(Payware) A6M2 Zero

[Martyn]

Some pics of our upcoming A6M2 Zero for FSX :jump:

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[stiz]

any chance of seeing the dirty prop spinner on the white zero being washed off? makes the rest of it look ugly :engel016:

[Pips]

Outstanding!

[Daube]

Fantastic !
It will be from "Just Flight", right ? (sorry for this question, I'm still unable to remember who works for which company here...)
Who "realistic" do you plan to make this aircraft ?

[Martyn]

Yes this is a Just Flight product. We will be releasing more details about the aircraft shortly.

[YoYo]

http://justflight.com/developProduct.asp?pid=1007 More pictures.

[roger-wilco-66]

Great news, looking forward!

:ernae:
Mark

[Ian Warren]

She looks great , with all the recent Pacific aircraft and freeware scenery , another Pearl Harbour or further a Real Virtual Midway :salute:

[mal998]

Sweet!

Makes me want to jump in my Hellcat!

I will be picking this one up!

[jeansy]

its looking good,

its in better condition than the ones ive seen for real(at least its in one piece)

[Bomber_12th]

It seems like the perfect opportunity to finally duplicate the "oil canning" effect, well, with a Zero built for FSX and the vast material options available.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/p682544911-5.jpg

[fsxar177]

Martyn,
The Zero has been long-overdue in FSX. This is great news! It's looking purdy..

Joseph

[Gibbage]

It seems like the perfect opportunity to finally duplicate the "oil canning" effect, well, with a Zero built for FSX and the vast material options available.



That skin effect is VERY hard to duplicate in normal maps. Thats why it hasent really been done yet.

[Bomber_12th]

What I meant, is that with every past Zero built for any other flight sim, you would have to actually texture the aircraft to look like that, with all of the shadows and highlighting in the base textures themselves, in order to get close to the effect. With this being the first Zero that can support normal maps/bump maps (whatever you want to call them), I'm just saying it is the first opporunity that someone could have to reproduce this effect using the more advanced materials available in FSX (it does also require a good amount of specular (which would be accurate anyway) to show off such detail in the normal/bump maps). I'm not, in the least, saying that it hasn't been done well on other productions, and I know too exactly what goes into trying to duplicate such an effect.

[roger-wilco-66]

That skin effect is VERY hard to duplicate in normal maps. Thats why it hasent really been done yet.


I think the OZX HD Redux version of the Grumman Goose is a good example for that. Must have been a tough job.

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[Gibbage]

I think the OZX HD Redux version of the Grumman Goose is a good example for that. Must have been a tough job.

61753

Thats a way of faking it, putting a random noise into the skin.

[crashaz]

Ah Zero-sen! Looking good! All we need now are some Kate's and Val's :jump:

[Martyn]

The Zero is now available: http://www.justflight.com/product.asp?pid=1007

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[MartinM]

Cool !!

[roger-wilco-66]

Wow!!!

:applause:

[stovall]

Here is a good look at the Just Flight Zero and ChiChi Jima. The price is right and this very nice aircraft has found a home.

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/A6M2_Zero.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/A6M2_Zero2.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/A6M2_Zero3.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/A6M2_Zero4.jpg

(http://)http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/A6M2_Zero5.jpg

[roger-wilco-66]

Nice shots, Tom. I'll also buy it!

Cheers,
Mark

[Warrant]

Wow, looks great!

Will take a while before i can purchase it though...

Recently added to my hangar:

- Virtavia F-111
- Virtavia B-1B
- Milviz F-15E
- Iris F-15E Mudhen

And i'm off for vacation to Florida soon....:jump:

So no more funds for this beauty for a while :mix-smi:, but is on my whish-list for sure! :salute:

[Roger]

Really enjoying the Zero:ernae:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/jfz-3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/jfz-2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/jfz-1.jpg

[Roger]

A few more...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/jfz-4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/jfz-5.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/jfz-6.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/jfz-7.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/jfz-8.jpg

[PRB]

Dang it Roger, this is all your fault! This is a fine addition to my IJN Air Fleet. This is such an interesting plane. A perfect example of “the right tool, at the right time, for the job.” The Me-109, for all its technological sophistication, would have been worth it's weight in cement blocks to the Japanese, who, in 1941, needed a long range fighter... Good stuff!

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p575/GHJ9854/FS/JF_A6M2_1.jpg

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p575/GHJ9854/FS/JF_A6M2_2.jpg

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p575/GHJ9854/FS/JF_A6M2_3.jpg

[heywooood]

A few more...









http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/jfz-8.jpg

someone needs to post this one over @ the Flight site

[Roger]

Ha ha,
It is a nice model isn't it Paul?:engel016:

[Roger]

someone needs to post this one over @ the Flight site

If only we could port vcs.....:wiggle:

[heywooood]

exactly...but then - wh:kilroy:y would anyone want a cockpit in a flight sim?!!

[TARPSBird]

Paul, pls identify the carrier that your A6M2 is landing on. Looks like Hiryu (?)

[SirBenn21]

Has it got a cockpit? .....




............ :icon_lol::icon_lol::pop4:

Sorry couldn't help that.


Ben

[PRB]

Paul, pls identify the carrier that your A6M2 is landing on. Looks like Hiryu (?)

Rrg on Hiryu. It's part of the Yanco package of Midway ships. Very nice too. I just noticed he's made the Coral Sea collection too, downloading that one now...

http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=yanco&x=0&y=0

[TARPSBird]

Thanks Paul! Gonna play with the carriers later on tonight. :salute:

[vora]

Very nice plane... fits well into my compassion for early Pacific War planes.
Yet, my '38-'42 hangar is still short of Val, Kate and Betty (and Devastator and Buffalo). ;)

[thunder100]

Here is a good look at the Just Flight Zero and ChiChi Jima. The price is right and this very nice aircraft has found a home.

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/tlstovall/A6M2_Zero.jpg



May I (oddly) ask where to get ChiChi Jima if yet ready?

Thanks

Roland

[stovall]

Putting the finishing touches on Chi-Chi Jima now Roland. We are working diligently to wrap this project up.

[MartinM]

Dang it Roger, this is all your fault! This is a fine addition to my IJN Air Fleet. This is such an interesting plane. A perfect example of “the right tool, at the right time, for the job.” The Me-109, for all its technological sophistication, would have been worth it's weight in cement blocks to the Japanese, who, in 1941, needed a long range fighter... Good stuff!





Would you mind and share the AICarrier2 file with us?

Thanks

Cheers
Martin

[PRB]

Would you mind and share the AICarrier2 file with us?

Thanks

Cheers
Martin

Here is mine. It places the IJN ships approximately in the correct locations, relative to each other, just before the fatal dive bomber attacks. Don't forget to rename the SIM.cfg files from "asSIM.cfg" to "SIM.cfg". Not sure why some of them are named this way, but they won't move if you don't rename them.

[formation.x]
title=IJN Fleet (Yanco)
unit.0=VEH_Soryu_yanco, 0, 0
unit.1=VEH_Hiryu_Yanco, -5280, -250
unit.2=VEH_Mogami_yanco, -10560, 0
unit.3=VEH_Akagi_Yanco, -15840, 0
unit.4=VEH_Kaga_yanco, -19800, 750
unit.5=VEH_Mikuma_yanco, -21120, -250
unit.6=VEH_Mogami_yanco, -4000, -10560
unit.7=VEH_Akigumo_yanco, -10560, 15840
unit.8=VEH_Nowaki_yanco, -10560, -15840
unit.9=VEH_Arashi_yanco, 7920, 0
unit.10=VEH_Hamakaze_yanco, -29040, 0
unit.11=VEH_Akigumo_yanco, -2640, 3960
unit.12=VEH_Nowaki_yanco, -14520, 4000
unit.13=VEH_Arashi_yanco, -19800, -5280
unit.14=VEH_Hamakaze_yanco, 3960, -14400

[thunder100]

Putting the finishing touches on Chi-Chi Jima now Roland. We are working diligently to wrap this project up.

Thanks -waiting-looks great

Roland

[TARPSBird]

If somebody can confirm that the weird "dirty prop spinner" thing can be or has been corrected, I may grab this plane to run the decks on Yanco's IJN carriers. :)

[Roger]

The prop spinner has it's own texture sheet so I guess it would be fairly easy to make it just white.

[Roger]

This took a couple of minutes if that's what you want?

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/jfz-spinner-1.jpg

[TARPSBird]

Roger, that answers my question. Thanks for taking the time to show me a pic. :wavey:

[Sundog]

Does anyone know if they plan on making a Rufe?

[Martyn]

Does anyone know if they plan on making a Rufe?

That isn't currently planned, but we are open to all/any suggestions if there is sufficient demand.

[MartinM]

That isn't currently planned, but we are open to all/any suggestions if there is sufficient demand.

Count me in - I want one!

[roger-wilco-66]

Count me in - I want one!

Ditto!

[stovall]

Same here, a Rufe would be welcomed.

[Stickshaker]

Absolutely!

[TARPSBird]

I would also like to see a "Rufe" seaplane version of the A6M2. :)

[Stickshaker]

Dang it Roger, this is all your fault! This is a fine addition to my IJN Air Fleet. This is such an interesting plane. A perfect example of “the right tool, at the right time, for the job.” The Me-109, for all its technological sophistication, would have been worth it's weight in cement blocks to the Japanese, who, in 1941, needed a long range fighter... Good stuff!

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p575/GHJ9854/FS/JF_A6M2_1.jpg

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p575/GHJ9854/FS/JF_A6M2_2.jpg

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p575/GHJ9854/FS/JF_A6M2_3.jpg

I downloaded the carrier packages and the Zero but AICarriers does not seem to work with a Java version higher than 6.17. I am reluctant to install an older Java version. Does anybody know whether there a solution for that? Or are there scheduled routes for these carriers? I could not find documentation about that in the carrier package.

[Roger]

There was an issue with Java that you may want to examine. This was from Avsim a few years ago:

"A windows system file (mysteriously modified, maybe by a windows auto-update) that can be found under C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc. it's the hosts file.
Open it with notepad and add the following line if not there:
127.0.0.1 localhost
after the following line.
:: 1 localhost
Save it to your desktop ( window won't allow you too save back in it original place. Then navigate back to C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc and override the existing file with the modified one from your desktop.
That's it fire up FSX and enjoy AICarriers2r2.
It solved my problem but some others may have another problem. Please note that AICarriers can't be fired up independantly from FSX. Its need to be fired up via the exe.xml file.
The root cause is that IPv6 is incompatible with AICarriers and it need the IPv4 loopback address.
Why is the hosts file modified? I don't know."

[Stickshaker]

Thanks, Roger, going to give it a try.

[Stickshaker]

Got it going. Thanks, Roger!

[Roger]

Great!