Possible Eye Candy Mod

[U-snafu]

Airport Mod (work in progress)



I wanted to make a small mod where I could take one of the sh3 aircraft and be able to script it with placing it on the ground as a parked airplane (sort of like Cb's Float plane ). I used the stuka because it already has wheels on it so it would mesh alright with the ground. I tried the method I used for the subpen AA guns. I copied it to the land folder, typed it as "400" and set it's min and max speed as 0.000 in the CFG file. It showed as available in the editor land roster and it automaticly set at the land height where I scripted it. My results in Game:



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Tried a somewhat different approach--I copied the Stuka data air folder "ADB_JU87Stuka" related roster cfg file and TNormal & TLowres files----renamed all the required files to "LDB_JU87Stuka" placed it back into the air folder,Changed type to "305-helecopter" and changed it's min/max speed to 0.000. It showed as available in the editor as a helicopter along with it's stock Dive bomber type. I scripted it in and placed it at 4.5 meters (above the land hieght of 4 meters)so it would "hover" just above the ground and not get destroyed from the ground contact. My results in game:--nothing,nada, did not show. Obviously it would not be that simple.

Then I found the threads on cloning and pack3d. I figure if i can clone the stuka properly, I could tweak the clone's files to get rid of it's damage properties so I can place it as a ground unit and not affect the default "air stuka" in game. I downloaded all 5 versions of pack3d, timetraveler's tweaker progs, and wings 3d. Gonna be a little bit getting accustomed to the progs but answers to a couple of questions could help me out.
1.) what version of pack 3d is the best to use?
2.) if and after I get it to work--is there a way to make a terrain feature like a
airstrip(even possibly just a dirt strip using the terrain repacker)?
3.) Is this idea even possible or am I wishful thinking and way off base?
4.) Has this "parked aircraft" already been done? If so I can stop this insane compulsion to try this even though you will only be able to see it briefly in game as you sail by the coast or port.