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Toko-Ri facility?

Oh wait! I placed a destroyer and MTB off of Hungnam and they cruised along fine with wake! What gives?
 
Can't wait to see this. Looks to be a alot of fun!

If you can give me another week or so Squiffy, I could have Brubaker's Panther for you.

Idea - Would it be possible to convert one of the LST's into a carrier facility and make it into a helicopter scow seen at the end of the movie?
 
FOO

I just checked the film and it seems to me that the blue Panther Brubaker

piloted had the "209" in it just like the one in DPC, so we're not so far away

from the movie. But if you could put William Holden's face in the pit...:bump:

I like your idea about the LST...

N.
 
Foo, add an alpha mask to that speedbrake and you can open the holes. Looking good. Non, yes the Panther is close already, There is some kind of bird logo on the nose, not a swoosh stripe. I pinstriped mine for eye candy but we can lean it down for the film look. Yes we can put holden's face on a pilot. I'll look into that but I prefer adding one's own. Yes, I was thinking about the helo scow. Maybe even making Wake island into a large carrier. You should be able to get two panthers side by side for catapult launches. Essex class. maybe I can splice a carrier together with the island and mask out the deck so a bigger deck on the island shows through? or just layer it. That would be a kneeling, expanding carrier. Weird.
 
OK great. We are short handed at work, I am cooking another headache and 5 of my colleagues are getting laid off. You guys are lucky I have seniority. This island/carrier thing has really intrigued me. I'd like to make it work. Do you guys think it's worth it? It would be another week of development. I like the FM on my Panther and Dragonfly right now. The Dragonfly uses the italian small twin as a base. It has retracts and flaps but also the 2 engines we needed for the rotors. If I work with a larger space, I may be able to help the ai avoid collisions with the tower.
 
Thanks.

Would an alpha mask open the holes on the .M3D? Never tried that before.

VA-192 was/is 'Golden Dragons' = dragon logo on the nose.

Heck yeah, the carrier conversion is worth it!!! That would be a blast.

Good luck with work.
 
Foo that rocks! Nice link. Right, the goldern dragons. OK I'm on it tonight, working Friday and Saturday then a day off on Monday. I'll see what I can get ready by then. There will be a bit to pack up but I'll keep you posted along the way.
 
FOO FIGHTER said:
...Would an alpha mask open the holes on the .M3D? Never tried that before...
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No, not on the .M3D but on the texture sheet. If you paint the holes on the alpha sheet that you combine with the main texture .bmp to make one .dds, the holes are simply see-through. The .M3D isn't really affected and the holes are not real (= modelled). But it looks good!!
 
Yup, just transparency. I tested the Wake island idea until about 3 this morning. Way too complicated. Scale is all wrong. Now since we are dealing with dirt/water in DPC, maybe another facility will work? That's proably better so it doesn't conflict with the models. Otherwise, if someone could boost the scale of the carrier itself we would be golden. It needs to be between 5 and 20 percent bigger. Rectangular deck would be great. I'll try to fake one but it's not far off from what we've got. Will the textures stretch with the model?
 
Thanks Non,

I think I discovered what was causing trouble way back with the river too. YOU need to have both summer AND winter mosaics for it to display in game. This mission is in winter and I didnt' have a mosaic ready until now. This means the large Sea Port should be available again once I build the files for the "river" facility. The ports could make for some fun missions though maybe not historical.
 
Awesome!!! :applause::jump: Nice work Squiffy!!! May I ask how you put the carriers in 'Korea'. A while back I tried to add Princeton, Oriskany, etc. but they would only show up in the list of airfields not in game.

Is this what you guys are talking about? I just made the holes white on the r.dds and got this effect. Will have to tone it down a bit but it does look kinda cool.
 
FOO FIGHTER said:
Awesome!!! :applause::jump: Nice work Squiffy!!! May I ask how you put the carriers in 'Korea'. A while back I tried to add Princeton, Oriskany, etc. but they would only show up in the list of airfields not in game.

Is this what you guys are talking about? I just made the holes white on the r.dds and got this effect. Will have to tone it down a bit but it does look kinda cool.
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Yeah! Looks nice!

And don't forget the red thing on the nose of the blue panther!!

N.
 
Thanks Nonato.

Red thing? Maybe you're thinking of the stock Panther (VA-172?) with the red flash on the nose. The Toko-Ri Panthers were from VA-192 and had the gold dragon on the nose. Same plane and plane number but different squadrons.
 
FOO FIGHTER said:
Thanks Nonato.

Red thing? Maybe you're thinking of the stock Panther (VA-172?) with the red flash on the nose. The Toko-Ri Panthers were from VA-192 and had the gold dragon on the nose. Same plane and plane number but different squadrons.
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FOO

You're absolutely right!!


Non.
 
Foo, that is a great shot! Thanks for the detail man. Guys, check out these coordinates in Google maps and tell me if you see rubble from some old bridges:

40.040676,127.512683

Update: Check out the squadron of MiG-21s at the airfield in the valley to the south. I'd be willing to bet they were put there to protect the logistics in the area. Increadible! Who knows when the shot was taken?

This is way too cool. I want to get the name of the river, or both rivers that meet there. The two bridges converge a little and in just the right spot in the valley. The glove shapaed valley is frighteningly close to what we have in our game relief map if not so accurate terrain texture and mesh-wise.

I might mask out the deck on the model so the facility tile shows through. If some could stretch one of our carier models we woudl be in great shape! Or maybe just build a flat top with tower.

To make the holes in the speed brake, paint the holes as 128 grey on the norm tile, and then black out the holes on the alpha mask. they will appear transparent. Very cool. I did it to my F-84. 128 might work on it's own. make sure it is pure. Any bleed and it will not work.
 
Squiffy said:
Foo, that is a great shot! Thanks for the detail man. Guys, check out these coordinates in Google maps and tell me if you see rubble from some old bridges:

40.040676,127.512683

U.
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Squiffy

I did check. Well I'm not convinced those are bridge debris...but it could be as clear images of that area are not easy to obtain.
About the river names..quite the same problem. One of them may be the Songch'on gang river...Near the bridges, at Pujon, there is a dam (power plant facility).
Sorry couldn't gather more info.

N.
 
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