mmann
August 6th, 2011, 08:18
Still a long way to go; but thought I would show you part of my next project. Pictured in the foreground is a low poly model of the Coleman Tractor aircraft tug which Coulson Flying Tankers still uses to move the Martin JRM Mars around when they are on land.
Pictured in the background is one of the two Martin Mars which started life as AlphaSim freeware AI aircraft for FS2004 (thank you AlphaSim). I converted the AI Mars into FSX static objects, they now have LOD's and MIPS and a reduced number of texture sheets which were converted to DDS. I also gave the models new Coulson Flying Tankers paint jobs to bring them up to date. I gained over 30% frame rate improvement since converting the aircraft, but of course now they don't fly (oh well, you can't have it all)!
Regards, Mike Mann45301
Pictured in the background is one of the two Martin Mars which started life as AlphaSim freeware AI aircraft for FS2004 (thank you AlphaSim). I converted the AI Mars into FSX static objects, they now have LOD's and MIPS and a reduced number of texture sheets which were converted to DDS. I also gave the models new Coulson Flying Tankers paint jobs to bring them up to date. I gained over 30% frame rate improvement since converting the aircraft, but of course now they don't fly (oh well, you can't have it all)!
Regards, Mike Mann45301