Lonewolfee1
Charter Member
Nice!
Thanks for all your work. Can't wait to fly it.
Thanks for all your work. Can't wait to fly it.
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FSX Tigercat SOH Native Conversion Progress
- Thread starter gman5250
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He's been working hard on this!
gman5250
Charter Member
I've completed the beta version of the FSX Native F7F Tigercat. I'll bump the gentlemen who have generously volunteered to help me chase out the various warts and technical bits.
As you can see from the previous screen shots I've posted, this is a beautiful airplane. I've incorporated all of the DX10 friendly tweaks to the skin for those of you who prefer P3D. She has tested well in FSX and FSX ST, so I think we are close to a release on this conversion. Thank you all for your support and patience while I have finalized the project.
Thank you Mr. Shupe for allowing me to do this conversion for you and our community.
Cheers all....
As you can see from the previous screen shots I've posted, this is a beautiful airplane. I've incorporated all of the DX10 friendly tweaks to the skin for those of you who prefer P3D. She has tested well in FSX and FSX ST, so I think we are close to a release on this conversion. Thank you all for your support and patience while I have finalized the project.
Thank you Mr. Shupe for allowing me to do this conversion for you and our community.
Cheers all....
A heap load of thanks to you as well Gordon for such a meticulous job on this beauty. The Tigercat is a favorite for a lot of folks and having it FSX Native is icing on the cake. Gracias!!
Stickshaker
SOH-CM-2023
Hello Gman,
I hope I am not too late, but I would very much like to see a gunsight in the cockpit, even if it is not working. I suppose operational aircraft had gunsights mounted. Perhaps it requires too much rework of the model, but since you asked for opinions...
Anyway, the plan looks excellent as it is!
Daveroo
Members +
Hi Gordon and the rest of you....
please dont get mad at me,and yell at me...my nouves kaint take it...heheheh..
anyway...will you be doing this treatment to the air tanker version?....military stuff is fun to fly...but so are the conversions of some of those military planes...like the tankers..or like in the 60s all the planes used for large area sprayers..cargo planes..gosh i cant think of more..but there out there..like B-17s being used for mapping...
please dont get mad at me,and yell at me...my nouves kaint take it...heheheh..
anyway...will you be doing this treatment to the air tanker version?....military stuff is fun to fly...but so are the conversions of some of those military planes...like the tankers..or like in the 60s all the planes used for large area sprayers..cargo planes..gosh i cant think of more..but there out there..like B-17s being used for mapping...
gman5250
Charter Member
Mad....????? Me...???? Never.
I'm doing the entire set including the tanker. I'll do a basic skin set for each variant and provide a comprehensive paint kit that will cover the entire package. I'll leave the paints for the guys. For the tanker, I'll do a skin based on an existing aircraft, but I think the rest of the painters will want a chance to do their own skins.
The basic models will be set up with shine parameters suited to that particular model. The military planes don't shine as much as the restored birds, so the painters will have the option to choose a model that best suits their project.
The first model to be released is the Early F7F-1. I've set up the light parameters in the model to produce a wide range of shine based on the alpha applied. The basic skin has texture and wear built in, so the painters will only need to work with color and markings. The PK will have separate layers for those who want to modify wear or tweak the alpha and spec. Bump layers are included too.
Daveroo
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i really dont know what ya mean in all that..i AM a simple man ya know...lol....my family is gettin to me i think. but does this mean that the alpha thing doesnt have to be messed with?...i tried a paint loooog time ago on Bills Kodiak..it looked like a it was covered with colored mirrors,people tried to explan how to use that alpha channel thing in BMPsomething...and i just couldnt understand...
gman5250
Charter Member
That's a deep well to dive into.
There are a number of variables that control shine, alpha is the primary but combinations of alpha, spec, spec alpha....blah blah blah.... can bring on fits of depression and alcohol consumption. Throw in a healthy dose of Gmax and therapy may be the only alternative. To keep it more simple...the PK will have everything a painter would need to do just about anything.
gman5250
Charter Member
Mr. Shupe has the working beta model to begin his evaluation. The beta team will have the model in a few hours. I'm going to be working on the bugs that will surely arise, and the cockpit updates. In the meantime....
Prepar3D2.5: Dusk ambient lighting with Shockwave illumination.
Prepar3D2.5: Dusk ambient lighting with Shockwave illumination.
Daveroo
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me three man..me three....i paid for it and i never could get the thing to work for me...i cant read n learn...i need to someone to show me...youtube videos are my savior at times.
mvg3d
Charter Member
Hi Daveroo,
Just a silly question/suggest for You :
Have You included the following line in the panel.cfg ?
gaugeXX=shockwave_lights!SW Lights, 1,1,1,1
Without this line the SW lights DON'T work.
Daveroo
Members +
Hi Daveroo,
Just a silly question/suggest for You :
Have You included the following line in the panel.cfg ?
gaugeXX=shockwave_lights!SW Lights, 1,1,1,1
Without this line the SW lights DON'T work.
well this discussion is off the topic of this thread..so Gman,im apologize, but in the shockwave things..when you get the package,do you need to put that line in?..or is it supposed to go there automatically?....i dont recall..id given up on the lights package long ago...but if ya gotta do it manually it explains why it didnt work for me...lol...sheeesh
gman5250
Charter Member
Shockwave doesn't do anything for you, except provide the software. Everything needs to be added by hand. For the F7F, I'll include the code in the .cfg file with instructions on how to change from stock FSX/P3D to Shockwave. It's not hard to do. Once you have done it, you'll be able to do it on all of your airplanes.
Dumonceau
Banned
gman5250
Charter Member
gman5250
Charter Member
De nada Ed.
I tend to be detail oriented, but this plane deserves a bunch of respect. Probably the pinnacle of big radial fighter development (IMHO), but relegated to a less lofty status than her contemporaries. Nevertheless, she is a beauty to be taken very seriously.
I'll give the Tigercat my best effort.