Heinkel He-162 "Spatz", 1944

Good evening all!
Just to let you know that I have finally uploaded the upgraded, improved Heinkel He-162 1944 jet fighter.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=19&id=21949

Extensive research has gone into this upgrade, mainly regarding the special, realistic panel made by Hubbabubba, who also supplied innumerable gauges which further enhance the realism of this panel.

Specially to be mentioned is the N2 Turbojet Tubine RPM gauge, with an authentic-looking bitmap supplied by Hubbabubba, as well as correct and accurate needle-movement, that has been programmed by Ivan, and also the ammo counter for the pilot to be able to carefully monitor his 2 x 120 rounds for the twin 20 mm cannon.

Other improvements as regards flight dynamics and the minor model bleeds there were before have also been possible under Ivan´s indefatigable guidance.

This has been very fine teamwork, which I have enjoyed tremendously!
Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
 
Panel bug

Hello Hubbabubba,

I just tesed the new panel on the Spatz and the auxiliary control panel sections still won´t work properly. I thought I had got it fixed, but obviously I hadn´t! Sorry about that.

If in the panel.cfg, the line "render_3d_window=1" is entered in the main window section, the mouse cannot move the levers, and if this line is taken out, the panel is behind instead of infront of the main panel. If the line is taken out in the control panel window, the latter has parts missing, so it still won´t work. What does work, of course, is the older control panel bitmap and panel.cfg.

I wonder if you can look into this and tell me what I can do to correct it. Then I can upload a fix for it, and ask Rami to include it in the aircraft file.

Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
 
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I will go download the new aircraft and see what was going wrong...

... just did and had a look, geee:banghead:

Many things have been messed-up. You should have send me a copy for proof-reading and testing. I do not modify panel.cfg created by CFGEdit to simply add my personnal touch. The manual editing is necessary because CFGEdit does not recognize all CFS1 possibilities and does overwrite important manual "out of the box" tweaks.


I will send you a repaired copy by email.
 
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Hello Hubbabubba,

I should have checked better before too, and I didn´t realize that the c.fg Editor chews up things. Sorry!
However, not to worry! These things happen - we aren´t perfect.

In Spain they have a great saying: "He who works has the right to make mistakes."

OK, then, I´ll await the corrected panel.cfg and ask Rami to slip it into the uploaded plane with a convenient comment.

...unless of course a better idea would be to upload panel and instruments as a separate item on its own, with a corresponding screenshot and descriptive text... I wonder. Maybe you´d prefer this, although I remember that you had mentioned before, that as the panel is just for the He-162, you didn´t think a separate panel upload on its own would be necessary.

Anyway, whatever!
Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
 
i know he's very busy, but,
consider asking Rami to pull all the He-162 uploads
and wait until the corrected complete version is ready.
one good alpha version makes more sense
than one with umpteen updates.

just my two cents.
(or whatever your small change denomination is)
 
Hello Folks.

Hadn't checked this thread for a couple days. Missed all the excitement!

Regarding CFGEdit:
I only use it for quick and dirty throw-away panels as I might edit for testing purposes.
It seems to do some unpredictable stuff to the CFG file in my experience so Hubbabubba and I may be describing the same thing.
It IS a useful tool for visually locating gauges and setting relative sizes to match the rest of the panel, but when I do that, I just pull the numbers and enter them by hand into the Panel.cfg file.
The other thing I don't like about CFGEdit is that it always sets both X and Y sizes to force an aspect ratio.
I don't set both unless it is absolutely necessary.

- Ivan.
 
Corrected new He-162 upload.

Hello folks,
Following Smilo´s suggestion, I contacted Rami and he has just deleted the 2 previous versions of the Heikel He-162 "Sparrow" jet.

I have just uploaded the correct version which now has Hubbabubba´s correctly functioning panel and includes a small explanation of the workings of the new panel and its mousable gauges. Great stuff! This is the one with the fantastic new N2 Turbine RPM Gauge for which Hubbabubba made the dial and for which Ivan so effectively programmed the correct needle-deflection.

Here´s the new link: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...id=19&id=21954

I do apologize for the confusing back-and-forth with the mistakes in the "corrected" older version, but these things do happen... it was more of a "mis-correction", but now it´s put right!

I like Hubbabubba´s comment in French, similar to the Spanish one I used: “Il n’y a que ceux qui ne font rien qui ne font jamais d’erreur.” (Only those who do nothing never make mistake.)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the new upload!
Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
 
i see no reason to apologize, Stephan.
as you say, these things happen.
i try to look at mistakes
as part of the learning process.
i often make the same mistake
numerous times...until i learn.
god forbid, i might make a mistake
and look stupid is total bullsh**.
that's the hardest thing
for the younger ones to understand.

okay, enough of that.
what's next on your list?
 
Mistakes = improvement!

Hello Smilo,

Thanks for your moral support! Often it gets a bit of a pain because I make too many mistakes... but as you say, it´s part of the whole thing, so it´s no real problem.

Next on the list?
I´ve put the two Baltimores back onto the conveyor belt - I had already managed rather nice .air files with Ivan´s help. They both fly very nicely and the difference in power is noticeable. Now I´m putting on preliminary textures: There will be the earlier Mk.III with desert livery in brown-light brown with the normal engines, and the later Mk.V with the souped up powerfull engines, in khakhi dark/light green.

As soon as I finish the wheel-doors and the underpart of the nacelles, I´ll have a first version to post as a preview on the thread.

There are still a few issues on the transparent glass canopy in the front and on the rear turret, but it´s not too bad and I´ll tackle them later, but they probably won´t need any complicated SCASMing.

Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
 
just for the record.....
the sabre that I downloaded was CFS1ised by
Edmundo Abad .it handles well.

Thanks for all your efforts on
Spatz
luv 2 all

>>papingo
 
Hello Papingo!

Thanks for your post. Glad you like the Spatz! Yes, it appears that the efforts of all involved were indeed worth while!

As regards the Sabre, there are a a couple of models available. Together with other rather well known aircraft of the time, it seems to be quite well represented and also has quite a good FS98 .air file!

Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
 
Missing Gauges Uploaded

Hello Folks,
I do indeed apologize!
After two updated re-uploads of the Heinkel-162 "Spatz" jet, I had finally failed to include the wonderful gauges made by Guy Gauvreau, including the N2 RPM Gauge programmed by Ivan.

As it´s better late than never, here they are:

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...id=21&id=23742

Possibly not many missed them as they were included in the previous uploads before the last update.
Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
 

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