SW-3 Series Cabin Cruisers

SW-320 v1.0
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December 22, 2007
Seawolf Marine
Mod/Copy/NoTrans

http://stickman.mach5.org/0/upload/sw319_running02slx.jpg

See the boats in person at Seawolf Inworld.

by Verkin Raven (Models, textures, sounds, documentation.)
and Stickman Ingmann (Scripting, animations.)

Please give sailboaters right of way! ;-;

The information in this document also applies to the SW-319, packaged with the SW-320. (The difference is only the spoiler design, for those of you who like 'em swept forward.)

Features
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Seaties
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Eighteen total seats, and fourteen seats at any given time while driving. All the poses are custom, and since this boat is mod, it's easy enough to tweak the sit points to fit your specific avatar size. I'd recommend visiting our display model in-world and trying the poses out. The poses are quite relaxing, our favorite is the spot on the passenger seat with the legs up on the platform between the windows. :)

The sit targets are clickable arrows which appear when "show seats" is activated in the menu (for the driver) or when the boat is touched (by passengers). These will fade out by themselves after 30 seconds. They can be locked (so both nobody can sit and no random person can make the sit targets appear), and as usual you can kick unwanted passengers off.

Also, since the visual boat is an attachment while driving, it's pretty difficult for random people to stop you in place via right click, since the physical vehicle object is small and invisible.

Moddies
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The SW 320 and it's accessories are all checked mod. Move some poses around, change some colors, maybe make the windshield framework dark gray instead of silver... it's your ship, so have at! There's one aspect of moddability I really built the ship around, and that's the huge number of potential paintjob combinations by tinting pieces of the hull. For instance, you can have a dark blue stripe lined with silver trim, or you can paint the trim dark blue and leave the hull white. Actually, it's easier to demonstrate with pictures:

http://stickman.mach5.org/0/upload/sw3colorationsexampleslx1.jpg
http://stickman.mach5.org/0/upload/sw3colorationsexampleslx2.jpg

While all of these colorations are actually included in the package, it should give you some idea of what's possible with color tint.

In addition to this, I've included links to PSD templates for the ship's registration (on the bow) and for the name in back. You'll be able to name the ship while retaining the shading and detail on that surface, since the template is layered.

There's also a flag located on the side toward the rear, defaulted to the Seawolf logo. This has a dialog touch menu with a couple pages of national flags.

Clickies
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The SWC 320 has three doors, a forward hatch, and a removable center window, which all operate with sound. Animated rocker switches toggle rear deck floodlighting, nav lights, and optional nav light particles. When the nav lights are on, the console instruments are backlit (texture change and fullbright toggle on the instrument face). A switch just inside the cabin door toggles cabin lighting, which appear in the bathroom, main area, and over the bed. Note that when cabin lighting is on, the exterior surface of the porthole windows along the hull will glow. Also, the horns can blast by touching the horns themselves or the center of the steering wheel.

All of this stuff works on the display model, so free free to hop in and give it a try.

Rezzies
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Via the dialog menu you can rez fenders, a shimmering water effect for the lower hull, and the artificial reflection object for you folk who either don't have windlight, or want a more potent reflection in windlight. :)

Oh, and it drives, too.
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Cruise control, "move only when held" FPS-style throttle, banking turns, bow raises in proportion to speed (when you're going fast enough to get on the step), particle rooster tails, and wake effects which we haven't had to tune since 2005 since we got it right the first time. If you turn hard while driving fast, the boat will throw water outward as the emitter changes direction and effects. The engine sound consists of five rpm steps from the same sample.

Mentionable Semi-Features
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- Our coast guard plate from the 2005 SW-150 makes a return with a new set of numbers. This plate is similar to those installed in real U.S. boats and indicate various capacities. This one is installed below the throttle. I'm pretty sure only hardcore motorboat nuts would care about this. ;)

- A lot of geometry casts basic shadows, which are drawn on the textures. On the SW 320, the spoiler casts a shadow across the seat, table and deck. Even the trim along the outside of the hull occludes a little bit of sunlight.

- Friction pads of various types are laid from pulpit to stern to