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Help with an ai helicopter conversion

CanadaKen

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Hello

I'm trying to get a CH47 Chinook to work as an ai. I have Holger's ai heli
documentation and used his HU-1 Huey as a starting point. The Huey shows and
flies well. I took sections of the CH47 .cfg file like the Model/Title/texture,
weight and Balance and lights and pasted them into the Huey cfg.

The CH47 will not show however. I've checked the two CFG's side by side and
can't see anything obvious but this is my first ai heli conversion so I really don't
know what I'm looking for! :)

Thanks for any help you can give me.

CanadaKen
 
Have you chnaged the .air file to one of the suggested ones (Stemme_as_helicopter.air)? The CH-47 'air file will not work as AI and you won't see the aircraft.
 
Hi Folks

There's a known visibility issue with one of the CH47 models.
It doesn't show up when viewed from nearby.
I think it's LOD related.

Try observing from tower view
or in external view, zoom all the way out.


Also ensure the contact points are set correctly for that model.

HTH
ATB
Paul
 
Hi Folks

Chris -
Only from what I've see posted elsewhere,
supposedly it's a fairly high poly un-LOD'd model.

There's a distinct lack of truly AI chopper models out there.

HTH
ATB
Paul
 
Paul,
Yes, you are correct, unfortunately, 23,000+ polygons and no LOD's according to Aircraft Container Manager. The Chinook, even more so than many other helicopters, is a particularly complex shape, so it would definitely benefit from some LOD work if one could get hold of the source code.

Having tried (and failed) to put a low-poly ai S61 on the route between Tresco and Penzance, I wouldn't relish something as complex as a Chinook for a project.

The other problem, of course, is the lack of "true" ai performance for helicopters in FS9. It must be quite demoralising to spend ages getting something to "look right", then have it fly like a Cessna :mad:
 
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