(Idea) boats+havock Options

[Screaming_Dude_In_Vegas]

(originaly posted on official ES forums by me)
[quote]Well Chances are they will have some sort of way, probably (or maby) through scripting, to put force in a direction (because of havock), as it would have numerouse applications in the game.

So Boats Float, right?

If you've played HL2, you see that certain things float, and move if force is aplied to one side, but in a more fluid, sliding motion than if they were on the ground (just like in real life).

So the whole idea is to simply script somthing so that it aplies force to part of a boat, and let havock do the rest. This would probably only work for small boats, nothing larger than a longboat.

Still, it's anough to give wannabe pirates like myself a hell of a time.[/quote]

OK, I might actualy do this one, I just gotta learn how to apply force in a game enviroment. I have one question:

Is it most likely to be s cript comand or somthing else? I probably will do it ifit's a script comand, and might get creative if it's somthing else (sheep powered water wheel anyone?) But I think I might just to this, as long as I use stock ship modles.

What do you guys think?

[9of9]

[quote=Screaming_Dude_In_Vegas][quote=9of9]Oh, it doesn't have to displace - I mean the interior only needs to be an interior cell so the only thing you need is a working door on the boat A 'real' interior... yes, that would be hard![/quote]

Well the problem with that is getting the thing to move and sway. I mean I supose you could, but it would feal detached from the outside of the boat.[/quote]

True... I suppose if the entire interior is one object (like in Morrowind) it would alright - you could make it sway a bit and then the clutter would follow (which was the main reason against it, in Morrowind) although you'd still have problems with making all the larger, non-clutter, objects follow the swaying - like doors, hammocks etc.

Its usually best done by simply making the player's view sway instead (a camera trick, basically), but chances are the scripting system won't let us go quite that far.

jonajosa: Could well be! Although I did take him to mean boarding much in the same way as you could in Morrowind, I suppose they might well the boats actually float properly in the water (and perhaps even be steerable) in Oblivion just as they are

In which case it would be just the airship that would pose the problem (unless they have one of those too... )