First things first, thanks to Dino for the hard work put into this bird, and to the repainters who will surely provide us with probably all F-14D squadrons ever. Now, would someone please send Dino an acurate authentic sound file for the Tomcat, it needs authentic GEF110 sounds pretty bad.
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Dino's Cat is out!!
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Dino Cattaneo
Charter Member
Thanks and notes...
Guys,
as usual, thanks a lot for your appreciation and interest!
Afterburner:
- A/B has been done in this (unorthodox) way as apparently the Acceleration SDK trigger are not working. Some users are experiencing visual bleed of the flame through the fuselage: it does not happen on my system, but it appears that it is affected by video card setting. On Nvidia cards, "quality" (instead of performance) setting should mitigate the issue.
Will see if there is a better method to do it...
Sound:
One of the reasons why I did not include Aaron Swindle's sound set is that I could not contact him. Probably I have an outdated contact. The other reason is that, on my systems, those sound are very "screechy" - it is likely to be a problem of my motherboard (P6T Deluxe) which seems not like too much my 5.1 DTS environment via SPDIF... In doubt, I left it out.
Sound designers (which seem an endangered species in FSX ) if you have something to offer to this project please contact me....proper sounds are much needed.
Nose and canopy (for Diego Menendez):
Nose and canopy shape has been a long debate with some early testers, whose input was that initial design (like 4 months ago) was too pointy and long... I've first changed it making it a little more stubby, and then changed it back to "long and pointy" (this is like 3 months ago). I remeber matching it closely to a drawing similar to the one you attached (probably by the same author).
Can't say the same thing for the canopy, which was designed according to blueprints, of course, but has not been re-matched after nose modifications.
Honestly, I do not feel the current design to be broken but, as soon as I will have the time, I promise I'll double check the nose/canopy area againts various Tomcat profiles including yours.
In case some notable discrepancy is found it will be fixed, but may take time as that area of the model is complex and done by dozens of parts....
Guys,
as usual, thanks a lot for your appreciation and interest!
Afterburner:
- A/B has been done in this (unorthodox) way as apparently the Acceleration SDK trigger are not working. Some users are experiencing visual bleed of the flame through the fuselage: it does not happen on my system, but it appears that it is affected by video card setting. On Nvidia cards, "quality" (instead of performance) setting should mitigate the issue.
Will see if there is a better method to do it...
Sound:
One of the reasons why I did not include Aaron Swindle's sound set is that I could not contact him. Probably I have an outdated contact. The other reason is that, on my systems, those sound are very "screechy" - it is likely to be a problem of my motherboard (P6T Deluxe) which seems not like too much my 5.1 DTS environment via SPDIF... In doubt, I left it out.
Sound designers (which seem an endangered species in FSX ) if you have something to offer to this project please contact me....proper sounds are much needed.
Nose and canopy (for Diego Menendez):
Nose and canopy shape has been a long debate with some early testers, whose input was that initial design (like 4 months ago) was too pointy and long... I've first changed it making it a little more stubby, and then changed it back to "long and pointy" (this is like 3 months ago). I remeber matching it closely to a drawing similar to the one you attached (probably by the same author).
Can't say the same thing for the canopy, which was designed according to blueprints, of course, but has not been re-matched after nose modifications.
Honestly, I do not feel the current design to be broken but, as soon as I will have the time, I promise I'll double check the nose/canopy area againts various Tomcat profiles including yours.
In case some notable discrepancy is found it will be fixed, but may take time as that area of the model is complex and done by dozens of parts....
Navy Chief
Senior Member
I am confused (happens a lot to me lately), but are repaints already available for Dino's Tomkitty? So many people are posting, thanking the folks doing the repaints. Or are they all beta testers?
Thanks.
NC
Thanks.
NC
Wow I go out of town for a few days just to come back and find this aircraft! Its absolutely amazing, thank you so much Dino :ernae:
I have noticed the afterburner effect sticking through some of my other aircraft too so it is not only your Tomcat.
In my case it is linked to the "WideViewAspect" setting in my fsx.cfg
When I set it to true I get the bleed through. If I set it to false everything is fine. Since I use a widescreen monitor I leave it set at true and just put up with the bleed through. I would love to know what causes it since it only affects some aircraft.
I have noticed the afterburner effect sticking through some of my other aircraft too so it is not only your Tomcat.
In my case it is linked to the "WideViewAspect" setting in my fsx.cfg
When I set it to true I get the bleed through. If I set it to false everything is fine. Since I use a widescreen monitor I leave it set at true and just put up with the bleed through. I would love to know what causes it since it only affects some aircraft.
[SMOKESYSTEM]
// Should be long, lat, vert
smoke.0= -25.00, 4.4, 0.0, fx_F14_ControlledHeat , // Eng2 heat, when throttle > 10% //was 0.0, -25.00, 4.4,
smoke.1= -25.00, -4.4, 0.0, fx_F14_ControlledHeat , // Eng1 heat, when throttle > 10% //was 0.0, -25.00, -4.4,
smoke.2= -22.00, 4.4, 0.0, fx_smoke_f6 //was 0.0, -22.00, 4.4,
smoke.3= -22.00, -4.4, 0.0, fx_smoke_f6 //was 0.0, -22.00, -4.4,
The orders were reversed. Use the above. Regards, Bob.
Bleed Through
Using SP1 the bleed through is only visible on the left hand sides of both engines. When the A/B is on the bleed through goes away. It's only there when no A/B is selected. It appears that it is to the left of the engines rather than from inside of the engines. Regards, Bob.
Using SP1 the bleed through is only visible on the left hand sides of both engines. When the A/B is on the bleed through goes away. It's only there when no A/B is selected. It appears that it is to the left of the engines rather than from inside of the engines. Regards, Bob.
wilycoyote4
Charter Member
You're not the only one, Dino is aware. cheers:ernae:
Dino Cattaneo
Charter Member
nose modifications
@ Diego Menendez
Diego,
I've compared the my current model profile to the image you sent - and there are some differences.
Please note however that various Tomcat profiles from various source are slightly different one from each other.
That being said, the model profile looks slightly shorter (about 0.05m) and slightly "nose up".
Now, I modified the profile to match almost 100% to the one you posted in this thread (basically trusting you that this profile is more accurate than others). Proof I've done my homework below - BTW this screws up several parts and animations... but quality comes at a price.
I hope the Tomcat looks more authentic.
@ all
As for the floating lights, I've redone the lights and the problem is gone.
AIM7 and AIM9 models have been redone (see pic) and now they match the spec dims much more accurately (I'd say 100% but there is always an approximation...)
@ repainters
No effect on UWV mapping, but nose changes may have introduced a minor distortion in the nose area.... I've tested Bananabob VF-101 and, apparently, there is no noticeable impact.
@ Diego Menendez
Diego,
I've compared the my current model profile to the image you sent - and there are some differences.
Please note however that various Tomcat profiles from various source are slightly different one from each other.
That being said, the model profile looks slightly shorter (about 0.05m) and slightly "nose up".
Now, I modified the profile to match almost 100% to the one you posted in this thread (basically trusting you that this profile is more accurate than others). Proof I've done my homework below - BTW this screws up several parts and animations... but quality comes at a price.
I hope the Tomcat looks more authentic.
@ all
As for the floating lights, I've redone the lights and the problem is gone.
AIM7 and AIM9 models have been redone (see pic) and now they match the spec dims much more accurately (I'd say 100% but there is always an approximation...)
@ repainters
No effect on UWV mapping, but nose changes may have introduced a minor distortion in the nose area.... I've tested Bananabob VF-101 and, apparently, there is no noticeable impact.
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yago9
Guest
Dino, there is a (engine?) light coming out thru the fuselage.I,ve noticed it on the right side only ,so I don,t think it can,t be a graphic card issue,.. not on one side only..
wilycoyote4
Charter Member
Hi yago9,
Issue known since beta 1. I sure would like to get my paws on that Tomcatter paint, cheers
:ernae:
:USA-flag:
MenendezDiego
Charter Member
Dino, thank you so much for looking into this! It already looks better!
I can't believe you looked into it so fast lol, I thought we gave you permission to rest
Anyways, you're great!
Regards, Diego
I can't believe you looked into it so fast lol, I thought we gave you permission to rest
Anyways, you're great!
Regards, Diego
Navy Chief
Senior Member
I truly must losing my eyesight. Or maybe it's just that I do not see the imperfections...... But I was quite satisfied with Dino's initial Tomcat release!! If he never fixes anything else, I am extremely satisfied!
Thank you Dino.
NC
Thank you Dino.
NC
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yago9
Guest
This one is ready for download in case you didn,t know..It,s still under work that,s way I named it "version1".
Navy Chief
Senior Member
Your welcome,not sure i understand the intake part what whatever you say.. This one is ready for download in case you didn,t know..It,s still under work that,s way I named it "version1".
That looks so real. Only things missing is the noise and heat.
NC
f-18hornet
Members +
Does anyone have shockwave 3D lights for it yet please?