Santa Barbara Rigs – Offshore Oil Platform Placement for Microsoft Flight Simulator ( default 3D model )
Description
This scenery adds all 27 oil platform placements off the Santa Barbara coast, from San Pedro to Vandenberg AFB. This is an early version and will be a work in progress. The primary intent was to add rigs offshore for enhancing helicopter flying in multiplayer and to add something more to do in this scenic area of the world. Even if you’re flying an aircraft up the coast, it’s nice to see the rigs out in the water, especially if you’ve flown in the Southern California area in reality.
Although the placement and orientation of the rigs is accurate, the scenery is currently using the default oil rig which is not representative of the platforms in the channel. Eventually, the default rigs will be replaced with more accurate models of the channel rigs.
Includes appx location map
Includes basic documentation
Installation
- Extract bhd-sbarigs.zip using WinZip, 7-Zip or WinRar.
- Place the entire bhd-sbarigs folder into the Microsoft Flight Simulator Community Folder.
- Select Santa Barbara as your start point (KSBA), Platform Holly is right off the coast near the airport. Use the included map and navigation info to explore the area..
- Requires USA World Update to be installed from the Marketplace ( oil rig is part of update scenery content )
Known Issues v0.3.0
- Oil rig 3D model is not accurate to actual Santa Barbara platforms.
- Might experience -2/3 FPS spikes, but in general - not much performance impact.
Update v0.2.2
- Added KMZ file in documentation to add rig locations to Little Nav Map.
- Added Landable Helipads on all Oil Rigs
- Added Windsock to Helipad
- Added simple omni light near helipad and windsock
- Fixed modellib.bgl naming issue
Update v0.2.3
Fixed minor issue where test light assets created gray boxes at an FBO on the airport.
Update v0.3.0
Added Helipads ( start position ) to all Rigs
ICAO names are fake / placeholder
"Airport" names are "Platform ...." - ie Platform Holly
Helicopters will start w engines running, since the marker is handled like a runway for airplanes.
Cleaned up some sloppy helipad placement ( railings clipping through pad )
Also available: Alaska - Cook Inlet Oil Rigs, Adriatic / Italy Oil Rig placements
Recommended Payware - KSBA Santa Barbara, ORBX
Recommended Freeware - Global AI Ship Traffic, We Love VFR 1, We Love VFR 2
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ravenn22
grsgsrg
2 months ago
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ravenn22
CaptainMoonlight
4 months ago
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ravenn22
jambecker
I only see the octagons where the helicopter lands (which are landable) floating over the sea like a flying saucer. I also see the ships next to the oil platforms.
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?
Thanks in advance.
6 months ago
6 months ago
ravenn22
Big_Jack
Goes great with my KLGB & KSNA. Really fills out the offshore area during departures and arrivals. Thanks!
1 years ago
FreakyD
Ty!
1 years ago
Ginete
Always turn these on when flying over the region, even if I don't land on them. Thanks for the update. Time for some H145 action packing. Cheers!
1 years ago
jvortiz56
The heli pad and ships show up for me but not the rig I have the USA update installed and the PIO markers are there but no rig 😞
2 years ago
USA update 1, from over a year ago, right? not the last one ( and installed from the marketplace )
the default rig model is part of that original pack and has to be installed
2 years ago
ravenn22
tobespark
Added a kmz file to the documents folder in the latest version - you can import that into LNM
2 years ago
ravenn22
Great mod, I fly into Torrance a lot and enjoy seeing the rigs on the SLI 29R approach.
However, I've noticed that version 0.2.2 still says 0.2.1 in the manifest.json
2 years ago
probably an oversight on my part... I was going to make some tweaks to both sets and will make sure it gets updated...
2 years ago
ravenn22
KaityUK
just installed - works fine for me - rigs and POIs
3 years ago
mikejenlyons
3 years ago
FenEstron
Nice job! Love them
https://i.postimg.cc/QNp6ZfZp/oil-platforms-working.jpg
3 years ago
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ravenn22
japp3playzz
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ravenn22
TETSUO
3 years ago
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ravenn22
lucandro