Naz
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Updated for A21 Finally!
Better late than never? I've also added instructions to spawn with Teragon and have added 3 more "predone" maps made with Teragon. Both versions original and dry docked are install options in all maps.
Intro
To solve the stability issues of a ship in 7DTD, the carrier has been made to appear logged in an ice lake or an ice lake with years of snow drift. It's a hybrid open style and dungeon crawl, The ground level is at deck 8 (13 total) it has many ways to enter. Decks (excluding the island entrance) 6-9 is open style as you start to delve deeper into the ship you're eventually be funnelled to the centre of deck 9 where the start of the dungeon segments begins. You then proceed through decks 10-13 and up into the island entrance towards the end at deck 6 (flight Deck). The last part of the dungeon crawl is in the island (control tower decks 6-1) and it finishes at the top with a convenient ice/snow cave pit with water to jump into below.
To solve the stability issues of a ship in 7DTD, the carrier has been made to appear logged in an ice lake or an ice lake with years of snow drift. It's a hybrid open style and dungeon crawl, The ground level is at deck 8 (13 total) it has many ways to enter. Decks (excluding the island entrance) 6-9 is open style as you start to delve deeper into the ship you're eventually be funnelled to the centre of deck 9 where the start of the dungeon segments begins. You then proceed through decks 10-13 and up into the island entrance towards the end at deck 6 (flight Deck). The last part of the dungeon crawl is in the island (control tower decks 6-1) and it finishes at the top with a convenient ice/snow cave pit with water to jump into below.
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Please be aware
There is an issue with large prefabs where the distant mesh doesn't go away and displays permanently, even inside. I do have detailed instructions to get it working perfectly Included in the main download if you wish to use your own map or add it to an existing map. So to keep things as simple as possible. I have pre-done 3 Vanilla maps, so the only thing you would need to do is choose a map and copy/paste the 2 folders and that's it. Installing it as a new RWG map and manual spawning can get a bit involved.
Performance warning
This prefab has more verts and tris than all 4 vanilla skyscrappers put together, it is very big and very detailed. That said 60fps is possible, so if you're having FPS Performance issues check out the included performance readme in the main download for some tips. However they will only help if you have the necessary hardware, Example if you're running a Pre-Ryzen AMD cpu and 4gb of ram they might not get you to playable performance. I'd recommend the following hardware for this prefab:
CPU: Any 4 core 4+ghz Ryzen 3000-5000 or intel 4000-12000
Ram: 6K map size 8-12gb | 8k Map size 8-12gb | 10K 12gb-16gb
any SSD Storage where 7dtd is installed and the C drive/where your saves are
Performance warning
This prefab has more verts and tris than all 4 vanilla skyscrappers put together, it is very big and very detailed. That said 60fps is possible, so if you're having FPS Performance issues check out the included performance readme in the main download for some tips. However they will only help if you have the necessary hardware, Example if you're running a Pre-Ryzen AMD cpu and 4gb of ram they might not get you to playable performance. I'd recommend the following hardware for this prefab:
CPU: Any 4 core 4+ghz Ryzen 3000-5000 or intel 4000-12000
Ram: 6K map size 8-12gb | 8k Map size 8-12gb | 10K 12gb-16gb
any SSD Storage where 7dtd is installed and the C drive/where your saves are
GPU: The graphics card will play a minimal role while exploring this prefab due to any cpu being the bottleneck, if you can run 7dtd and you're happy with the performance that will be fine here.
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Pre done Maps
Everything you need is in each map download. Once installed everything should work, *except the ice. To install on a new/existing map see the main download under the maps.
Pre-done 6K Vanilla V21.7.0
Pre-done 8K Vanilla V21.7.0
Pre-done 10K Vanilla V21.7.0
Download
Download
Download
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Pre-done 6K Teragon V21.7.0
Pre-done 8K Teragon V21.7.0
Pre-done 10K Teragon V21.7.0
Download
Download
Download
Main download RWG spawning or Manual
This download has all the need documentation and step by step information to manually spawn or use with Vanilla RWG or Teragon.
NOTE: The prefab can only be spawned as 1 prefab with vanilla rwg & Teragon, so to prevent users getting the distant mesh bug i've omitted the mesh for the single prefab version. I'd suggest getting a single prefab version spawned with vanilla rwg and manually swapping out it to the 2 prefab version which has a distant mesh. There is also another bug which prevents the full carriers length rendering in normal games. Workaround is to gen a map with the single prefab and swap them out for the 2 prefab version.
NOTE: The prefab can only be spawned as 1 prefab with vanilla rwg & Teragon, so to prevent users getting the distant mesh bug i've omitted the mesh for the single prefab version. I'd suggest getting a single prefab version spawned with vanilla rwg and manually swapping out it to the 2 prefab version which has a distant mesh. There is also another bug which prevents the full carriers length rendering in normal games. Workaround is to gen a map with the single prefab and swap them out for the 2 prefab version.
A20 Super Aircraft Carrier POI V21.7.0: Download
To see more screenshots of the Carrier throughout the build process, check out my project gallery
WIP Dry Docked Version
Since A18 i've been working on & off modifying the carrier from a "frozen over" setting to a dry docked setting. This would allow it to be in any biome without looking weird and be a bit more believable. I could get away with it in a17 when we had ice and biome restrictions in rwg but those are gone now. This is very much a work in progress version, so expect poor performance, missing paints, unfinished areas and general jankyness. The reason i'm releasing like this is, it's an incredible time sink and so much work needs done to it. All the while the snow version is getting more and more dated as time goes on. So i'd rather release what i have, let people try it as i work on it. It's also easier to implement feedback when it's still under construction rather than after it's finished.
I had planned to just release the single prefab version and let people gen their own maps, but i found an issue in that it would only spawn about 208 blocks in length of it and cut the rest off. So it just 1 map with it as 2 prefabs, plus side is i can give it a distant mesh... a quick and dirty mesh tho since it's not worth doing the final mesh until it's completed or mostly completed.
Included as a alternate option in the other downloads
Roadmap
-Get rid of the ugly snow terrain and use a more believable dry docked setting (done mostly)
-Do the above and still have 100% si stability (Done)
-Give the carrier a refit on it's rougher areas. (engine room, v22 ospreys etc) (In progress)
-Try to optimise the use of high detail blocks and models to improve performance and get rid of any unnecessary details that just contribute to lag. (In progress)
-Loot balance, it was originally balanced for 25% loot setting since that's what i normally play with, but at 100% it's a loot piñata. (to do)
-Better and more optimised use of sleepers, currently i just kinda used the shotgun approach to sleepers and reviewing gameplay from
users they tend to run through multiple volumes and wake up too many zeds reducing performance.(1st pass done)
-Optimise and make better use of lights so they either guide the player better to the dungeon path or make clear they are part of a design/ambiance etc. (to do)
-Finally i have a theory on how to solve (mostly) the distant mesh issue with the single prefab version, but i've yet to test the theory so not worth talking about until i know it's a viable solution.(to do)
-Do the above and still have 100% si stability (Done)
-Give the carrier a refit on it's rougher areas. (engine room, v22 ospreys etc) (In progress)
-Try to optimise the use of high detail blocks and models to improve performance and get rid of any unnecessary details that just contribute to lag. (In progress)
-Loot balance, it was originally balanced for 25% loot setting since that's what i normally play with, but at 100% it's a loot piñata. (to do)
-Better and more optimised use of sleepers, currently i just kinda used the shotgun approach to sleepers and reviewing gameplay from
users they tend to run through multiple volumes and wake up too many zeds reducing performance.(1st pass done)
-Optimise and make better use of lights so they either guide the player better to the dungeon path or make clear they are part of a design/ambiance etc. (to do)
-Finally i have a theory on how to solve (mostly) the distant mesh issue with the single prefab version, but i've yet to test the theory so not worth talking about until i know it's a viable solution.(to do)
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