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PB4Y-2 Privateer WIP
- Thread starter tankerguy72
- Start date
Ferry_vO
Retired SOH Administrator
That looks great! Will definitely give a test tonight! 
Two quick comments about the downloads: The installer for the main package places all the contents that should be inside an aircraft folder directly into Fs9\aircraft, not into Fs9\aircraft\PB4Y Tanker (Or something like that.) and there are two sets of textures in the seperate download; one inside the main zip and another set in the folder 'textures' inside the zip file. Are these identical?
Two quick comments about the downloads: The installer for the main package places all the contents that should be inside an aircraft folder directly into Fs9\aircraft, not into Fs9\aircraft\PB4Y Tanker (Or something like that.) and there are two sets of textures in the seperate download; one inside the main zip and another set in the folder 'textures' inside the zip file. Are these identical?
That looks great! Will definitely give a test tonight!
Two quick comments about the downloads: The installer for the main package places all the contents that should be inside an aircraft folder directly into Fs9\aircraft, not into Fs9\aircraft\PB4Y Tanker (Or something like that.) and there are two sets of textures in the seperate download; one inside the main zip and another set in the folder 'textures' inside the zip file. Are these identical?
Oh Jeeze! I must need a break ...
EDIT: I have corrected the textures upload to remove the extra set and correct the l_wing bmp.
RE: the aircraft, please just unzip to a temporary folder as suggested in the instructions.
Crash_Hawk
Charter Member
Works great in FSX!
For those of you with Shockwave Redux here's a starter set of lights. Adjust if you don't like it.. I'll probably tweak it but there you are..
[LIGHTS]
//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit
light.0 = 3, 0, -53.35, 2.7, fx_shockwave_navred
light.1 = 3, 0, 53.35, 2.7, fx_shockwave_navgre
light.2 = 3, -45.8, 0, 1.7, fx_shockwave_navwhi
light.3 = 2, -18.26, 0, 3.77, fx_shockwave_strobe_3
light.4 = 1, -31.00, 0, 7.49, fx_shockwave_beacon_rotating_red
light.5 = 4, 18.379, -1.78, 1.78, fx_vclight
light.6 =5, 6, -17.70, -1.00, fx_shockwave_landing_light_light
light.7 =5, 6, 17.70, -1.00, fx_shockwave_landing_light_light
light.8 =5, 3, -17.70, -1.00, fx_shockwave_landing_light_tail_old
light.9 =5, 3, 17.70, -1.00, fx_shockwave_landing_light_tail_old
Replace your radio section with this and you'll have two ADF's and you'll be able to change frequencies.
[Radios] // availiable, standby frequency, has glide slope
Audio.1 = 1
Com.1 = 1, 0
Com.2 = 1, 0
Nav.1 = 1, 0, 1
Nav.2 = 1, 0, 0
Adf.1 = 1
Adf.2 = 1
Transponder.1 = 1
Marker.1 = 1
This plane is going to get as much time in FSX as my company planes.
Excellent work to all involved!!
Jonathan
For those of you with Shockwave Redux here's a starter set of lights. Adjust if you don't like it.. I'll probably tweak it but there you are..
[LIGHTS]
//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit
light.0 = 3, 0, -53.35, 2.7, fx_shockwave_navred
light.1 = 3, 0, 53.35, 2.7, fx_shockwave_navgre
light.2 = 3, -45.8, 0, 1.7, fx_shockwave_navwhi
light.3 = 2, -18.26, 0, 3.77, fx_shockwave_strobe_3
light.4 = 1, -31.00, 0, 7.49, fx_shockwave_beacon_rotating_red
light.5 = 4, 18.379, -1.78, 1.78, fx_vclight
light.6 =5, 6, -17.70, -1.00, fx_shockwave_landing_light_light
light.7 =5, 6, 17.70, -1.00, fx_shockwave_landing_light_light
light.8 =5, 3, -17.70, -1.00, fx_shockwave_landing_light_tail_old
light.9 =5, 3, 17.70, -1.00, fx_shockwave_landing_light_tail_old
Replace your radio section with this and you'll have two ADF's and you'll be able to change frequencies.
[Radios] // availiable, standby frequency, has glide slope
Audio.1 = 1
Com.1 = 1, 0
Com.2 = 1, 0
Nav.1 = 1, 0, 1
Nav.2 = 1, 0, 0
Adf.1 = 1
Adf.2 = 1
Transponder.1 = 1
Marker.1 = 1
This plane is going to get as much time in FSX as my company planes.
Excellent work to all involved!!
Jonathan
Crash_Hawk
Charter Member
Additional info for anyone that wants to know..
Pretty good starting point for retardant if you want to replace the smoke system of your .cfg.
[smokesystem]
smoke.0 = -1.305, 0, -9.9, fx_fire_retardantsm
Pick whatever red retardant fx you have, and you'll start to see why the bomb doors are red.. lol
Jonathan
BTW, is there supposed to be an other repaint? The aircraft.cfg refers to texture.121.. I couldn't find the folder anywhere.. I used the installer because it was smaller.. I'll download the manual install later... Thanks
Jonathan
Pretty good starting point for retardant if you want to replace the smoke system of your .cfg.
[smokesystem]
smoke.0 = -1.305, 0, -9.9, fx_fire_retardantsm
Pick whatever red retardant fx you have, and you'll start to see why the bomb doors are red.. lol
Jonathan
BTW, is there supposed to be an other repaint? The aircraft.cfg refers to texture.121.. I couldn't find the folder anywhere.. I used the installer because it was smaller.. I'll download the manual install later... Thanks
Jonathan
There is no texture for 121 in the package. It is being worked on still by Tankerguy72.
Crash_Hawk
Charter Member
Hear, hear.. Been flying it since I downloaded it! Excellent work!
Jonathan
PB4Y N7620C over Montana, inbound to Missoula International. (FSX Acceleration)
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Rallymodeller
Charter Member
Love it. The dynamics sure as heck feel like a big plane. Only two beefs:
1. The animation of the side window opening seems to be messed up: instead of sliding back, it slides up and hangs in midair.
2. The 2D panel is a little sketchy. However, I have taken it upon myself to correct that. I cleaned up the window areas and got rid of the daylight leakage around the instruments. You can download the touched-up file here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fasupbbwobh9oaa
Unzip and drop the updated "Panel2D.bmp" into your panel folder, overwriting if asked and so on.
Anyway, fantastic! This'll become a fave in my hangar to be sure.
1. The animation of the side window opening seems to be messed up: instead of sliding back, it slides up and hangs in midair.
2. The 2D panel is a little sketchy. However, I have taken it upon myself to correct that. I cleaned up the window areas and got rid of the daylight leakage around the instruments. You can download the touched-up file here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fasupbbwobh9oaa
Unzip and drop the updated "Panel2D.bmp" into your panel folder, overwriting if asked and so on.
Anyway, fantastic! This'll become a fave in my hangar to be sure.
tankerguy72
SOH-CM-2023
Glad you all are enjoying it so much! Special thanks to Milton and Nigel for their work. You guys need to post more pics! Id like to see what adventures she is getting in to haha!
Oh and as for the questions on the Tanker 121 paint, I had initially done 121 but when i remapped after adjusting the model it changed the texture layout. I will upload that paint when i get some time to fix it up right.
Oh and as for the questions on the Tanker 121 paint, I had initially done 121 but when i remapped after adjusting the model it changed the texture layout. I will upload that paint when i get some time to fix it up right.
Thank you .. great aircraft
Something seems missing ....
There are many things yet to be done, but if you have a point to make, please make it. I do not understand what you are getting at, and there are lots of knowns yet to be done.
Ohhhhh! LOL Okay, I think there is no mesh on the backside. Thanks for being specific.
Volker Böhme
Charter Member
Hi all,
the aircraft looks great. Just two things that I noticed: there seem to be some all black (0,0,0) pixels on the 2D windscreen, particularly on the left. And the gauge markings don't match engine performance - at full throttel I don't even get to the yellow arc. It was just a quick look and these things are really minor. Overall, the model is excellent.
I'll report back if I find something else.
Best regards,
Volker
the aircraft looks great. Just two things that I noticed: there seem to be some all black (0,0,0) pixels on the 2D windscreen, particularly on the left. And the gauge markings don't match engine performance - at full throttel I don't even get to the yellow arc. It was just a quick look and these things are really minor. Overall, the model is excellent.
I'll report back if I find something else.
Best regards,
Volker
Volker Böhme
Charter Member
Hi,
one more thing - please look at the aileron trim tab animation. With a good twist of the trim whell, they're several yards off the wing.
Best regards,
Volker
one more thing - please look at the aileron trim tab animation. With a good twist of the trim whell, they're several yards off the wing.
Best regards,
Volker