That is an interesting shot Rob with the shadow, the reflection, and the water effect all close together.
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Milton and team's XP54 native released
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That is an interesting shot Rob with the shadow, the reflection, and the water effect all close together.
These pics show some interesting contrasts in light, glossiness, and reflections between painted and bare metal surfaces. An interesting study.
Thank you Pam. It was a fun project.
Mike Kelly and James "Magoo" Banks really helped take it up another level with the paint kit, racer versions and their flight models, liveries, and different sounds.
warchild
Charter Member
You all did great.. I flew the swa from haneda to osaka vfr tonight and it was a piece of cake, even considering thjat i've never flown that route in fsx before, and without a flight plan ( missed it by ][ THAT much ) .. This plane along with the widow, is going to be one i keep forever..
manfredc3
SOH-CM-2022
The high level container folder does say 1.0 but the rest of the package inside is 1.1. Sorry for the confusion.
Milton, I was fascinated with this plane as a kid, poring over WWII aircraft books. Thank you for bringing it to life for us. I never dreamed I'd get to "fly" this machine.
Rick, your usual superior work with metal and paints - let's make some video of these machines in formation action, and maybe racing at Reno! Heritage flight with the MV P-38, MV Corsair, and Milton's Swoose Goose?
Toby
Rick, your usual superior work with metal and paints - let's make some video of these machines in formation action, and maybe racing at Reno! Heritage flight with the MV P-38, MV Corsair, and Milton's Swoose Goose?
Toby
Mach3DS
Charter Member
Great idea Toby! Let's get this in the air at Reno. Heritage flight sounds perfect as well. Yes this is a nice aircraft. I read about it in a prototype aircraft book I have and never thought I'd be able to fly it it either! Thanks Milton!
magoo
SOH-CM-2013
FSX Sound Cones
.....Well there's a fix posted for the XP-54. While working with another project I opened up one of the Racer's sound folders for a reminder as to how I handled a detail........and all the sound cone entries were missing. (!!!??!!)
This is a feature I get a kick out of......how could this be...?
The date stamp at the top of the sound.cfg tells me that I gave the noise packs one last tweak before the Swoose Racers were shoved out the door......and of course, the editor that I was using is of FS9 vintage.....and wipes out any unique FSX data upon saving. That stuff has to be copied over by hand.
With all the colored streamers, confetti, champagne and party hats.....I forgot.
...And......nobody complained.......(?????)
So check the library if this interests you. For the Allison & Lycoming powered Swoose Racers.....sound cone entries restored.
A bonus, too....an experiment in overdubbing. The Allison engine startup sound is quite reactive.....the pilot is jamming the throttle back and forth like it's a video game....
I noticed the turbocharger was absent (separate wav file) and thought,"It'd be nice if we could hear the turbo come to life at startup, and the notice that it lags well behind the engine's rapid rpm changes."
To quote Mike Kelly, "Done."
Please note, the new sound.cfg files are designed for FSX. Pilots running P3D can validate that sim uses (or expands?) the sound cone stuff? FS9 will give you the cold shoulder, pretend it doesn't know what you're on about.
However.....the Allison startup wav file could be used in FS9 too.......just bakup your original files before overwriting. That goes for all users, all sims.
The things are in the file library here, currently in the "What's New" menu. Look for " XP-54 Racer Sound Fix-up.zip"
It's different in a nice way......I especially enjoy the sound as the racer is departing into the distance, that long deep thrumming echo , atmospherically distorted......sort of haunting. That is pure Nigel Richards right there.
Toss these into the folders and do some flyby's. You'll see!! (......hear...)
.....Well there's a fix posted for the XP-54. While working with another project I opened up one of the Racer's sound folders for a reminder as to how I handled a detail........and all the sound cone entries were missing. (!!!??!!)
This is a feature I get a kick out of......how could this be...?
The date stamp at the top of the sound.cfg tells me that I gave the noise packs one last tweak before the Swoose Racers were shoved out the door......and of course, the editor that I was using is of FS9 vintage.....and wipes out any unique FSX data upon saving. That stuff has to be copied over by hand.
With all the colored streamers, confetti, champagne and party hats.....I forgot.
...And......nobody complained.......(?????)
So check the library if this interests you. For the Allison & Lycoming powered Swoose Racers.....sound cone entries restored.
A bonus, too....an experiment in overdubbing. The Allison engine startup sound is quite reactive.....the pilot is jamming the throttle back and forth like it's a video game....
I noticed the turbocharger was absent (separate wav file) and thought,"It'd be nice if we could hear the turbo come to life at startup, and the notice that it lags well behind the engine's rapid rpm changes."
To quote Mike Kelly, "Done."
Please note, the new sound.cfg files are designed for FSX. Pilots running P3D can validate that sim uses (or expands?) the sound cone stuff? FS9 will give you the cold shoulder, pretend it doesn't know what you're on about.
However.....the Allison startup wav file could be used in FS9 too.......just bakup your original files before overwriting. That goes for all users, all sims.
The things are in the file library here, currently in the "What's New" menu. Look for " XP-54 Racer Sound Fix-up.zip"
It's different in a nice way......I especially enjoy the sound as the racer is departing into the distance, that long deep thrumming echo , atmospherically distorted......sort of haunting. That is pure Nigel Richards right there.
Toss these into the folders and do some flyby's. You'll see!! (......hear...)
.....Well there's a fix posted for the XP-54. While working with another project I opened up one of the Racer's sound folders for a reminder as to how I handled a detail........and all the sound cone entries were missing. (!!!??!!)
This is a feature I get a kick out of......how could this be...?
The date stamp at the top of the sound.cfg tells me that I gave the noise packs one last tweak before the Swoose Racers were shoved out the door......and of course, the editor that I was using is of FS9 vintage.....and wipes out any unique FSX data upon saving. That stuff has to be copied over by hand.
With all the colored streamers, confetti, champagne and party hats.....I forgot.
...And......nobody complained.......(?????)
So check the library if this interests you. For the Allison & Lycoming powered Swoose Racers.....sound cone entries restored.
That new Allison sound is so good, I put it on all of the models.
A bonus, too....an experiment in overdubbing. The Allison engine startup sound is quite reactive.....the pilot is jamming the throttle back and forth like it's a video game....
I noticed the turbocharger was absent (separate wav file) and thought,"It'd be nice if we could hear the turbo come to life at startup, and the notice that it lags well behind the engine's rapid rpm changes."
To quote Mike Kelly, "Done."
Please note, the new sound.cfg files are designed for FSX. Pilots running P3D can validate that sim uses (or expands?) the sound cone stuff? FS9 will give you the cold shoulder, pretend it doesn't know what you're on about.
However.....the Allison startup wav file could be used in FS9 too.......just bakup your original files before overwriting. That goes for all users, all sims.
The things are in the file library here, currently in the "What's New" menu. Look for " XP-54 Racer Sound Fix-up.zip"
It's different in a nice way......I especially enjoy the sound as the racer is departing into the distance, that long deep thrumming echo , atmospherically distorted......sort of haunting. That is pure Nigel Richards right there.
Toss these into the folders and do some flyby's. You'll see!! (......hear...)
That Allison sound is so good, I just put it on All of the models.
simtech
SOH-CM-2025
Great Airplane
Milton and team... superb. Just wanted to say thank you for a tough job very well done. Am enjoying the different models tremendously. Thank you all for this wonderful gift. It flies grand, the panels are super and the paints are awesome. I tried to save disc space and only load a couple of liveries... wrong choice. Missed some textures. Then I RTFI and all went well. I need to get a bigger hard drive..
Milton and team... superb. Just wanted to say thank you for a tough job very well done. Am enjoying the different models tremendously. Thank you all for this wonderful gift. It flies grand, the panels are super and the paints are awesome. I tried to save disc space and only load a couple of liveries... wrong choice. Missed some textures. Then I RTFI and all went well. I need to get a bigger hard drive..