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Battle of the Hudsons

blanston12

blanston12

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Hi Flyers,

I was looking at Lockheed Hudson models last night and I see that both Virtavia and FSAddOns both have FSX compatible Hudson models available. Has anyone used either of these and if so what did you think?

Are there are other FSX/P3D compatible Hudson/Model 14 models out there worth considering?
 
I have both and would also recommend the FSAddon - not that the Virtavia model is bad, just looks older and, as WarHorse notes, has fewer model and skin options. :encouragement:
 
I think there was a patch to tone down the dayglo green interior of the FSAddon models, which is the only complaint I'd have against them.

As above, I have both and while the paints are possibly better on the Virtavia one, get the FSAddon one for all the extra variants.

Ian P.
 
IanP said:
I think there was a patch to tone down the dayglo green interior of the FSAddon models, which is the only complaint I'd have against them.

Ian P.
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Any idea where one might find that patch? I find nothing on their website.
 
I thought it was on the FS Addon site... Unless Francois uploaded a new installer with the replacement textures in? Might be worth dropping them a line to find out.

If not, I guess I'd better go apply a desaturation filter and send some new ones!

Ian P.
 
IanP said:
I thought it was on the FS Addon site... Unless Francois uploaded a new installer with the replacement textures in? Might be worth dropping them a line to find out.

If not, I guess I'd better go apply a desaturation filter and send some new ones!

Ian P.
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Francois is unaware of any such patch. A search of the various download sites came up empty. Get your filter on...
 
The Virtavia has been half off at pcaviator for ever, but I do like the fact that the FSAddons has civilian variants, but the neon blue on there model 14 looks awful. I found a paint kit but it looks like it’s just for the Hudson
 
I'll have a look at it. It's been ages since I poked at the paint kit, so I may be gone some time while I find it!

Ian P.
 
IanP said:
I'll have a look at it. It's been ages since I poked at the paint kit, so I may be gone some time while I find it!

Ian P.
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Thanks for taking this on. I'm looking forward to it. The FSAddOn Hudson VC could use a color change and some weathering, if possible.
 
I do have this elusive update for the FSAddons Hudson/Lodestar package. It was issued by FSAddons.

I purchased the FSAddons Hudson package on 17 August 2012. The update was released in March 2013 by FSAddons Publishing.

It is a very substantial update of models, textures, Aircraft.cfg and the various Airfiles. I would like to share the update (titled FSAD-Hudson-Upd1), but is would appear to be almost the complete product, and as such is copyrighted payware by FSAddons.

I would be willing to provide the update to Francois for re-publishing on his site, assuming it has not been superceded by an updated base install file. I have no idea how to contact Francois at this time.
 
llanning08 said:
I do have this elusive update for the FSAddons Hudson/Lodestar package. It was issued by FSAddons.

I purchased the FSAddons Hudson package on 17 August 2012. The update was released in March 2013 by FSAddons Publishing.

It is a very substantial update of models, textures, Aircraft.cfg and the various Airfiles. I would like to share the update (titled FSAD-Hudson-Upd1), but is would appear to be almost the complete product, and as such is copyrighted payware by FSAddons.

I would be willing to provide the update to Francois for re-publishing on his site, assuming it has not been superceded by an updated base install file. I have no idea how to contact Francois at this time.
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Go to the FSAddons Publishing web site and there is a link for contacting them (Francois). I think he's a member here at SOH so you can also send him a PM.
 
Francois@[the_company_URL] is the best way to get him.

I can't find the patch now, either, so we could really do with getting it back available again!

Ian P.
 
Ohh.. this is getting complicated. I purchased the Hudson on March 27, 2013 so I may not need the patch? Need to do some more research. :banghead:

I thought it was just a patch for the VC textures, but it sounds like a lot more.
 
The FSAD-Hudson-Upd1 appears to be updating a file named lhb_wing_nacelle.dds for each version and texture folder of the Hudson package. This patch isn't changing any VC textures.

I will be contacting Francois tomorrow. Just after I made my previous post, my cable ISP disappeared and returned less than 30 minutes ago.

Again, if the problem is VC textures, this patch does not deal with the VC textures.

I also have both the FSAddons and Alphasim Hudsons. I think the FSAddons Hudson is a better package (with the whole series modeled) than the Alphasim (only the Mk.V & Mk.VI modeled)
 
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First comes the Hudson base pack, which for P3D is FSAD-SM-ser-Hudson-P3D.exe

Next comes the patch, FSAD-Hudson-Upd1.exe

Finally, the expansion pack with more models, which is HudsonEXP-SCP-wos.exe

They are installed in that order, of course - patch before update, otherwise weirdness results.
 
I ended up getting the FSAddon's Hudson package, mainly because it had more civilian models but noticed some strange things with some of the textures.


hudson_1_l14_ok.jpg

This is the base Model 14, SAA would not be my first choice of liveries and the blue is way oversaturated but its not too bad.


hudson_2_mk3_civ.jpg

This is the civilian livery for the Mark 3 from the expansion pack, as you can see something is not quite right with the textures.


hudson_3_mk3_mil.jpg

This is the military livery for the Mark 3, as you can see it has the same problem, the question is it the texture or the model.


hudson_4_l14_w_civ.jpg

This is the texture for the Mk 3 Civilian on the Model for the L-14, it looks much better there and is quite usable, so the problem with the Mk3 model not the texture.
 
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