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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 11:20
    Bjoern, I just copied what MAIW originally set up for that aircraft. I may enlarge the radius some to see if that lures them back home, lol:salute:
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  • Paul Domingue's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 11:00
    Thank you all for your complements. I am very happy that everyone is able to enjoy the Bad Duck. Thanks to Mike "Cirrus" an error in animation was found that I missed in my rush to get the duck posted. There are broken animation links in the -6 VC. I posted a replacement model file in the downloads section to correct this. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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  • Paul Domingue's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 10:59
    Thanks to Mike "Cirrus" an error in animation was found that I missed in my rush to get the duck posted. There are broken animation links in the -6 VC. I posted a replacement model file in the downloads section to correct this. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 07:23
    Sure would like to hear from you Jim. Since almost all the coverage I've seen seems to center on Moore rather than Norman, I'm hoping maybe it's just a case of the Comm lines being interrupted for a time.
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 07:11
    Well Ian, mine turned out to be relatively simple and something I rarely consider. . .the "Traffic Density" slider was set too low. Normally I would have it turned off completely as I'm not much on AI traffic, but FS9 has become my "Military Flight" Sim and I failed to check the slider in all this. It was set at 40% which I would think should be fine, but it took moving it to 80% to get the results you see in the images. I still have the two C-40's that insist on parking where they don't belong despite the code being for F-16's and I have to download the C-130 package I need to get the 181st Airlift going, but the ramp is ready and waiting.
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  • Paul Domingue's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 20:22
    That would be very much welcomed! I downloaded a few ratchet sounds and played with them but sound is a new thing for me to learn. In the aircraft.cfg under these points determine the extension and retraction times by the 12th and 13th values respectively. In this case they are all set to 20 and 30 seconds. point.0 = 1, -16.1456, 0, -4.9700, 1600, 0, 0.375, 30, 0.38, 2.5, 1.64, 20, 30, 1, 0, 0 point.1 = 1, 1.875, -5, -9.1215, 1800, 1, 1.2, 0, 0.34, 2.5, 1, 20, 30, 2, 0, 0 point.2 = 1, 1.8604, 5, -9.1273, 1800, 2, 1.2, 0, 0.34, 2.5, 1, 20, 30, 3, 0, 0 You can adjust these if you wish with the following consideration. The real duck requires 47 revolutions of the crank handle and it was not easy retracting so I just estimated these times to what seemed about right. Due to the 100 frame animation setting in the stock code I was limited to only 25 revolutions of the crank handle (I didn't want to rewrite the gear code) to get the correct number of turns but you don't have to worry about it since the animation time will follow the settings in the CFG.
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  • txnetcop's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 18:08
    txnetcop replied to a thread Dear God in The NewsHawks
    LOL can't count the times I bet my grandma's dog saw the answer to his prayers was the apple pie cooling in grandma's window sill! He licked that pie plate clean!
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 17:51
    No, I'm not one and that's what I'm looking for, lol. I'm trying to figure out why, out of about 26 F-16's attached to the 301st/457th, only 7 or 8 show up. Here's what I did: Installed the MAIW package (AFCAD and AI) that included NAS Ft Worth. This included F-16's, F-18's, C-130's, and C-40's. When I looked at the results, I saw that their AFCAD (I'm speaking now of the physical layout) runway, taxiways, parking ramps, even location of the tower were off by quite a bit. I scrapped the lot of it, but not before saving the parking properties for each of the aircraft so that I could go back and insert them exactly as they were. Currently the runway is connected to the taxiways and the ramp and parking spaces are connected to the taxiways. I have F-18's parking where they should although half of them show up despite the abundance of spots allocated to them. I have C-40's that park where they should except for the one that seems to want to park down with the big boys on the F-16 ramp and I have one row of F-16's, even though there are 26 AI including the two "D" models we have. I don't understand why the F-16's refuse to show on the other spots and why that one C-40 insists on parking with them even though the parking code is for the F-16's. Can anyone suggest anything that might give me something else to look at that might lead me in the right direction here? Thanks!
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 16:38
    I got there the following year Tom and yes, General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) shares the runway with the base. I liked working days because during the week, the test pilots would take a 16 up to run it through the acceptance and it was quite a show and it was right over the rwy so I always had a great view.
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  • Paul Domingue's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 19:20
    The standard key or clicking on the crank handle in the VC should toggle the gear. You should see the crank turning and the gear indicator moving. The gear takes 30 seconds to fully retract. There is no sound when the gear is retracting or extending, I need to make a custom ratchet sound for it. Does anyone else have the same problem?
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 16:28
    Yep, that's Lake Worth and I'm guessing that we still have guys who park their boats at the Marina in the morning on the way to work and after they get off around three. . .they head to the lake to go fishing till they can't see anything any more, lol. . . .excellent fishing out there.:salute:
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 16:20
    Yep, for 21years. . . .lol
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 22:52
    Taking shape, but it's slow going right now. The AFCAD is a bear because it's so intricate as you can see from these shots. Lots of left over areas from the SAC days that are utilized by the Marine and Navy folks. Right now the 301st area on the North end is where I've spent the most time (naturally, lol), the Navy area is just taking shape as is the Tower and Fire Dept. A lot more to do just in those two areas, then there's the C-130 area to the west of the F-16's, the Bomb Dump farther to the west and then Lockheed Martin across the rwy. It'll be quite awhile before it's ready and with my luck, about the time I finish, someone will announce that they've done Carswell with all custom 3D buildings, individual jets with the correct tail numbers and animated figures that launch and recover the 16's, lol. This is being done using the object libraries for the MAIW packages, so whenever it is done, those that download it will have to have those libraries to see anything.
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  • Paul Domingue's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 20:52
    The original paint kit got so complicated with three different models that I am now breaking them up for each of the models. When I get it together I'll post a link for download. One of the problems I encountered was with the wing floats. Currently you can only paint them one color due to the way I overlaid the UVW maps. Since there are already some repaints done it would screw them up if I were to correct this. There was only one paint scheme that had two color wing floats and that was the USCG WWII version three tone paint, (sorry jankees), all other paint schemes had one color floats.
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  • txnetcop's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 18:30
    Once again...a real winner!!! Thanks Paul:salute: Ted
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  • Cirrus N210MS's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 15:26
    mercy had to pickup some one today Photos Below
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 14:10
    I guess I should just bite the bullet and see what I need to do to get all my config files up to speed. It would at least remove one of the irritations about using ATC.:salute:
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 13:44
    I can understand the frustration, considering that I use ATC quite a bit (why, I have no idea. . .it's not very good) and wonder why the controller doesn't recognize my airplane. In my case. . .it's ignorance, pure and simple. I just never took the time to understand the config file and how to make it correctly interact with ATC. In the case of developers, both freeware and payware...I have often heard them say that they rarely get to fly for fun anymore because they're always working on the next model and when they are flying it's only to check out the progress of their latest updates and corrections. . .they really aren't concerned with ATC. Looking at folks who do repaints, like SteveB says. . .most are done for free for others to enjoy and making sure that each skin has the proper config information so it shows in the sim is the primary concern. There are more than a few simmers who find the basic ATC in both FS9 and FSX pretty poor really and so they either try to find other ATC addon programs or just put up with what the default ATC gives them. The frustration level is pretty high anyway and so the fact that the controller doesn't say my "type" becomes almost secondary to why the controller insists on getting me to "please expedite your decent to 5000", when I was 20,000 30 seconds ago and I'm in a C-5 Galaxy.
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  • Paul Domingue's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 10:24
    I've found Nvidia to always be very reliable. I always save the last drivers I installed that way if something goes wrong with the new ones you can always backup to the earlier drivers. I will be installing the new drivers on my 650Ti.
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  • Paul Domingue's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 10:16
    TuFun did a nice job on the effects and I tied the blue flame to the head temperature for now. I want to use the yellow sooty flames and the blue in conjunction with the mixture settings in the future.
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  • Lionheart's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 07:36
    Many thanks BC! Great little helo. Bill
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  • Paul Domingue's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 07:27
    A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category FSX American Aircraft Description: The Grumman J2F Duck (company designation G-15) was an American single-engine amphibious biplane. It was used by each major branch of the U.S. armed forces from the mid-1930s until just after World War II, primarily for utility and air-sea rescue duties. It was also used by the Argentine Navy, who took delivery of their first Duck in 1937. After the war, J2F Ducks saw service with independent civilian operators, as well as the armed forces of Colombia and Mexico. This is a work in progress and will always be WIP but it is comparable to the restoration of an antique auto in that it is not done but is an enjoyable drive to the car show. Unlike the first post of the Bad Duck this update is not passworded and is free to all. A new paint kit will be available to those who request it. Please read the ReadMe file for more information and credits. Thanks for downloading
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  • Lionheart's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 22:36
    Thanks for the heads up Francois! Good to hear. Bill
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  • Lionheart's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 22:34
    Awesome graphics and scenery.
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  • Cirrus N210MS's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 20:17
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  • Paul Domingue's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 18:54
    I just posted the latest version of the "Bad Duck" here at SOH for those who wish to try it. It's still a WIP but a lot more has been done. There is no password so no donation requirement needed. Hope you enjoy it and don't hesitate to let me know if something is screwed up. Please read the ReadMe file attached. Paul
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  • Cirrus N210MS's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 16:05
    yes thats a sweet paint job
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  • Cirrus N210MS's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 07:41
    thank you
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 07:17
    If you have to manually set the flaps, then yes, it's the improved version, lol. The original release had two things going for it that I don't think anyone else, at the time, had produced: flaps that operated automatically based on airspeed and angle of attack and a startup that followed the Dash-1. After the update, both of those went away and Lago said they could nothing to correct it. As far as the tail goes, I don't have that skin, but if you have DXTbmp, you can load that texture and make sure it's converted to DXT3. That would be my guess as to why it's just solid black.:salute:
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 06:35
    Just as an aside....I remember waiting with much anticipation for Lago to release the "Falcon". It was to be the best rendition yet and the screenshots looked amazing with all the hi-res panel pop-ups they had. It was by far the best version out there, especially before they messed it up with an update that screwed some things up and never got fixed. Today, I look at it in it's present form and it's amazing how rough the aircraft actually is. It would probably be considered an "OK" job for freeware, lol. One of our members was able to set me up with the download and so with my original info I was able to get it installed. My first impression 9 or so years later. . . .what were we all excited about, lol. Amazing how far we've come.
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  • Cirrus N210MS's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 00:42
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  • Lionheart's Avatar
    May 17th, 2013, 21:33
    Beautiful looking model. Good to hear it flies well by hand. Nice work, Carenado.
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  • Cirrus N210MS's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 22:22
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  • Cirrus N210MS's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 21:24
    really dont see the Jaggies Lol Must be used to them Ill try out Anti Aliasing see how it looks thanks for the Tip
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  • Lionheart's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 20:23
    Lionheart replied to a thread N137U WIP in FSX General Discussion
    Awesome Work man! Brilliant riveting. You have some incredible patience.
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  • Lionheart's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 20:21
    I wish that guy wasnt in the way so I could see the details on that beauty behind him.
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  • Lionheart's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 20:20
    Thanks Ian! I'll probably get it tomorrow night, my Friday evening weekend present to myself. :)
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  • Lionheart's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 20:15
    Thanks guys. Just a humble poly bender. I really liked doing that Cessna. Great design by Mr. Cessna himself. His first entry into the industry on his own. Bill
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  • Lionheart's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 20:13
    Many thanks guys. Im only a humble poly bender. Thats all. Man, I had so many mis-spellings. sigh.... Hard to believe I had that many uploads.
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  • txnetcop's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 19:18
    Outstanding service to God and your work Bill!:salute: Ted
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  • Cirrus N210MS's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 18:59
    here is some photos from my FlightKHQM to CEN4
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 16:34
    Speaking of the Lago F-16....is anyone aware of a site that still has this bird? All I need is the download, I still have my original receipt and installation code.
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  • Cirrus N210MS's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 16:34
    just installed it going to take it for a flight
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  • Cirrus N210MS's Avatar
    May 16th, 2013, 16:33
    iron man 3 was pretty good Movie Lots of action!!! :salute: was cool in 3d
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 15th, 2013, 22:27
    Bill is featured in an in-depth interview from flightsim.com. Congrats to Lionheart on his selection to be an interviewee and his amazing talents as a prolific developer for all these many years. Take a look and read all about his background and his thoughts on developing for flightsim now and in the future. Good Stuff! :applause::applause:
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  • Paul Domingue's Avatar
    May 15th, 2013, 19:43
    From childhood's hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone. Then- in my childhood, in the dawn Of a most stormy life- was drawn
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  • txnetcop's Avatar
    May 15th, 2013, 19:27
    Just letting you know you did an amazing job up to this point :O) Ted
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  • Lionheart's Avatar
    May 15th, 2013, 14:44
    Many thanks John. I didnt know that. Explains why the Tigermoth trainers were all yellow. I know very little of the WWII schemes and regulations. Thanks DVJ. It will not have floats though, nor scenery. This package will sport two versions of airframes; inline 6 Rangers and radial Warner Super Scarabs. No differences in panels aside from classic krinkle black to chipped up 'i need new paint' to restored, high quality wood laminants. All of the panels were pretty much the same, though they did have some slight variations, they were mostly all the same shape. The pacers however had 'alot' of changes and model versions. They actually had probably 5 versions of 'factory' panels, and they have kits now for updated modern version panels which I captured one in the 'bush' version of the Pacer. So, the Fairchild will not be as diverse as the Pacer in that there arent so many versions. And..... They will be able to shed their skirts off! (wheel pants. wheel cover things. aerodynamic landing gear shells). :S
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