SimV online Hoplist!

[ShaneG_old]

SimV's server now has a hoplist!! 8-)

It is currently set in Hawaii, and will take you through the various islands, but is being expanded to take you on a tour through the South Pacific islands and into, and around Australia.

There are no annoying, constantly repeating, reminder messages here, so nothing to distract those who are not interested in this feature.

To access and start the hop, just type: ?hop  into the chat box while online, and it'll tell you what to do from there.

This will be a work in progress for a little while, so if there are any special routes in this area you would like to see included in the future, please feel free to post them here.

Thanks, and enjoy!

Shane

[Sean_TK]

Sounds great, hopefully we'll see more online participation now.
8-)

[Sir_Crashalot]

Great.

Crash

[Wii]

Sweeeet! I have been waiting for this for a while. I usually hang around other servers with hops but I'll be back at Simv now!

[BigTruck]

Great work Shane!  I'll be sure to check this out

[ShaneG_old]

HOP LIST UPDATE

[center][size=20]The Southern Pacific part of the hop has been added.

This hop list will consist of three main parts, two of which are now complete.




The first: A tour of the Hawaiian Islands that starts and ends at Honolulu Intl.

[Sir_Crashalot]

Shane, what the biggest distance between 2 hops? Would a DC-3 be able to make it?

Crash

[ShaneG_old]

The longest distance would be 1,265nm between Johnston Atoll and Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. So the DC should have no problems.

After that monster, the longest is 713nm and the shortest is 391nm, and the rest average in between those.

There are 12 hops in the Pacific part. And each hop has a nice little island cluster to explore in between hops if you so choose.


We tried to get a good mix in this hop so everyone could enjoy it.

The Austrialian part of the hop list won't involve such large distances for the most part. Unless we go for a nonstop return to Hawaii!

Enjoy, and feel free to make any suggestions to improve it.

[Sir_Crashalot]

1265nm? Time to find a nice, fast but small jet...

Crash

[ShaneG_old]

Just an update for part three of the hop. I've got the route all worked out now. The Australian part of the tour will be composed of 103 hops completely navigating the outer perimeter of the continent including some stops in Tasmania. It starts when you land in Sydney from the Pacific Hop and ends when you get back to Sydney. To complete the hop list will require some special nerve and endurance though.

The final leg of the hop is a monster nonstop flight from Sydney back to Honolulu where it all began.


A special consideration: This tour of Australia was conceived with the FTX (payware for FSX) and VOZ 1.8(Freeware for FS9) addons in mind, so those who have these addons will get a special treat flying into different major and minor airports all throughout the country.

This part of the hop list should be added before anyone makes it to Sydney, however if you get there before I announce it's completion you may want to wait to complete the flight that takes you into Sydney.

This hop list is a beast and should keep everyone busy for quite some time. Major kudos to the first to complete it. 8-)

[Mictheslik]

Nice work Shane...almost finished all the Hawaiian hops (see freeware forum )

.mic

[skoker]

I tagged along too.

[ShaneG_old]

Glad to see people enjoying this!

I just finished the Hawaiian hop tonight. Next up is a nice long 713 mile hop from Honolulu to Johnston Atoll.

Sounds like a job for the Concorde!


[size=20][b]EDIT: The hoplist has been updated and now goes all the way to Perth.

     

[Mazza]

Finally i have fats net so i can download VOZ yay . I shall attempt the longest hop in my cessna 182s ,I Might fall asleep so yeah...

[ShaneG_old]

[size=20][color=#0000ff]Here is a list of the scenery files for FS9 to use with the Pacific part of the tour. These should be available on most major sites. (Thanks to SeanTK for compiling this list. )

*Honolulu*

honov5.zip


*Johnston Atoll*

dbwsimjohnston04.zip


*Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands*

dbwsimmajuro05.zip


*Kosrae, Micronesia*

dbwsimkos05.zip


*Tarawa, Kiribati*

kiribati005_177822.zip


*Nauru*

nauru005.zip


*Solomon Islands*

NONE - But there is mesh available