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[aR] Inflatable Boat (PBR) v1.7
v1.7
Fully re-textured with Physically Based Rendering materials.
The legacy Blinn-Phong materials are still applied as well. When viewed with a non PBR viewer, those will be displayed as usual.
Note: I did not update the images of this MP listing yet. The images are still showing the boat with its old Blinn-Phong materials.
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v1.4
Fixed: Minor script bugs around the HUD/Throttle display.
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v1.3
Fix: Adjusted sitpos reverts to default when it shouldn't.
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v1.2
Fixed a bunch of script bugs, edge cases around the propeller/mooring behaviour.
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v1.1
New feature: Turn animation option (On by default).
New feature: Move on water only option added (On by default).
Fix: Minor script bugs.
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The [aR] Inflatable Boat is designed to give a realistic boating experience within Second Life.
It can seat 5 Avatars. Pilot plus 4 passengers.
• 100 % Mesh
• Fully Materials enhanced
• Handmade Level of Detail models only.
• 10 Speeds, or Cruise mode. (95 km/h top speed)
• Waves mode
• Drift mode
• Access: Owner, Group, Everybody
• 5 color themes
• Speedometer HUD with integrated 'Rez Zone Finder'
• Land Impact: 24
• Copy/Modify
All 2D/3D/Scripting by arton Rotaru
- Mesh
- Physically Based Rendering (PBR) materials
- 5 colors
- Drift mode
- Waves mode
Absolutely Brilliant! Lots of fun!
I own a lot of boats and even some other inflatables and this by far is the best. Realistic boat animations, smooth sim crossings, very fast and fun, and lots of colors to choose from. Well built and well scripted. Keep building them like this and I'll keep buying them.
Value for money
This zodiac is great fun. Awesome (!) quality mesh, it performs well at high and low speed, sim border crossings are fairly smooth. It would have been nice if it would have had some animations for when the boat is moored, but the [aR] is still worth all 5 stars and definitely value for money.
Just great !!!!!!!!!!!!
I own other vehicles from Arton Rotaru and, as always, I'm impressed by the high quality of his work. The textures, proportions, colors, all look so real... The handling and movement on the water are close as possible of a real one. This little boat is just great and the price is really low for so high quality. The best inflatable boat you can find on SL.
Congrats Mr Rotaru :)))
Update Review
Firstly i would like to mention that i have all [aR] vehicles and do thoroughly enjoy using each and everyone of those, that is until i purchased the [aR] Inflatable Boat. As with all of Arton's vehicles the physics are fantastic and that is what keeps me hooked as my vehicle of choice but this boat lacks the same experience. Ok bits i don't like, As with all his vehicles the animations are static and this boat is no exception, The outboard engine does not move left or right when turning which really detracts from the experience and lastly why would such a talented scripter allow a zodiac inflatable to be an all terrain vehicle, it really should stop when it hits land. Like the title says, meh, this one is just going to live in my inventory...
Edit - After writing my initial review, Arton read it and within 3 days issued an update with everything that i had mentioned added, Thank you Arton for caring about your customers. A job well done. Oh and the boat now performs beautifully, 5 Stars for workmanship and customer support.