Of course....when you have a look at it...the Bunny isn't exactly the Playboy one....ears are different....
Of course....when you have a look at it...the Bunny isn't exactly the Playboy one....ears are different....
That's a bit better...
Now if I can work out the pilot/owner names I'll add 'em too...
...and whether or not that chevron stripe continues on the underside...can't find a U/S shot as yet.
A potentially colossally stupid question: is there any chance of getting this improved and bug fixed version ported back to FS9?
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This one's done...and whilst SOH was offline I've been busy revising my paintkit/graphics... though it's still way to big to upload yet....about 800 meg ...
Found all the pilot/owner/ground crew names...
Fictituous or - better - punny names are
That's a valid question.
Yes, it's possible to port all this back to FS9 with a bit of effort. Change the formatting of some gauges back to FS9, convert all the textures back into FS9 supported formats and convert the model back into a FS9 compatible format. As with a FS9 -> FSX conversion, however, the latter will take a lot of effort and time. And for that reason, I won't do it. I've after all already (metaphorically) walked from Dallas to Phoenix. Why should I walk back again?
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If you're willing to do a lot of research and invest the time (or already know your way around the stuff you need to do), I could give you the source files so you can have a go at it. Every tool you need is freeware.
Regarding the validity of inquries: Generally, research first, then ask. Things can be solved so much quicker that. (Except in this case as it is very specific.)
Thank you Bjoern and Jafo! This thing is a great way to break in my new P3D install!
any chance of enabling the bump and specular on the bird Bjoern? (<< limbering up to run before starts taking incoming!)
just thinking it would be a great way to add even more to the aircraft....
after 10 days in Thessaloniki i have returned and am keeping on trucking with the -39C base work i was doing.... just wings and tailplane top and underside to go! (Ok and the access panel on the left fin side!)
Looks awesome as always Matt!
Bjoern, technically if you added a 'flat' bump sheet, no details, and a mid-grey specular sheet that would not ruin the current paints available.... especially if placed in the shared folder as the fallback. wouldn't that give the current FS9 paints and FSX ones currently out the same appearance? plus i think it'd just really make it you know.... 'pop' and really widen the scope and feel for the current paints... don't know how Jafo feels about adding bump and specular, but as i say it was just an idea....
If you're redefining the details within the original paintkit....lines, rivets, etc to be more accurate/clear I'd likely want to rework all of my paints to match...so spec and bumps wouldn't make a difference to the process of reworking.
I don't think they're really needed other than the current model can't do what really classifies as 'flat' paint. 255,255,255 trans doesn't 'deaden' things totally....but it's no real issue....
Frustratingly I think I found an 'unpainted' bit on the fuse....the 'black holes' of the nasa ducts aren't black/matt. Certainly not anything on the fuse bmps where you'd expect em to be done...
I was a little 'naughty' and ran the model through MCX just to see how an 'over-emphasised' bump and specular would work.... but only on the fuselage. I just think it gives a certain 'je ne sais quois' to the model...
Not so much an 'interior' more a solid 'hole' that's a glossy white. If it were black it'd look like a hole.
I 'painted-by-numbers' [filled each bit of the entire fuse.bmp with colours to locate the right bit] but found none. The nasa ducts are recesses whose side view is paintable....but not its end...
You can see the 'blank' end just above the port wing in this shot...
EDIT....
Darn it....wrong again....just checked the Playboy paint again...and the 'end' is painted same as fuse colour. Now all I need is to trial and error again to find out which pixel or pixels paints it.
I'll be back in several years....I have 4 million pixels to eliminate...
Well, there you go....easier than I thought.
There's a square graphic I couldn't work out what it was supposed to do. Now I know.
All's well.... though I'm sure I'd already checked it....must have been a cache reload issue that didn't repaint it when I checked last time.
Now the 'holes' are black and look so much better...
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