Inspired by the Aerohod A8, this is a small versatile hovercraft intended for a variety of roles such as tourism, haulage, ferry, leisure and generally being useful to people living around tundra, snow, ice or rivers.
It's been sensibly built to allow you to remove parts that you don't need or want so that you can modify it for whatever purpose you have in mind.
Like my other vehicles, it is minimally scripted and everything is there to ensure you get a reliable vehicle with a sense of the real thing. It is designed to be extremely modifiable and resilient to modding. The majority of the code can be modified too, since I believe in giving you as much flexibility for modding as I can.
So you won't find lots of features that aren't directly related to being a skipper. I don't add things that I personally would never/rarely use.
What you will find is a vehicle built to RL scale, with everything needed to simply go on a journey in something that looks and feels like a hovercraft.
Briefly, the main features are:-
a) 100% home made for SL, with proper LOD proofing so that even at LOD Factor 1 it will still look like a boat.
b) It will drift and slide, and you'll spend a lot of time pointing in a direction which is different to the direction you're moving.
c) about 42 knot top speed
d) an optional fuel system
e) can be guested to others
f) various moving/animated parts
g) navigation, headlights and spotlights work
Modder friendly! AO, UV and PSD files available, and a sensible build and associated applier script can be used to paint it.
It's RL scaled, so if you're big you might end up with elbows sticking out of the side or your head getting a bit windswept - but it's resizable, so you can make it as big or as small as you need with minimum fuss. Simply use the editor to scale it up or down :)
There are 2 versions included in the box, one with 2 seats and one with 6 seats. You can add/remove seats if you need to, it shouldn't complain.
The 2 seater is 38 land impact while the 4 seater is 43 land impact.
See the in world shop for a demo!
And as with all my products, you can use any caspervend redelivery terminal to get things redelivered :)
And I have to thank Tadao Lytton for the awesome video of the halob :3
1.1.0 saw some handling tweaks when the throttle is suddenly cut, a revised physics shape for the skirt and a whole heap of optional extra parts to fit.
See item in Second Life View Video »- 100% homemade for SL, by me
- a solid vehicle for travelling the grid
- can be guested to others
- *very* modifiable, including most of the code
Excellent
Thank you
SIX stars
This little machine is amazing. It runs smoothly, handles nicely, sounds great and has a lovely cushion and wake effect. The dashboard HUD is an especially nice touch. It lets you keep track of what's happening and has REALLY useful features like a camera reset.
You get textures. And AO maps. And normal maps. And UV maps. Dozens of the things. Want to customize your Halob? They practically dare you NOT to.
I expect to put a lot of kilometers on her. (There's a trip meter!) And modify almost everything!
We want more lolol
Verry inpressive scripting,
Best handeling for a hovercraft i have seen so far!!!
Great for GTFO easy to add mods or repaint!
This is a UGE must have.
Neeed More
We have all of rubber Bunny vehicles, a plane and a heli would just be awesome.
Awesome scripting and love how people can mod etc.
Brilliant!!
Innocuous, utilitarian in appearance, but who cares this thing is pure fun! One of the most fun vehicles I've played with in SL. Seriously, try this thing out! It's a solid sim crosser even when Blake is busy and laggy as well as at high speeds. The transition from sea to land back and forth is smooth and a blast! It's nicely made with just enough exterior detail to look great but isn't a prim hog. I appreciate the info and extras included by the creator. I can't wait to play with modding it...usually something I do right away to personalize...at least the color...but I can't stop driving it around!
