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Indiafoxecho TA-4

She's a genuine fighter (Tacpack). Tracer effects alignment with where bullets hit, perfect.

Some bugs I encountered :

1. Engine sound is more loud at nose of plane, instead of engines exhaust.
2. Colimated aiming croshair, goes out of hud's perimeter in turns ("undocked") - EZCA in use.
3. No sound when I'm firing the guns
 
jeansy said:
with Dino about to release his fsx version

12 TA-4 repaints available at https://library.avsim.net/search.php?CatID=p3d&SearchTerm=ta-4&Sort=Added&ScanMode=0&Go=Change+View
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Matt, thanks so much for your excellent paints. Do they contain the necessary alpha channels for FSX to produce the shine that I personally adore? I understand these are not
required for the P3D version but FSX uses them. If no alphas, would you consider incorporating same and reuploading? I realize this may be asking too much as you've probably
moved on to P3D as have many others.

On another note, Dino, thank you for making this bird available for us die hard FSX'rs. Not enough of that going around these days so your additional effort really stands out.
 
Got the install issue resolved. All I can say is "WOW". Great job, Dino. Well worth the wait for the FSX version. :encouragement::encouragement:
 
Hi all

Thanks for the appreciation!

I am sorry for the installation issue...but at least now it is solved. Only 7 users were affected...sorry guys!

A couple of notes:

- No gun sounds: the project does not feature custom sounds at the moment

- Sound being too quiet on some angles... this is a by product of the sound cone settings (which are the same as my T-45)... it should happen only on the ground and at low RPM. Seems OK in most conditions in flight.

- Crosshair not masked ....this is a by-product of the fact that the model was thought for P3D. Sorry for that.

As for the textures, please note that the "shininess" on alpha channel works ONLY if the model is programmed to support it... the TA-4 is not. "Shininess" information is contained in the specular maps. At the moment there is just one set of specular maps ("one fits all" type...which is not perfect for matte liveries like Israel or very shiny ones like Blue Angels, but does its job). Repaintes may want to create their own specular maps if they wish.
 
Thank you Dino for this jet ! Really nice :encouragement:
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Very nice Dino, to soon to ask about any further projects ?

FYI , my Avast Internet Security hit the panic button when this file was down loaded with the attached warning " may contain a rare virus " must quarantine for further investigation which proved to be a false alarm ... whoa !!

Has anybody else experienced a similar issue with this file ? .... curious !


Regards
 
@Aircanuck

First, about the virus warning - NEVER dismiss the possibility of a virus. I use AVG, and all my installers are checked with it... also, typically distributors have antivirus detection in their systems...but no antivirus is perfect. I have learned it in the hard way losing all my old source codes (and this is why the T-45, the S-3 and the F-14 have not been updated in years).
Having said that. AVG always flags my installers as "to be checked" (since they are unknown .exe) but always reports them to be free of viruses.

Having said that… here is what is down in the pipeline at the moment:

- Upgrade of the TA-4 to include the OA-4M model (almost done on P3D... not sure if it will be ported to FSX) -> Next few weeks hopefully

- A-4 single seater (Super Fox for sure...most likely E and F models too…. currently being developer for P3D, may be ported to FSX depending on the sales of FSX TA-4) -> Late 2019

- Aermacchi M-346 (at the moment P3D only...then we'll see) -> Spring 2020

- T-X (plan is to leverage some commonality with the M-346) -> TBD

- High-detail F-14D (probably straight into FS2020) -> TBD
 
FYI, I'm a guaranteed TA-4 sale in FSX. I'm happy with Virtavia's A-4, but if yours should make it to FSX I'll most likely upgrade that too! (I'm really just happy getting a two seat Skyhawk!) Love your work Dino!
 
Weapons training at NAS Fallon Range B-16, with TA-4J. A-4 AIs are native FSX (MAIW).
An overall succesfull training sortie of all participants... During landing at video's end, wheels didn't
come down due to damage of a .50 caliber shell, from a T-62 target (weaponized by FSCAI)...


Great stuff in FS !...
 
@Seahawk72

The FSX version does not feature the backseat cockpit. Image below from P3D.

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@Seahawk72Problem is that FSX has limitations on the complexity of the 3D models - which are absent from P3D. There are ways to circumvent this limitations while compiling, but in the end the resulting model is very difficult for FSX to handle... so I cut the backseat out of the FSX build.
 
Dino Cattaneo said:
@Seahawk72Problem is that FSX has limitations on the complexity of the 3D models - which are absent from P3D. There are ways to circumvent this limitations while compiling, but in the end the resulting model is very difficult for FSX to handle... so I cut the backseat out of the FSX build.
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i am sorry, but there are more complex models available which do have dual cockpit options. I have heard too many times about "FSX limitations"
 
narah said:
i am sorry, but there are more complex models available which do have dual cockpit options. I have heard too many times about "FSX limitations"
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Youre not sorry

It was designed and built for P3D v4.4 and greater, for the downgraded model to have dual cockpit options would require a complete rebuild of coding. just be grateful that it was even modified for FSX use considering hes a one man show with time and family constraints, where many larger sized devs these days dont even want consider the doubled workload for producing a 64bit and a 32bit release.
 
jeansy said:
Youre not sorry

It was designed and built for P3D v4.4 and greater, for the downgraded model to have dual cockpit options would require a complete rebuild of coding. just be grateful that it was even modified for FSX use considering hes a one man show with time and family constraints, where many larger sized devs these days dont even want consider the doubled workload for producing a 64bit and a 32bit release.
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What he said.
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