• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning old domain name stealing credentials

  • IMPORTANT INFORMATION - ALL MEMBERS PLEASE READ

    Due to an increase in the number of new members who are trying to systematically download our entire Resource Library (one new member yesterday tried to download 3,000+ files AT ONCE!) we are being forced to implement some changes regarding who can download what, how many files at a time and at what speed. As the forums and Resource Library share the same bandwidth when the Library gets overloaded with demand like that the forums fall over, as we have all seen recently. It's sad that greed has forced our hand in this way but we must do something for the benefit of all our legitimate members (many of whom paid money for the upkeep of the site) and to prevent the files stored here being used for nefarious purposes. Many of our uploads have specific conditions tied to them that forbid uploading to any other site or deny uploading to any site that has a 'paywall' (i.e. a pay to download policy). Due to the number of mass download attempts recently we can only assume that somebody, somewhere, is attempting to stock up a new file library with our files and we owe it to our up-loaders to protect their files and intellectual property especially as many (like my own LDR Development projects) are made available at SOH only and are specified as such in the 'read me' files.

    The forums and Resource Library will be taken offline as of 13:00 EDT with the forums coming back online shortly after without the resources library while we work on setting up permissions on the new Library module.

    We hope our members understand why we need to do this and will bear with us while we implement the changes.

    Thanks in anticipation, SOH ADMINISTRATION

P3D_V5 Screenshots P3D V 5

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Sometime True Sky can look a bit weird I wonder if there is fix or patch coming to correct this cubing line affect.

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CAF CF-104 104763, painted as a special to commemorate the end of Starfighter operations with No. 417 Sqdn in 1982. In v5.1, modified for PBR, on my lovely new rig with most sliders full right!

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Is that the SSW F-104? Been flying nothing but it lately. If so interested in how you added the PBR.
 
expat said:
Is that the SSW F-104? Been flying nothing but it lately. If so interested in how you added the PBR.
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Yes it is. A great airplane, even better now it's a realistic price.

I've been experimenting with PBR since v4.5 was released. I use MCX to modify models to accept PBR textures. Initially it was a way to get rid of the (to me) unsightly blue canopy glass on port-over models, and to get a more realistic metallic appearance for natural metal skins. To be honest, the latter is a disappointment for me. The SSW Starfighter isn't too bad and I've had decent results with the Airplane Factory/A2A P-51H and the FR B-24J. But when I saw what Bomber_12th has managed with his Mitchell in FSX I thought WTF, I'm wasting my time!!

PBR works best with paint IMHO; realistic glossiness is what it does best, and then only in P3Dv5.1, as evidenced above and elsewhere in this thread.

P-51H, 197th FS Arizona ANG. Called the Copperheads, they painted the spinner and tips in copper paint. Shows up nicely in PBR but metal's a bit dull in this one.


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Stores are from the Warbirdsim Mustang collection, hard points corrected.

DaveQ
 
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