VTOL Planes as Helo

[KerakTelor]

I was changing things randomly and thought: "Why not move the Harrier II to the Helo tab and make it VTOL?"
And then I changed the Heavy Hog's AppearanceModel and WeaponManager to the Harrier's and this happened:

Spoiler : I know you want to click me :

I still have troubles getting the landing gear to appear though.

Edit: I polished it a little, changed the text and did some random things. If you want to try it, then click here.

[RAsplez98]

looks pretty cool. im surprised they werent already implimented by the devs.

[The W:AB Noob]

I did it back in the first weeks of W:RD, but I stole the idea from captainbiggles who did it for W:AB. Impressive that you got the idea though, not all modders have as much creativity.

[General Mig]

Wow thats something new nice work im going try it with the UK harrier GR.1

[Xeno426]

looks pretty cool. im surprised they werent already implimented by the devs.

It's not implemented because you'd never carry out attacks in this manner. Maneuverability is very limited, it puts a massive constraint on maximum weapons stores, it massively drains fuel, and at least in the Harrier it can only sustain it for a few minutes thanks to heat buildup.

The VTOL capability lets the aircraft land vertically (when most of the fuel has been used and munitions have been expended), take off with a very short runway, or vertically take off with a very limited weapons load (a couple of bombs or rocket pods). The last option really limits operational range, and so was never really practiced; STOVL (Short-Take Off/Vertical Landing) was much more useful.

[KerakTelor]

looks pretty cool. im surprised they werent already implimented by the devs.

It's not implemented because you'd never carry out attacks in this manner. Maneuverability is very limited, it puts a massive constraint on maximum weapons stores, it massively drains fuel, and at least in the Harrier it can only sustain it for a few minutes thanks to heat buildup.

The VTOL capability lets the aircraft land vertically (when most of the fuel has been used and munitions have been expended), take off with a very short runway, or vertically take off with a very limited weapons load (a couple of bombs or rocket pods). The last option really limits operational range, and so was never really practiced; STOVL (Short-Take Off/Vertical Landing) was much more useful.

True.
I had trouble getting the gun to not show "angle too high". I fixed it by allowing the gun to be depressed, which is unlikely to be implemented IRL

[captain biggles]

I suggest VTOLing the Sea Harrier FRS.1, then go up against an airborne deck.

[KerakTelor]

I suggest VTOLing the Sea Harrier FRS.1, then go up against an airborne deck.

RIP Heli spam

[TL1999]

How i can installed it manueal

[The W:AB Noob]

Extract the file with a title similar to "NDF_Win.dat", rename the file in Wargame Red Dragon\Data\WARGAME\PC\510012575 to something like "NDF_Win.dat - original" and move the extracted file there. Then run the game normally.