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Thanks! Finally the VSNG and the second version of VSF are available on my website: https://rakomdesign.wixsite.com/vsf-vsng. First of all, many apologies to those who would have downloaded the initial VSF version. I finally realized that the ship was difficult to handle. I had made some last minute...

You can also define permanent trim and list for a ship by adding masses in the "elements.cfg" file: these masses are automatically deduced from the ship's displacement. This is a possible way to get a more realistic center of gravity. You can see an example of this in my latest model : &qu...

Hello everyone! It's finally here! At least for the VSF version. The one for VS NG has some additional features that are not finished yet, the release could be a few weeks later. The add-on can be downloaded from my website here : https://rakomdesign.wixsite.com/vsf-vsng/normandytrader 2 notes: 1/th...

Hi everybody! This will be my next delivery (hopefully by end of May): Normandy Trader, a former military landing craft (LCU MK.9) converted in a coaster, based in Jersey and operating between the Channel Islands and French ports.

@ syrphid
Glad you had some unexpected fun
@Sailorjohn
Today I have both reported the problem in the VS NG forum and released a special version of Princess for VS NG that gets around the problems.
Check add-on library.

Hi everybody! I'm just reporting about VSNG not reading DirectX files correctly which affects the use of vehicles originally designed for VSF or newly designed for VS NG. 1/ Does VS NG know how to read the transparencies of the objects included in the lights.x file and which are therefore used to cr...

I released also another add-on: it's a set of pelagic trawls for this trawler or other ones. It replace a previous attempt (FAO trawl) which was wrongly tested and ineffective (thus cancelled). Only for Vehicle Simulator too. These can't properly work in Virtual Sailor NG. Capture.JPG Available vide...

If you prefer lengthy and boring videos check this https://youtu.be/2_5SP6pplCw

Finally released!
Designed and optimized for VSF 2.7.6 only. Not working in VS NG so far (version 8.8 checked).

Hi! Great job! Especially the animations are excellent. A small suggestion if I may: the lights controlled by "control+C" would benefit from sliding laterally rather than vertically. They could then be hidden inside the ship rather than being visible under the keel [naturally if no interio...

Here is my next release: a 16m stern trawler, steel construction, a common type in some ports of the French Atlantic coast in the 70s and 80s. The model recreates this type of trawler fairly faithfully in its general characteristics. It is built on the basis of blueprints drawn up by a scale model s...

make sure in the vehicle.cfg file that the mass (displacement) measured in kgs is consistent with the dimensions of the vessel (body_area, boat_length, boat_alt)

Hi!

Check if your boat is designed in the right units (m), regarding the textures, if you have used custom textures, the corresponding image files should be copied in the boat folder.

Cheers!

That's it! Finally uploaded in the Addon Library.
Another short video to brief about the features: https://youtu.be/HUAVzFdIHIw

Either the on-board computers have been hacked or VSF has gone mad and is turning into HAL9000...It's taking control! Folks, this is not a set-up, it's real! Are we safe?

Hi syrphid! Yes, I saw it and took the time to look at it again more carefully and even went back to VSF and VS to compare exactly the same situation. Although the sample is a bit short, the improvement in waves and ship behaviour in NG seems really huge , and I'm tempted to believe that it would be...

Well it's a river, so if you want to navigate it completely you have to adjust the level in steps
In that respect, provided situations are helpful.

Don't edit the files, just rename them.

Hi SailorJhon!

You just have to rename the ypa.bin and ypa.hdr files whatever you want (obviously in cyrillic ypa=ura). For the situations the same, or better transcript them in latin characters. After loading the scenery don't forget to change the water level , it's about 96m.

Cheers!

See the comparative pictures below, the last two showing liferafts without visible ballast bags.
What do you think?

Hi! I'm almost done...I think. :? I have designed the liferaft with the real water ballasts bags under the inflatable body, they are included in the mass of the liferaft, contribute to the location of the centre of gravity and they provide the necessary stability as in reality. The downside of this,...

Hello everyone! A new submission is on its way, in a few days I guess. It's not the most glamorous or fun, but it is what it is. Although we already have free life rafts available in VSF, I couldn't resist making a new version. In fact, I wanted to test and verify some things quickly. Naturally, obs...

Hi everybody! I'm also looking forward to NG! I'm a big fan of Vehicle Simulator and I hope that some of the improvements developed in NG can be implemented in VSF too (the interface for example...). It would be great to have in both programs a "swell" independent feature with adjustment o...