New Ships released by Stuart!

[Rami]

Stuart277,

Many thanks, these are outstanding!

[Typhoon Willy]

Thank you very much, Stuart!

[Captain Kurt]

Stuart,

According to Martin Wright, the DXT1 bitmap creator, DXT5 will only work in CFS3 and not at all in CFS2. I'm wondering about what could have caused your problems in DXT1 and DXT3, but DXT5 is not supposed to work at all. . I think you didn't mean to say DXT5 though. I have downloaded and checked the texture files and you have an Extended 16 bit 565 bitmap which will work in CFS2 (has no alpha channels). So you are good there, it's just a much larger file than a DXT compressed file.

You also have a .tga (Targa) bitmap, which I have no idea whether it is supported in CFS2 or not. Martin Wright doesn't mention it.

[stuart277]

Hi Captain
I am not sure why DXT1 was causing problems.
It only started recently (could be a windows 10 / GMax problem). Gmax has been giving me a bit of grief lately.
The problem was when I started the mission builder for testing the models appear totally black until I flew over them, whereby they appeared as they should.
I solved that problem by saving as DXT3.
Unfortunately, the A Class DD's had the black on the top of the funnels appearing as transparent (although the outline was still there)
I tried re-texturing and changing the colour without luck.
I thought I saved as DXT5, but, as you have said, it was saved as Extended 16 bit 565.
As for the .tga file, GMax uses TGA files in the texturing process, so I include them (I probably do not need to do that).
Cheers
Stuart

[UncleTgt]

Thanks for these new models Stuart, I'm sure they'll be put to good use

[stuart277]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Ships Add-Ons

Description: Kriegsmarine Bussard Class Seaplane Tender for CFS2

Gmax model is included.

Model is Multi-LOD and has a new DP file.

Cheers,

Stuart

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit GMax KM Bussard Class ST for CFS2 V1.0.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[Typhoon Willy]

Cool! Thanks Stuart!

[msfossey]

Great detail Stuart, thank you so much.

msfossey

[Captain Kurt]

Now that's an unusual offering Stuart. Nice job.

[stuart277]

Hi all,

I have made a mistake with these ships.

The A Class DD should have minesweeping gear. (The B Class does not have this)

I will resubmit V2.1 later today.

Sorry about that.

Stuart

[Rami]

Stuart,

Captain Kurt said it best; thanks for this unusual addition, pretty cool!

[dombral]

Stuart,

Captain Kurt said it best; thanks for this unusual addition, pretty cool!

Bravo , une addition vraiment originale , il faudra un petit règlage du CFG

[dombral]

Stuart277,

This is an absolutely marvelous surprise. Well done, sir!

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[MaskRider]

Where did you get the BV138-C1?

How does one activate the catapult?

Thanks,
Chris

[MaskRider]

Where did you get the BV138-C1?

How does one activate the catapult?

Thanks,
Chris

Okay, found the BV138s here at the OutHouse. I already had models downloaded from Simviation but they don't have a shine on them and there was an issue with the sound, too. And the autopilot wasn't activated. I ended up aliasing the sound to the Dornier_Do24_T3. AirEd worked fine in Windows8 to toggle on the autopilot.

I shall load up these bad babies and go for a ride.

Oops, the models from SOH aren't shined either. Just the prop spinners. Time to learn how to use MDLC with DOSBox.

Chris

[stuart277]

Hi Maskrider
The Bussard has the cat.cfg and is should be good for catapult launches.
I, had a lot of trouble with the BV138-C1, it was 'stuck on the runway'.
I launched other planes successfully.
The attached file gives information on setting up planes for catapult launch.
I do not know where it came from. I got it from Dombral's repaint of my Dutch DD's.
Good Luck
Stuart
FLOATPLANE CATAPULT EFFECT.rar

[stuart277]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Ships Add-Ons

Description: These are GMax renditions of the interwar Royal Navy A Class Destroyers, for CFS2 V2.1

They replace V2.0 (Where they were actually the B Class). They also have a slightly changed Hull form and more realistic radar equipment.

These ships are now multi-LOD and have appropriate DP files.

They have been re-textured, so, unfortunately, repaints from earlier versions will not work.

I have saved the textures as 16bit 565 files. I had problems with the ships appearing 'totally black' when using DXT1 and a transparency issue with the funnel caps when using DXT3.

Each group has 6 ships: 1939, 1941, 1944, 1939 with Pennant Number, 1941 with Pennant Number, 1944 with Pennant Number.

GMax models are included.

Cheers,

Stuart

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit GMax RN A Class DD for CFS2 V2.1.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[stuart277]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Ships Add-Ons

Description: These are GMax renditions of the interwar Royal Navy B Class Destroyers, for CFS2 V2.0

These ships are now multi-LOD and have appropriate DP files.

They have been re-textured, so, unfortunately, repaints from earlier versions will not work.

I have saved the textures as 16bit 565 files. I had problems with the ships appearing 'totally black' when using DXT1 and a transparency issue with the funnel caps when using DXT3.

Each group has 6 ships: 1939, 1941, 1944, 1939 with Pennant Number, 1941 with Pennant Number, 1944 with Pennant Number

GMax models are included.

Cheers,

Stuart

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit GMax RN B Class DD for CFS2 V2.0.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[UncleTgt]

Thank you Stuart, excellent work as always.

[UncleTgt]

Thank you so much

[Rami]

Stuart277,

Thank you so much for your efforts on this, these new ships are amazing improvements!

(I did make sure to remove the 2.0 version of the "A" model from the library; the 2.1 version replaces it)

[beepee]

Thank you so much Stuart277 for all your new ships.

Beepee

[miamieagle]

Nice!

[stuart277]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Ships Add-Ons

Description: These are GMax renditions of the interwar Royal Navy C Class Destroyers, for CFS2 V2.0

These ships are now multi-LOD and have appropriate DP files.

They have been re-textured, so, unfortunately, repaints from earlier versions will not work.

I have saved the textures as 16bit 565 files. I had problems with the ships appearing 'totally black' when using DXT1 and a transparency issue with the funnel caps when using DXT3.

Each group has 6 ships: 1939, 1941, 1944, 1939 with Pennant Number, 1941 with Pennant Number, 1944 with Pennant Number

GMax models are included.

Cheers,

Stuart

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit GMax RN C Class DD for CFS2 V2.0.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[stuart277]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Ships Add-Ons

Description: These are GMax renditions of the interwar Royal Navy E Class Destroyers, for CFS2 V2.0

These ships are now multi-LOD and have appropriate DP files.

They have been re-textured, so, unfortunately, repaints from earlier versions will not work.

I have saved the textures as 16bit 565 files. I had problems with the ships appearing 'totally black' when using DXT1 and a transparency issue with the funnel caps when using DXT3.

Each group has 6 ships: 1939, 1941, 1944, 1939 with Pennant Number, 1941 with Pennant Number, 1944 with Pennant Number

GMax models are included.

Cheers,

Stuart

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit GMax RN E Class DD for CFS2 V2.0.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.