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As of now MSFS 2020 offers little incentive for developers to produce proper flying boats to let us relive the Golden Age of Seaplane Aviation.
To pave the way for that, seaplane pilots should be able to jump into the game and already be on the water no matter what continent (and not just largely only the US). The minimum requirement for this is that there are water runways available ideally at historical places. Nothing fancy, just water runways and maybe mooring spots (if that is possible) so you can start out cold and dark. No 3D art, no objects and ramps for now (although open for this if anyone wants to).
I have some very limited experience in ADE from FSX days. But I do not know the limitations and possibilities of the "new" game engine and so my being able to realize such a project is kind of questionable. Would anybody be interested to look into that with me? I could do research as to what places could or should be covered or anyone could maybe help me to get into the necessary tools so I would be able to do it myself?
Flying boats and early aviation of the 1920s/1930s are a passion of mine and not being able to recreate all those adventures because of the lack of seaplane bases (and of course to this moment lack of vehicles too) just bugs me to no end. I think that a worldwide net of even not a great many of bases but spread between important locations like Soerabaja, Wake, San Diego etc. could offer great opportunities to fill that gap of aviation history that spans from the infancy of aviation right to the early 1950s.
To pave the way for that, seaplane pilots should be able to jump into the game and already be on the water no matter what continent (and not just largely only the US). The minimum requirement for this is that there are water runways available ideally at historical places. Nothing fancy, just water runways and maybe mooring spots (if that is possible) so you can start out cold and dark. No 3D art, no objects and ramps for now (although open for this if anyone wants to).
I have some very limited experience in ADE from FSX days. But I do not know the limitations and possibilities of the "new" game engine and so my being able to realize such a project is kind of questionable. Would anybody be interested to look into that with me? I could do research as to what places could or should be covered or anyone could maybe help me to get into the necessary tools so I would be able to do it myself?
Flying boats and early aviation of the 1920s/1930s are a passion of mine and not being able to recreate all those adventures because of the lack of seaplane bases (and of course to this moment lack of vehicles too) just bugs me to no end. I think that a worldwide net of even not a great many of bases but spread between important locations like Soerabaja, Wake, San Diego etc. could offer great opportunities to fill that gap of aviation history that spans from the infancy of aviation right to the early 1950s.
