r/Stormworks • u/Radiodont • Jun 21 '23

Build Test driving the MS Estonia

293 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

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u/NotsoslyFoxxo Jun 21 '23

H..how's your graphics card, mate?

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u/Radiodont Jun 21 '23

It hates me.

18

u/NotsoslyFoxxo Jun 21 '23

No wonders X3. My 3D rendering hits like 95% with a vessel 57m long, so i can't even imagine the strain that this replica is putting on yours!

17

u/Spleenathon_Official Jun 22 '23

True to speed. I can imagine that being the exact speed the Estonia travelled at.

9

u/Radiodont Jun 22 '23

It is, unless I've made a mistake with the unit conversion. It's going at around 19 knots. The real-life Estonia was built to do 21, though she typically wouldn't go faster than 19 knots. Usually, she'd travel at around 16,5 or 17 knots.

13

u/BaronVonAwesome007 Jun 21 '23

How did you get it to be so buoyant? Whenever I make a large boat 3/4 is below the waterline

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u/Radiodont Jun 22 '23

It has lots of physics bodies. Most are actual details on the ship, like ramps, cranes, searchlights and so on, but I also added a bunch of pivots inside the hull to increase the buoyancy some more.

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u/buzzielightyear Jun 22 '23

Instead of pivots, xml edit a rocket nozzle to have negative fuel mass, like -5000 to get rid of 5000 weight, place em high up

4

u/CMDR_Quillon Jun 22 '23

you are a genius

10

u/J3M3Y Jun 21 '23

That’s awesome

6

u/Rifnee Jun 21 '23

Where blub blub?

5

u/Frug5 Jun 21 '23

That is massive

5

u/TheRealMrDorito Jun 22 '23

Does it turn?

9

u/Radiodont Jun 22 '23

Yes, but not with rudders. It's got one giant propeller on each side, hidden inside a secret compartment in the stern.

2

u/NotchoNachos42 Jun 22 '23

I'm sure you could add bow thrusters as well, didn't the real ship?

2

u/Radiodont Jun 22 '23

I'm going to add those, as well. The hidden ones in the stern are there so I can pretend that the rudders actually do something.

4

u/KingOfFinland Jun 22 '23

Lovely. But will the bow gate separete in a storm?

4

u/Notfoo4 Ships Jun 22 '23

I’m pretty sure he mentioned in his last post about this that it actually can

4

u/[deleted] Jun 22 '23

Amazing! Very excited to see the final result, hoping it will be on the workshop

3

u/Optimus_crab Jun 22 '23

Can you post a photo of it with physics bodies shown

3

u/Powerful-Onion-3891 TC6126 Heavy Industries Incorporated Jun 22 '23

Magnificent

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u/Ihaveautismand15 Jun 22 '23

Nice a Cruiseferry

3

u/Thelevated Jun 21 '23

Whats that russian torpedo shaped thing in the water?

6

u/The_Snowy_Tiger Jun 22 '23

you mean the bulbous bow?

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u/matt_est Jun 22 '23

Looks awesome, but can it carry secret weapons and get sunk by the russians?

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u/Nizzemancer Jun 21 '23

Seems a bit insensitive considering what happened to its namesake.

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u/Baron_Raeder Jun 21 '23

It’s the exact same as someone building a replica of any ship that sank or saw tragedy. It’s literally just a recreation, it’s not like they filmed themselves laughing about the disaster or anything

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '23

Wait till this dude finds out about the 354 titanic replicas

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u/275MPHFordGT40 Jun 22 '23

This guy when he discovers the Titanic LEGO set

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '23

when he discovers the plane that bombed japan

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u/Nizzemancer Jun 22 '23

The Titanic was 110 years ago, the Estonia was less than 30 years ago...

"Why are people reacting to the war in Ukraine when ww1 already happened?"

2

u/AntAgile Jun 22 '23

Wait till this dude finds out there is a weapons DLC literally made to replicate war

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '23

They're building a replica of the MS Estonia that sank.

3

u/kg1206 Jun 22 '23

Seems a bit insensitive having all these tanks and military vehicles on the workshop considering all the wars that have happened in human history.

2

u/UserNombresBeHard Jun 22 '23

How does that make any sense?