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FSD/Milviz P-38 Preview Screen Shots!

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Gibbage

Charter Member
Its almost that time! I know you all have been chomping at the bit to see what we have in store for everyone! By this time tomorrow, im sure a lot of people will be flying the demo!!! For those who simply cant wait, or who simply like a good screen shot, here ya go!!!

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Here ya have it! The FSX/Milviz P-38 is on final and over the fence! I really hope everyone enjoys flying it as much as our team have enjoyed creating it!
 
WoW! Sitting here with card in hand. Guess I will be holding a vigil. Guess it is a good thing my contract ended yesterday giving me time to sit around here and wait! :wiggle:
 
im looking forward to the demo, as long as it runs decent on my rig ill be buying it. How does the demo work anyways?
 
The demo will be the full product, limited to 1 hour of flight time. Once those days are up, you will need to purchase a license key to fly it again.

As for performance, it will be harder on hardware then most add-on's but I was running 1920x1280 with everything cranked to the max, FSAA and all that and running 25-30FPS over Friday Harbor. It dipped below 10FPS in LA, but thats to be expected. All I need to do is lower the res or remove FSAA and its very playable. I only have a 2.4GHz CPU and the ATI 4850 sux for FSX, so I dont have the best rig for it. You will be able to test it out on your own system and see if it is frame friendly. The "restored" P-38 is a big more frame friendly then the warbird version. I put a LOT of detail into those turbo's =)

Also, these textures are in 4K format!!! For those who want to read stencils (and there are a LOT!). So if you have performance issues, I suggest lowering the external textures down to 2K. That should help out people with older cards a lot.
 
I'm really looking forward to this, Kevin, it looks extremely skillfully done! I too am simply sold by the last shots of "Happy Jack's Go Buggy" - which will fit very nicely together with another aircraft I have in the workshop. Now I'm just looking forward to seeing how she flies! ;)
 
What's the blemish on the "Left upper wing" American star on "both" YIPPEE & Happy Jack's Go Buggy ? ...prolly a common texture... I'm no repainter.

She is looking very sexy :jump:
 
Will it be possible to use the modern VC in variations besides the Red Bull racer?
 
It looks good. The only thing is that from the shots it appears the modern cockpit gauges are just pasted on.... they don't look 3d like main models.
 
FlameOut said:
What's the blemish on the "Left upper wing" American star on "both" YIPPEE & Happy Jack's Go Buggy ? ...prolly a common texture... I'm no repainter.

She is looking very sexy :jump:
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I think what your seeing is stencling. The P-38 is covered in it, and its readable. Things like "Remove power before removing wing tip" or "Use 100 Octane fuel or better" by the fuel caps.

As for the modern pits in the historical aircraft, its not a feature we have on the list. We can look into doing something like that though.
 
One rivet, two rivets, three rivets, four rivets, five ri-...*ZzzzZZZZZzzzZZz* :d


(Awesome details on that model!)
 
Gibbage said:
As for the modern pits in the historical aircraft, its not a feature we have on the list. We can look into doing something like that though.
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Please do. I'd very much like to fly around with the aid of the modern instrumentation and navigation equipment in a "restored" P-38 in historical configuration/paint, instead of being tied to the modified racer.
 
DennyA said:
Okay, good to know it'll be announced before SkyUnlimited's P-38 sale is over. This one looks sweet, but we'll have to see what the premium is. :)
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I think, at whatever the price, it would be worth it. I did model both, but almost 5 years seperates the two. My skills have improved greatly, and also the power of PC's, so there is a lot more detail both model and texture in the FSD P-38. As mentioned, ledgeable stencils in the texture, and wheel hubs that are modeled and not just textured. All those little things count. Also, big things like a clean fillet between the wings and engine boom, and much higher resolution texture and model, plus much much more. The good thing is, youll be able to download it and try for yourself to see if its worth the extra money.

Ultimatly its up to the consumer to choose. In this day and age, its hard to beat a low price, but im more in line with quality over quantity. If your a fan of the P-38, youll want the best representation out there. But rest assured it wont be as expensive as some of the more recent premium releases. I find it hard to justify an add-on that cost's more then what I paid for the game.
 
the VC looks amazing but still to be honest Yippee is never the right colour for me, I mean it was like an orange not a red colour!

I know I know its an old photo but its not that red, skyunlimited got it wrong too..
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How can i explain it, its more of a creamy red colour in my opinion like Heinze tomato soup
look the colour in the bowl below...
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Yours is just too red for my liking!!!!
 
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