Medical Facilities Web Page is Open
The Medical Facilities Web Page is now open for everyone. At present, we only have 5 "Medical Dispatches" that are ready, but this will be growing as time goes by, many new ones are planned. We have have re-engineered 21 Medical Facilities, making sure they have helipads and "medical docks." We will try to make as many of these dispatchs for both helicopter and fixed wing (those will end in a "B"....if Helicopter only, and "H", if Fixed Wing only, an "F").
To get started, you will have three files to download:
1. RTMM Medical Facilities Library TEMP.zip .... add this where you put your libraries and activate it.
2. RTMM Medical Dispatches.zip .... this gives you the dispatches (all of them! ... in a single file)
3. RTMM Medical Facilities.zip ... this gives you all of the medical facilities.
Watch for the dates on these three files so you will know if you need a new download. They will be changing as we add things.
When you look at a Dispatch on the dispatch table, look closely under "RTMM" to see if there is something else you will need for the dispatch.
If an RTMM scenery is needed to run the dispatch, it is listed and linked. If it DOES NOT have a update date and you already have the scenery, then there is no need to re-download it. If it has an update date under it, then you should re-download it and install it in your scenery library. (Always best to REMOVE the old folder completely and then put in the new one).
NOTAM: These extra downloads are necessary as changes have been made to add the medical docks. But we also know that many of you do not have all of the scenery locations downloaded, so this gives you a quick way to know what is needed so your trip will be successful.
Also you will see an "Information" link. Clicking on this gives you the PDF for the dispatch, the instructions for the dispatch. Clicking on the Topo Map link gives you an interactive topo map of the area ... which you will find valuable with this "new kind" of flying for RTMM fans. There is also a "local map" link which gives you an overview of the dispatch with a Plan-G map.
For those of you who are familiar with the way we make flight plans at RTMM, this will be quite a departure toward realism, and with it a new level of difficulty. You no longer are give a "low and slow, autopilot flight plan". With the Medical Dispatches, you are given a waypoint that you put into your GPS. This give you a direct line-of-sight route to the emergency "target." How you get there is up to you and your skills. You may well have 4000 foot mountains between you and the target. If it is a clear day, you can fly high safely clearning them and coming back down safely. HOWEVER... with typical weather in the area, that will be rare and you will have to pick your way through the maze of fjords and river valleys staying below the cloud cover, yet getting to your destination the best way possible.
On the page, we include "how to" for (1) Putting a waypoint into the GPS and (2) how to start your aircraft at a specific starting position. Both of these methods are used extensively with this project, so we felt it would be a good idea to make sure everyone knows how they work.
When you do not care to have the medical facilities and the dispatches active ... simply uncheck those two items in your scenery library.
I cannot thank Steve Downing enough for the hours of time he has spent on the Medical Facilities, this whole project was also his original idea. Thank you Steve D! Also, Steve Weinkamer came through for us again on this project giving us new medical facility objects (these are in the RTMM Medical Facilities Library TEMP.zip). These are great additions and specially made just for the RTMM Medical Facilities project. A big thank you to Steve W!
You will find the Medical Facilities Project will take you to many places you have probably never seen in RTMM (another reason for the extra downloads). We are purposely creating Medical Dispatches that use the less-frequented area. You will be surprised at the number of Sea Plane Bases that are alive with AI Aircraft ... that you've probably never visited. You will get to visit many of them with this project.
New places, a new way of flying, new objects and a new reason to enjoy going from "Here2There" at RTMM.
Doug Linn/RTMM
PS...it is "new" ... things are "different" and there may be a glitch or two. Just let us know and we'll smooth it out for you.