Aerosoft Catalina

[warbird861]

It's coming up nicely. In case you haven't seen this, here's a good video made by Campinge, one of the beta-testers.

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[gera]

looks neat, but let´s first see the price....................

[harleyman]

Looks good to me...Even better on MoCats scenery...LOL:woot:

Will it be avaible in a Civilian Livery minus the cannon?

[stiz]

Blister view!!!! bout time someone did a cat with a view out the blisters:woot:

[jankees]

Blister view!!!!

Oh yes! The best view!

[warbird861]

Blister view!!!! bout time someone did a cat with a view out the blisters:woot:

It's not going to be modeled any better than it is now. There's nothing in there, for the sake of framerates and therefore you can't even rotate your view without trackIR :kilroy:

[warbird861]

Looks good to me...Even better on MoCats scenery...LOL:woot:

Will it be avaible in a Civilian Livery minus the cannon?

Yes, there will be other models, and also with modern cockpit.

[harleyman]

Yes, there will be other models, and also with modern cockpit.



Its mine then......Just release it cause I'm ready....:rapture:

[warbird861]

Its mine then......Just release it cause I'm ready....:rapture:

Although I have to point out that the Vingtor Luftveier aircraft that appears on the film actually had the turret bubble, even though it was civil operator, they just removed the guns. Reason why the turret is gray, is because I made that paint for older beta version's pby-5, that's pby-5a in the video.

[stiz]

It's not going to be modeled any better than it is now. There's nothing in there, for the sake of framerates and therefore you can't even rotate your view without trackIR :kilroy:

i'll be perfectly happy even if its just the window frames, the bit of plane you'd be able to see, and a couple of single polys which hides the sky :jump:

[warbird861]

i'll be perfectly happy even if its just the window frames, the bit of plane you'd be able to see, and a couple of single polys which hides the sky :jump:

http://www.hirche-online.de/Downloads/Catalina/views/view%20(7).jpg

http://www.hirche-online.de/Downloads/Catalina/views/view%20(8).jpg

enough for you? :kilroy:

[stiz]

good enough for me by the looks of it :applause: ... tel ya what, send us over a copy just to make absolutly sure :whistle::d

[warbird861]

good enough for me by the looks of it :applause: ... tel ya what, send us over a copy just to make absolutly sure :whistle::d

:costumes::costumes:

[crashaz]

Excellent work!! I for one will be throwing hard earned cash at this too.

Just too many things one can do with a cool Cat!:wiggle:

[lifejogger]

Excellent work!! I for one will be throwing hard earned cash at this too.

Just too many things one can do with a cool Cat!:wiggle:

Totally agree, my credit card is ready to go.

[Murray Cod]

I have saved my $ for this which I'll buy at the same time as TahitiX as they would seem to go hand in hand - Caribbean looks great too though

[Panther_99FS]

Looks simply incredible!! :applause::jump:

(And I've got my fingers crossed hoping that I'll be able to run her smooth):kilroy:

[jankees]

enough for you? :kilroy:

almost! Maybe just a few nuts and bolts? I don't have to see the inside of the cabin, but a few nuts and bolts to suggest a real window frame would be just great.
I'd be quite happy with just the outlines, but a few more details would make it just fantastic!
Here's my daughter Catalina, showing you what I mean...
Did I tell you this is a sure buy for me, windows or no windows?

[warbird861]

Looks simply incredible!! :applause::jump:

(And I've got my fingers crossed hoping that I'll be able to run her smooth):kilroy:

Try to figure out, this is beta and the fps may go up or down.


Test Settings:
-Friday Harbor active runway
-Traffic on
-REX texture set
-Engines running at idle
-ASA real weather depiction
-FPS counter taken with FRAPS
-View fixed

Core2Duo E6400 Overclocked to 3.1GHz
2GB RAM
Windows XP SP3
Asus P5B
Creative X-Fi Gamers Edition
Nvidia/BFG Tech 8800 GTX 768MB VRAM

Aerosoft Cat: 28-31 FPS
Eaglesoft Columbia 400: 23-25
Default 172: 36-39
Default Twin: 33-35
Hughes H1 (engine on): 28-34
A2A P-47 w/ Accusim: 29-33
Alphasim GeeBee: 34-39



Test Settings:
-Friday Harbor active runway
-Traffic off
-REX texture set HD
-Engines running
-'nice day'
-FPS counter taken with enhancement to get middled
-View fixed to straight ahead
-All other sliders to 'High'

AMD X2 6400+ Black Edition
4Gb Ram OCZ Pc-800 Cl 4
Asus M2N-E
XFX GTX260 Black Edition
*yes, I'm on the dark side *

*Vista default scheme*
Defual Trike: VC: 32,7 Ext: 39,2
A2A B377: VC: 15,7 Ext: 26,7
Car. Mooney: VC: 27,5 Ext: 35,9
Catalina: VC: 17,7 Ext: 34,2

*Windows default scheme* + inflight, bad weather
Catalina: VC: 48,1 EXT: 50.5



Test Settings:
-Friday Harbor active runway
-Traffic on (all 75%)
-REX texture set HD
-Engines running
-'nice day'
-FPS counter taken with enhancement to get middled
-View fixed to straight ahead
-All other sliders to 'High'
-Windowed mode - 1920 X 1200 x 32
-Dx10, Lens flare, Light Bloom and Advanced animation.
-Anisotropic filtering and Anti-aliasing set from the FSX menu.
- Running ESET NVOD32 AV, Skype, Messenger and Outlook in the background at the same time.
(No optimization or over clock on this system - yet).

Core i7-965
Gigabyte GA-X58-UD5 motherboard
Kingston 12 GB DDR3 RAM TriChannel (1333MHz)
Nvidia Geforce GTX280 1GB
2 TB hard disk (2 x Samsung 1000GB S-ATAII)
SB X-FI Titanium Fata1ty
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit (US version)

Default Trike: VC (engine on): 38,9 Ext: 79,2
Default 172 VC (engine on - analog panel): 37,4 Ext: 78,2
A2A B377 w/ Accusim (engine on): VC: 24,2 Ext: 48,6
A2A P-47 w/ Accusim (engine on): VC: 30,1 Ext: 69,2
Hughes H1 (engine on): VC: 37,2 Ext 76,8
Aerosoft Twin Otter (engine on): VC: 35,4 Ext 59,4
Car. Mooney: VC (engine on): 34,5 Ext: 69,2
Catalina: VC (engine on): 33,5 Ext: 74.6

[scotsman]

Hi Folks,

My first payware model was the Abacus Cat - found no better but love this plane because it's ugly and also somewhat pretty in it's own way at the same time
(a bit like Panther's ladies :whistle:- welcome back, Sir:ernae:).
However, that Abacus Cat always only was a compromise and I'm waiting for the Aerosoft Cat since it was announced light years ago.
I don't need much planes to discover the FSX-world: Mike's L-4 (my ultimate toy), a good Cat and probably the new FW 190 will make my basic eqiupment for long nights flying around (ok - i'm a hunter and gatherer like most of you, so my hangar will always be a bit more crowded).
To hell with any financial crises - that plane will be mine!

Mike

[Panther_99FS]

Thanks for the beta-data warbird...:)

[6297J]

I might have to sell my real cat :wavey:

[warbird861]

I might have to sell my real cat :wavey:

Oh please don't, sell your wife instead :kilroy:

[6297J]

Oh please don't, sell your wife instead :kilroy:

How do you think I could afford the cat!!

[warbird861]

Hmm, that's a problem. Sell your kidney!

[YoYo]

Old topic but small OT : many really nice shots !

http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/04/24/all-aboard-the-flying-yacht-circa-1950/

http://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flyingyacht33.jpeg