php?f=40&t=89039&sid=fd396558 ... 4cc11b75e3
It seems to make sense. From what little I know of OTTD/GRF coding, this sounds like it would work ( give the illusion) over both land and water.
It would also need "Hoverport" graphics - ie a modification of the small airport.

Just had a thought as I was writing this - The "shadow" would ignore any land based obstructions, like cities, industries, trains etc, just phasing through everything unless some collision detection could somehow be written in..........

Ah well. Never mind.

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IIRC the developers have experimented with the standard hovercraft going over land. There used to be a GIF or short video somewhere on the forums.
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Given that land hovercrafts mostly exist in theory and / or as small sports vehicles, I'd say it's not worth the coding effort.
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Taschi wrote: 15 Jun 2021 07:57 .............. not worth the coding effort.
As I said above....
Captain Rand wrote: 14 Jun 2021 21:27 Ah well. Never mind.
I just thought it was an interesting bit of lateral thinking by the OP.

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bjgttd wrote: 15 Jun 2021 14:54 Hover Vehicles - viewtopic.php?f=67&t=61161
Those are not what OP was suggesting, they are bound to roads.
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