Warbirdsim Little Friends II Update Uploaded

[Bomber_12th]

I have just uploaded to the library here at SOH an update package for the Warbirdsim P-51D "Little Friends II" product. It includes all new external textures (including new normal maps saved in 32-bit quality, ambient occlusion layers and other improvements) as well as some model updates. Some of the textures also feature updates in the markings and other details to be more historically accurate based on latest research/findings.

A similar update for "Little Friends (I)" has also been in the works but is still a ways off yet.

I hope you enjoy!

 

[Greenhouse357]

Thank you, John!

 

[Bradburger]

Many thanks John.

Look forward to downloading and installing it!

Cheers

Paul

 

[Odie]

Thanks, John! Appreciate your ever-greening of a great a/c!

 

[Sundog]

Thanks John!

 

[AussieMan]

​They look great John.

 

[Duckie]

Thank you John...

 

[stovall]

Oh man, thanks John. A fantastic model made even better.

 

[MustangL2W]

Thank you John... Love your Mustangs!!!!! Each and Every one of them!

 

[ZsoltB]

Hi,

Here the problem

I copied it, but the screen is black, I don't see a new model

 

[noddy]

I have the same problem.

 

[WarHorse47]

Well, I've tried a different approach and noted several issues.

I created a whole new aircraft folder using the download and renamed it to P-51D_5-NA_Little Friends_II_v2. Then I copied over the panel, sound, air file and texture folders from my original install making sure I did not overwrite any of the texture folder contents provided by Bomber. Under this setup I got an error that the model would not load.

The main issue I noted was that the aircraft.cfg file for the update refers to *.air files that are not in my install for "filet" and "no_filet". I updated the entries for each texture to refer to "sim = P-51D" from the original install. After making this change I can load the aircraft, but the VC glass is black. I checked the texture.cfg files an original glass textures in the texture folder, but haven't solved that last issue.

Back to the drawing board.

 

[Bomber_12th]

Sorry about that folks. I'm off for a bit on my lunch break so I can help.

Please change the Aircraft.cfg file entries to look like those in the attached file.

 

[Bomber_12th]

And stick this texture file in the P-51D-5-NA_Little_Friends Texture folder.

 

[Bomber_12th]

Later today I'll re-upload a better version of the update.

 

[noddy]

Many thanks John.

 

[ZsoltB]

Thank you,

Here other problem, missing the pilot face:

 

[noddy]

 

[Bomber_12th]

I have just uploaded an updated version of the update to replace the existing one, which should hopefully resolve all issues completely. As is stated in the readme file, I now have the "Marie" variant properly separated for installation into the separate "fillet" folder, and so those who have already installed the previous update can also delete the Model.Marie v2 and Texture.Marie v2 folders from the P-51D-5-NA_Little_Friends folder.

If you cannot wait for it to become available in the SOH library, you can also download this updated version of the update here:

https://wetransfer.com/downloads/94b315ce28219542be573177ac5c89b220191125234017/3a7c16


Sorry for all the inconvenience!

 

[Bradburger]

Thanks John!

Cheers

Paul