First of all may i thank everybody here that has offered me help getting me going, especially Privateer (helped me import my first model and im learning hex from his thread), Diving Duck (sent me a tutorial for exporting models properly from max and that), and Mush Martin for his advice
to all of you and anyone else who has chipped in along the way.
right now onto my work. as of yet i only have one finished one part of this.
i have used DD's barrel as a basis for this and i have imported a new model of a man holding on to a box as if he is drowning in the water.
i am also working on adding a few of these men instead of the boxes that float up when a ship sinks (this has already been succesfull, i just need to update the model and re texture the original boxes) they bob around a tad to much untill they sink (beybe someone could help me edit this so they stick around longer and are slightly more stable)
i also have a dinghy model that could be implimented in either of these ways (or both)
feedback would be exelent and i would especially like ideas for other objects that people think should float to the surface.
thanks for looking
Fret