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SOH Team Project - Grumman Tracker, Trader, Tracer

This is such a spectacular project, the screens are extremely tantalising...
As a non-participant, but very expectant future user, I find I am losing track of all the variants that are being attended to.
Milton I know you have it all at your fingertips of course, and will let them go when ready.
Would it be possible to "push" a singleton for release, followed at decent intervals by all the others.
It would be a shame to suffer "huge package overload", and not give each one the time it deserves...
 
Wing_Z said:
This is such a spectacular project, the screens are extremely tantalising...
As a non-participant, but very expectant future user, I find I am losing track of all the variants that are being attended to.
Milton I know you have it all at your fingertips of course, and will let them go when ready.
Would it be possible to "push" a singleton for release, followed at decent intervals by all the others.
It would be a shame to suffer "huge package overload", and not give each one the time it deserves...
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That is my plan; I mentioned that a page or two back. The primary holdup has been the panel.
The textures for the C1A, E1B, and S2F-3 are done as are the CDF paints by tankerguy.
Gaucho_59 recently completed the interiors for the C1A and E1B. Snurdley just completed the interior for the S2F-3.

The panel and gauges are central to all the variants; we have been waiting for the panel wrapup . Scott finished the grunt work this past week and we are now reviewing it all. The gauge backlighting bmps are being worked on tonight.

Once that is done and they are tested and tweaked, I have to go back through all the variants and assign those emissive textures to all the panel components, and do more testing.

I will focus on getting the C1A out first followed by the E1B and S2F-3. These will be separate packages due to size and people preferences for these aircraft. Not everyone wants the E1B so why force it.

I will likely package all the CDF radial based aircraft in one download.

The panel and gauges for the turbos will not be done for awhile yet so they will come later.

With any luck, we can get the C1A out to beta in a week.

Hope this explains my current thinking on the matter. :)
 
Milton Shupe said:
Thank you Marty; I admire your work as well, and the many talented artists that have contributed here.

Marty, I have finished the nose gear bay change to be dark. Did you check those wing hinges? Seems you had some white and red in them.

NOTE: The attached model is for Marty's work only as it has the reflective attributes turned on and requires body textures to have name changes.
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thank you Milton,
I will test this model this afternoon, for the hinges is good there was red on the white texture to the former model with the new model I removed the red.
However I have the scoops on the engine nacelles that I can not paint, red for top scoop and white for the bottom, the flagship of the right wing and the party to the rear fuselage.
Best regards
Marty
 
OleBoy said:
Nice job on the video TG, and showing a wide variety of different aircraft with the aspects of fire suppression. I really liked the sounds that Nigel put together. Lots of deep, throaty rumble.
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My deepest respect to Nigel, I look up to him!...

But if any of these sounds are even related to FS9, I'll eat my hat!
Very cleverly edited and mixed TG72!
As it says in the title, "With real sounds".
I'm just imagining the amount of files needed, and the size of the folder to get this close to reality...

Stuart
 
Gentlemen, thankyou all for the kindwords but I feel it only fair to point out that Tankerguys nice movie contains dubbed sounds and not those actually used by the model(s).

I do hope you all find the actual model sounds equally awesome.

Stewart; nobody around here need look up to me, I prefer straight in the eye, friendship.
I just feel more comfortable that's all.

But I do thank you for your very kind encouragement buddy! :guinness:
 
thinking of the looking up to someone phrase i'm always mentally reminded of Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett and John Cleese in their 'classes' sketch :icon_lol:

great progress all, all involved.... Beers on me in the mess tonight! :salute:
 
ferondoe said:
thank you Milton,
I will test this model this afternoon, for the hinges is good there was red on the white texture to the former model with the new model I removed the red.
However I have the scoops on the engine nacelles that I can not paint, red for top scoop and white for the bottom, the flagship of the right wing and the party to the rear fuselage.
Best regards
Marty
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Marty, I do not understand the "flagship" of the right wing or "the party" to the rear fuselage. Screenshots with the areas highlighted would help.

EDIT: Also the air "scoops" are generally mapped to "white1.bmp" as are many other parts. If you change this, all the other parts will also change. I cannot change the mapping at this point as the paint kit and other liveries are completed already.
 
'Party to the rear fuselage' ? I'm all over that like airmen to an attractive single woman! i'll bring the beer.... :jump::ernae:

all of my Virtual Mercenary force are looking forwards to some Tracker/Tracer/Trader action.... so on behalf of all them too great job guys keep it up! wish i could have done more to help but hey sometimes things are out of our control....
 
Milton Shupe said:
Marty, I do not understand the "flagship" of the right wing or "the party" to the rear fuselage. Screenshots with the areas highlighted would help.

EDIT: Also the air "scoops" are generally mapped to "white1.bmp" as are many other parts. If you change this, all the other parts will also change. I cannot change the mapping at this point as the paint kit and other liveries are completed already.
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Milton,
The parts circled in red.
MartyView attachment 58487View attachment 58486
 
S2F-3 Being Prepared for Beta Release

I have all the known issues corrected with the S2F-3. I hope to get it out to beta this weekend. :wiggle:

Still some minor panel niggles to sort out and the gauge backlighting to tweak but with some luck ...

This beautiful livery by Snurdley.
 
That is great News Milton!

I have been following every single post since last August with great interest.
Although not having contributed to the project, it has certainly grown on me :)
How many combined man hours have gone into this all together?
I admire the enthusiasm and dedication of everybody involved, a fantastic team achievement!

Regards,

Stuart
 
Looking forward to having a go with this plane. The work you all have put into her is nothing short of astounding. But that pretty much goes without saying when "Milton and Company" is one of the best of the best.

:ernae: -- BB686:USA-flag:
 
stuartcox said:
That is great News Milton!

I have been following every single post since last August with great interest.
Although not having contributed to the project, it has certainly grown on me :)
How many combined man hours have gone into this all together?
I admire the enthusiasm and dedication of everybody involved, a fantastic team achievement!

Regards,

Stuart
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Stuart, thank you and and all the rest who have hovered, commented, and wished us well. You are certainly part of the team efforts which do require lots of enthusiasm and encouragement. It means a lot over 6-7 months to see folks hanging in the trenches with us. :applause: As to hours, we do not count but we have certainly had our share of fun along the way. It really is a great journey.


Blackbird686 said:
Looking forward to having a go with this plane. The work you all have put into her is nothing short of astounding. But that pretty much goes without saying when "Milton and Company" is one of the best of the best.

:ernae: -- BB686:USA-flag:
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And that you shall have BB. Thank you. :wiggle:

Sascha66 said:
I so wish this would happen!:salute::salute::salute:
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The wish shall be granted in due time ... :wavey:
 
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