16/8/02 - Ninian Central V1.0
This is a GMAX representation of the Ninian Central Oil Production Platform for FS2002, built for Chevron UK in the '70s.
I spent nearly 12 years on this, travelling by S61 to and from Unst, in the northern Shetland Isle. This is a 'rough' first draft (textures,Scale etc). I will be updating this in stages.
The platforms position is roughly in the right area.

Features.
It has the following effects.

FLARE BOOM WITH FLARE AND SMOKE (using fx Copyright (C)Owain Robinson and Garreth Jones of
Planesimulation - www.planesimulation.com - used with their permission from the Colorado Fires pack - thanks Garreth)

LANDABLE HELIPAD

NIGHT LIGHTING

VOR 110.50
NDB 320.0 NIN


Installation.....
Extract to a temporary folder.
Open the folders and .......

put the textures in the main fs2002 texture folder
put the fx files in the effects folder
put the fx_1.bmp into the effects\bitmap folder
put the .bgl files in fs2002\scenery folder
put the flights into fs2002\flights\myflights folder

select the flight and it will put you in the FS2002 Bell, approaching the platform.. As you get nearer the Flare will ignite.

I used the following to make this:
FSSC 1.2 - Freeware Scenery Designer
Microsoft's fs2002 Special Effects SDK
PSP 7.0 - JASC
GMAX - Discreet
Milkshape - 3d graphics program

As I stated, this is very much a 'begginers' effort and as such doesn't compare to some of the other offerings out there. I made it to try out some of the above programs. This is an ongoing project so expect updates in the future.


This is Freeware but permission must be obtained to alter/use the fx files (see psReadme.txt)

Garry Brown - Workington,Cumbria UK
email gaz@9chapel.freeserve.co.uk