F7F Tigercat SOH Project

[Matt Wynn]

I received the textures and after looking, I wondering why things looked strange. Ah, I forgot to add specular lighting to many of the textures. That has now been corrected.

I was wondering why it was flat in terms of sheen...

I'll try to get a SoH themed racer done for you all to really throw around in the next week... currently being kept busy by IRIS and myself working on other paintkits and a video....

 

[Milton Shupe]

I was wondering why it was flat in terms of sheen...

I'll try to get a SoH themed racer done for you all to really throw around in the next week... currently being kept busy by IRIS and myself working on other paintkits and a video....

No problem Matt; we will enjoy what you have blessed us with here and now. Will upload today.

 

[Daveroo]

Oh, life is so complicated.

My role in the F7F project was to do an exterior model. Fliger747 completed the flight modeling, N2056 is going to do the VC when he can get to it (sometime after the P-61 project).

We wanted an F7F for the RTWR so I built a basic VC, PRB built a panel, Gary Jones and Nigel Richards built sounds, Franz LOWZ, Mikezola, Tankerguy72, Falcon, and Smoothie have all done textures. So, we packaged up a version for the RTWR, a fire tanker for the tanker boys, and the 3N to be released Saturday. All of this is a WIP, and fun.

The F7F project will go on but we have a nice set of flyers here to enjoy. They are not an alpha, beta, or a completed F7F project. This is "interim". These "interims" are a patchwork quilt that when put together are great to look at, and great to fly, or do carrier landings. No idea when N2056 can get to the F7F but meanwhile, we are having fun with this.

Hope that helps.

ok i understand now...thank you milton....

 

[Milton Shupe]

Yet Another, and Hopefully Final Update to the F7F-3

My apologies and thanks to all who have tested these uploads. You have helped identify the issues.

This morning we discovered that the panel.cfg was missing a gauge entry for the WEP gauge. Missing was the window00 entry gauge30 (there is no gauge 29).

If you downloaded before now, you are likely missing this gauge entry in the panel.cfg in window00.

gauge30=MAPE_WEP!WEP toggle, 475,390,25,35 // Will not work in FSX - Remove

This gauge is for FS9 only.

I have re-uploaded the package to correct the issue. No other changes were made.

You can note the difference by the picture caption (With Sounds & WEP).

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=6&linkid=3424

 

[Milton Shupe]

This morning after I re-uploaded the revised F7F-3 WIP, I realized that many texture materials did not have specular lighting assigned, and later realized that one of the vc02_L textures was outdated.

Specular lighting gives the model that bit of sun glare. I didn't realize this early on because Franz's photoreal texture kind of had it built in to the textures. It was evident on Mike Zola's paint scheme but it just didn't pop with me what was wrong.

The vc02_L is for the lower panel gauge backlighting at night. The current one you have works but the lighting is a bit off.

This is not a show stopper but if you would like a model and texture update, here ya go.

 

[andersel]

Well, this one gets my vote for sure. Just landed afer a flight from NAS Fallon to NAS LeMoore, The only thing i noticed missing was that the "down arrow" simicon was not there. is/was it supposed to be? In any case it is an absolutely fantastic airplane, even as an unfinished version. Love, Love it, Love it! LA

 

[Milton Shupe]

Well, this one gets my vote for sure. Just landed afer a flight from NAS Fallon to NAS LeMoore, The only thing i noticed missing was that the "down arrow" simicon was not there. is/was it supposed to be? In any case it is an absolutely fantastic airplane, even as an unfinished version. Love, Love it, Love it! LA

Thank you very much from the team

I did have the Drop Tank Simicon on the 2D panel as well, but it seemed to cause a conflict so now, it only resides on the VC lower panel. I totally forgot about removing that from the verbiage.

 

[WarHorse47]

I hope to upload the F7F-3N Nite Fighter package Saturday morning. Here are some shots.

Milton, don't you just hate these quotes. :ernae:

Actually I was just wondering about the status of the -3N and tanker models. I'm still flying the tanker and really enjoying it.

--WH

 

[Milton Shupe]

Milton, don't you just hate these quotes. :ernae:

Actually I was just wondering about the status of the -3N and tanker models. I'm still flying the tanker and really enjoying it.

--WH

LOL No, actually they are representative of my best intentions.

I have the -3N package ready to upload but awaiting Fliger747's final tweaks to the air file for spins and speeds.

I also want to get you a revised tanker model with specular lighting corrections but working on the AT-11 packaging right now and that will take me all day given the number of files to verify.

 

[Lonewolfee1]

Milton thanks so much, this plane is spectacular!!!

Only thing I notice is I cannot see the Feather Engine 1 and 2 gauges at the top of the 2D panel. Did I miss something?

 

[racartron]

Hey Milton, the specular lighting makes all the difference -- IMHO. Since moving to fs2004 on Windows 7 Ultimate and 64bit OS, I've not been able to use Isu's MDLC app to add that extra little shine to models and it's driving me crazy So when I see the outstanding results this little change makes I'm forever grateful to you and the entire team.

This plane -- as it stands -- is one of the best from your "Little Shop of Awesomeness." It difficult to imagine how great the final product will be.

Meanwhile, I've cleared a spot(several in fact) on the tarmac for the AT-11.

From one retired dude to another(?), thank you ever so much.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Milton thanks so much, this plane is spectacular!!!

Only thing I notice is I cannot see the Feather Engine 1 and 2 gauges at the top of the 2D panel. Did I miss something?

Hmmmmm, I see that those two gauges come from the ST_D18 cab file. That file was not included in the package, an oversight on my part (and PRB's). If you have the D18S of mine, that should be in your panel folder or FS9/Gauges folder.

If you do not have either of the D18S aircraft we released, well shucks, I am hurt.

You can get the D18S here: http://www.flightsimonline.com/downloads/D18SVC4.zip

If you want the VC rain effects update to the above: http://www.flightsimonline.com/downloads/b18srain.zip

or the cargo version here: http://www.flightsimonline.com/downloads/d18scarg.zip

Otherwise, if you are not a D18S taildragger fan, I will upload the cab file here. Just let me know.

 

[Milton Shupe]

I was hoping that you were going to add load-outs. I meant to ask, but.
..And now that I see you are, are you going to make firing guns too (I hope)

Oleboy, sorry, forgot to respond to this one.

I really know nothing about loadouts but certainly someone here does. Dogknot usually comes through with this I think.

Firing guns? LOL no, I will leave that to people who know what they are doing ... just not my forte, if I even have one.

 

[OleBoy]

Oleboy, sorry, forgot to respond to this one.

I really know nothing about loadouts but certainly someone here does. Dogknot usually comes through with this I think.

Firing guns? LOL no, I will leave that to people who know what they are doing ... just not my forte, if I even have one.

I figured so much. I wasn't crying in my boots..lol. I was just noticing the armament on the wings in one of the last shots you showed us. I wasn't aware that you included them (or even did any) on the model or how to get them to appear if it was a feature.
.....And as for the gun effects, I tried messing with them in the past myself. AND gave up!! It would be a nice feature to have the guns, smoke, flash and casings dropping

 

[Milton Shupe]

Hey Milton, the specular lighting makes all the difference -- IMHO. Since moving to fs2004 on Windows 7 Ultimate and 64bit OS, I've not been able to use Isu's MDLC app to add that extra little shine to models and it's driving me crazy So when I see the outstanding results this little change makes I'm forever grateful to you and the entire team.

This plane -- as it stands -- is one of the best from your "Little Shop of Awesomeness." It difficult to imagine how great the final product will be.

Meanwhile, I've cleared a spot(several in fact) on the tarmac for the AT-11.

From one retired dude to another(?), thank you ever so much.

Well thank you sir. You have always been there with support and we appreciate that. Keep in mind that this, as with all our projects, is made possible by a lot of peoples efforts, not just mine. Please read the Read Me First.txt to see the long list of contributors of this and all packages. Were it not for all of them, the package simply would not be the same, temporary as it is.

 

[alain0568]

-Hello,



-Thank you very much,Mr Milton for this beauty!:ernae:
-She works very well in my FSX!



Alain

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[Milton Shupe]

F7F-Tanker with Specular

Just added specular to the Tanker and you now can have the model update file.


Just unzip and replace your mdl file in the model folder with this one.

 

[OBIO]

It has become crystal clear just how mind boggling the last few months have been here in OBIOLand. I have not even downloaded the Tigercat yet!!!! And you all know how bonkers I am over radial engined aircraft. Now that things are getting back to normalish, I will have to grab this amazing WIP aircraft...or has it been finished and I just haven't read far enough into the thread to know that....and take it up for a spin and a crash or two. I lost track of this tread about the time Milton showed screen shots of his early WIP/Temporary VC. Got a lot of reading to do to get myself up to speed on this bird.

Also need to grab the AT-11. I'm still flying the beta of that wonderful plane.

OBIO

 

[andersel]

Thank you very much from the team

I did have the Drop Tank Simicon on the 2D panel as well, but it seemed to cause a conflict so now, it only resides on the VC lower panel. I totally forgot about removing that from the verbiage.

Thanks for the H/U, Milton. Since I spend "virtually" all my flight time on the 2D I missed that. Is this some secret plot to force me in to VC flying?

 

[Milton Shupe]

Thanks for the H/U, Milton. Since I spend "virtually" all my flight time on the 2D I missed that. Is this some secret plot to force me in to VC flying?

I will set up something for you on the 2D panel ...

EDIT: Okay, attached is a replacement panel.cfg for the F7F-3 WIP (not the tanker). I put the tankdrop SimIcon to the left of the others on the 2D panel, just under the Eng 2 Feather button.