How to Add a oil platform (sea)

[Paul Wykes]

I`ve tried a few different database entries to add a sea oil well, but keep getting the error message that the placement appears to be under the water, "placement aborted", but I want it to be in the water. Any ideas which database entry I should be using ? Thanks

[vettim89]

ORIGINAL: Paul Wykes

I`ve tried a few different database entries to add a sea oil well, but keep getting the error message that the placement appears to be under the water, "placement aborted", but I want it to be in the water. Any ideas which database entry I should be using ? Thanks

Not claiming any expertise here but you may need to make it a surface platform without engines - i.e., speed = 0

[Der Zeitgeist]

ORIGINAL: Paul Wykes

I`ve tried a few different database entries to add a sea oil well, but keep getting the error message that the placement appears to be under the water, "placement aborted", but I want it to be in the water. Any ideas which database entry I should be using ? Thanks

[mikmykWS]

Hi Paul

Oil platforms are modeled as ships in the game. A DZ has shown there are bunch of them in the db.

Mike

[Terminus]

I would have thought there'd be a few in the Khark Island Raid scenario...

[Der Zeitgeist]

Btw, is there any way to model something like rescue rafts, or a bailed out pilot swimming in the water? It would have to be "picked up" by a SAR helicopter, did anyone try something like this yet? I'm thinking of teleporting in a platform and just calling it "Pilot" or something like that, but maybe there's a better way.[&:]

[mikmykWS]

Not yet. Best bet is teleport for now.

Mike

[Der Zeitgeist]

Well then, maybe you can put it on your list for a DB update. [:)]

It would be a very small, immobile surface contact, with a large visual signature to simulate the bright color and things like signal flares. You could also put a kind of "radar" on it to simulate a rescue beacon that can be picked up by ESM sensors.

[Paul Wykes]

Thanks all, I was looking under facilities, Doh!