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  • 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

T-45C Goshawk and F-14D Tomcat updates

Wingnut172N said:
Also, when the Goshawk is shut down the gear doors are usually opened, and the flaps droop (not the slats, though). Any way that this could be added to the model?
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The first version or two that Dino did the gear doors did droop at shutdown. The problem with this was that when you recorded a flight with FSrecorder, the gear doors would animate in the drooped position. As with many things in FSX, a compromise was made. You won't get to see the doors droop after shutdown for the five seconds you'd spend in the outside view looking at them, so you won't have to see them droop for the duration of a formation flight in FSrecorder. An acceptable compromise, lol.
 
Glad to see you here, Rob :) Thanks for the clarification. I should check some of my gauges for this bug.

rcbarend said:
Hi JR,

I've been "fighting" this "continuous event" problem induced by many gauges, since I started to create xml gauges (for FS2K2).
The most infamous one probably being continously forcing the Smokesystem either On or Off, depending on a condition.

This problem can always be avoided, by checking if it's necessary to issue an event (ie. only issue the event if the current state of the corresponding var is different then the intended one). Even works for axis events.

Besides flooding a MP server, this "continuous event" problem also causes multi-keystroke sequences, like SH-E 2 (open exit-2), to fail.

Cheers, Rob
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All,

thanks for you feedback and appreciation!
Unfortunately I had a major hard disk failure which has caused some delay to my projects... All source files are safe, but I had to replace the hard disk and format/reinstall everything (and I lost my custom Eglin scenery in the process)...

I have to confess that I was completely unaware of the "event flood" multiplayer issue.
I believe that, for the Tomcat, it may be due to the XML code that controls the flap retraction before swinging the wings... as it is basically the only piece of custom XML code I can remember (everything else is stock F/A-18).

As for the T-45, bone is right. The first versions had an animation that opened progressively the gear doors and flaps when the engine was off, simulating the relaxation of the hydraulic system... but this feature was then removed as it created glitches in several cases (multiplayer, recording, a/c selection menus and more)...
The launch bar animation can surely be fixed (I will see if there is a video on youtube to replicate that...although I do not recall seeing one).

Again, thanks a lot
 
The only thing I would change would be the head movements of the Pilot and Instructor in this otherwise excellent sim. Seems like too much movement.
 
Upgraded to V2.21 and uploaded to flightsim and avsim

I've found that in version 2.20 there were some duplicate files and I've removed them. Package has been upgraded to version 2.21 and has been uploaded to flightsim and avsim.

As for the F-35, it will be out in (hopefully) few weeks.

The F-14 is looking great...but the cockpit needs a lot of work and there will be nothing ready before autumn...
 
Dino, thanks a lot for your continuos improvement of these projects, they represent two of the best freeware models ever made for FSX.
Tonight I'll try the new version of the Goshawk, looking forward to the F-35 and F-14 releases!
Ciao!
 
Nice to wake up to seeing the latest version of one of my 2 fav Dino models. Getting the T-45 fired up for some MOA work around NAS Kingsville, then out to the boat for CQ!
 
And here is the original trailer :)

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