Chopper Lift: Going Up

[Merc]

I have an idea for an addon, how about a chopper with a built in winch (did I spell that right?). There are many scripts out there to attach to choppers and have them hook to a vehicle, but a chopper that could pick up any vehicle (talk about a good yet crazy way to steal a tank  ;D ) and possiblly hook up to ammo crates would be great.

[Grendel]

I like the idea...OFP Choplifter MOD anyone!

-grendel

[Coldfire]

Uh... didn't the "Our Weapons" mod make a Mi-26 that could do EXACTLY what your talking about?

[Merc]

Cool, but...

It's a MOD and if you put the chopper in a mission then people would have to download the whole MOD and not just one vehicle. One vehicle would be easier to put in a small folder then a MOD.

[oyman]

its a addon not a mod

i really dont think its a problem downloading 10mb (im on 56k), maybe if it was 100mb then we have a problem

[UNN]

An ideal solution would just be a generic winch addon, that can be attached to any heli with the minimum of hassle. It would always look better with an addon that was designed to operate a winch.

But if it was acceptable to most addon makers, it would mean everyone would be compatable with each other, and quite a small addon as all it would contain are different harness types e.t.c.

I already have the scripts done for another addon, all I need is different types of harness\litters, ohh and this:

http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/index.php?board=12;action=display;threadid=24029;start=%200#lastPost

[Merc]

I need is different types of harness\litters

Well might i suggest a big magnet  for picking up tanks and vehicles, a rope line for picking up ammo boxes (wouldn't the enemy be mad if you went and stole their ammo  ;D ), a winch on the side of the chopper (would only probably work with the Black Hawk) for rescuing people (the person on the rope would be pulled up into the chopper).

The rescue chopper one could open up possiblities in mission making because there would be rescue missions to the front line where the chopper would be a siting duck if it landed but sence it is it the air it could fire its guns and provide covering fire as wounded men were hauled up the winch. And the last man as he is being hauled up falls off/shot off the harness and falls to his death. That would make a great cut scene at the begining of a mission. Then the chopper flies back to base to where the player is being suited up to be paradroped behind the enemy front line and destroy some stuff.

Fast forward

(final cutscene) The player is wounded and a rescue chopper comes to pick him up but the player tells it to go find other wounded people and that he (the player) is fine. The chopper flies away in to the sunset and the player dies  :'( .

[Coldfire]

http://ofp.gamezone.cz/index.php?showthis=8038

well there's the Mi-26 HALO I was talking about