Sailing in Kitely
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 2:22 pm
I want to introduce to you this ship, built in the Netherlands and replica of a 18 th century sloop: Statenjacht Utrecht
http://statenjacht.nl
Last year I visited this ship in RL, took pictures from all its details and did an attempt to make a ships model from it for virtual worlds.
Kayaker Magic was willing to help us with scripting the ship , by adapting his scripts on this type of ship, and the result is wonderful!
For those who have no idea what's sailing in the virtual is about:
- our 16 sim area Tessin is prepared for sailing , meaning there are are different spots with different wind directions and wind speed ( we can do that with special scripted buoys for that).
- The ships sails can be furled or unfurled , and there are 3 types of sails, mainsail, jib and square topsail. Every type of sail has a different mathematical system that makes the ship respond on all sails in realistic way. The sails are even chattering when they don't catch wind.
-Captains will get a hud: the hud shows the sails icons to furl or unfurl, to moor, to use cannons and a link to website with tutorials.( and many more functions) It also gives the wind direction , and also the ships flags show wind direction. (for impression: http://magic.kayaker.net/Sailing/HUD.html)
-ability to navigate ship both in hud and with arrow keys ( to make turns and make the sails turn)
-the ship has an engine too.. this sounds very silly, but the RL ship has that as well. Nice for lazy or drunk captains Statenjacht Utrecht was also made for promotional purposes for the RL ships organization, its captains, crews and guests. Statenjacht.nl will do a promotion on facebook for the virtual ship.
The fun part of sailing this ship is that's its realism is very close to RL sailing: you need to turn, furl or unfurl sails to catch wind, and chose the best position to make best speed. And.. the wind behaves different on different spots as well, so its a challenge to navigate!
We thought it's a very nice idea to moor the ship at Tessin's docks, give the Navigation HUD to guests and allow visitors to learn to sail the ship. As we did races with Bwind scripted ships, its the idea to organise races with Statenjacht as well. In a few weeks we will experiment with sailing battles.
For those who are interested to give it a try: here is the URL to the ships docks:
hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Tessin/503/70/24.
or just simply type Tessin in search, and use the teleporter at the landing point. All information needed is provided near the ship.
The ship will be for sale too, but before that, give it a try and experience the realism of virtual sailing!
Have fun !
http://statenjacht.nl
Last year I visited this ship in RL, took pictures from all its details and did an attempt to make a ships model from it for virtual worlds.
Kayaker Magic was willing to help us with scripting the ship , by adapting his scripts on this type of ship, and the result is wonderful!
For those who have no idea what's sailing in the virtual is about:
- our 16 sim area Tessin is prepared for sailing , meaning there are are different spots with different wind directions and wind speed ( we can do that with special scripted buoys for that).
- The ships sails can be furled or unfurled , and there are 3 types of sails, mainsail, jib and square topsail. Every type of sail has a different mathematical system that makes the ship respond on all sails in realistic way. The sails are even chattering when they don't catch wind.
-Captains will get a hud: the hud shows the sails icons to furl or unfurl, to moor, to use cannons and a link to website with tutorials.( and many more functions) It also gives the wind direction , and also the ships flags show wind direction. (for impression: http://magic.kayaker.net/Sailing/HUD.html)
-ability to navigate ship both in hud and with arrow keys ( to make turns and make the sails turn)
-the ship has an engine too.. this sounds very silly, but the RL ship has that as well. Nice for lazy or drunk captains Statenjacht Utrecht was also made for promotional purposes for the RL ships organization, its captains, crews and guests. Statenjacht.nl will do a promotion on facebook for the virtual ship.
The fun part of sailing this ship is that's its realism is very close to RL sailing: you need to turn, furl or unfurl sails to catch wind, and chose the best position to make best speed. And.. the wind behaves different on different spots as well, so its a challenge to navigate!
We thought it's a very nice idea to moor the ship at Tessin's docks, give the Navigation HUD to guests and allow visitors to learn to sail the ship. As we did races with Bwind scripted ships, its the idea to organise races with Statenjacht as well. In a few weeks we will experiment with sailing battles.
For those who are interested to give it a try: here is the URL to the ships docks:
hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Tessin/503/70/24.
or just simply type Tessin in search, and use the teleporter at the landing point. All information needed is provided near the ship.
The ship will be for sale too, but before that, give it a try and experience the realism of virtual sailing!
Have fun !