JF Meteor released

So.. you think that looks ok then Bazzar?
EDIT: And your beta testers too as it managed to get past them.
ATB
DaveB:)
 
Well Dave,

I guess it could have been a black hole but as AH had modelled the interior I suppose they didn't want to hide it:encouragement:.
 
A special committee of investigation had been formed.

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When the moment arrived it could only be designated as a place where the sun don't shine no matter how long the committee looked at it.

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DaveB said:
So.. you think that looks ok then Bazzar?
EDIT: And your beta testers too as it managed to get past them.
ATB
DaveB:)
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I have seen the Meteor based at Temora many times over the past few years and as a beta tester on the Meteor I never said anything as I didn't notice any difference between the models I was testing and the "Halestorm" aircraft at Temora.

Maybe Ian Warren can shed some light on his as well.
 
If he sheds some light on it it'll just go bright again Pat. Dear me what are we going to do.
 
Then I guess it's due to the fact it's always dull and miserable here in the UK:a1310:

ATB
DaveB:)
 
Possibly against my better judgement (?!) I'm gonna chance my arm at entering this debate. I should say I don't own this product, so I'm only commenting on the screenshots here and on other forums (CBFSIM springs to mind). First, I'd have thought that a good amount of baked-in AO would've darkened these areas (plus, in the case of the FR the interior of nose, plus the camera etc. would probably be jet black, as with the Hunter PR11 nosecone and F95s I own and am restoring). That aside... a thought briefly popped into my head... could this be an FSX vs P3D textures issue (i.e. textured in 3DS Max with one sim's SDK, but rendered in the other sim). Strictly speaking textures for one are no longer fully compatible with the other, as they once were. Perhaps this is causing an issue? What prompted this thought was the screenshot below, taken from AH's own website, where the intakes look fine and different to the customer's screenshots. Maybe JF changed something once AH handed her over?

Andy

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I'm thinking that shot is from P3D Andy. Looking at the shading on the RH intake where the sun is lighting the front inner (outer) area, there's a defined line of shadow. FSX doesn't shade like that even with aircraft cast shadows on itself enabled. It could be argued that you can still see a little too much in the shaded area but the effect is a lot more realistic than can be seen in FSX. If it looked like that in FSX, I'd be happy.

ATB
DaveB:)
 
If you look for "Meteor_WellsB_t" in the main texture folder and darken the "Normal" dds file the interior is much less obvious.
 
Hmm.. that doesn't work for me Roger. A valiant attempt though. The problem (in FSX DX9 at least) would seem to be that these parts (intakes, camera bay and main gear covers) are picking up sunlight.. the intakes through the nacelles.. the camera bay through the fuse and the main gear mudguards through the wings. All these areas appear more 'burned' (as Andy suggested) in the promo screenshots. Pat seems to think all these look good anyway though I don't know if that was in response to the screenshots I posted or if its how he see's them in P3D and didn't look at my screenshots. In any event.. they don't look good in FSX DX9.

ATB
DaveB:)
 
Has it occurred to you to put in a support ticket? Or perhaps a PM to me or perhaps an email? It's amazing what can be achieved by just asking. When have you ever known JF or us for that matter not respond to suggestion/comment. :engel016:
 
Well Bazzar.. I started by asking if anything could be done about it and the response was less than helpful. I also hoped that Martyn would pop in but he's not so JF will get a ticket. It was my next step anyway though it is a weekend so there's no particular hurry.

If this and future releases are optimised for P3D, then all well and good. Nobody wants unhappy customers so it's probably easier not to be a customer;)

ATB
DaveB:)
 
DaveB said:
Well Bazzar.. I started by asking if anything could be done about it and the response was less than helpful. I also hoped that Martyn would pop in but he's not so JF will get a ticket. It was my next step anyway though it is a weekend so there's no particular hurry.

If this and future releases are optimised for P3D, then all well and good. Nobody wants unhappy customers so it's probably easier not to be a customer;)

ATB
DaveB:)
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Don't you think, maybe your over reacting a little?


Ian
 
and all over the colour of an engine intake? Well, whatever floats one's boat I suppose. If you're not going to be a customer then you probably won't be needing the patch then.:engel016:
 
AH flipping fantastic job guys!!! I really really like what I see! Have you guys ever thought of doing the Mirage III? Just saying... :encouragement:
 
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