section 8 Sabre help..

[Prowler1111]

Gents:
Did anyone tweaked the section 8 Sabre for FSX use?

Prowler
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[ColoKent]

Actually...

....there is an FSX patch, as well as alternate glass texture available for the VC for use in FSX. I also deleted the smoking engine due to FPS constraints in FASX... Other than that, it's a BEAUTY!

Kent

 

[Prowler1111]

Cool..but..er..where?...lol

Thanks man

Prowler
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[skyblazer3]

http://sectionf8.com/download.html

Fantastic aircraft. I spend 90% of my time flying this Sabre -- I reckon I have well over 1,000 hours in it.

 

[Prowler1111]

THANK YOU!!

Prowler
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[Javis]

Alternatively, if you do not have the port-over in FSX already this is a package that installs the model in FSX complete with fixes, thumbnails, and 5 liveries. Just unzip in your FSX root folder and you're good to go.

http://sectionf8.com/f86files/sf86fsx_fixup.zip

Cheers,
Jan

 

[modelr]

Thanks, Jan.

:salute:

 

[Daube]

I confirm the plane works almost perfectly in FSX Acceleration.
I said almost because I'm not sure that 100% of the systems are working, however I could not spot any problems until now.
It's a true beauty in FSX, a must-have for anybody flying in DirectX9 mode.

Another important thing is that the virtual cockpit is extremely detailled and very clickable. The complete engine start sequence can be done from the VC.

 

[jmig]

Alternatively, if you do not have the port-over in FSX already this is a package that installs the model in FSX complete with fixes, thumbnails, and 5 liveries. Just unzip in your FSX root folder and you're good to go.

http://sectionf8.com/f86files/sf86fsx_fixup.zip

Cheers,
Jan

Strange? I downloaded that file, followed the directions to run the Bat files. It worked, except my glass is opaque from inside. I see reflections from inside the cockpit but can't see out.

I had to do a total IFR T/O and climb out. LOL

 

[jankees]

Thank you Jan!

I tried the earlier fixes, but never really got it working (except on my laptop..).
This one did the trick!
It looks great in FSX:

 

[Bjoern]

The earlier fixes worked fine for me. I put them all together and wrote the batches for easy conversion, after all.

Tried everything about three to four times and it worked fine.


Note that it only converts the liveries from the stock model and the livery pack. Any add-on liveries have to be converted manually!!!

 

[heywooood]

thanks for the link, Jan

I had forgotten that this F-86 is as nice to fly as it is to look at....

 

[PRB]

Thanks Jan! Love this F-86. Mine has only one issue, seen here in the attached pic. The gun sight reticle is exhibiting some definate funkyness. I'm running Vista-64, DirectX 9. I didn't do anything post installation, like mess with any textures of anything.

 

[skyblazer3]

Some fantastic Sabre Screenshots -- you guys are very talented screenshot artists. Of course, Jan's wonderful model doesn't hurt either.

 

[heywooood]

Thanks Jan! Love this F-86. Mine has only one issue, seen here in the attached pic. The gun sight reticle is exhibiting some definate funkyness. I'm running Vista-64, DirectX 9. I didn't do anything post installation, like mess with any textures of anything.

hey I've got that too...I just kept looking for the switch to turn it off....

if there is a cure I'd like to know it too please

running Xp pro 32 Dx9c latest release and just took the file as is posted in your link above, Javis

 

[Javis]

Thanks,gents, you're welcome. Great screenies ! :salute:

Strange? I downloaded that file, followed the directions to run the Bat files. It worked, except my glass is opaque from inside. I see reflections from inside the cockpit but can't see out.

I had to do a total IFR T/O and climb out. LOL

How was your landing ?

You should *not* run the batch file, John. All included texture files are already converted to dds. I suggest to remove the complete F-86 folder from your FSX aircraft folder and unzip 'sf86fsx_fixup.zip' in your root FSX folder again. 'Yes' to all to Overwrite.

That should remove the IFR training tent. :d

@ Paul and Heywoood : did you just unzip 'sf86fsx_fixup.zip' into your FSX root folder ? Did you not have a port-over of our F-86 in FSX already ? Seems that 'f86jv_rect.part.dds' and 'f86_rect.dds' are missing from your ...SF8_F-86EF_Sabre\texture.shared folder. Can you check please ?

Cheers,
Jan

 

[heywooood]

you are correct, Jan - I did not already have the F-86 in my files...I just d/led and installed the plane from your link in this thread....how do I get the missing files without wrecking this -

as is the plane performs nicely with a very low FPS impact and I do not want to change that if possible

 

[Aircanuck]

Jet Exhaust in FSX

Is one able to install the exhaust effect back into this plane for added realism , and if so how can we make this happen ?



Cheers for now and look forward to your future efforts Jan .




Aircanuck

 

[skyblazer3]

You can add the effects back by going into the aircraft.cfg and activating lights number 8,9, and 10 under the [lights] section.

Make sure that you have the effects Fx_SF86_TotalXaust_max_Orange, fx_SF86_TotalXaust_max_Blue_B, and fx_SF86_TotalXaust_low_Orange in your FSX Effects folder. Should be there from the install, but if you don't end up with engine smoke, you can go hunting for those.



Any guesses from Jan as to when we might see an update on the Sabre? Hope all is going well with MAAMSIM!

 

[jankees]

Wonderful aircraft, and relatively simple to paint too...
here's Wild Bill: