New free "ship simulator"

http://planetinaction.com/home.php

Basically, it's a free ship simulator called "Ships" - a plugin for google earth.
You most have Google earth installed first.

The software development company, PlanetInAction, has just released a free simulation game that leverages the Google Earth plugin and presents it as the platform for this free game. The game is a case study / technology show piece that demonstrates just what can be achieved with Google Earth and, interestingly enough, is called “Ships”.

Ships is a simulation program that allows you to get to be the helmsman of your own fleet of ships - including barges, cargo ships, container ships, and even a cruise ship (the QM 2) - that you can steer anywhere in the world with included 3D graphics and sound effects.

What’s interesting to us is that the game was developed to show off the capabilities of the Google Earth platform and it just so happens that the the way they chose to do it was to allow gamers to control a 3D ship anywhere in the world.

Very impresive Tore,I find it slightly difficult to handle the controls,

jim.smith wrote:

Very impresive Tore,I find it slightly difficult to handle the controls,

yes it is a bit difficult to you have used it a bit.
the keyboard i think is the easiest arrow buttons.
BDW it's also a flight simulator in it, so you can travel the world around with plane or ship

i have had some fun with it, and soon i heard it will come cars to, then wee can drive in the city's around the world to and all for free

Tore

Thought it was very unrealistic when the QM2 sailed across Southampton towards Eastleigh. Real ships don't sail on land! A bit like VS!!

Captain Mike wrote:

Thought it was very unrealistic when the QM2 sailed across Southampton towards Eastleigh. Real ships don't sail on land! A bit like VS!!

agree with you the hole shipsim in google are a jock, try the flight sim in it to and car, you can drive trow the street in a town you pick

I didnt like it at all, trying the others now....

I haven't tried it yet, it would probably just being waste of time.

Minime wrote:

I haven't tried it yet, it would probably just being waste of time.

I can promises you, IT WILL

lol, thanks for the heads up