[0.33] [AIRCRAFT] MC-260 Chimera - Multirole Cargo Plane

[unreal elk]

key is to be high enough that it has to shoot through it

[vapid oyster]

https://discord.com/channels/909034158205059082/1496867175804174426

Currently, the only way to make the railguns accurate to my knowledge is to install this mod that fixes the targeting issue. I've managed to actually hit ships at 80km with the railguns and spaag at 40km

You'll still probably miss a few good shots especially on moving targets but it's still alot better than not having it at all

This does make spaag and other units more accurate btw since it fixes their targeting too

[blissful fog]

like full on airborne assault

i tried doing it

and gotta tell you

kinda hard

gotta make sure areas completely clear of SAM and AA's

and enemy aircrafts

[reef elm]

whens the mod that adds modded aircraft factories to every mission dropping though

[verbal canyon]

disregard previous messages, was an issue with other mods

[grave jolt]

mod link?

[vapid oyster]

#1496867175804174426 message

Take note that ai guns/turrets will be more accurate and shred you too

[grave jolt]

ah

i see

[glacial tulip]

This mod feels like an actual Official Nuclear Option update

The one who probably made this mod should actually join the Official Dev team for nuclear option ngl

[mighty musk]

the cargo door closes very rapidly, and damages the ventral strakes & rear control surfaces

I was able to consistently re-create this when dropping cargo items quickly back to back

additionally it would be neat if we could get the new SAM launchers added to work with the tarantula as well
and the new recon vehicle can't be airlifted by the tarantula as it's over it's MTOW, would be neat if it could. Thanks

[hasty yoke]

i found dimond

[west magnet]

ts is so peak

[obtuse panther]

Also as a dedicated AWACS

You could easily spot the entirety of the map from the safety of your base

Put the radome with a 127mm railgun and just destroy everything

[keen anvil]

The beauty of the Chimera.

[slim loom]

why is this plane incompatible with NOTT?
like really. Whats so changing about NOTT that the plane refuses to take off

[split mauve]

ask NOTT devs. It seems to be affecting the FM on the vehicle and just, doesnt work

[cinder sparrow]

You can use it with NOTT if you disable that option

This will always be an issue with modded ac I guess

[ornate charm]

what? I’ve carried two of the FRCV no problem in it

[limpid spear]

This mod is f***ing phenomenal

[snow light]

hey @ornate charm ive got a few sugestions for da plane! (just things i think would be cool)

1. let us carry hexhounds as cargo! maybe 6 total between the 2 bays
2. expand the bomb bay so it can carry more munitions and bigger munitions (2 paveways or like some r6 and scythes)
3. please let us put gunpods on the wing pylons (like those 20mm that can lock on to planes if they infront of you)
   but yea those are my few suggestions! love the mod and i can not wait for future mods you have in mind!!

[naive venture]

yeah this needs to be official

[glacial jetty]

So far I'm enjoying this mod more that I should, setting up forward SAM sites that rip AI to shreds !

When making missions, I found that our options for radars are a little overkill for the RAM-45 batteries. Would it be possible to make the radar container available in the mission editor ?
I'm assuming it is as powerful as the radar on the T9K41 Boltstrike.

Also, spinning the RAM-45 and the MMR-3 turrets into their own combined mod, with dependency would be a nice touch !

[ornate charm]

I intend to add radar and fire control crates as well so you can assemble full SAM sites :)

[novel lava]

you, KAR/BOTE, base game, and QOL will have this functionality

[dusty thicket]

it's like christmas in april

[west magnet]

late easter

[dusty laurel]

How’d you get that paint

[ornate charm]

it's on the workshop

Absolute Solver by jackaroo

[wheat bridge]

i cant find the repository or whatever (im unfamiliar with git hub)

[inner python]

NOMM

[wheat bridge]

nvm found it

[verbal canyon]

So THAT is why I couldn't take off lmao

[ornate charm]

#1497065625997283428 message

Releases on the side is the part you want

[wheat bridge]

thanks! i found it

[deft notch]

Is there any way to capture points with the MC-260?

[verbal canyon]

probably dropping apcs

[timber oracle]

is anyone seeing (aerodynamic) stability issues with the MC-260?

[remote ginkgo]

Do you have NOTT?

[timber oracle]

with an LT up front and an APC in the rear, 50% fuel, seems to really really like pitching up

[timber oracle]

nope

[remote ginkgo]

Ah

Its just has alot of thrust and lift, not sure if its intended or not

[timber oracle]

i know but even with me trying to toss all of the weight forward it starts pitching up even at 40% throttle

it doesnt stabilise until 350kts

[remote ginkgo]

do you have the newest version?

Ver 1.0.4

[timber oracle]

I have 1.0.1

I’ll get 1.0.4 and try again

[green lance]

https://discord.gg/2VBukMeEx

[timber oracle]

I have the GitHub

[deft notch]

yeah, it likes pitching up for me well until it's up to speed

when lifting off

doesn't strike me as weird though

[timber oracle]

I know, but it was pitching up even while commanding full down

[timber oracle]

Issue persists with 0.4.

[remote ginkgo]

Interesting

There is a bug report form in Aryx‘s server

[timber oracle]

I would expect it if I had the light tank in the rear slot

Because it’s 27 tons

But the fact that it’s happening with the lighter APC in the rear slot is kind of concerning to me

I’m not seeing the issue with two light tanks, though

[ornate charm]

might be CoM shift

[timber oracle]

That’s my thinking but why would a lighter rear end cause more pitch up???

[ornate charm]

as the centre of mass shifts forwards, you get less staticly stable

wait

other way round lmao

Probably an interaction between CoM shift and the blown wings mechanic

I'll shift the thrust point of the wings around and test some more

[timber oracle]

Please test using LT front, APC rear, 50% fuel. I’ll toy around with it to see if I can get more unstable configs

[green depot]

am I blind? where do I actually download the thing?

[remote ginkgo]

Go to the tags

[wise nacelle]

chimera cancelled

[green depot]

kk
I'm used to the files just being on the frontpage when I grab mods so was confused. Thanks for the help!

[ionic bison]

Or just use NOMM

[deft notch]

There need to be MC-260 missions

Barely any proper gunship missions

[ornate charm]

i was thinking of putting some ingame actually as inbuilt ones

[unreal elk]

yess

[ornate charm]

current ideas:

• use a Warhead Container to transport a base’s nukes to another base in preparation for a launch
• Take on a highly protected base from long range with the railguns

[deft notch]

ya cool

[low knoll]

Transport planes are REALLY going to benefit from the next big map

Heartland is basically Shipment from CoD4

[wheat marsh]

Maybe make a mission where the boscali army is in a desperate need of 71 tons of roasted ham sandwiches and cokey cola

One vital mission

[deft notch]

uh in what sense

[mild warren]

Hey im trying to do multiplayer with a friend using this but it keeps saying intcorrect version

[low knoll]

Knife fight in a phone booth, at least for non stealth aircraft with BVR weapons

[uncut walrus]

When you roll there's enough joint flex in the tail to open visible gaps through the model between the panels

[deft notch]

i thought heartland was going to be huge

oh

i see what you mean

the new map

not heartland

[ornate charm]

compare exact versions of everything, blueprinter included

e.g.

[unreal elk]

add a weapon option that just fills the whole cargo bay with ALM-C450 cruise missiles that drop out the rear bay

[little magnet]

wait i have a better idea

five. hundred. AGM-48s

[unreal elk]

i would like to not fry my 3080TI and CPU please

[little magnet]

-# i mean that metaphorically as a Star Trek reference-

nbaskfsdf fair

[unreal elk]

but yes i get it

[little magnet]

also uh, wow the AI doesn't like flying this thing

[unreal elk]

isn't that the orville not star trek?

i cannot remember

[little magnet]

tried to make a mission with like 12 of them on Altercation and and they either flew around radar jamming but not attacking or they crashed into the ground-

[ocean socket]

I am in so much pain having to stare at such a teasing file at the top of that list.

[ocean socket]

Also tbf a super serious mission where you need to use jammers to get past corvettes & then 1 turret to knock out a ground target only for the final message to say what you delivered while risking your life was just snacks would be top tier mission design.

[ocean socket]

Orville yes not StarTrek :3

[ionic bison]

I must have spent about 20 minutes firing on vigil cay with the twin railguns and never got a hit 😭

From about 40km out

[ocean socket]

Way too far away 👀

[unreal elk]

speaking of vigil cay

how many targets can this lase?

[green island]

at 40km you can only really hit buildings and some ships.

20km you can get semi-accurate fire on stationary vehicles

below 10km for moving vehicles

[low knoll]

Could we do asymmetric loads for the wings? Having a jammer on one and two ARMs or three AGM68s on the other would be nice

[ornate charm]

the wings are symmetric for balance

so you can't run full medusa at once

[glossy lark]

Is there a manual for what parameters I should be flying to drop cargo loads?
Also wonderful plane as it fits right into the game really well.

[ornate charm]

Pretty much all of the payloads of the Chimera can be thrown out the back at altitude given they have chutes except for the Type-12, for which I advise basically doing a touch & go where you hit the dirt at landing speed, roll the tank out the back then take off again

FRCV can be paradropped but survival is not guaranteed

[glossy lark]

So how far from the target should I begin a drop? I've noticed a delay due to the obvious door opening and slide out time.

[ornate charm]

I typically begin the drop about two seconds before the wheels hit the ground

[glossy lark]

Cool.

[low knoll]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[rigid ruin]

try (Gun Fire Control Fix) mod, it might help
i don't know how to mention that mod forum here

[low knoll]

This plane is THIRSTY

Playstyle designed for long loiter + rapid fuel consumption = im actually watching my fuel gage for the first time ever

I will add that the airbrakes definitely feel too strong. Able to decrease velocity while in a 45 degree dive is insane

[vestal verge]

wait until u see the Ifrit's split flaps

i have to be careful not to turn on the Ifrit's airbrakes when evading IR missiles because of how strong they are

[low knoll]

@ornate charm is maximum g-force load dependent?

[ornate charm]

Somewhat

highest I've pulled is 5

[junior moon]

Can't tell if anyone has asked in here so sorry if I'm saying something that's been said a million times, but is it planned/would it be possible to put the Tara's 76 on the Chimera?

[ornate charm]

It's more or less omitted so the Tara still has a role in the gunship dept

precision arty versus the Chimera's "kick the door down"

[low knoll]

Sometimes it literally just refuses to pull more than 2g and it sucks since im trying to dodge ARH or the ground

[junior moon]

Yeah fair

[low knoll]

Not even at max capacity but at like 60-70% capacity

[junior moon]

Also just gotta say, I'm not into mods at all but this thing is cool enough I couldn't resist
Orbiting the forward airstrips on escalation after their air defenses have been taken out with the 30mm and the 57 is some of the most fun I've had with this game in a while

[ornate charm]

:D

glad you’re having fun with it :3

[glossy lark]

I wonder if someone has put the Chimera into Flyout.

[ornate charm]

sadly flyout doesn’t have split drag rudders

[glossy lark]

It doesn't?

[ornate charm]

nope

[fervent hill]

i can't find the craft's .nobp file in github

all i see is the readme file

[glossy lark]

https://github.com/Aryx3D/Aryx-MC260-Chimera/releases

[fervent hill]

ah. thankies.

[tidal falcon]

Thoughts on making the 57 eject casings?

I figure the 30 would be like the A10s gun, and the vulcan where the spent casings just recyle into the barrel, but 57 casings are heavy so it may make more sense to eject them

not to mention

it would look cool

Also unsure if this is a known bug or intentional

[ornate charm]

Yeah weird blueprinter bug i’m tryna work out

some materials just don’t like loading, you see em blow up in the log

[grave jolt]

it does say it's in the red but that's just a GUIDELINE

you CAN go over that amount

how much? you'll have to test

[errant basalt]

hewlo, i have a question, the FRCV-105 LT does have a movement ai?, like , it can go for himselft to one point to another without manually command it

[vestal verge]

the only airdropped vehicle that moves on its own is the Jackknife

i'm guessing the FRCV would work if spawned as part of a mission tho

[errant basalt]

Makes sense

Ig i will keep manually commanding them

Since i like FRCV a lot

I hope it would be playable with kar 💔

[midnight folio]

Is there an official MC-260 theme song on spotify?

[winged pivot]

@ornate charm can you ping me your spec/roughness map?

screen grabs are fine

[light plinth]

why dont my rear cargo show up

[mighty musk]

https://tenor.com/view/guidlines-pirates-of-the-caribbean-hector-babossa-georffrey-rush-gif-7844913

Yeah, I'll do some testing

[livid sand]

I've never played around with Spotify... but I guess I can try figuring it out, how to upload things there?

It's gonna be on Youtube, though, just like the F-16 theme, when I have the video done for it :)

[midnight folio]

Sorry I'm not a spotify artist lol but the soundtrack sounds fire tho

[livid sand]

Yeah, so far I'm reading - it's a bit difficult to upload stuff to Spotify, it has to be done through a publisher

[flint sedge]

Maaaan, I wish this was vanilla lol, it’s so good

[grizzled bobcat]

Mitch mentioned that there would be a heavy cargo eventually

[ornate charm]

yeah there’s a vanilla one coming later this year

[ornate charm]

same as vanilla, check the vanilla livery builders

[jagged fox]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/701014891691114546/1498351551876698192/Nuclear_Option_replay_2026.04.27-23.48.mp4?ex=69f0d81f&is=69ef869f&hm=90d0d1c12a7447fa2ff3c3967638617ae1456987dc9626b1e2660372038b6067&

first try, somehow worked

that was so fun, thanks for the treat Aryx

I just don't understand how the two tanks couldn't capture the airbase when there's only ZU-23s left

btw, certified Girls Und Panzer moment

https://giphy.com/gifs/girls-drift-123xOhqpkS3N0Q

[errant basalt]

the most chill FRCV drop

[jagged fox]

this came about because I realize Maris airport lost its north-east AA network

so I winged it

[jagged fox]

the fireball came about because the SAM chair hit me on the ground

which I didn't realize was possible

[jagged fox]

damn, that's a beautiful drop

also, that second tank should have died lol

[errant basalt]

https://tenor.com/view/unfortunately-i-died-but-i-survived-ice-age-buck-crash-gif-17916310

[jagged fox]

I think we would need to be less than 400 km/h for this to be physically possible

right?

[errant basalt]

FRCV my fav unit, now with the new ir sam i will keep using the chimera more, logistics gameplay

[errant basalt]

i think yeah

[jagged fox]

same, I love the Chimera

able to rapidly reinforce those FOBs with the IR containers

[errant basalt]

true, im planning next time with a friend do multilayer defense

[jagged fox]

trust me, it's worth it

[errant basalt]

a few stratolance, ram45 and then the ir one

and some cram ofc

[jagged fox]

the guy I played with, we both managed to set up TWO AA sites in record time

also

HLT Radar truck works for RAM-45 containers

[errant basalt]

in terminal i capped the airport and made the sam sites really kick , the bunch of missiles intercepted were brutal bc of the naval siege

[jagged fox]

so a tarantula can carry a truck for ya, while your chimera carries a munition pallet and a RAM container

and bam, a mini SARH site

[errant basalt]

the tratantula can carry ram too, with ibis

its worth a lot if you need a fast deploy medium range sam site

[ornate charm]

more to come

[jagged fox]

please!

[ornate charm]

today’s update will include Stratolance, Fire Control and Radar containers

[jagged fox]

I am in love with the Chimera

[jagged fox]

[ornate charm]

thank you :D

she’s a weird one to fly, especially landing

[jagged fox]

really?

she's literally the comfiest aircraft I have ever flown

[ornate charm]

the blown wing mechanic takes some getting used to since it makes your lift directly scale with your thrust when the flaps are down

[jagged fox]

at least for this game

huh

[errant basalt]

omg thank you aryx, you are doing peak with chimera, i really needed it for logistics🥹

[jagged fox]

guess that was never an issue for, somehow

[ornate charm]

it’s how it has such good takeoff performance

the actual thrust direction of the engine rotates with the flaps

[jagged fox]

Like, if I wasn't killed by that SAM chair

I would have landed the thing then and there in the enemy airfield

honestly, the Chimera reminds me a lot of the Delta Force MC-130

and the Delta Force movies hold a special place in my heart

[errant basalt]

i hope we could airdrop aerosentry

[jagged fox]

good god

that's too much power for one person to have

I actually wish we could drop LADS or at least CRAM trailers

[errant basalt]

would be good ngl

[jagged fox]

LADS may be OP though

like, I would imagine a Chimera can carry at least 2 LADS

[errant basalt]

i think 1 , its big

[jagged fox]

and a single LADS basically deny all ordinance

[jagged fox]

oh yeah, that would be better then

use the same bay as the MBT

[errant basalt]

anyways, i have kar mod, i like do ligstics and fobs, or defenses

literally in terminal with a friend we made a fob inside the stadium

[jagged fox]

KAR seems fun

me and my pal really should try it sometimes

[inner spruce]

Are you able to load soldier squads into this plane?

[jagged fox]

no, or at least not yet

you can airdrop tanks?

[errant basalt]

yeah try it out, its fun , you need ofc play it in a kinda small map, terminal for example its a good choice

[jagged fox]

which is technically better

[jagged fox]

aite, that we will do

btw, is the Chimera even remotely possible irl?

just a weird question

it has a very distinctive tail, after all

[errant basalt]

ig, it looks like a lot like c-390

[smoky tapir]

the engines and the railguns are probably the most unrealistic things

[errant basalt]

project wingman style realism lol

[jagged fox]

eh, engines seem fine to me. I think there're some prototypes out there with those engines

railguns though, divert to Project Wingman

btw, between the C-130 and the Chimera, which seems bigger to you all?

cuz technically a C-130 can land and takeoff from a carrier deck

I am curious if that's even plausible to pull off in this game

[mighty musk]

You can land on the big carrier, someone posted a clip of it a few days ago

[smoky tapir]

yc14 and an72 have similar engine placement i meant the twr

[mighty musk]

stall speed isn't that bad

[jagged fox]

so landing is possible

[smoky tapir]

aryx said it can land on the cursor

[jagged fox]

if the game could have a CATOBAR-equipped CV, then we technically could launch a Chimera of its deck haha

[errant basalt]

ig chimera, it literally drops two of the futuristic tcm ags

[jagged fox]

good point

[smoky tapir]

ive landed on the hyperion

[mighty musk]

you don't really need a catapult to take off, it essentially behaves like a stol aircraft

I've yet to use an actual runway while taking off

[jagged fox]

yeah, but the Hyperion has tha jump ramp

not very conducive for the Chimera's nose

I think

[jagged fox]

the Chimera can literally take off right out the gate of some hangars

which is something I never would have even imagined

[mighty musk]

yeah it's a bit funny

[errant basalt]

too much engine power lol

[smoky tapir]

yeah it has a twr of over 1.5 empty

[mighty musk]

probably unrealistic though

[jagged fox]

but it's an unrealistic thing that I wouldn't trade anything for

[smoky tapir]

doesnt even have afterburners lol

[jagged fox]

have you ever seen a supersonic military cargo plane lol

that's the Chimera for ya

[mighty musk]

you'd burn the top coating of the wing if it had afterburners

[jagged fox]

I'm pretty sure the cargo would implode

if there's afterburners involved

[mighty musk]

idk about that, you'd have to install heat shielding on the relevant areas, and most likely lose any benefit of a blow wing with the added weight

[ocean socket]

I posted an image like day 2/3 of the plane existing :3 It's really easy tbh

[jagged fox]

but can you take off?

[ocean socket]

Most huge planes have pretty insane TWRs when empty...Since they just...Shouldn't be :3

[ocean socket]

Yes

[jagged fox]

damn

I want to see that when there's a chance

[errant basalt]

naval proven chimera 🔥

[mighty musk]

real challenge now is to land on a shard using that 1.5 TWR, revoker style

[jagged fox]

that calls it, now we need a naval skin for the Chimera

[ocean socket]

I mean you can probably do it before I get home, but I could spend like a few mins to do it in freeflight & fully record taking off too.

[jagged fox]

jesus

[ocean socket]

I won't be home for another few hours so...

[jagged fox]

it's fine

I'm actually working near midnight haha

[mighty musk]

it's finals week, I'm not launching a game, I'll defer it to others after setting the goal

[ocean socket]

But I'm 500% confident you can land it without too much hassle & take off with...Well, depends if you turn around and get space first or not, but. If you're light-load, 100% even half the carrier is enough.

I'll make sure to equip guns so that on the take off it's 'realistically' armed, I suppose

Though again it's not a hassle so literally anyone can do & post if first lmao

[jagged fox]

haha

I will try it out tmr then

though I gotta drag my pal in as a cameraman

[errant basalt]

having rn a crazy idea with chimera lol

airdrop a friend in a base using the kar mod

[raw thistle]

it was literally c390 without actual T-tail until aryx added B-52 engines as a joke instead of two big ones

then they were blended with wings

[errant basalt]

crazy desing creation process lol

[low knoll]

I hope something like the FRCV is added in vanilla. Assault guns are so cool

[ornate charm]

Yep!

the engines are in a blown wing configuration, providing a lot more lift during takeoff

allows it to carry much heavier loads

the tail’s probably the most unrealistic part, was done because of hangar size constraints

[ornate charm]

An-72 gaming

the coolest Antonov plane

[low knoll]

I am forgotten

[ornate charm]

ultimately the MC-260 inspiration wise is a fusion of B-52, YC-14, An-72, Y-20 and C-390

[vast granite]

where even is the .nobp file? can't find it in the GitHub

[ocean socket]

Imagine not knowing how to use github :3 :3 :3

[vast granite]

cuz i don't use it?

[ocean socket]

I'm too lazy to check right this second but...

Are you reposting the same image or doing it fresh? :3

[ocean socket]

Myes myes I know, only being sarcy dw

[quasi brook]

why tf i cant take off with this plane? like i pull up and nothing happens

[ornate charm]

same one

[vast granite]

bruh can't even download why tf does this PC have microsoft family saftey on

[ornate charm]

remove NOTT it breaks it

[ocean socket]

Fair~

[quasi brook]

thanks

[ocean socket]

Honestly kinda hilarious image to have laying around

Should make it a sticker :3

[coral shoal]

HLT Radar works with RAM containers, QoL radar containers works with stratolance, fire control works with combos of both

Full interchangeable. It's 2080s after all

[ocean socket]

How to use github sticker
Remove NOTT sticker

[jagged fox]

still the most interesting portion of the Chimera

[ornate charm]

Yeah it's interesting from an engineering and design point of view

rather than a conventional empennage she has a V-tail with ventral strakes used for yaw stability at AOA (landing)

for yaw authority she then uses split-drag rudders and thrust differential

[ocean socket]

Folding vertical stab would have been really funny though tbf.

[ornate charm]

It was explored but it looked ugly as sin folded

[ocean socket]

Oh undeniably

But, funny :3

[ornate charm]

also experimenting with my next mod

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1489016113411920023/1498134766052970668/2026-04-27_02-26-17.mp4?ex=69f0b6fa&is=69ef657a&hm=85a7ad461493b2fbbbd908028c937de8cd97e2d5f32fb148f2f4a0976a8e8a52&

nice lil weapon pack

[ocean socket]

Yea I saw that pack name dropped when you posted the screenshot of your folder and evaporated with jealousy.

[ornate charm]

I'm mostly doing all this to experiment so I can document it all for public use later

[ocean socket]

Doesn't mean I'm less of a greedy dubious creature, especially after seeing that :3

[dim fractal]

How the bloody hell do you get this plane to take off, without instantly going for a loop?

[ornate charm]

Remove NOTT.

It breaks the aero.

[dim fractal]

https://tenor.com/view/bladerunner2049-ryan-gosling-gif-24048514

[tranquil pelican]

https://tenor.com/view/tai-lo-gif-7790910211250344374

Oh heavens

[pastel atlas]

your spine injuries are not service related

[ornate charm]

Tornado style munitions dispenser >:)

[vestal verge]

#1457938330153910440 message

[tranquil pelican]

Going to be an awful day for unattended ground units when that weapon pack comes out

[ornate charm]

when there's a fire at SBGA and the column of spearheads on the bridge is left unattended:

[queen wigeon]

oooo
Spear-3s / Storm shadows?

but nuclear optioned

oh yea brimstones maybe too

be cool

[ocean socket]

Gotta get that sticker if you keep making planes :3 :3 :3

[ocean socket]

It seems my carrier video will have some bloopers entirely due to my tired after work flying but I'll be able to post up soon to show what I mentioned earlier I suppose.

[slim loom]

i found that just turning off the computer modifications in NOTT settings makes it work again :3

[errant basalt]

that was a very fast takeoff wow

[wild bronze]

That is some gnarly thrust to be able to do that

[ocean socket]

Ok so no audio because bleeeeeh :3 My keyboard + mic + chatting with people + YT... No :P

[ornate charm]

hehe

[ornate charm]

blown wings bebeeeeeeeeee

[ocean socket]

Also unironically these have been my worst attempts so far but...Hey, I did it so...Bweh.

[errant basalt]

navalized chimera

[ocean socket]

...I should ping & reply the people that actually caused me to do that...Or just hope they check the whole chat history later I guess...

I mean that made me do it this time, my original attempts on the first day using it were entirely my mind :3

[craggy topaz]

how blown are these wings bro

[wild bronze]

I'll blow your wings
-# Wait, what?

Wild though. At any given moment an enemy over a city is suddenly ambushed by Chimeras lifting off from parking lots.

[ocean socket]

Wings blowing more than your mmmmmoney in the wind, yep, that's how that joke works.

[golden cove]

did yall try the twin railguns to snipe stuff, the range is insane

[errant basalt]

sounds like something that ace combat would do

[ornate charm]

very

[ornate charm]

enabled the vanilla radar container for it

[soft jasper]

pretty cool

[errant basalt]

The epic alpine splinter skin 💙

[ornate charm]

it's so peak

[errant basalt]

It is, i love that skin

In ibis looks fire tho

another while lifting the ram lol

[snow light]

Hey @ornate charm on behalf of someone else can you add a rear gun option to the plane? Like a 20mm or something? Like in the image but no person at the back!

[ornate charm]

I'm actually in a design sketch process for a laser turret for it

it'll be on the Radome slot

[grizzled bobcat]

Dang another update?

[ornate charm]

I intend to do daily-ish updates until it's at an acceptable quality level

Tomorrow will have some visual fixes and a deployable R9 StratoLance crate

[grizzled bobcat]

I assumed as much. Also I noticed both the F16 and Chimera have little or no suspension give is this intended or just hard to model in?

[snow light]

OH sick!!! I will say this to the person I bet he will be very happy! Also.... any more thought on the hexhounds?

[ornate charm]

Chimera has very hard suspension due to her high weight range, F-16’s ones need a bit of tuning as the rear ones are rather bouncy

[ornate charm]

Hexhounds are up in the air atm, the ability to spawn a boatload of them at once might be a little bit OP

[snow light]

Yea lol...

Would be funny though

Seeing like 6 hexhounds floating down to you

[ornate charm]

the cargo space could accommodate like 18 lmao

[snow light]

Holy.....

I recon 6-8 would be balanced.

But... who knows 🤷‍♂️ im not the professional lol

[ornate charm]

I'm also wanting to be careful regarding role capability, I want it to stand among the Ibis and Tarantula without taking their roles from them

which is why it doesn't get the guided 76

[snow light]

Mmmmm! Yea. Makes sence.

The way i see it. Is just a better ibis, but well.... expensive and also very awkward to use sometimes lol

Pros and cons

[ornate charm]

Yeah the blown wing mechanic takes some getting used to.

[snow light]

Yea. Also wish It had some air to air capability...

[ornate charm]

It does

It lacks any form of missile A2A so that it's a high value target that needs protected

in the same way the Darkreach doesn't have any A2A

[snow light]

Other than qol mod that gives it.... like 40 sythys lol

[ornate charm]

QOL and Balance do not fit in the same universe together.

[snow light]

Also tbf kingpins are like hella good a2a

[prime island]

do you guys know how to install nikkorap's blueprinter? there aren't any instructions on it, so i would really appreciate a guide. (i have Bepinex, just need blueprinter, and yes, im a little slow at this cause im new)

[snow light]

Aslong as u fire between 4-10km they baciclt garentied hit on anything

[ornate charm]

it's literally just a .dll file you throw in bepinex/plugins/

[prime island]

oh shoot mb thank you so much

[ornate charm]

honeycomb is orange again™ coming tomorrow

[novel lava]

3d printed plane

[slim loom]

if you dont want to play with files any time you get a mod just download modmanager (NOMM)

[ocean socket]

Hell yea

[low knoll]

This plane really makes me want the ability for airbrakes to be independent of throttle, since being able to deploy brakes while at max thrust would practically let you hover

[merry axle]

Hopefully we will get large hangers so we can make bigger aircraft

[low knoll]

The medium hangar is plenty big width and length wise, but it really needs to be taller (especially the door)

[keen anvil]

It's technically an STOL

Can takeoff from the cursor LFD

[wild bronze]

What does that even mean...?

[keen anvil]

You'll WHAT

[errant basalt]

i noticed

[jagged fox]

That's a beautiful take off

[grave jolt]

I thought this exact thing as I was typing

I was sheridan dropping APC's out of my tara long before the Chimera reached the Aryx Dynamics drawing board

[mighty musk]

that and placing hexhound AA pieces on top of buildings with the ibis

there's so many possibilities to further the gameplay, can't wait for improved ground AI

[wispy shuttle]

im so confused, I have bepin but have no idea where to put the mod

[green island]

Nuclear Option\BepInEx\plugins

slap both the blueprinter.dll and chimera .nobp file in there

[wispy shuttle]

nvm, had to install the blueprinter smh

[green island]

yes you need it

[sweet shore]

are there plans to make the mod compatible with NOTT?

[green island]

its on NOTTs end if it wants to inculde the aircraft isn't it?

#1457938330153910440 message plus you can disable the countermeasures and weapon display part if you want to use the rest of NOTT with the plane.

[tiny rivet]

@ornate charm not sure if this has been reported but the area around the cargo ramp is actually loose. if you move the aircraft up/down and left/right you will notice it wobble a little. this also includes the left horizontal stab being loose.

[green island]

Dropping cargo with speedbrakes fully extended can lead to some whoopsies

[swift vault]

So, as far as I understand, not being able to take off under max load/going on the loop without is a NOTT compatibility problem?

[proper osprey]

god bless

trio of images i put together during my first flight of this aircraft

[ornate charm]

beautiful

[ocean socket]

With the number of people complaining about nott that thing better cure cancer for all the fuss it causes

[ionic bison]

I miss the radar warning window, but it's not the end of the world

[ornate charm]

you actually can use NOTT with it, just disable the countermeasures screen iirc

[coral shoal]

Best thing of KSP's ModuleManager is that you can force-fix this kind of stuff for users by 3 strings in notepad and never hear about it again

[hardy shoal]

what does fire control thingies do again?

[gusty musk]

it's like a brain for (especially if not exclusively) radar SAM batteries near it so they coordinate and track/engage targets better

instead of just yeeting 3 billion R9s at a single cricket

[rigid monolith]

how do i install ? same as all other mods ? asking since its a nobp file

[ocean socket]

At the same time, it's funny to quickly dump like 10 hexhounds from respawning a tarantula, which do not communicate with eachother, and respond to all projectiles by going "aaaaaa" and all firing at once creating so many smoke trails it looks like a fireworks show.

[ocean socket]

Like the others, yes.

And gotta have blueprinter too

[rigid monolith]

eh

what ?

xD

hahahaha

[ocean socket]

If you don't use one, any pilot that flies near your giant sam battery has a heart attack.

[ocean socket]

What have you installed up till now . . ?

[rigid monolith]

nvm my friend i found it 😄

hail google search bar

hahaha

ok wait

i dont get it, i found 2 versions of blueprinter

one with a folder

and one loose file

what to keep

[ocean socket]

Oh dear god what is going on in there...

[rigid monolith]

oh no

pls dont kill me

hahahahaha

[ocean socket]

Wait wdym you "found" them and your first instinct was to grab it all...

And why is qol living as a plugin and a folder, I mean I only used it briefly but...

When was the last time you ran it with functional mods?~

Also I'm like 45% sure this wont play nice with QOL. It might work but IMO it's a gamble

I've seen people talk about using it so it shooooould be ok...

[rigid monolith]

like 1 week ago

i think

what are your suggestions to "fix" my sht

[ocean socket]

Anyway, the blueprinter dll should be all you need not a folder for it, since I cannot recall ever giving my friends a folder beforehand.

I really cannot recall putting anything other than a dll in there myself, but I've not run qol in a long time & don't use the 'rocket fix' so I wont claim to be right...

Well dlls & nobps

[rigid monolith]

ok someting wong

NVM I AM JUST BLIND

[ocean socket]

I mean this in the kindest way possible, this server has reminded me why mod managers are so frequently demanded even for small games...I have the unfair advantage of modding games that really didn't wanna be modded from a young age tbf.

And honestly even I'm thankful for mod managers, my ass does not wanna manually list mods in the days where games can have hundreds at once...

[ocean socket]

Did you get the game open & stable? :3

I'm hoping for good news :3

[rigid monolith]

YES

HAHAHA

i am flying big plane now

[ocean socket]

Hell yea :3

[fluid dove]

I'm curious, was it ever considered to have the Chimera use a 'Rapid Dragon'-inspired method of deploying munitions instead of the more conventional bomb bay? I only ask since it seems to have taken a lot of unique design cues from the C-17 (the split brakes on the wingtips to yaw at low speed are a BEAUTIFUL touch.)

[ocean socket]

#1490876028040777879 message

[cyan hinge]

j

[ornate charm]

j

etc

[proven plaza]

Is the aryx server for the elite only

[light plinth]

brah

[ornate charm]

it’s in the main msg

https://discord.com/channels/909034158205059082/1496884757961904312

or here ig

[ivory orchid]

Rapid Dragon?

[ivory orchid]

Will soon carry Rapid Dragon Cruise Missile launch platform?
Photo from: Rapid Dragon conducts first system-level demonstration of palletized munitions > WIN THE FUTURE > Article Display https://share.google/aVfjBfOyJyqAaCIHm

[ornate charm]

She doesn’t need one, she has a bomb bay for carrying heavy munitions

[ivory orchid]

There was a photo of a missile being launched, but where is it stored?

[ornate charm]

large bomb bay underneath the fuselage.

and it has wing pylons

[ivory orchid]

It looks like nuclear weapons could also be loaded into the large bomb bay at the bottom of the fuselage.

[ornate charm]

Multiple, it can carry 8.

#1497065625997283428 message

the aircraft is flyable ingame as well.

[ivory orchid]

Wing pylons carry air-to- air Missiles.

[ornate charm]

None

it's a strategic airlifter, it purposefully has no air to air missiles.

[ivory orchid]

The more I hear about this aircraft, the more I like it.
It needs escort aircraft, but it seems like it could be a game-changer.

Very cool cinematic video!
I'm follow your Youtube channel.

[ionic bison]

not exclusively

[ivory orchid]

Sorry, I'm checked Aryx's video.
MC-260 is Extreme Aviation.

[ionic bison]

.....
what?

absolutely not air-to-air missile exclusive on the wing pylons

[ivory orchid]

We need F-16M escort aircraft that can carry nuclear bombs.

[ionic bison]

who needs a nuclear escort?

[ivory orchid]

I'll shoot it down!

[ivory orchid]

I'll hit you with this missile!

[livid sand]

Railgun shot that decided to be weirdly accurate when it was needed the most:

[ivory orchid]

I'm secret Weapon.

[livid sand]

OnE mIlLiOn LiVeS!

[ivory orchid]

The game changer!

[ivory orchid]

I think MC-260 can takeoff from Alicorn Submarine.

[livid sand]

If loaded lightly - I'm pretty sure it can take off from a dinner plate

[ivory orchid]

Alicorn Extreme armament.
Paledriver TBM and ALND-4 Nuclear Missile launch platform and guns and Ballistic aircraft Carrier Submarine.
It's exciting just thinking about it!

[ocean socket]

Refer back to my carrier vid for how little distance even a gmb-500 loaded frame needs from a moving platform :3

[west magnet]

https://medal.tv/pl/games/nuclear-option/clips/mBMpa44E3n6fsjPHx?invite=cr-MSxDTE4sNTE0NzI0MTIz&v=33

[mystic walrus]

Hey Aryx, not sure if youll see this

But are you the same Aryx of Space Engineers modding?

[ocean socket]

The ominous fork of SE weapon-core on Aryx's github

[mystic walrus]

So...my suspicions confirmed

neat

[ornate charm]

In a past life.

[mystic walrus]

Your mods

God tier

for both games

Honest that was one of the first mods loaded after weaponcore, and then your drive systems cause the expanse was amazing

So thank you

Also suprising how small gaming communities really are

[ocean socket]

The thing that made me giggle about small communities was seeing that the dev for BD armoury for KSP made VTOLVR & that a dev who made helicopters for Ravenfield then made their own helicopter based games :3

[timber oracle]

Uhhh should I be able to super cruise at FL500

[ornate charm]

yknow what, screw it it’s funnier that way

[mystic walrus]

Jesus christ

[ocean socket]

Aryx has finally succumbed to people doing stupid stuff to the aircraft :3

[mystic walrus]

Ive seen a mig29 do mach 3 plus trying to catch a B1 in DCS but

Never seen a cargo jet supercruise

We are not worthy

[cinder sparrow]

Something something 2070s tech

[mystic walrus]

Aryx put a scramjet on an Effing cargo plane

ignore the fact that theyre turbofans

[ornate charm]

tbf they are rather powerful turbofans

basically F120-cored high bypass engines

[timber oracle]

worst part is, it was still accelerating

not even at full throttle

aryx what monster have you put in our hangars

[ornate charm]

tbf you can get a compass supersonic at high altitude

[mystic walrus]

Remind me to call you next time we re-engine my plane

[royal knoll]

Anyone have the ranges for the three guns?

[ionic bison]

50km/2.5km/7km, IIRC

also
slapped this together to show it off to some friends in another discord

[green island]

the 12 RCS aircraft can go a tiny bit faster where everyone can see it, as a treat

[queen wigeon]

burst missile launchers or is that only a scrimfaxi thing?

[ivory orchid]

burst missile launchers on the tarantula.

[mystic walrus]

Just the scimfaxi class, the burst missiles in 7 were the Helios deployed from Arsenal bird

Alicorn did have the barrier drones but that was it

[crude bramble]

Is anyone else having issues getting this thing to fly?

I take off

and suddenly the plane decides it's apart of Redbulls stunt team and just pulls a backflip

Either that or it just refuses to pull up

[swift vault]

: D

[karmic wolf]

j

[crude bramble]

nvm i figured it out

[ornate charm]

remove NOTT

[quiet wedge]

@ornate charm I could only try short while on work travel, but now, at home, with a proper setup:
WOW, YOU just nailed it, thanks so much for THIS! I wish we had bigger hangars, but for what we have, this was the plane I was looking for!
💯 🫡 👍
Thanks m8!!!

[round oracle]

When I first launched the mode, it had huge troubles with structural strength, the tail could just self-cut itself from the plane, cuz of long usage of the roll

So, pls fix it

But the mode is tuff

Oh, also the cargo door didn`t close

[green island]

What version are you on?

Cargo door not closing was very early version bug

[ornate charm]

^

[fathom citrus]

i believe the ai for this aircraft is bugged, it constantly likes to roll and the main cargo is bugged so it takes a restricted loadout whenever it spawns

[ornate charm]

ya the AI are bad with it due to its funky flight handling (blown wings) and don't have routines for cargo with fixed-wing aircraft yet

[fathom citrus]

despite that its still a well put together mod, well done

[deft notch]

what kind of code do you need for the ai to be able to fly it properly?

is the plane ai generalistic or do they finetune it a lot?

[ornate charm]

zero, just engine-level prefab assembly and setting up monobehaviours.

Chimera would need some augmentations to the plane autopilot to account for her blown wings and the fact she can drop cargo

[errant basalt]

its wild see slmmr3 shoot while its on his parachute 💀

[karmic wolf]

Hexhounds used to do this

but apparently that was broken in some update

🪦

regardless it's very funny to drop a surprise for a fighter chasing you

[scarlet stone]

I downloaded the mod just now but the the aircraft would move at all

[errant basalt]

fr

[scarlet stone]

Yeah max throttle still nothing

[karmic wolf]

do you have NOTT installed

[scarlet stone]

Let me check

[karmic wolf]

if you do, disable the countermeasures and weapon display UI

[scarlet stone]

NO

[karmic wolf]

ok

[scarlet stone]

do you have a link where I can download it

[errant basalt]

slmmr3 site

[errant basalt]

The full battery

[polar geyser]

I suddenly lost the ability to spawn the Chimera. It was working earlier today.

I don't have NOTT installed

[karmic wolf]

the latest hotfix may have broken spawning it from airbases

[ornate charm]

dafuq

any errors in the log?

[polar geyser]

That's the only thing I'm thinking. Also, the ability to carry the tank or the AA associated with the mod disappeared.

I'm looking

[crystal whale]

Didn't know if I should post it since I usually try to solve things with the search bar but I'm having a similar issue. I can't spawn any modded aircraft or KARS. Botes work fine though for some reason.

[polar geyser]

Forgive me I'm not that tech savvy. I'm pretty sure this is the only thing I could find.

[Warning:Blueprinter] PatchRunner: Bundle report: Aryx MC-260 Chimera v 1.0.5
243/244 GameAssets found and resolved
1171/1173 patches applied.

[ornate charm]

Shit.

[polar geyser]

I'm going to try an older version hang on

[crystal whale]

Aircraft still work fine when placed via missions editor but spawning them from hangers gives me "aircraft unavailable at this airbase". Going to also try to revert to an older version

[polar geyser]

No dice on the older version

[Warning:Blueprinter] PatchRunner: Bundle report: Aryx MC-260 Chimera v 1.0.4
226/227 GameAssets found and resolved
1119/1121 patches applied.

[ornate charm]

that's normal

the hell?

[polar geyser]

My KARS and BOTES don't work either.

Its so weird because I know it was working yesterday. Now that I think about it, I haven't played it since yesterday.

Ok I was able to get KARs to work by deploying an FOB container and spawning only from the FOB which is weird because I could spawn from really anywhere before. Still working on BOTEs.

I love this mod though and the further depth you've added to it with the additional units. It's become my new favorite mod.

Ok...now I can get the tank (something 105) to be carried by the Tarantula. I don't remember if the new IR SAM you made could be carried in the Tarantula before but it's not appearing.

[ornate charm]

FRCV-105-LT yea

need to add the SLMMR-A3 to the tara tbh

[polar geyser]

Ok so I installed a few other mods to test and the only ones were yours (I downloaded the F-16 and MIG-15 as well). Looking on other forms it looks like others are having problems with other mods.

It's kinda funny because now that I have the F-16 and MIG, I wanna try them lol.

[short matrix]

its blueprinter

nikko just released a fix

[grizzled bobcat]

Must not be on the mod manager yet

[short matrix]

for anyone who does manual

[grizzled bobcat]

Yeah thats what im used to

[grizzled bobcat]

I mean I can use this with the mod manager lol

[polar geyser]

I just did it manually. Fixed it

https://tenor.com/view/rugby-yay-gif-3156747878755757137

[keen anvil]

Amen

Manual gang

[errant basalt]

Ig after 3 hours of siege to my sam batteries

I must do this suggestion, put to SLMMR3 launcher aim a little up like ram

Happened like 3 time that, the sams just made friendly fire between them bc the elevantion of the launcher

And ended blowing themselfs up destroying their ammo container lol

[jagged fox]

lmfao

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/701014891691114546/1499661286638747648/Nuclear_Option_replay_2026.04.28-22.54.mp4?ex=69f59be9&is=69f44a69&hm=f9b016c96b34c0654b653fc4741973d35bc9bd93de254e96ff3f00a0f972709b&

Deja Vu MBT is real

[coral shoal]

this one seems to fit Ibis too

[coral shoal]

They do it WAY less than hexhounds, place them a bit more apart of each other so their missiles don't cross path close to ground

[wise helm]

i wish this would be NOTT compatible 😔

[gleaming salmon]

i see german

[tiny rivet]

@ornate charm this is what I meant last time with the loose rear. you zoom in on the stabs you can see it's not totally attached properly. pull hard enough with no payload and it wobbles heavily.

love this aircraft btw

first pic it's stationary in the hanger. 2nd pic, pulling up hard, the whole stab moves.

[north orbit]

get this woman on the dev team NOW

[obtuse panther]

Completely unrelated but that's a peak rosehip pfp

[ocean socket]

Much appreciated~ :3

[tardy trail]

anyone having issues spawning both this and the f16? reguardless of airbase i cant spawn in either. QOL issue?

[ornate charm]

update blueprinter

[tardy trail]

much appreciated

[snow light]

hey aryx.... on behalf on a friend again... he was wondering if you had ever thought about making a vtol plane/heli thing like this!!

[ornate charm]

I have a small tiltrotor gunship on the way atm

like the jits from avatar

[snow light]

awww sick!!!!

tbf those ducted fan things from avatar are sick!

[ornate charm]

hell yeah

[formal monolith]

aryx MIGHT be the goat

[wheat marsh]

This is turning into playable command and conquer

[unique wadi]

is it just me or is it impossible to spawn the chimera?

[merry axle]

its not

it needs a medium hangar

[unique wadi]

i know - yet here i'm am, not able to spawn it

[merry axle]

thats weird

[ornate charm]

Update blueprinter

https://github.com/nikkorap/NOBlueprinter-Releases/releases/tag/1.8.18

[unique wadi]

Well that fixed it. Thanks!

[glossy bane]

Does this work with QOL as of now fellas?

[ornate charm]

yes

[ornate charm]

next payload

[merry axle]

oooh

what is it?

[ornate charm]

Stratolance launcher

[solemn skiff]

Oh lawd

The air will become a no-fly zone real quick lmfao

[ornate charm]

there’s a reason they cost over 10mil a piece :p

[solemn skiff]

true

[granite jacinth]

doorstuck

[ornate charm]

hmm

[smoky forge]

Yo fatwin

🔥 name

[granite jacinth]

when deploying the R9 from a standstill it gets super friction on the ramp and gets pinched, damaging the tail
this doesn't happen if you're rolling or presumably if you airdropped it (...does it have parachutes?)

not a big deal at airfields because you can just return the plane to inventory

did the same thing on the runway instead of the grass and it actually got out
i will keep doing this

[solemn skiff]

[smoky forge]

What if instead of Oguri Cap she was called Obesity Cap and nothing changed

[solemn skiff]

Obesity Cap Rule

Learning how to make a Chimera skin for Oguri. /j

hm.. would love to learn livery making tho

[granite jacinth]

concrete/runway deployment

[ornate charm]

Working on that atm, noticed it a few mins ago

[granite jacinth]

grass deployment (R9 suplex 🪦 )

[ornate charm]

gonna have it get a bit of speed once it leaves the cargo bay floor so it'll roll out properly

[ornate charm]

ya it has chutes

the ramp has magic friction though

gonna see if this works

making the ramp have literally zero friction

[robust junco]

https://tenor.com/view/christmas-vacation-sled-rocket-fast-zoom-gif-5241608

[verbal canyon]

Any chance of the discount R9 being added to the Tarantula?

I yearn to defend South Boscoli Airbase

[ornate charm]

Potentially

if you could measure the tara's bay rq to make sure it fits

[robust junco]

QoL lasers and R9s all over the base using the Tarantula as a truck

[robust junco]

QoL makes them fit by shrinking them and they pop to full size once deployed

[ornate charm]

I'd prefer realism™

[robust junco]

M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS) update with dual guns and radar aiming. Would be off the charts on the cool factor.

[ornate charm]

I've got a few more units for Chimera planned, fret not

A deployable air defence turret + a CVR-Tish thing

[robust junco]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-dog-run-stream-start-gif-6567282642917669336

[ornate charm]

lil man think it's all fun and games

(it is)

:D

[robust junco]

I can code like mad but graphics and modeling skills I do not have.

It was only ever fiction but I'd make it just because it's so cool.

But I've been suggesting a cargo plane forever and you made it happen therefore as a modder you're my favorite modder.

[merry axle]

it doesnt have to be real to be modded in :)

[robust junco]

Very true, I can dream.

[errant basalt]

door stuck

[granite jacinth]

another chimera narrowly escapes the R9 suplex

[green island]

yeah airbrake + cargo drop is risky for a lot of cargos

slow down ahead of time and rather accelerate while dropping

at least until aryx figures out a good fix for it

[robust junco]

rocket deployed sleds?

[green girder]

do the f-16 and chimera conflict?

i cant seem to spawn them in

[green girder]

nevermind

i figured it out

blueprinter version wrong

[raven aspen]

we need the ost

[fluid edge]

Is it possible to add these to the mission editor as placeable units?

[granite jacinth]

water skimming in the chimera makes me feel like this thing

[keen anvil]

We should let the Chimera be able to deploy Ibis from the cargo holds.

[light plinth]

woah

[ornate charm]

yea fixing the R9 launcher atm

[mild warren]

Hey what mod you use for the map?

[random wadi]

thats a base game map

can't spell it

but its the island hopping one

[mild warren]

No base game map is green

Thats white plus what looks to be wind strengths

[light plinth]

its ignus

[mild warren]

Not the actual map, I mean like the map on thebottom left

[light plinth]

oh ye

idk but it looks cool

[mild warren]

FR

[craggy topaz]

qol

[craggy topaz]

the blue and red lines are from a frontline drawer mod

[mild warren]

Ohh

Thanks

[errant basalt]

For the color you can use qol to change it

And frontlines for the blue/red torritory

[mild warren]

Got it, thanks

[dapper wave]

alright definitely one of my new favorite aircrafts, coffee

[plain moth]

ITS HREE???

[ornate charm]

#1497065625997283428 message

[ornate charm]

yuh

[ornate charm]

bwaa

[verbal canyon]

@ornate charm I believe that 1 ram would fit inside just fine as it's smaller then the munitions crater. In fact I think both AA deployables would fit

May i also propose the ability to deploy munitions and fuel trucks?

[ornate charm]

perhaps

[ocean osprey]

hi yall, im messing around w the ram45 sams and is there any reason why they dont wanna work together, here in the background is one like very near the radar truck and this one is bit further and the further one genuinely doesnt shoot at all it has a current target locked but doesnt fire at all, is it just smh too far away from the radar truck or theres something wrong w it (also i thought it may fire after first battery runs out but no, it still doesnt fire)

[bright rain]

cant take off

[livid sand]

Working on a vid for that, but a bit busy at the moment, sorry

[livid sand]

Do you have NOTT installed?

[mossy grove]

Is anyone having issues i with the firecontrol cabin? It does not seem to deploy properly for me, either air dropped or placed while landed

[bright rain]

yeah i fixed it

[green island]

I'd be a bit hesitant putting this inside the MC260 mod and that it should rather be in a standalone thing.

or like with whatever weapons mods you might wanna do

[verbal canyon]

Afaik the ram launcher is unique to the mc260 as well as the other one

Will say, I've also noticed the ram launcher not seemingly doing anything

also crashing out because like 20 air defenses next to it after I just dropped it and not one stupid hexhound or AV6 can hit a AGM-48

[molten agate]

hey aryx, your server links don't work

[karmic wolf]

what about the F/A-37

[merry axle]

CRAM supremacy

[wind magnet]

anyone have the updated blueprinter link?

[weary wave]

https://github.com/nikkorap/NOBlueprinter-Releases/releases/tag/1.8.18

[pine relic]

I just wanted to say that the Chimera is lovely and I've been having a lot of fun with it. That's all.

[ornate charm]

thank you :D

[verbal canyon]

Are there incompatabilities with the RAM launcher and BOTE/KAR, since it didn't seem to launch

[ornate charm]

shouldn't be, just need a radar near it

[fluid surge]

Anyone know why i cant spawn it in anywhere ive tried on different maps etc other modded planes are grayed out too

[green island]

outdated blueprinter version

[fluid surge]

So id need to download latest version then?

[green island]

yes, there was a small NO patch that broke it

so need the update or it won't work

[fluid surge]

Ok appriciate it thanks bro

🫡

[midnight folio]

For some reason I can't spawn the chimera on any airbases in free flight, I used to be able to spawn it, along with QoL mod enabled but now I can't

[midnight folio]

Uhh hmm I'm blind

Nvm then

[fluid surge]

nah dont worry about it just get blueprint latest version if you need the file i can send it over?

got updated 2 days ago thats why

if you need it here ya go https://github.com/nikkorap/NOBlueprinter-Releases/releases/tag/1.8.18

[indigo fossil]

Hey Aryx I wanted to ask: Could we perhaps have the droppable S3 platform on the Tula/Ibis?

[midnight folio]

thx

[solemn skiff]

is it me, or is the tracking on Chimera's really weird?

As in like, I've been spraying at this fella at this distance and all my rounds, despite the distance, no matter how often I've had em in my scopes

keep on overshooting by comical degrees

https://medal.tv/games/nuclear-option/clips/mDpCFdPDaTUGu_Iqf?invite=cr-MSxpU2ksMTkyMTM4MTU4&v=100

https://medal.tv/games/nuclear-option/clips/mDpIyPaZjekOXYZGU?invite=cr-MSxRUnQsMTkyMTM4MTU4&v=33

here's another case of it.

[raw thistle]

if there was a skill issue, it was only until 30 seconds

then it was bullshit

yeah, might be a bug

[solemn skiff]

The crosshair on the monitors don’t line up to the Chimera and those tracers do be tryna keep the rent doen

[ornate charm]

wtf is that lead indicator

10 miles off the centre

[solemn skiff]

It’s that..

uhh

One where you..

uh…

well I just put the circle on the plane and shoot

Not like the War Thunder arcade thing

mod version is 1.0.7

[solemn skiff]

Okay, I checked cuz I'm dumb dumb:

I'm using the Lag gun-aiming type

In theory, it should be more accurate as it'd let me line up my targets without chasing a circle

[ornate charm]

ahhhhh

[solemn skiff]

In this case it appears to be giving me the wrong thing

I have no idea if it’s the same for the other gun aiming reticle

[karmic wolf]

it's a bug with the pip aiming type

it only changes it visually for your HMD

it sticks to lead by default for your MFD even if it is different for your HMD

[solemn skiff]

oh,

But that does affect how I target the Chimera?

[karmic wolf]

imo I've never had issues with the lead indicator so it might be an issue with the lag indicator being buggy

However, I haven't tried gunning down a Chimera yet

And from what I saw the MFD crosshairs were definitely telling you your aim was off if nothing else

Which leads me to suspect the lag indicator just isn't accurate

You were consistently overshooting the target after all

Probably could use being modeled as a funnel rather than a lag indicator to fix that ngl

[solemn skiff]

there's a mod out there I think that gives the gunsights a funnel thing

but not sure

[unreal iris]

can NPC's use the chimera i havent seen any

and ive been using it since it came out

[karmic wolf]

they can, but the current vanilla missions have no aircraft in reserve for them, nor factories

you will have to use the mission editor or look for a workshop mission that adds these things specifically

[plain kindle]

Also I believe they will only use them as a bomber. And while more capable of that that a cargo plane should be... its no Darkstar 😛

[verbal canyon]

How close does it need to be?

[ornate charm]

100m

[unreal iris]

Aryx, I am a logistics and gunship player, who's been hoping for a such a mod for a long time. This mod has been such a blessing for me, I wanted to say this mod is so awesome and you did such a great job with it. If there was one thing i would add/fix would be the bomb bay a let it carry lots of pabs like as much as there darkreach. But the main purpose of this is to say thank you so much for blessing us

[ornate charm]

Thank you :)

[forest bronze]

This mod was the first mod I ever installed for NO, went out of my way to learn how to mod the game yesterday just to install and try this. Next thing I knew, that was an 11 hour solo game of Terminal Control, and not a second of it wasn't fun. Thank you so much for this Aryx, it's been fantastic

[brave raft]

11 hour ⁉️ 😭

[plain kindle]

I'm afraid the game was.... Terminal

[sand prawn]

Is this mod still incompatible with NOTT?

[ornate charm]

it works fine as long as you disable the countermeasure screen

[brisk solstice]

How are you meant to deploy the light tanks from the cargo plane mod?

It says to deploy it Sheridan style but i cant seem to get it to work.

[grave jolt]

do you have a radar nearby? or is it broken

[verbal canyon]

I did, it was like 30m away

and it got bodied instantly by a compass WHEN I HAD LIKE 4 HEXHOUNDS AND 2 AAV6's

[shy glacier]

yes, the lag pipper isnt the most accurate

[solemn skiff]

it isn’t?

I find it consistent for me.

except for the Chimera

[rustic oxide]

Anyone have any troubleshooting ideas if I’ve installed the mod according to instructions using BepInEx and everything and I still can’t use it

[rustic oxide]

Nvm

[austere imp]

tell what did u do to fix it pls

[austere imp]

ive got same stuff i got everything correct and still ion see the aircraft yk

[rustic oxide]

You need to make a mission in the editor with it as an available aircraft or use NOMM

[austere imp]

thanks!

that sounds so dumb how i didnt realise this lol

[earnest swan]

once the blueprinter is downloaded where do i put it, sorry my first time doing this

[green island]

goes in the plugins folder along with the other plane mods =3

[earnest swan]

thank you was so close to giving up man

[clever flax]

Would NOTT prevent the AI from flying the plane even if I have the counter measure screen off?

Seems like they can’t take off

[alpine ingot]

lit

[clever flax]

So it’s not NOTT which makes the AI just not be able to lift off

Anyone else having this issue?

[slim loom]

known bug
disable computer startup animation in NOTT settings to fix it

[devout forge]

unable to take off after the new update, the plane slams into whatever is in front of the runway at mach jesus

[raw thistle]

nott issue probably

it's almost always nott

[devout forge]

Any settings I should try messing with?

[ornate charm]

disable the countermeasure screen

& startup animation

[ocean socket]

Check every mod channel in case things happen
99% of the time its people who adamantly refuse to troubleshoot having the same issue
👀

You're all great but oh my god.

[coral shoal]

The game lacks KSP's Module Manager to straight up force this setting. Yet.

[mild warren]

AWACS go brrrr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoMDipH9i3o

[keen anvil]

Guys I can't land in the Chimera

Everytime I go to land the plane disassembles.

[molten agate]

HEY!

build the chimera.

[alpine ingot]

how do i download this?

[molten agate]

On NOMM

[green island]

for manual click the "jump to top" button on discord and then scroll down the header post to where the github link is

download latest button on the right

[fluid surge]

A man has fallen into the ocean in the ignus archipelago! Start the U-90 ibis!

[clever flax]

I removed NOTT from my mod list and the AI was still unable to take off, the only other none ARYX mod I have is QOL

I can fly it no problem just seems like the AI can't

sick ass plane tho

[slim loom]

one missle huh?

[icy junco]

So uh, I moved one of the launchers with the cargo hook on a Tarantula... It became obsessed with targetting a potentially-real-potentially-imaginary submarine

Had the same with the MMR-S3 version earlier, using the cargo hook to relocate them breaks vertical movement of the turret it seems

[cloud barn]

idea: AIO Scythe (or NL-98) + MMR-S3 launcher (like the SPYDER AIO), deployable from the MC-260

[errant basalt]

Mixed launcher?

[willow meadow]

That sounds peak

[low knoll]

How Chimera feels to fly

[karmic wolf]

https://tenor.com/view/thragg-true-truth-nuke-invincible-viltrum-gif-11564535560524067933

[reef elm]

Wing pylons should disappear if nothing is equipped

[merry axle]

@ornate charm you see the new primeva 2082 dev blog?

Chimera deployed B O A T

[molten agate]

Pretty cool concept, too bad they don't make mods anymore :p

[merry axle]

huh?

[gusty musk]

Some avid fans of Aryx's mods having beef with p2082 for no reason since a bit

Don't pay much attention to it tbh

[brave raft]

There is a reason yes

Aryx takes 3 days to release a mod while the Ternion has been only teasers for months

[ocean socket]

Some dumb people want every modder ever to just be instantly done when they decide stuff :3

Though as funny as the boat they made is I don't think the Chimera could pull it off with its stall speed while loaded.

[slim loom]

i heard they made a ship but never found a link to it
do you have it by chance?

[brave raft]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[gusty musk]

Aryx or p2082 folks?

[ornate charm]

I’m making several.

[gusty musk]

^^^

[slim loom]

both if you have both

[slim loom]

they look cool! do you think you gonna add a battleship at some point?
and maybe BOTE integration?

[ocean socket]

I'm not special enough for any 2082 modder to gimmie stuff early :(

[gusty musk]

P2082 teased these recently

[ornate charm]

i’m not a 2082 modder

[pine relic]

Some kind of cargo utility ship...? What's this one actually supposed to do? Does it actually resupply other ships and everything?!

[ornate charm]

it can launch aircraft with naval supply containers

which currently no ships can do

it also resupplies passively in a small radius

[pine relic]

Oh, excellent! So if you add these to a fleet, the players in that faction don't need to launch all the way from a land airbase to resupply the fleet?

[ornate charm]

yep

[tired tulip]

These are amazing. There any plans for bote intergration? Bilions must battlestations pacific maxx😭