|REQ| Para Plane


Someth|ngW|cked
06-25-2006, 11:30 AM
My next map is going to have the allies spawn in a plane and para down to the battlefield so i will need a plane . . .

Not sure what the name of the commonly used para plane was but i believe it was a C17?

Anyway i will be starting on this map in the next month or 2 so i don't need the model right away but if someone could do this it would be very helpful

Thanks in advance

Wile E Coyote
06-25-2006, 12:26 PM
C17 is correct.

Um...... wouldn't you need chutes too?

Scooby
06-25-2006, 12:29 PM
I think it might be the C47 you're thinking of...

Forral
06-25-2006, 12:38 PM
I'm planning on using one in a map I'm working on too, anybody?

Wile E Coyote
06-25-2006, 02:14 PM
Originally posted by Scooby
I think it might be the C47 you're thinking of... http://www.dodcustomcontent.com/modules/Forums/images/smiles/bigblack.gif

Uh, yeah, C47.
C17 is a jet. I have flown on them. Don't know what I was thinking.

pluckster
06-25-2006, 05:03 PM
Is "dakota" the name of the c47?

Trp. Jed
06-25-2006, 05:31 PM
That was the British designated name for it.

Someth|ngW|cked
06-25-2006, 05:35 PM
Well i could use some chute related models like soldier corpses hanging from chutes, even a few chute overlays would be nice to have scattered around the ground

But i dont need any chute models for the actual players because there is no way to parent them to the players, that i know of anyway . . .

Trp. Jed
06-25-2006, 06:31 PM
Theres quite a few in 1.3 and 3.1b if you poke around in the files. Certainly 1.3 has a whole sequence of a paratrooper jumping from a plane for skyboxes (I had to optimise it for FD's Flugplatz) and some flattened chute models. I think 3.1b has a guy hanging from his risers a-la Shultz.

Zulu!!!
06-26-2006, 05:39 AM
caboose has done a parachute map for dod.sauce, with allies starting in a plane..

dod_dropzone.

(pm me for his xfire)... he might be able to help you with planes and stuff

Wile E Coyote
06-26-2006, 05:19 PM
Originally posted by Zulu!!!
caboose has done a parachute map for dod.sauce, with allies starting in a plane..

dod_dropzone.

(pm me for his xfire)... he might be able to help you with planes and stuff never saw parachutes...... maybe it was a later version

Zulu!!!
06-26-2006, 06:32 PM
well.. i was talking about the plane part of it... cant remember if there are parachoots or not... hmmmm

Someth|ngW|cked
06-26-2006, 10:51 PM
I have been thinking about it and i will most likely just have the allies spawn in mid decent so there should be no need for a carrier plane

I plan to have a seperate map hull for the drop area which will allow for much greater detail in the scenery without effecting performance

Zulu!!!
06-27-2006, 05:42 AM
dl dod_dropzone m8 and see how caboose has done it... you still might be able to use a plane

JoNoLuFc
06-27-2006, 06:13 AM
Would be awesome if the plane in "dropzone" was really detailed, it's a fun map but the plane looks like a flying submarine :(

Wile E Coyote
06-27-2006, 04:54 PM
Originally posted by JoNoLuFc
Would be awesome if the plane in "dropzone" was really detailed, it's a fun map but the plane looks like a flying submarine :( The reason for that -
The real plane is not that wide. about all you can manage is single file down the middle. In a spawn, all it would take is one @%^#&!!! to just stand still and block everyone from leaving the spawn. That is unless there was something in place to automatically force them out of the plane. Whicah actuall would work a lot better if you think about it.

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