Hmmmm.... gears are churnin in my 'noggin.
So you're saying start with a pristine patch of PFJ goodness that doesn't have any trees at it. "Have the trees in bundles" A little more on that please.... Unless you mean that it's a cluster of felled timber.?!! Eureka!! I see it now.
It's a place where a developer has decided to build something at. So they go in there and clear out a few trees. Not a lot mind you. Just enough to need a "Sky Crane" operator that needs to be hired to remove the bundled up logs. Okay I can make that phase happen definitely. I think.
Company assets begin construction of the site. and I have a couple of ideas for objects on that. There's one in the EZ_1.zip file that uses partially constructed buildings. It's a larger home object though, not a small cabin structure. So for this storyline, the construction project is not your typical log cabin by the waters edge. It's more in line with a tourist destination, like a wilderness lodge with several structures.
For that, you're going to need to bring in a few caterpillars and land clearing equipment to make the foundation proper. Got that covered with some of the objects in EZ_1.zip Wait a minute... Some of those are already in place!!! Hold on... I already have an ongoing construction site that's completed in the scenery library. We might already be at phase two!!
Check out "Moresby Camp" in our scenery library. There's our "Phase One" starting point for this.
Phase Two: Is where this little project picks up. I could update it so that there are cleared logs that need to be picked up by "Sky Crane" op's. I don't know of any "Sky Crane" objects I could use to give people the idea of what's happening with that phase though. Hmmm, let's see. I could place a larger helicopter object, but it's not a "Sky Crane". Wait... another idea for that.. there is an object that could make that phase work alright. It's a "Blackhawk" helicopter with rotation efx on it. I place that in the air and have a few animated people underneath it. You know the one's with the waving arms. Place log piles underneath it like it's lifting them off the ground. That helicopter is moving the logs over to a waiting barge with logs on it. I can do that. I got all of those goodies. Excellent.
Phase Three: Lodge construction begins. We have the construction of the buildings start using those types of objects mentioned a few paragraphs back. Partially constructed buildings.
Phase Four: Completed buildings are placed and painted. More objects placed that show progress.
Phase Five: Lodge is completed, tourists arrive, tourism aviators arrive with tourists, and project is completed.
What do you think about it?