Unit Request: Transport Hovercraft

[S-Priest]

Could someone please try to make a unit graphic of a military transport hovercraft?

Here are some photos and information...

http://www.analisidifesa.it/numero10/eng/newshovercrafteng.htm

(The Russian Zoubr)

http://www.ahv.lynden.com/ahv/lacv-30.html

(The US Navy LACV-30)

Zoubr looks more impressive... Imagine having that hovercraft as a unit transporting some Marines and supporting Light Tanks. Transport Hovercraft is the modern unit missing from Civ 3.

Notice that the hovercraft comes heavily-armed (even with AA defence weapons):

http://www.analisidifesa.it/images10/zubr.htm

http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/zubr/index.html

Zubr seen from top:

Photos of Zubr unloading troops/APCs:

 

[S-Priest]

Attack - 5
Defence - 5
Bombard - 5 (2 - rate, 1 - range)
Movement - 8
Transport capacity - 2

Pre-requisite: Synthetic Fibres

The idea for the Assault Hovercraft is to be a fast-moving, "lightning-war" complement to the transport. Rather than just sending in a transport full of troops with escort, an armoured vehicle and a single troop unit (both elite, preferrably) are placed on the Hovercraft and sent into battle without any escort (the Hovercraft is capable of limited self-defence and even attack). The unit's A/D scores are fairly low, thus the only other modern vessel the Assault Hovercraft has a chance of taking out on attack is the Submarine.

Both the high movement score and the bombard capacity reflect the speed of the real ship and Zubr's ability to support landing troops with fire.

 

[curswine]

I posted this in the unit request thread but i dunno how to implement it seeing they can move across land aswell and i dunno if they can travel long distances across bodies of water maybe if you made it a sea unit and gave it the amphibious flag it might be able to move on land but i doubt it would work.

 

[S-Priest]

If you read the descriptions well, it can't move over land. I. E. in theory, yes, but in practice it's too large and heavy. Hence it's referred to as a "ship". The Hovercraft in Civ 3 would be a sea unit too.

BTW, where's the unit request thread?

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Here's an idea. Anyone able to crack the units from Red Alert 2? It had a transport hovercraft with possible civ specific colors.

 

[MadGAD]

Wyrm, Red Alert 2 models are .VXL mean pseudo-3D voxels - I could rip them from game or try to find any realy good chinese-made .vxl hovercraft models by some sites (and with permissions). But I cannot convert them into 3D models. There are some converter I hear that converts 3DS to VXL, but reverse...
Also, there are many model-makers in some CnC-Generals mods that releases their models. I may try to ask them. But There are no Zubr class assault hover transports as I know

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Wyrm, Red Alert 2 models are .VXL mean pseudo-3D voxels - I could rip them from game or try to find any realy good chinese-made .vxl hovercraft models by some sites (and with permissions). But I cannot convert them into 3D models. There are some converter I hear that converts 3DS to VXL, but reverse...
Also, there are many model-makers in some CnC-Generals mods that releases their models. I may try to ask them. But There are no Zubr class assault hover transports as I know

8.5 year thread bump?

I HATE YOU.

 

[Goldflash]

...Wow... A thread bump from 2002. That is... prestigious.

Has anyone made a hovercraft in the eight years since? I guess I'll go look in the database.

 

[MadGAD]

But I found in database just some futuristic hovertanks,
And one old LCAC by Wyrm on stormoverciv.
There is real gap for amphibious assault hovercrafts in game.

 

[Sidhepriest]

Mmm yeah, this is one unit missing. Technically they're really amphibious, as in, they can move over both land and water, but at Civ scale they'd just be fast and heavily armoured water transports.

 

[RickFGS]

I also claim my need for a military hoovercraft in the game, well pointed out MadGAD.

Note: When those russians make one thing to be military they make it big, me like it!