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

    Post 16 Update

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  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
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    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

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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