Recently, while building a large harbor (part of an even larger route, but i won't reveal what route till later) I was laying track for vulcan's ore ships when i missed one spline point while knocking their height up to 0.00 meters. As i steamed away from the hullet loader, the ship suddenly pitched down and slipped beneath the waves.
That got me wondering: I wonder if we could make a track arrangement to actually sink a ship like one of vulcan's. a half hour of tinkering later, this resulted:
It's a calm day at Broadton Harbor, as a large, aging whaleback ore carrier eases away from the hullet dock and down into the Whaling Channel (named for the harpoon ships that used to hunt here) for another run to Iron Island. Things are showing green on the old ship, which, despite her age, is still running like a champion racehorse.
suddenly, there is an almighty crack!! at the bow and the ship shudders from stem to stern. the crew doesn't know it yet, but an ancient weld has snapped the length of the underwater hull. the bow begins to dip into the sea, the forward momentum of the ship driving more and more water inside her.
soon, the forecastle is underwater.
the sea is unrelenting, pouring in faster than the pumps can manage. soon, the vessel rears up by the stern, and the engines tear free from their mounts. steam shoots out of the transom. she's almost gone.
the crew mans the boats, and watch on in horror as their beloved ore carrier slides into the abyss.
just an expiriment i did tonight. I thought, since it worked so well, I'd share it with you guys. Tell me what you think, It's defintely an interesting concept (at least i think). maybe this is taking sea-borne trainzing too far? I don't know, but it sure was fun watching that ship go down! Thankfully, due to this being a simulator, no one was hurt!
That got me wondering: I wonder if we could make a track arrangement to actually sink a ship like one of vulcan's. a half hour of tinkering later, this resulted:
It's a calm day at Broadton Harbor, as a large, aging whaleback ore carrier eases away from the hullet dock and down into the Whaling Channel (named for the harpoon ships that used to hunt here) for another run to Iron Island. Things are showing green on the old ship, which, despite her age, is still running like a champion racehorse.
suddenly, there is an almighty crack!! at the bow and the ship shudders from stem to stern. the crew doesn't know it yet, but an ancient weld has snapped the length of the underwater hull. the bow begins to dip into the sea, the forward momentum of the ship driving more and more water inside her.
soon, the forecastle is underwater.
the sea is unrelenting, pouring in faster than the pumps can manage. soon, the vessel rears up by the stern, and the engines tear free from their mounts. steam shoots out of the transom. she's almost gone.
the crew mans the boats, and watch on in horror as their beloved ore carrier slides into the abyss.
just an expiriment i did tonight. I thought, since it worked so well, I'd share it with you guys. Tell me what you think, It's defintely an interesting concept (at least i think). maybe this is taking sea-borne trainzing too far? I don't know, but it sure was fun watching that ship go down! Thankfully, due to this being a simulator, no one was hurt!
Since that desktop apparently got damaged from a storm or whatever, and thus probably would not start, I probably will not be able to recover that route. :'(
In TRS2004, however, the camera immediately switches to the Free-Roaming view when the train derails, and you can not switch it back to External View I believe, thus making it harder to follow the falling/sinking ship. :'(