Hawker Heroes

[stiz]

P.S. at any owner: are these full FSX - to my own thoughts and wishes - i.e. do they have full spec and bump textures?

All are full FSX

fury, hurri and tempest have spec and bumps. However only the Fury is worth dealing with, allthough the hurri and tempest might be better with new skins .... the typhoon needs more than a skin change to make it apealing to me i'm afraid

 

[bruce448]

So what was designated by the nine alternating stripes on this one? First time I have seen and now I am piqued...

Just a guess, squadrons painted alternating stripes on the aircraft prior to the D-Day invasions because of the similarity of profiles to the FW-190.

 

[gajit]

i wish the guy who made the fury would do a Stearman to the same quality :ernae:

 

[Fireball6]

The Info`s at the shop are not very helpfull - how many paints for each aircraft ?, different Types of the Hurricane ? Toggable weapons ? Can someone of you owners can answer this questions please.....

Greetings Dirk

 

[Roger]

The Info`s at the shop are not very helpfull - how many paints for each aircraft ?, different Types of the Hurricane ? Toggable weapons ? Can someone of you owners can answer this questions please.....

Greetings Dirk

If you look in the 2nd link in the first post you'll see all the varients I believe.

 

[Panther_99FS]

Folks,
Remember, we also have the PM system here too.....

Back to topic - This goes somewhere on my "list" too....:mixedsmi:

 

[EMatheson]

Well - just bought it for FS9 (I have FSX, but my system is not really up to the strain - I can fly FSX clean with no trouble, but any more complex mods push my poor system over the edge, so FSX is now uninstalled!)

This is a nice package in FS9, not great. Not worth the $41 I paid for it, but maybe worth $30...
The Typhoon is trash. Poor quality, very low poly graphics. The exterior is even slightly transparent, as if the model developer mishandled the materials and failed to add reflections to the model. The modelling is inaccurate in some ways, poorly detailed, and clumsily executed. The texturing is the same. It is a comfort to know that it was not made by the same team as did the rest of the package, because the difference in quality is enormous.

The Tempest is for me the star of the package. It has a great deal of liveries included, some of which are niceish. I do agree it would benefit from some better textures. The VC is up to the developers usual high standards, and includes more clickablilty than is usual for his FS9 models. It is also, however, as usual, rather dark, and the anemic VC lighting does not help much in visibilty.

The Hurricane is almost as nice as the Tempest. It shares many of the same good points and bad points. It is definitely a new model, not merely an inclusion or even an update to the modellers older Hurricane that is sold as a separate package by Abacus and others. However, as I have the wonderful SU Hurricane package, I feel no need to keep this aircraft.

The Fury is very nice in FS9, as well. However, it proved rather disappointing, especially as the wing-ribs, so prominently displayed in all the screenshots, are not present in the FS9 model, except in a somewhat half-hearted attempt at shading in the textures. The terrible effects of polygon stripping are unfortunately noticeable in many other aspects of the model, as well, the nose and the VC seat in particular appearing somewhat blocky.

 

[gajit]

 

[noddy]

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[Gibbage]

As Dan is in Firebug studios, I find it odd that you can work with him and not have heard of the name.

I worked with Danial directly, through E-mail. I honestly though it was going to be sold on Alpha Sim.

Still, this looks like a great product, well worth the asking price for just the Fury and Tempest alone, but the Typhoon is in desperate need of some work in my opinion. The Hurri also looks like a nice model, but not quite to the level of the Fury or Tempest.

 

[stiz]

but the Typhoon is in desperate need of some work in my opinion.

agreed, some pretty big bugs in that one, its like it was thrown in last min to fill out the package

 

[Quixoticish]

Is there a selection of paint kits included in the package? This would make it a definite buy for me.

 

[Roger]

It's a beaut!

 

[Fireball6]

Thanks for your answer, Roger. Finaly i couldn`t resist and buy the package. I agree absolut to the others - Fury, Hurricane and Tempest are fine. I notice that i am not able to switch the nav-lights of the Tempest on. Also at the Hurrricane. Is it me or have others those problems ?

Dirk

 

[Roger]

You're right Dirk. Either there will be a patch...or we'll have to add them ourselves!

 

[Roger]

Ok here's some nav lights for the Tempest, adjusted by eye. Add the light.1 and 2 in your aircraft.cfg.

[LIGHTS]
//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landing
light.0 = 4, -1.50, -0.00, 2.00, fx_vclight
light.1 = 3, 2.60, -20.20, -1.10, fx_navred
light.2 = 3, 2.60, 20.20, -1.10, fx_navgre

 

[CBris]

@ Stiz - thanks for the info. Something to put on the back burner then

@ Bruce448 - I found various definitions, but no "nine-stripers". Still thanks.

 

[Roger]

The Hawker Heroes Hurricane nav lights are on and off with the landing lights which is probably realistic in wartime.

The older FCS Hurri pack has no nav lights so here's some placement info for them:

[LIGHTS]
//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landing
light.0 = 4, -1.50, -0.00, 2.00, fx_vclight
light.1 = 3, 2.00, -19.80, -1.35, fx_navred
light.2 = 3, 2.00, 19.80, -1.35, fx_navgre
light.3 = 3, -22.65, 0.00, 2.00, fx_navwhi

 

[Fireball6]

Thank you very much Roger - great work - now the Tempest have working Nav-Lights - yipppieeeehhh

 

[Gibbage]

Roger. On the Tempest, there are two white/clear lights between the elevators. They are hard to spot because its fared over very well. I dont see them lit in your screen shot.