EVAC-3F & EVAC-3O Decoration Fighter Craft (USS Almayer & New Varadaro)

[Misttyy]

About the pull request

Adds the EVAC-3 from the RPG as a fluff map vehicle, that is not actually drivable, similar to the tractor.

The EVAC-3 is added in both a USCM variant for the USS Almayer and a USAF variant for New Vardaro. On NV, it's featured around the airfield, with a limited number of craft with fluff items like a pilot's helmet and severed hand- and maintenance gear for a dropship.

As well as that, M39s and flight suits replace the M4RAs in the dorms in order to reinforce the fact that NV is a USAF station.

Explain why it's good for the game

This adds more RPG items into the game, without affecting game balance, more or less encouraging people to know more about the universe.

As well, as this adds a bit more decoration to an unused room in the Almayer and helps make the ship feel alive.

Testing Photographs and Procedure

Changelog

🆑 Misty
add: Adds the EVAC-3F as a USCM decoration fighter in the USS Almayer. This also adds a fighter-stowage bay by the pilot's office containing two of these fighters. Sprite by Naut.
add: Adds the EVAC-3O as map decoration on NV. It spawns around the airfield and has misc pilot gear around it- such as a flight recorder, flight helmet and M44 revolver. Sprite by Naut.
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[morrowwolf]

NV is not a USAF base. If you want to change the guns please do so in a different PR.

These sprites are kinda small four our perspective. Are these the ones Sammy had sprited? I remember them being bigger for some reason.

[Misttyy]

Can change the M39 element, sure.

NV section of lore was moved to discord side for discussion, for outside perspective.

For the dev stuff with the sprite, I'm not sure why they're so small ingame. They're bigger in the dmi, so perhaps something with the bound width and height? @nauticall or @thwompa might know how to fix that

[Misttyy]

Changes requested should be done, with both the M39 and the fix of linters. I'll let you mark as fixed if you think so @morrowwolf

[BeagleGaming1]

Changes requested should be done, with both the M39

If you undid the change about the guns, could you remove it from the changelog?

[Misttyy]

u right

[morrowwolf]

The jet sprites feel like... way too small. We'll see what Sammy/Frans think but I can't imagine a 2x2 fighter being approved. It looks way out of place.

[Misttyy]

Can we get code and mapping approval out of the way?

I think there's something off with the sprites, but I think its how they're implemented, rather than the sprites themselves. Looking for naut's feedback on how to handle it, I doubt its her issue but something on my end

[Misttyy]

Should be good to resolve now and wait for Frans to take a look.

At current, the EVAC-3s can be walked through. I think it's fine, for now, as it's a big craft and if you've been around something like this IRL you know you can go under it. It works fine for now, but in the future I might see if I can find a way to make the center itself unable to be walked through

[Misttyy]

[Misttyy]

I'll go fix the trailing light in the hanger bay later but if I boot up my PC again I will not sleep

[realforest2001]

Descriptions of both fighters, along with the two supposedly severed hands require gramattical review.

[Misttyy]

Descriptions of both fighters, along with the two supposedly severed hands require gramattical review.

Sure, I'm having the lore team do their own descs for them and then I'll add those + a refined blurb for it

I love writing, but writing in strongdmm isn't my fine art 😆

[morrowwolf]

Alright spent some time thinking about it.

Not a fan of the one on the Almayer. Go ahead and remove the Almayer changes. Doesn't sit right for me.

The New Varadero ones should be offset at least a bit. You don't want them perfectly symmetrical in the area it'll look funny.

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