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macstu23 · 08-19-06, 04:16 AM

I guess it depends which Wasp they are trying to model. They dont say which.

I should have taken a longer harder look and compared the two more closely but at first glance it looked very like an Illustrious. Look like the same hull at least. They have made some modifications, as you can tell from the screenshot, the radio masts along the flight deck are in the horizontal position.

As for the APD, I think AG124 is quite correct in saying no Feltchers were converted to APD, at least not during WW2 anyway...I haven't been able to find any reference that says otherwise. According the Uboat.net the only APD's commissioned during WW2 were converted from Rudderow and Buckley class destroyers.

That Fast Transport though, I followed their install instructions to the letter, and it just kept crashing my game. Shame, because it looks quite nice. If I knew more about ship models I'd take a look myself to see what the problem is. It could just be some wrongly named file or something, I'm hoping.

I should also say I hope my thread didnt come across like I'm bashing payware developers just because it's payware...I actually have nothing against payware if it's decent quality. The point I'm just trying to make is they're going to have to do a bit better than in the 3 free samples they've given us. If I'm going to pay £20 or whatever for an addon that inlcudes new ship models then I'd expect those ship models to be a bit better than a re-hash of what already exists in game.

08-19-06, 04:16 AM	#10
macstu23 Soundman Join Date: May 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 143 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I guess it depends which Wasp they are trying to model. They dont say which. I should have taken a longer harder look and compared the two more closely but at first glance it looked very like an Illustrious. Look like the same hull at least. They have made some modifications, as you can tell from the screenshot, the radio masts along the flight deck are in the horizontal position. As for the APD, I think AG124 is quite correct in saying no Feltchers were converted to APD, at least not during WW2 anyway...I haven't been able to find any reference that says otherwise. According the Uboat.net the only APD's commissioned during WW2 were converted from Rudderow and Buckley class destroyers. That Fast Transport though, I followed their install instructions to the letter, and it just kept crashing my game. Shame, because it looks quite nice. If I knew more about ship models I'd take a look myself to see what the problem is. It could just be some wrongly named file or something, I'm hoping. I should also say I hope my thread didnt come across like I'm bashing payware developers just because it's payware...I actually have nothing against payware if it's decent quality. The point I'm just trying to make is they're going to have to do a bit better than in the 3 free samples they've given us. If I'm going to pay £20 or whatever for an addon that inlcudes new ship models then I'd expect those ship models to be a bit better than a re-hash of what already exists in game.