Red Sails Shipyard is pleased to present the Rattler sloop as an Age of Sail ship for SPD enabled estates and sailing regions. The RSS Rattler is based on the real life plans and drawings for a typical mid to late 1700s English sailing sloop. The RSS version is done with scale details in mind to offer a beautiful looking ship suitable for SPD Age of Sail combat.
Continuing the 3rd generation (Gen3) RSS shipline, the Rattler leverages cutting edge mesh collision construction to do away with the old collision prim. The new collision physics allows sailing close to shore without annoying land collisions like older RSS ships while combining with new mesh techniques for sails, mast, and details to drastically reduce the overall land impact.. Indeed, the RSS Rattler is a one-piece medium-class ship with only 59 land impact!
The much improved collision physics sails incredibly smooth while speeding up region transitions to nearly instant. Sailing performance is comparable to other ships in it's class in both speed and turning ... this is a very nimble ship!
I truly hope you will enjoy the latest Gen3 RSS ship, the Rattler. Stay tuned for more RSS ships in the future!
Angelic Helling aka Elic Epsilon
RSS Rattler Features
- Mesh hull and parts for increased detail
- Ultra low physics cost mesh construction
- Low script count (5 ship/1 HUD) helps ease transitions from one region to another
- Single cannon script independent of cannon prims to prevent range manipulation
- 59 land impact
- Cannonball sounds and splashes unique to RSS ships
- Randomized secured communication channels for increased ship security
- Ship rezzable repair depot
- Page Down key switches between three camera views for the Captain, and two camera views for Gunners
- New 6 steps up and 3 down cannon elevation control.
RSS Rattler Specifications
Class: Sloop
Dimensions
- Length (overall): 24.3 meters
- Length (hull): 15.6 meters
- Width/Beam: 6.35 meters
- Draft: 2.26 meters
Cannons: 7 (1 bow, 3 port, 3 starboard)
- Range: 180 meters (moored)
- 15 second reload / 25 second reload if broadsided
- 15 degree traverse from center
- Selectable Round and Explosive Shot
Sailing Characteristics
- Max Ground Speed: 8.2 m/s
- Upwind Speed @ <90 degrees: Wind speed + 1.5 m/s up to max ground speed
- Downwind Speed @ >170 degrees: 95% of wind speed (squares raised)
- Irons Angle: 37(36) degrees
- SPD Enabled for sailing ship combat
- RSS 3rd Generation Ship Series
great ship
Really nice ship, not just beautiful but also very comfortable to sail and surprisingly easy on the sim crossing. Haven't tested it in combat yet but first impression is great.
Fully customizeable, you can change textures or just paint it, even add prims (e.g. a flag or a name tag. Very low LI for the size and detail and it's 1 single object, so no messing around with different parts.
The one thing that could be improved would be to add a spot for a passenger or a gunner.
