henrystreet
Charter Member
Looking good...I do like that T-6B
NAS Lemoore scenery!
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Looking good...I do like that T-6B
delta_lima
Charter Member 2015
Beautiful and accurate rendering, lots of detail, no performance hit - life is good, folks - many kind thanks.
dl
dl
henrystreet
Charter Member
Thanks DL, means a lot.
henrystreet
Charter Member
That SLUF looks right at home, Duckie!
Navy Chief
Senior Member
Looks like a home run, Henry!
Nice screenshot, Steve! Did you populate the flightline with Corsair II AI? Pete
Navy Chief
Senior Member
delta_lima
Charter Member 2015
We're not that far away .... MAIW has done a great FS9 traffic package featuring F/-A-18s and another of the Hellenic Air Force featuring A-7s done by Jake Burrus. Here's what they look like:
http://www.owlsnest.eu/maiw/MAIW Hellenic Air Force A7s_Gary Barker_files/image002.jpg
All we'd need to do is
1) Convert the fs9 traffic .bgl into an FSX one. That's mere seconds worth of work.
2) Get a few paints of appropriate NAS Lemoore squadrons made up for the A-7s. With both A-7Es and TA-7Cs in the Hellenic AF package, a very interesting set of squadrons could be done, including VA-174 for the two-holers, as well as regular "line/fleet" units for the A-7E.
Of course, the rub is I can't paint. The texture folders are just 2 x bmps each - so to a decent repainter, this could potentially be straight forward, given all we're looking at is AI level quality. Furthermore, whereas the MAIW pack has each individual airframe done with its own paint - corresponding to its own AI flight, it could be made easier still if we just had one paint scheme per unit - and the line of planes would all share the same BuNo. Not as nicely and thoroughly done as MAIW does it, but I certainly wouldn't complain. Then it's simply a matter of recompiling the new bgl reflecting the new aircraft - and we'd be done. Lemoore could go back in time a couple of decades in time fairly easily.
For my part, I'm happy to do the AIFP traffic work, if someone were to do the painting on the MAIW A-7s ... I'd of course ask permission to use the MAIW files beforehand ...
cheers,
dl
http://www.owlsnest.eu/maiw/MAIW Hellenic Air Force A7s_Gary Barker_files/image002.jpg
All we'd need to do is
1) Convert the fs9 traffic .bgl into an FSX one. That's mere seconds worth of work.
2) Get a few paints of appropriate NAS Lemoore squadrons made up for the A-7s. With both A-7Es and TA-7Cs in the Hellenic AF package, a very interesting set of squadrons could be done, including VA-174 for the two-holers, as well as regular "line/fleet" units for the A-7E.
Of course, the rub is I can't paint. The texture folders are just 2 x bmps each - so to a decent repainter, this could potentially be straight forward, given all we're looking at is AI level quality. Furthermore, whereas the MAIW pack has each individual airframe done with its own paint - corresponding to its own AI flight, it could be made easier still if we just had one paint scheme per unit - and the line of planes would all share the same BuNo. Not as nicely and thoroughly done as MAIW does it, but I certainly wouldn't complain. Then it's simply a matter of recompiling the new bgl reflecting the new aircraft - and we'd be done. Lemoore could go back in time a couple of decades in time fairly easily.
For my part, I'm happy to do the AIFP traffic work, if someone were to do the painting on the MAIW A-7s ... I'd of course ask permission to use the MAIW files beforehand ...
cheers,
dl
henrystreet
Charter Member
Appreciate your kind words. Very happy you are enjoying it.
henrystreet
Charter Member
DL and Chief -- I don't have any experience with AI but if someone were to need to modify the AFCAD's for traffic, I would be happy to collaborate and update the scenery.
ejoiner
Charter Member
This new KNLC works great!! beautiful job! I had been using the FS9 MAIW version, but this is much better. FYI, the MAIW FS9 AI, converted to FSX works great on this airport. I fired it up and was pleased to see FA-18's lined up in all the covered parking spaces. 
Only one minor issue. When taxiing from the covered parking on the north side of the main ramp to RWY 32R, the progresive taxi markers take you on a taxiway, but right through the middle of a couple of small buildings and a construction barrier! Dont know if thats a result of a leftover afcad from the MAIW version, or an error in this new scenery?
Otherwise the parking and the AFCAD markings seem to fit the base perfectly. I did deactivate the MAIW KNLC before launch, so the main base doesnt conflict.
Gonna take a helicopter tour of the base now! KNFL and KNLC are my two "go to" favorite west coast Navy bases.
Only one minor issue. When taxiing from the covered parking on the north side of the main ramp to RWY 32R, the progresive taxi markers take you on a taxiway, but right through the middle of a couple of small buildings and a construction barrier! Dont know if thats a result of a leftover afcad from the MAIW version, or an error in this new scenery?
Otherwise the parking and the AFCAD markings seem to fit the base perfectly. I did deactivate the MAIW KNLC before launch, so the main base doesnt conflict.
Gonna take a helicopter tour of the base now! KNFL and KNLC are my two "go to" favorite west coast Navy bases.
ejoiner
Charter Member
DL, what era are we talking about here for these A-7's etc? Just interested whether any other aircraft like A-4's or F-4's A-6's etc, are also part of the thought process here.
Eric
delta_lima
Charter Member 2015
Hi Eric,
Eras? I'd be at the mercy of the repainter as to what they'd like. I'm picturing picking an era (eg: late 60s) and then it in phases. Doing the A-7s in one go, the A-4s in another, etc. Then when those are done, move on to say, the late '80s (full TPS). That would give you two distinct periods, roughly 20 years apart. Of course, the scenery is "pegged" to the current/modern period, but again, there's limits to everything.
There are at least a couple of decent FS9 naval AI F-4s available, so the F-4 component has virtually no barriers to progress.
A-4s are easy - I've already used the Mike Pearson models in a quick MCAS Beaufort population I did a while back. They work superb, and can be used in decent numbers.
A-6s are hard; apart from the FS9 Alphasim Enterprise A-6, not aware of another A-6. In either case, though, even remotely appropriate repaints are the missing factor. And of course, A-7s - we'd need the MAIW model repainted.
So there are options, for sure. Maybe I'll bang about tonight with the lovely Martinez AI F-4, and Pearson A-4, and see what I can do ...
dl
Henry, you've made a real gem here. I've always used KNLC as my "home base" in FS, and now I have some beautiful and accurate scenery to go with it. Terrific stuff.
To the folks thinking about AI packages, there were never A-6s or F-4s based at Lemoore. It was "Light Attack" (as in, "No Slack In...") in A-4 and A-7 days, then in the 1980s, the Hornets started arriving, gradually replacing the ugly but adorable A-7s.
To the folks thinking about AI packages, there were never A-6s or F-4s based at Lemoore. It was "Light Attack" (as in, "No Slack In...") in A-4 and A-7 days, then in the 1980s, the Hornets started arriving, gradually replacing the ugly but adorable A-7s.
Duckie
SOH-CM-2024
I'll volunteer to slap some paint on the A-7...after the first of the year. Was the Jake Burris AI A-7 ever released outside of the MAIW package?
mikewmac
Charter Member
Eric and Henry,This new KNLC works great!! beautiful job! I had been using the FS9 MAIW version, but this is much better. FYI, the MAIW FS9 AI, converted to FSX works great on this airport. I fired it up and was pleased to see FA-18's lined up in all the covered parking spaces.
Only one minor issue. When taxiing from the covered parking on the north side of the main ramp to RWY 32R, the progresive taxi markers take you on a taxiway, but right through the middle of a couple of small buildings and a construction barrier! Dont know if thats a result of a leftover afcad from the MAIW version, or an error in this new scenery?
Otherwise the parking and the AFCAD markings seem to fit the base perfectly. I did deactivate the MAIW KNLC before launch, so the main base doesnt conflict.
Gonna take a helicopter tour of the base now! KNFL and KNLC are my two "go to" favorite west coast Navy bases.
Unless I'm missing something, it appears that none of the parking spots in the KNLC AFX file are linked to the taxiway network, so all of our MAIW NBAI F-18's are relegated to being static aircraft that disappear when they are scheduled to taxi out. I'd connect all the parking spots up, but I don't have AFX and so far I haven't figured out how to do it with ADE to an AFX bgl file without losing all of Henry's fine NAS Lemoore scenery objects.
Despite this AI problem, I really like Henry's NAS Lemoore scenery and all those parked MAIW NBAI F-18's are very impressive.
Navy Chief
Senior Member
Oh yeah! No matter how long it takes, it would be awesome to see the Lemoore flight line filled with Corsair IIs, and perhaps someday a redo of NAS Cecil Field as well. But as a flight simmer who appreciates the work of others, I learned a long time ago how important it is to be patient!
For my part, I am able to provide data. And since I will soon be spending one day a week, volunteering at the Naval Aviation Museum Library, I foresee having access to a lot of great information that will surely help all the SOH talented scenery designers, aircraft painters, and flight simmers in general!
NC
delta_lima
Charter Member 2015
Good reminder PRB regarding the a/c types. Makes things easier. A-4s circa 1966, High-vis A-7s circa 1975, TPS A-7s circa 1988. I'll start pottering about with the A-4s tonight and see how I get on. That said, I assumed the AFCAD "worked" - so that'll have to get run through ADE's fault checker. Can't be too hard to connect up the taxiways to the parking.
Stay tuned ...
dl
Stay tuned ...
dl