

You could even create AI ships to properly crowd the ports. Along with the general design of various ports. It shouldn't be that hard to get specs for various ships and boats. You would only have to render coastlines, and the ocean around you could simply be randomly generated. Or you could just take a pontoon boat onto a lake, realistically made to simulate actual pontoon boats.Īfter seeing the world created by Microsoft flight sim, it doesn't seem impossible. Maybe you can even own your own shipping company, kind of like ETS. I would love to be able to captain a freighter across the Atlantic, Pilot it into port, and mark a course for the next destination, along with keeping track of cargo. The only ones I can find are rife with poor reviews, and people asking a similar question. But there are no good simulators for captaining ships. Extremely detailed truck sims, extremely detailed off-road transporting sims, and even extremely detailed train sims. You have extremely detailed flying sims, several of them. Basically, why are there no decent and well-made ship captaining sims out there? And more.This is something I have always had an interest in, yet it seems to be completely, or mostly non-existent. The boats have more parts, better wakes and bubble trailes. Fully interactive 3D instrument panel for boats. New panel types were added which allow better control of sailes. Sailing between sceneries is now possible. The scenery model has been expanded to include the whole world. The land is photorealistc and uses new texture blending algorithm. The sky, stars and hemisphere graphics were greately improved. The sea graphics is now much more elaborate and realistic. Version 6.0 adds the following enhancements: The sea waves are more realistic and are based upon CFD. It can also be expanded using open formats for all files, allowing you to add on third-party scenery very easily. Virtual Sailor was built using the latest technology in 3D graphics acceleration and sound mixing. You can even simulate a race with other boats that includes wind shadow effects. There are huge land and sea areas that were developed using real topographic data. Players will experience accurate wind and wave dynamics with this program, which has many special effects for simulating a day or night marine environment. Virtual Sailor simulates the complete sailing experience by enabling the user to enjoy the entire marine environment from a sailor's perspective.
