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Itosan's Lockheed Martin C27J Spartan

racartron

racartron

Charter Member 2016
AndyG43 is tweaking Itosan's Lockheed Martin C27J Spartan and requested a Shockwave set up. Here is my version. This one was more painful than most, but as Nigel once said, the messier the challenge, the more determined you are to solve it. At least I think Nigel said it.:icon_lol:


Aircraft.cfg entries

[LIGHTS]
//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landing
//6=taxi light, 7=recognition light, 8=wing light, 9=logo light
// Z, X, Y
light.0=3, -33.63, 0.00, 24.28, fx_shockwave_beacon ,
light.1=4, 28.00, 0.00, 3.00, fx_shockwave_vclight,
light.2=3, 12.01, 0.00, -7.05, fx_shockwave_beacon ,
light.3=4, 28.00, 0.00, 3.00, fx_shockwave_vclight,
light.4=3, 8.46, 45.14, 5.02, fx_shockwave_navgre ,
light.5=3, 8.46, -45.14, 5.02, fx_shockwave_navred ,
light.6=2, 8.46, 45.14, 5.02, fx_shockwave_strobe_2 ,
light.7=2, 8.46, -45.14, 5.02, fx_shockwave_strobe_3 ,
light.8=3, -36.88, 0.00, 5.81, fx_shockwave_navwhi ,
light.9 = 5, 11.60, 27.75, 4.50, fx_Shockwave_landing_light
light.10 = 5, 11.60, -27.75, 4.50, fx_Shockwave_landing_light
light.11 = 6, 28.30, 0.2, -6.70, fx_Shockwave_landing_light_small
light.12 = 6, 28.30, -0.2, -6.70, fx_Shockwave_landing_light_small

Panel.cfg entries

[Vcockpit01]
gaugeXX=shockwave_lights!SW Lights_gear, 1,1,1,1
gaugeXX=shockwave_lights!SW Lights_taxi_gear, 1,1,1,1

Replace "XX" with next numbers at bottom of the list.
 
Thanks Phil, really appreciate the assistance.

OK, where am I at? With the help of my friend Mr Google I have pulled together a lot of perfomance info & specs, and will be attempting to work on the FDE this weekend.

One of the existing packages out in the wild came with a set of blank textures, which is a great starting point from which to make the required paintkit - Matt, I may be asking for your help & advice on this, when it comes to the arcane art of adding shadows/highlights etc. Currently I am planning to provide a more detailed HAF repaint and an ANG repaint that Obio might appreciate.

For my own testing purposes I have 'borrowed' the sounpack from another aircraft. It works. So rather than reinvent the wheel I may just point you all in that direction - the aircraft it belongs to is pretty damn special anyway, so is worth adding if you haven't got it already.

The panel? Ah, the panel - it would be nice to make it 'photoreal', but I have yet to find a good enough set of pictures to use, so this is unlikely. I do have some pretty thorough references as to the layout & the equipment used; currently I am waiting to hear back from somebody, as I have sought permission to utilise some excellent gauges from another aircraft - if that permission is not given then I will try my best with the default gauges.

Don't expect this to be quick, as I'm learning a lot of new things for this; but it is an interesting aircraft in the real world, and Itosan's rendition deserves the tlc needed to reproduce this in game.
 
Andy gimme a few days and i'll whip up a set of C-27J masters for you :salute: might even tackle the Greek one myself... y'know, just as i have the contacts with Ramp access to the things lol :icon_lol: still not heard from an Avionics Tech in the PA, but will keep trying for you on that front :salute:
 
A very kind offer Matt, thank you. Like I said, there are some blank textures in one of the existing packs, which I was going to use as the basis - I'll email that one over to you at some point tonight. But don't let it distract you from the more important tasks like Phantoms, Tempests ..... oh yes, and job- and house-hunting. :guinness:
 
right now i could do with a welcome distraction :icon_lol: C-27J textures may just be what the Doctor ordered, besides it's flat grey with 'Ellhnikh Polemikh Aeroporia' on one side and 'Hellenic Air Force' on the other, all of a days work tops once i have a master texture template done, just hunting the model down now so i can set to work before i go out again later... what a thrilling life i lead, went round a female friends and ended up helping her dye her hair, oh what a thrilling life.... personal ...---... time... HEEEELP! distraction needed...... :icon_lol:
 
Thanks Matt, they're certainly better than anything I'd found to date. I've just emailed you the blank textures btw.

Dyeing hair, wow, living life on the edge!!
 
the crazy things you do when young... :icon_lol:, coulda gone down the local pub with this girl tonight but just for you guys i feigned a headache to do C-27J work... Karma wouldn't dare retaliate, i'm helping others :icon_lol:
 
Smoothie said:
the crazy things you do when young... :icon_lol:, coulda gone down the local pub with this girl tonight but just for you guys i feigned a headache to do C-27J work... Karma wouldn't dare retaliate, i'm helping others :icon_lol:
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Good lord, get yourself down that pub immediately!!!!
 
got all i need right here buddy, few bottles of Mythos, classic FM and Photoshop... good night in :icon_lol: besides this girl knows i place 'work' above all else... kinda a bonus :icon_lol:
 
ok and before i head to bed any moment, here's how she stands at present.... shadowing on, optional on paintkit, Hellenic Markings starting to go on, prop textures WIP and panel lines redrawn.... starting to shape up now, still got a list as long as my forearm i wrote down of all the things yet to do...
 
Looking good Matt. The prop textures were on my todo list, they definitely need replacing.

This weekend I tackle the arcane subject of flight dynamics - the odd noise you may hear will be screaming from Sarf London. The panel is still on hold, as I am wiating to see if my request is successful - rather not have to do the job twice, if I can avoid it.
 
ok will dig my 'cans' out for this weekend, i'm sure i'll hear you cursing at it from the Midlands.... yeah the prop-disc is on my to-do list, anyone fancy adding some wingtip vortices while we're plugging away at the other bits ? :icon_lol:
 
just a small update, while i continue to work on the F-4E... some shadowing added along with metal bits on the engines, still a long way to go but we're getting there :salute:
 
Looking nice Matt. :applause:

I'm sat here surrounded by the European paper mountain - enough reference material on the Spartan to sink a battleship - and trying to bring the flight dynamics up to a more reasonable standard. :isadizzy:
 
Hmmmmm....interesting aircraft!


(icon:Smoothie's now internationally acclaimed, embarrassed cough:icon) What does this ship SOUND like?????
 
nigel richards said:
Hmmmmm....interesting aircraft!


(icon:Smoothie's now internationally acclaimed, embarrassed cough:icon) What does this ship SOUND like?????
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Well, my test ship currently sounds like the BSMP Saab 2000, on the basis that they both use the Rolls-Royce AE 2100 (albeit different models) & I'm having enough 'fun' learning how to do FDE's and update panels. But it probably sounds more like a twin engined C-130J - are you offering a little assistance Nigel? :wavey:
 
Smoothie said:
but boy... talk about manouverable!
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The G-222 was pretty lively as well, I remember seeing it displayed at Cottesmore and Fairford a few times, the display pilot was putting some of the fighter displays to shame; and as the C-27J us, in effect, a more powerful version then the displays are potentially even more exciting.....

At that same Fairford they gave us a quote from the RAF Jaguar display pilot - when asked if he thought he could emulate the MiG 29 'Cobra' manouver his answer was "Yes - once"! And there were some pretty impressive displays that year; the G222 was followed by a Wessex display - you could hear the yawn from the crowd "oh, this is going to be tame ....... it wasn't!!! THAT pilot was doing Lynx style displays in a yellow RAF sar Wessex - for some reason he could never get any other crew members to fly with him when he was displaying!!
 
OK, quick update. My learning curve has been steeper than an EE Lightning take off, but I'm starting to get a grip on the basics of FDE adjustment. My C-27J no longer wants to go at Convair 990 speeds, but the performance still needs a LOT of tweaking; take off is a little too long, but the climb and accelleration seem a lot more realistic. Manouevering is totally off, I need to do a lot more work on that sort of thing - busy weekend coming up methinks!
 
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