11. Nov. 2022 - TESTED SU11 - NO ISSUES - PLEASE REPORT IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS
North Europe oil/gas offshore installations:
Placement of all Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Irish, Russian, Polish and British oilrigs in the North Sea/Norwegian Ocean/Irish Sea/Baltic Sea/Celtic Sea.
Version 3.0 adds landable helipads on all rigs and FPOS.
Version 2.2 pinpoints about 500 rigs, FPOS and loading bouys in the Norwegian Ocean, the North Sea,the west coast of United Kingdom and the Baltic Sea. I do not have accurate 3D models of the platforms, so the default MS Flightsim oilrig and oil tanker is used in all the locations. FPOS are made by merging the default platform and the default tanker. I have also added some oil tankers in the location of some of the loading buoys. The placement should be pretty accurate - source of positions are pulled from the Norwegian map authority's (Kartverket) electronic nautical charts (Norgeskart nautical charts), from Avinor IPPC service, from EMODmet and from a KML file found on the internet.... I'm pretty certain that all of the installations are covered - if you miss some, please let me know. There have been a lot of decommissioning and removal/clean up in the last years. I've tried to place only the installations still out there, but the cleanup is ongoing, so there will be some errors. There may also be a few rigs/FPOS missed or maybe hoovering or floating helipads. Please take a note of the position and let me know if you find some..... :-)
Installation:
Just drop in your community folder.
Requirement:
The free World update USA have to be installed - the MS Flightsim oilrig and tanker is a part of this package.
Ver 3.4
- Added rigs Petrobaltic and Petro Giant of coast of Poland in the Baltic Sea
- Buildt with SDK 0.15.0 for Sim update 1.20.6 compatibility.
Ver 3.3
- Buildt with SDK 0.14.0 for Sim update 1.18.15 compatibility.
Ver 3.1
- Added 106 POI positions. You can now start your flight in air, close to the oil/gas rigs, from the world map. You will also have POI markers on those positions.
Ver 3.0
- Finally - added landable helipads on all rigs and FPOS's (merged tankers/rigs with helipads). The oiltankers are not landable.
Ver 2.2
- Added 38 Dutch rigs and a tanker (loading buoy).
- Added 1 German rig
- Added 2 Irish rigs
- Added 2 Russian rigs in the Baltic Sea
- Added 1 Polish rig in the Baltic Sea.
Ver 2.1
- Added 20 Danish platforms.
Ver 2.0
- All British offshore oil/gas covered
Ver 1.0
- All Norwegian oil platforms/rigs in correct positions
- Some oil tankers in positions of loading buoys
Issues:
You will still not crash when when hitting the rigs/tankers outside the helipads......
Credits:
Big thanks to GBZH35 and his helpers to make the landable helipads making this update possible.
https://flightsim.to/profile/GBZH35
https://flightsim.to/file/10748/helipads-pack-4-shapes-pbr-textures-fully-customisable
Ginete
Ty!
Miggy
Would you have a file of some sort with the actual placement coordinates of each rig?
I would like to try and add the relevant helipad ICAO name where applicable.
I have done two manually, but I would like to automate the process for all the rigs according to another list in LNM with ICAO.
This would then become and add-on to your fabulously complete add-on, with your permission of course! 😊
CaptOle author
Hi and thanks for the kind words.
No, I don't have any file or listing of the rig positions exept the xml's in the project itself. Where do you want to add the ICAO names? As POI's in the sim or as a waypoint file for LNM?
2 years ago
jdaharstad
I only see the helipad. even when I have the USA update installed? does anyone know how to fix this????
thanks
CaptOle author
D
o you have SU11 beta installed? I'm not on the beta program, so I have no clue about if it works with SU11 yet. Will check after tomorrows release.I have not had any complains about problems with SU10, though.I've tested the scenery after SU11 upgrade today with no problems so far.
Can you see the rigs and tankers in the Gulf of Mexico? If not, it's a problem with the USA World update. Else you have to check that this package is correct installed in your community folder. For testing, remove everything from your community folder, exept this scenery and check once again. If you see the rigs, you have some kind of conflict with some other addon. If you still just see the helipads, try to delete the installation and do a new download/reinstall of this scenery.
2 years ago
4791
I have this excellent mod installed, however, im obviously missing a texture for the actual landing pad as they all show up bright pink, anyone else have this issue?
CaptOle author
The missing textures is probably because you are using other sceneries that make use of GBZH35's helipads. If several sceneryes includes the same asset, the sim will use the first asset it find (as every asset only loads once) and if this asset is missing the texture file you get those pink squares instead.....
To confirm this theory, please remove everything from your community folder, except the oilrigs (and maybe a helicopter) and visit one of my oilrigs.
If everything is ok now, I guess we have pinpointed the problem.
2 years ago
antonmagryanair
SU7?
CaptOle author
No problem with SU7.
2 years ago
101001101
Hi there, I'd like to use this excellent add-on with Air Hauler 2, but to do that I need to figure out the long / latitude coords of all the locations, Do you know how I can acquire those? Thanks
CaptOle author
Hi
I've used this site to place most of the oilrigs: https://www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/view-data.php. Tick off "Offshore Installations -> Operational" or follow this link:
https://www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/view-data.php?map=cGxhdGZvcm1zX29wZXJhdGlvbmFsJm1hcGNlbnRyZT0tNTU0NzE3LDg0MDk2MTQmem9vbWxldj01Jm1hcGJhc2U9aHlicmlkJmZpbHRlcnM9LWFtcC1xZmllbGRzPS1hbXAtcW9wcHM9LWFtcC1xYXR0cz0tYW1wLXFib29scz0tYW1wLXFsaW5rcz0mZmlsdGVyc21zPSZvcGFjaXR5PSZ2ZXNzZWxzPSZyb3V0ZXM9
2 years ago
DST
hi, is this working with SU7 im getting the helicopter the airbus H135 and was wanting to do flights from EGPD to the offshore rigs near scotland, does it work with SU7?
CaptOle author
Yes - it's working with SU7.
3 years ago
NoInspiration
Hi, any chance to add EBOO? Thanks in advance!
CaptOle author
Some more info please. If I'm not wrong, EBOO is a naval navigation aid/light house/radar station and not a oil/gas rig?
3 years ago
br0mmie
Please add the Stella Oil Field with FPF-1 in it for instance
CaptOle author
Please provide the exact position and I will add it in the next update.
It would also be nice to know the name of the oil rig operating on the Stella field.
3 years ago
speedwaystar
are these lit at night? 320simpilot mentions flying over the north sea at night and their lights being clearly visible from 35000 ft.
CaptOle author
They are lit at night, but the rigs are the default flightsim models. I have no control of the viewing distance of the lights. And no - you will not be able to see the lights from 35 000 ft.
3 years ago
comcat
sweet mod, unfortunately the pads on the rigs appear pink for me...what am I missing?
CaptOle author
You have another mod using the same helipads, but missing/have a corrupt texture file.
Please read my answer in posts below. I have also added this problem to the faq.
3 years ago
presb
Would it be possible to change the Oil rigt from POI to airports, so they have a correct ICAO name, and DME.
Latest danish AIM
https://aim.naviair.dk/media/files/0zmxkwxyhuu/EK_AD_3_1_en.pdf
CaptOle author
That question is answered before..... I've looked in to that. It would be like making a lot of new airports/making this addon almost from bottom once again.... This scenery consists of almost 600 positions. To mark them as helipads they have to be a part of an "airport" in MSFS. Too much work at this time. And as far as I can see, the SDK is not ready for making heliports without some workarounds yet.
3 years ago
Yourakk
Hi, great addition to the sim, it makes helicopter ops so much enjoyable !
Are you planning to upgrade some of the oilrigs with custom 3D modeling or something ?
CaptOle author
If models become available i will, but I dont have knowledge myself to make 3D models.
3 years ago
nebogipfel
Hi can you add Polish platforms in the Baltic Sea?
PETRO GIANT
PETROBALTIC
www.vesselfinder.com
CaptOle author
Done - download the latest version :-)
3 years ago
amb7364
Great Job highly recommended.