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[Discontinued] Project Hopeless Shard

6,520 VigilantEyes  16 days ago
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Project BROKEN SHARD V2.48

This plane doesn't really have a story, I made it in 2024 when I decided I wanted to make a "Magnum Opus." Its a 4th gen coffin system aircraft with an AI system built into it, the reason I stopped working on it is because I wanted to do stuff I just couldn't, because I didnt have the experience, or the game just couldn't handle it.


The AI had a female voice in the lore, think like Cortana in Halo:

"Good morning, Captain John Doe and Leutenant Jane Doe, in case you forgot your briefing last night, I have a playback of it stored, I'll put it on while I begin my startup and taxi procedure, and we'll be up in the air in no time!"

-Briefing playback is played as the plane powers itself on and begins its autonomous taxi-

-After playback completes and the plane is closing on the Runway:

"I hope both of you are informed, as we approach the Runway, I'm gonna start pumping your oxygen masks with Nitrous Oxide to help you fall asleep faster, I wish both of you luck, fly safe, and uhh- try to keep me in one piece..."


Notes:

• Play around with the controls, I want you to really see what I wanted to do with it.

• I can't convey to you how much I want to do this, when I made this plane, and its coffin canopy, I wanted the canopy to have a way to "turn off" or de-activate, and I wanted to do it using animated labels, but i just didnt know how to do it, the effect seen in the Low Earth Orbiter by ASBE is exactly what I wanted, but i just dont know how to copy it, I dont know FT.

• I wanted to do more with the cockpit too, screens that light up with all kinds of lore implicated information, the screens on the sides in particular wouldn't do anything, but they would display info about the pilots body and brain synapses, but since it required so many labels, the game struggled, so they had to be removed.
Fig. 1 The cockpit as is,

Fig. 2 The cockpit before, Note the design on the display looked more like the B-1 Lancer

• I had made my own engines for the plane but had to simplify them because of hardware limitations.

•This plane has lore, but it never really went anywhere
Fig. 3 The patch of the 144th Osean Tactical Bomber Squadron 'Wendigo'

Fig. 4 A Classified document related to the plane and its weapons, made to look like it was scanned in a printer

Note how I forgot to redacted some things, this was the first 'faux government document' I had ever made.


If i get around to it, I will definitely make this again on SP2 if and when it comes out on mobile. Hopefully the game will run better, so I can do more with it that I could ever dream of doing here.

That being said I hope you all enjoy the Hopeless Shard project, have fun, and fly safe!

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 152.0ft (46.3m)
  • Length 154.4ft (47.0m)
  • Height 29.7ft (9.1m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 331,026lbs (150,151kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.526
  • Wing Loading 63.0lbs/ft2 (307.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 5,253.6ft2 (488.1m2)
  • Drag Points 43881

Parts

  • Number of Parts 860
  • Control Surfaces 19
  • Performance Cost 6,346
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    6,520 VigilantEyes

    @Monarchii @nwa
    Please @ASBE if you can, reach out to me and help me with this, as for the rest of you, I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed making it

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    Not hopless, might work on it lol

    13 days ago
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    75.5k B1

    Looks quite a bit like me, don’t you reckon?

    13 days ago
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    @VigilantEyes Thank You!

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    6,520 VigilantEyes

    @Hughey6576 if your on mobile, use Ibis Paint, its what I use to make all my thumbnail backdrops, as for the design remember try to keep the design simple, and have fun with it!

    13 days ago
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    This is awesome! anyway, how did you make that squadron logo? I want to make my own, but I am not as skilled as you.

    13 days ago
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    6,520 VigilantEyes

    @@KatBapa20 look for a value in the transparency that says hideInside and set it to true... although you probably found it already lol.

    +1 14 days ago
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    16.2k KatBapa20

    @VigilantEyes Aah! i see why you used a lot of fuselage cutting, but for me i think that just doing so will require using more parts, which it'll likely cost more performance so, i prefer to use fuselage cutting as minimal as possible.
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    Also speaking of an Xml value about hollow grass fuselage becoming transparent inside of it, i'll (try to) find out where's it's located 👍

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    6,520 VigilantEyes

    @KatBapa20 its alot of using the fuselage cutting, playing around with it until you get something you like, and for the canopy glass, theres an Xml value for the hollow glass fuselage that allows you to make it transparent like you see in Figure 1

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    6,520 VigilantEyes

    @BigHeadEngineering 32,000lbs of of "gifts" to go to your enemy! :p

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    7,661 Morsele

    Planes in AC3 style so cool

    +1 15 days ago
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    The B-1 if it locked the f in

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    this is W take my upvote

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    Ace Combat 3 styled B-1 Lancer

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    Now, that's a lot of bombs.

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    16.2k KatBapa20

    @VigilantEyes Oooh, i understand why
    but hey, at least your aircraft looks cool enough for most players here, despite being obviously discontinued😅

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    6,520 VigilantEyes

    @KatBapa20 well as mentioned in the notes, theres alot ofstuff I wanted to add, but some I never got around too, and others I just couldn't. :/

    +1 16 days ago
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    16.2k KatBapa20

    Despite your craft being discontinued, it seems like it's already finished for me so, you did a great job btw!
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    Also, how did you make that cockpit look cool?

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    @VigilantEyes also love the builddd :))

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    @VigilantEyes ikk
    but i thought it would be nice if he sees this :))

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    6,520 VigilantEyes

    @livingston we dont see alot of them outside of AC stuff

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    6,520 VigilantEyes

    @livingston ty! :>

    16 days ago
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    15.4k livingston

    Coffin cockpit! cool😲

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    6,520 VigilantEyes

    @SuperSuperTheSylph Inspiration, not Derivation

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    @B1BLancer

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