Chuck_Jodry-VJPL
Charter Member
Ever wanna be a test pilot ?
-
There seems to be an uptick in Political comments in recent months. Those of us who are long time members of the site know that Political and Religious content has been banned for years. Nothing has changed. Please leave all political and religious comments out of the forums.
If you recently joined the forums you were not presented with this restriction in the terms of service. This was due to a conversion error when we went from vBulletin to Xenforo. We have updated our terms of service to reflect these corrections.
Please note any post refering to a politician will be considered political even if it is intended to be humor. Our experience is these topics have a way of dividing the forums and causing deep resentment among members. It is a poison to the community. We appreciate compliance with the rules.
The Staff of SOH
Kiss Of Death
- Thread starter Chuck_Jodry-VJPL
- Start date
Railrunner130
Charter Member
Looks pretty schweeeeet!!!
:ernae:
:ernae:
B
BananaBob
Guest
I hope you make painting it easy, she sure is a beaut and great job!:ernae:
:ernae:
:ernae:Chuck_Jodry-VJPL
Charter Member
A few more with the new specular and bump maps in play, as to repainting this model there are no special challenges involved , no scaled or squished maps and there are no mirrored wings or body maps so all surfaces can have their own artwork .
A layered PSD will be released with the model .
A layered PSD will be released with the model .
B
BananaBob
Guest
Fantastic Chuck! Your work on this really shows and thanks for making her easy to paint. 
:ernae:
:ernae:
Chuck_Jodry-VJPL
Charter Member
Thanks B Bob , but credit needs to be spread out to the team involved.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
fficeffice" /><o></o>
My role is as the technician, i am forwarded the " raw " model and its psd files in this case produced by Colin and his team from MilViz.<o></o>
Once i have them in my hot little hands i process the raw psd's and turn them into dds files and begin setting up the materials in FSX to best portray the aircrafts surface finish to represent the real world counterparts characteristics , some are matt , others shiny and those panel and rivets and the bump maps that represent them go through several revisions before there is some sort of consensus on the part of the design team and beta testers that we are “ Go “.<o></o>
<o> </o>
Next up i do all the animations and their assignments , then 3D modelled gauge codes and any custom XML visibility conditions or animated bits required and tie all that to the cockpit switches and lighting that go in to that particular aircraft, finally the aircrafts gauges are brought in line with the .AIR files requirements and its off to get further tested by the team for a last time before the real beta tests begin with a wider group to try and spot any deficiencies.<o></o>
<o> </o>
There are currently two aircraft in the pre release beta stage , i see a number of SOH members are involved in vetting these and giving their feedback so improvements can be made and the wishlists presented can in some measure be fulfilled , but one thing is certain it takes a focused team approach to get one of these produced and credit is earned by them all for their efforts.<o></o>
<o> </o>
The YF-23 is through the first stages and currently getting the cockpit animated , its gauges installed . <o></o>
Here are a few previews of the cockpit as it comes to life , i started with the HUD so it was flyable and was working on the auto pilot yesterday, three of the display screens are done and active. <o></o>
<o> </o>
<o></o>
<o></o>
<o></o>
fficeffice" /><o></o>My role is as the technician, i am forwarded the " raw " model and its psd files in this case produced by Colin and his team from MilViz.<o
></o>Once i have them in my hot little hands i process the raw psd's and turn them into dds files and begin setting up the materials in FSX to best portray the aircrafts surface finish to represent the real world counterparts characteristics , some are matt , others shiny and those panel and rivets and the bump maps that represent them go through several revisions before there is some sort of consensus on the part of the design team and beta testers that we are “ Go “.<o
></o><o
> </o>Next up i do all the animations and their assignments , then 3D modelled gauge codes and any custom XML visibility conditions or animated bits required and tie all that to the cockpit switches and lighting that go in to that particular aircraft, finally the aircrafts gauges are brought in line with the .AIR files requirements and its off to get further tested by the team for a last time before the real beta tests begin with a wider group to try and spot any deficiencies.<o
></o><o
> </o>There are currently two aircraft in the pre release beta stage , i see a number of SOH members are involved in vetting these and giving their feedback so improvements can be made and the wishlists presented can in some measure be fulfilled , but one thing is certain it takes a focused team approach to get one of these produced and credit is earned by them all for their efforts.<o
></o><o
> </o>The YF-23 is through the first stages and currently getting the cockpit animated , its gauges installed . <o
></o>Here are a few previews of the cockpit as it comes to life , i started with the HUD so it was flyable and was working on the auto pilot yesterday, three of the display screens are done and active. <o
></o><o
> </o>
></o>
></o>
></o>
B
BananaBob
Guest
The pit is smoking, great job to the team then, really looking forward to this one. :ernae: