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USS Iowa 2030

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Custom_Composition

There's been quite a bit a talk about "Bringing Back Battleships" lately, so to fit the theme of arma here is my take on what a 2030's refit of the old Iowa class battleship may look like. this comp adds more long/ med/ short AA weapon systems, counter measures, .50 HMG's for small boat defence, remote laser designator, and cruise missiles while retaining all the old weapon systems from the 80's refit (vanilla iowa mod). This version of the Iowa is exceptionally capable of defending itself and surrounding fleet while providing long range support.

Features:
3 - triple 410 mm turrets
6 - duel 127 mm turrets
3 - Mk 41 VLS
4 - Mk 21 Centurion
5 - Mk 49 Spartan
4 - Praetorian 1C
4 - Phalanx CIWS
18 - M2 .50 Cal
1 - Remote laser designator


Q: How do i find it in game?
A: It's not a mod so it wont show in your launcher. in the editor you need to press the groups key or F2 then click on the composition icon. click the first link in the description and watch the first video to see what those icons look like. ( the video is of him saving the comp but the location is the same )

Q: Can I walk/climb around on it ?
A: YES, even AI. but you will be thrown about/off it waves are to strong and must not be moving. to walk on it while moving you'll need a mod like Walkable Moving Objects or Enhanced Movement as this is a vanilla arma issue

Q: Why don't the Tomahawks/ Harpoons work?
A: As far as i can tell they were just never finished or added. this is a very old mod, and back then they really had nothing to shoot at with them. This version carriers 3 VLS's to help compensate.

Q: Why is it spawning all broken up?
A: You need to click off Vertical Mode & Surface Snapping before spawning any comp, click the first link in the description, there's a section in the first part in the yellow box that'll show you what the button looks like.

Q What is the point of this?
A: To add a more modern battleship to act as a flagship, able to defend itself properly and surrounding forces while providing long range support, for 2030 for other modern/ near future operations.

- The Iowa mod is quite old and had a long list of issues before the mountain of updates leading to today. i wont bother listing them all here, see it's mod page if you want more info.

- Rotating in the edtitor causes a lot of offseting issues

- Turrets sometimes try to shoot threw the ship, this is because bullet collisions (Fire Geometry) may not work properly on some parts of the hull