GAS Super Stearman Pre-release sale [Archive]

Spad54

February 2nd, 2019, 13:06

As we have done in the past and in recognition to the SOH community who has supported us for the past 12 years, we are offering the Super Stearman Package for FSX FSXSE and all versions of P3D at a 20% discount. The offering will remain open until Sunday 2/10. We hope you enjoy the product

Link here

http://www.payloadz.com/go/sip?id=3283136

speedy70

February 2nd, 2019, 13:32

Thank you Paul.

Cheers chris

falcon409

February 2nd, 2019, 13:34

Thanks Paul. . .another top notch job as always!

Twice43

February 2nd, 2019, 15:25

Thanks for discount.
Been waiting patiently for this one.
Could I clarify one thing - can the Super Stearman be publicised on other forumsvia posting of shots?
T43

Spad54

February 2nd, 2019, 15:36

Thanks for discount.
Been waiting patiently for this one.
Could I clarify one thing - can the Super Stearman be publicised on other forumsvia posting of shots?
T43

of course it can but it won’t be available to purchase for the general public until next weekend at the earliest. Perhaps even later.

edmoore235

February 2nd, 2019, 15:56

Wow, thanks again for the discount and for creating such an outstanding FS aircraft! Really enjoy flying it.
Love the wing walker option.....very neat pop-up for great choices.
Very, very nice and a smooth install as well.
Warm regards,
Ed Moore

Note to GAS: this is my twenty-third purchase...…!

modelr

February 2nd, 2019, 16:15

Wow, thanks to GAS for another excellent package. Going to really enjoy this one.

binarkansas

February 2nd, 2019, 16:32

Another great model from GAS. Bought it upon seeing it was available. Thanks for offering it at a discount.

WarHorse47

February 2nd, 2019, 17:02

Been looking forward to this one. Thank you for the discount and early release. Well done. :encouragement:

Spad54

February 2nd, 2019, 17:30

Hopefully we can get an admin to stick th thread until the offer expires. please?

Sundog

February 2nd, 2019, 19:21

Thanks guys! I've been looking forward to this release. :applause:

marijn

February 3rd, 2019, 03:17

Whooow! Downloading as we speak, can't wait to fly this beauty!
Thanks again to GAS for the allways generious discount given to SOH-members!

cavaricooper

February 3rd, 2019, 03:34

Paul-

Didn't see this over in the Prepar3D v4 forum, glad I popped in here! I clicked, however it just goes to my PayPal login. Is there a product page to learn about the update first?

Ta!

Carl

Spad54

February 3rd, 2019, 04:11

Paul-

Didn't see this over in the Prepar3D v4 forum, glad I popped in here! I clicked, however it just goes to my PayPal login. Is there a product page to learn about the update first?

Ta!

Carl
Video here
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/114373-GAS-Super-Stearman-Package

THibben

February 3rd, 2019, 06:42

Downloaded it yesterday, printed the manual and read it all, then installed. It is a real beauty. Will start flying today.

Thanks so much for the effort everyone on your staff put into it.

Tom

heywooood

February 3rd, 2019, 10:59

bumping this up to the top for a stickie post

I mean c'mon..

https://i.imgur.com/AAtUwt1.png?1

RjSchreiber63

February 3rd, 2019, 11:29

Enjoying this!!! Thank you!!!

heywooood

February 3rd, 2019, 12:07

https://i.imgur.com/My3M0xU.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/eahmnvn.png?1

very nice..

Twice43

February 4th, 2019, 07:15

https://i.imgur.com/eFrTWHR.jpg

Truckin along
T43

dvj

February 5th, 2019, 07:04

Looking real sharp!
https://i.imgur.com/oeBPNd5.jpg

gray eagle

February 5th, 2019, 07:20

First of all I wanted to thank Paul for this new addon and also for the discount.

I do have one general question with the thumbnail views of bmp and some dds files in Win 10.
As you can see there are some dds thumbnails (not all) that I can preview in the textures folders.
I am using Ifranview 64 bit. It will open the dds files but not provide a thumbnail view.
I tried DDS viewer and it won't show a thumbnail view either. Some textures that are part of completely
different aircraft will show thumbnail preview. I haven't found any stock Win 10 programs that will handle
bmps of the flight sim variety. General purpose BMPs, Win 10 can open - not any related to Flight sims (P3d V3,4)

Appreciate any suggestions on program(s) that will associate all dds and bmp files that are of Flight sim textures.

https://i.postimg.cc/t4mFzSWP/ag75.jpg

tgycgijoes

February 7th, 2019, 16:40

I use DXTBMP for all my repainting. It is free, just Google it.

62stratfan

February 7th, 2019, 17:44

It may have to do with the texture's dimensions. Many of the GAS textures are 4096x4096. I get the same view only with a PSD icon instead of a Canvas icon. DXTBMP will open the big files. You will of course need another app to actually repaint.
62stratfan

gray eagle

February 8th, 2019, 06:48

I use DXTBMP for all my repainting. It is free, just Google it.

Well, I switched to DXTBMP as default dds viewer, instead of thumbnail view of open dds files, I get this: (This is with Win 10)
Is it normal for win 10 or older to display dds files this way?

https://i.postimg.cc/bvrQm1vS/Capture.jpg

Edit: With other textures of other aircraft Dxt and ifran view will both display thumbnail pics of the dds files. It seems a conundrum with the GAS textures for some reason. :dizzy:

62stratfan

February 8th, 2019, 08:07

You may be correct. Even small GAS files show a PSD icon. The GAS textures seem to be dds-888-8-32 where my Lionheart F24 dds, for example, files are DXT5. They show a thumbnail preview.
62stratfan

gray eagle

February 8th, 2019, 08:38

You may be correct. Even small GAS files show a PSD icon. The GAS textures seem to be dds-888-8-32 where my Lionheart F24 dds, for example, files are DXT5. They show a thumbnail preview.
62stratfan

Yup, I have same issues... Glad to know it's not just me. Thanks for the reply. :engel016:

falcon409

February 9th, 2019, 09:07

Well, I switched to DXTBMP as default dds viewer, instead of thumbnail view of open dds files, I get this: (This is with Win 10)
Is it normal for win 10 or older to display dds files this way?

https://i.postimg.cc/bvrQm1vS/Capture.jpg

Edit: With other textures of other aircraft Dxt and ifran view will both display thumbnail pics of the dds files. It seems a conundrum with the GAS textures for some reason. :dizzy:
That's normal if you associate with DXTbmp as that program isn't designed to be a viewer. I am running Win10-64 bit and although I don't have this airplane (yet), just going to the folder that holds the textures and right clicking to select (view as thumbnails) and selecting "large" for the size I always see a thumbnail view.

62stratfan

February 9th, 2019, 10:36

It's been a long time since I've uploaded anything for FS. I think it's the GAS textures that are 888 8 32 that don't give a preview. I do have the Stearmans. The few GAS textures that are DXT1 or DXT5 are giving me a preview at all except List, Small Icons or Details. The Tutor's are bmps, no problem there. Other A/C that are DXT1 or DXT5 seem to have a preview.
62stratfan

henrystreet

February 9th, 2019, 12:20

@spad54 Only at sim-outhouse could your generous offers be seconded in this way. Thanks again for all you do and especially for your saint like patience.

heywooood

February 9th, 2019, 14:42

..this has got to be a first - the thumbnails thread..seriously? :toilet_claw:

some of y'all need to get a little perspective

https://i.imgur.com/hnTPSZq.png?2

gray eagle

February 9th, 2019, 14:59

That's normal if you associate with DXTbmp as that program isn't designed to be a viewer. I am running Win10-64 bit and although I don't have this airplane (yet), just going to the folder that holds the textures and right clicking to select (view as thumbnails) and selecting "large" for the size I always see a thumbnail view.

Falcon,
Thanks for the input
My main point was that some DDS files no matter what viewer is used will not preview dds in thumbnails
I found another aircraft to illustrate my point that some dds will and some dds won't show as thumbnails.
Don't know why that is, is all I am asking.
https://i.postimg.cc/44hP5x4Q/Capture.jpg

WarHorse47

February 9th, 2019, 16:22

..this has got to be a first - the thumbnails thread..seriously? :toilet_claw:

some of y'all need to get a little perspective

https://i.imgur.com/hnTPSZq.png?2I agree. Perhaps if we come up with some thumbnail jokes they can start a new thread. :pirate:

In the meantime.. I'm loving the Stearmans, especially the ones with floats. Took a nice flight from Friday Harbor to Kenmore Air in Seattle the other day. Had to set the timeframe to a nice summer day to get my mind off all this cold and snow we're having here. Hope someone is working on some repaints. :encouragement:

Spad54

February 10th, 2019, 07:17

thefrog

February 10th, 2019, 08:47

Falcon,
Thanks for the input
My main point was that some DDS files no matter what viewer is used will not preview dds in thumbnails
I found another aircraft to illustrate my point that some dds will and some dds won't show as thumbnails.
Don't know why that is, is all I am asking.
https://i.postimg.cc/44hP5x4Q/Capture.jpg

FWIW, I use Thumbview/TV View by Martin Wright who also produced DXTBmp (http://www.mwgfx.co.uk/programs/tview.htm) which shows 99% of the files in my texture folders - it displayed all these Flight Replicas DC-4 textures. It can be associated with your main graphics program. Right-click on a thumbnail to open full-screen, left-click to close (Download the .dll set as well if necessary. it works on my Windows 10 laptop)

srgalahad

February 10th, 2019, 09:28

Thanks to the community that took advantage of the initial offering. The link will be taken down by the end of the day. On to the next................

Thanks Paul. Scooped it up before the deadline - I forgot to do it last week :playful:

Looking forward to 'the next one'.

RjSchreiber63

February 10th, 2019, 09:44

modelr

February 10th, 2019, 10:31

Thanks for this great aircraft, Paul. Looking forward to flying her, soon.

For those on the "thumbnail" thread, not all types of texture types used in FS are capable of being shown as viewable thumbnails, strictly because of compression types used. DXTBMP will open, and convert all types used in FS. If you really must be able to see all of them, you can open each of those showing only your default opening program icon, and converting them into one of types that do show up, and saving them to your folders. In most cases, those converted textures can be/will be used by the aircraft or scenery in question, however, they may not be the most efficient for the particular model/object using them, and may either be blurry, or cause a loss of framerate when they are in the picture. Just some info for those wondering.

katonic

February 10th, 2019, 10:36

Thanks to the community that took advantage of the initial offering. The link will be taken down by the end of the day. On to the next................

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=67188&stc=1

Woohooo!!!! Can we take the pic as a comment on the next offering? I might have a collection of detail pics taken of various examples at Oshkosh...

heywooood

February 10th, 2019, 10:53

Fleet model 2? or the series....

They're in good hands, boss

Spad54

February 10th, 2019, 13:06

Fleet model 2? or the series....

They're in good hands, boss

Model 16 Finch ( to start)

heywooood

February 10th, 2019, 14:04

"to start"...I like it.

Looks like you have the one with the canopy in your teaser image - like this one here..though yours also has the cowl ring on it
https://i.imgur.com/8UM5GpF.jpg

Spad54

February 10th, 2019, 16:28

Yes. We are working closely with a Fleet restorer group which includes high time Fleet Finch owner pilots. Our hope is that the fiedity and accuracy we brought to the Stearman will be applied to this classic RCAF trainer. Be patient all will be revealed, on time.