SS UNITED STATES V4.0 model by DVOMarineDesign, Dominique Vaccaro, for Virtual Sailor NG. Oct 16, 2025. ** PRESS F when INSIDE NAVIGATION BRIDGE ** ** PRESS shift F when OUTSIDE NAVIGATION BRIDGE ** Press Ctrl D to open and close the sliding doors. To switch lights on of windows and portholes, activate lights mesh (L key for lights panel). Reworked Version SS_UNITED_STATES_4_0, Copyright 2025, Dominique Vaccaro for all content of the archive. https://www.dvomarinedesign.com Features and NEW in this update V4.0: - Model to be used in Virtual Sailor NG only. - Model especialy reworked and reorganized for Virtual Sailor NG. - Fully detailed and accurate 3D model. - Detailed and faithful navigation bridge with fully functionning instruments. - Many improved textures, meshes and materials for better visual realism and for optimization to the Virtual Sailor NG graphic engine. - New configuration files for even more realistic behaviour than in previous versions. - Internal lighting now switched on and off by activating the lights mesh by activating lights mesh (L key for lights panel). - Source lights to be activated from the lights panel (L key). - Anchor lights to activate all individual lights throughout the ship. - Extensive bump mapping and reflection effects improved through the entire model. - Advanced graphics and visual realism. - Realistic dynamic model. -----PAYWARE:----- This model is proposed as payware. That means, if, by looking at the various in-game screenshots or if you already have used my previous models, you value the hard and long work involved and if you think it is worth the price, you have to pay the requested amount to be able to download and use it in Virtual Sailor NG only. More, purchasing that addon will allow me to develop other models for maritime simulations. Developing serious models is really a long task and a real commitment once one is started. It is currently intented to be a full-time job for the author. Doing so on a regular basis necessitates some financial motivation and help, with no other choice than providing a minimal decent income to the author. By purchasing this addon on an official website www.dvomarinedesign.com or www.sim3d-models.com will allow you to download the ship for an unlimited time, for your own computer only. But you MUST keep all the necessary order numbers the author or the websites will provide you the first time you purchase and download the addon. Any datas loss regarding that will no longer allow you to download again later. With one purchase, you can install it on as many personal computers you have at home. If you need to install it in other places for allowing other persons to use it, you must purchase as many models as computers you want to install it on (one purchase = one user). Please notice, every download (first time or later times) will and are allowed to be done only after the user will purchase the addon in one of the two aforementioned official websites. There may be no permanent hosting of the archive file for automatic download, but only a temporary one. Thank you a lot for your generosity and help. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SS UNITED STATES, entering in service in 1952, later laid-up since 1969 is currently rusting at a quay in Philadelphia, PA, USA. This model is a tribute to this great liner. Now you'll be able to virtually sail and walk onboard the ship in Ilan Papini's game, Virtual Sailor NG. It has been realized after a lot of search and with a lot of documentation in order to provide accuracy for the addon, about 450 hours have been necessary for the original model + about 400hrs for this new reworked and largely improved v4 version, hopefully for a more enjoyable resulting onboard experience into the simulator. However, please, keep in mind there are notable limitations involved in the process of building such a large and detailed model of a very large ship with sheer where nothing is aligned, acceptable number of polygons to allow usability for rather recent computers being the most important of them. These limitations have led to some known and acceptable compromises between them and usability has been the main concern for the author and has been worked out. -----WARNING:----- This MODEL AND ALL FILES contained in the archive are the sole property of Dominique Vaccaro, www.dvomarinedesign.com . By unzipping this archive, you accept to not host the files of the models contained into the archive on any other server than the author's one or by the two official online store of the two official aforementioned websites, to NOT DISTRIBUTE THEM IN ANY WAY (email, private message, disk, hardware, software material...), to not sell them, to not modify, TO NOT USE ANY CONTENT or file(s) included (models, xx files, cfg files, horn.wav sound file and all bmp or jpg textures) into this packages for another model, for another purpose than a use into the sole program Virtual Sailor NG. You agree to NOT MODIFY or REDISTRIBUTE it for another person or application or commercial entity, with no limitation of time. BY DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING THESE FILES, YOU ONLY OBTAIN THE RIGHT TO USE THEM ON YOUR PERSONNAL COMPUTER BUT YOU DON'T OWN THEM. THE USE OF SCREENSHOTS MADE FROM THESE MODELS IS NOT ALLOWED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN SHOWING THEM INTO VIRTUAL SAILOR NG SIMULATION RELATED WEBSITES OR FORUMS OF SOCIAL MEDIAS. ANY OTHER USE SUCH AS PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL, 3D OR IMAGE PRESENTATIONS, AI WORKED IMAGE OR ANIMATION OR VIDEO, RAISE OF FOUNDS, CALENDARS, SEARCH FOR INVESTORS OR POLITIC INVOLVEMENT, ETC, MUST BE DONE VIA ANOTHER SALE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE USER AND DVOMARINEDESIGN (Dominique Vaccaro) AND WITH PRIOR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM DVOMARINEDESIGN OR THE AUTHOR OF THE MODEL, Dominique Vaccaro. You can run and use this model in unrestricted circonstances, off-line or during on-line sessions or meetings, as long as you do not request payment for using them. If you share screenshots of this addon captured in Virtual Sailor NG outsite the Sim3D Discord server or outsie the facebook page of the creator https://www.facebook.com/dominique.dvomarinedesign, elementary courtesy is to credit the author by at least mentionning his name (mentionning one of the official websites you've acquired the addon from would be an appreciable plus). REDISTRIBUTING THIS ADDON IS PIRACY and ROBBERY PUNISHED BY LAW. ANY INFRINGEMENT TO THESE TERMS WILL LEAD TO LEGAL ACTION. The author will not be held responsible for any damage done to your computer or programs installed. By installing these add-ons, you fully agree with that term. However, in case of freezing or automatic restart of your computer, this is not the add-on itself which has been fully tested that will harm your computer but the unappropriated action you may do immediately after. -----Minimum hardware and software requirements:----- 3,2 GHz Quad Core processor, 16 Go Ram - 32Go Ram is higly recommended for a better in-game experience (loading time and fps), RTX 3060 or equivalent graphic card with 8Go video memory, RTX 3080 with 10G0VM or above is recommended. Lesser graphic cards ma however be able to run the addon in most case, but fps will be lower. Microsoft Windows 10 or above, Latest version of Virtual Sailor NG. PLEASE, BE AWARE OF THESE RECOMMENDED MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE PURCHASING AND DOWNLOADING THE ADDON. LESSER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION MAY BE ABLE TO RUN THIS MODEL IN AN ACCEPTABLE WAY, BUT YOU DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. THERE WILL BE NO REIMBURSEMENT, for whatever reason. This is a virtual product that you cannot send back to the seller and that you could no longer use. There will be no way to prove that. -----Utilization----- Simply unzip the content of the archive into your "Vehicles" directory of your Virtual Sailor NG game. This is a large and heavy ship. In consequence, max speed of the model (around 35 kts for this addon) will be reached after about 3 minutes at full throttle. Similarly about 20 minutes are required to go from max speed to zero if you shut off your throttle. Maneuverability is not the one of a race boat or trawler either. Please, keep that in mind during your navigation and maneuvring. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you'll enjoy your sailing onboard SS UNITED STATES and thank you for your support. If and only if you accept ALL the above terms, you can purchase the addon. Happy sailing to all! :)