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Just beautiful, striking, and simply mesmerizing .... great textures and modeling my friend.
Just beautiful, striking, and simply mesmerizing .... great textures and modeling my friend.
Nigel, a grass strip would be ideal. As long as we could get the occasional DC-3 in and out.
As for the people cutouts, I'm doing good to work EZ Scenery, but maybe the guys at CalClassic would have an idea? They use a lot of them and some of the people there have been converting the FS9 retro scenery to FSX.
Still "gobsmacked"!
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You do me gracious honour, my friend - I'm truly indebted to your amazing gmax tutorials in getting this far :-)Originally Posted by Milton Shupe
Just beautiful, striking, and simply mesmerizing .... great textures and modeling my friend.
Thank YOU Sir :-)
Done! A grass strip it is then :-)
Dc-3? Yep, happy to oblige - reckon you could even manage to deftly put down a C-46 if we judge things right.
Will take your advice and put feelers out to the CalClassic team - great crowd of people.
Thanks
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Absolutely stunning, Nigel! Let's meet in the Black Bull for a pint.Have been experimenting with shallow water/beach ground polys with promising results IMO.
Wish I could overcome the issues I'm having with human 'cutout' figures. They show up great in FS9, but in FSX I'm banging my head against a brick wall. Have tried DXT1 and 3 - nothing doing, so if anyone has a solution for FSX, the cider's on me :-)
PS: Willy; I'll PM you as soon as I have something workable for you - Thanks :-)
Cheers,
Maarten
The Black Bull it is then, Matey!
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
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Any news Nigel?
Cheers Chris
Hi guys, I stand corrected, but did Milton once say that there was another smaller boat/ship due out as well?
Aw shucks! I though everyone had forgotten.
Bigger than a Jolly boat and Cutter, the Bounty work boat, the Launch... awaiting textures.
lol... No rush Milton. Sometimes, I think there are guys here that even remember things that have not been said yet.
Nigel bump.
Cheers Chris
Of course Nigel lives in Greece and recently said his hard drive had burnt out.
Bearing in mind the money restrictions in Greece perhaps that explains the silence.
Nigel I hope things are ok.
Cheers Chris
Exchanged a rare email with him a week ago. Computer is down and out, in the shop awaiting parts. With the restrictions, not sure when it will be repaired.
Hi Milton.
Any update on the launch?The Bounty's launch that is!!
Cheers Chris
The Launch is awaiting final textures from Nigel. Not sure when he will get his new computer out of the shop.
When he does, he has a lot of things to get it up to speed and before he returns to project work.
Hi Milton.
Any further news on Nigel and his new computer?
Cheers Chris
My last email to him was October 5th ... no response.
I just bumped him again. I'm sure when he gets back online, he will jump in here for a "hello" as a minimum.
Thanks
Well and truly BUMPED :-)
Greetings to all and apologies for delays - it's just that RW stuff that gets in our way
now and again.
Migrating from my beloved XP to Windows 7.0 has set half my scenery programs adrift, particularly sbuilder which I understand requires me to install certain modules to get it running again. Will continue the scenery - INCLUDING a landing strip for Willy, when I can get it all sorted out
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
Just glad to hear you're still in the game Nigel. Welcome back!
I know what you mean about programs and Windows upgrades. I went from XP to 8.1 a few months ago. Fortunately, my preferred paint programs still work.
Now that you're back, have you solved the issue with the people cutouts?
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Thanks Willy - glad to be back among great friends.
Re the people cutouts - I think so but the program I use to remove shadows frome people and tree models is on the above mentioned list.
The airstrip will take most traffic - have tried out all Miltons models of course, Dc-3, Curtiss C-46 (standing on the brakes when giving it throttle first!!!), Boeing 727; easy-peasy and our big faithful Douglas 4's and 6's for good measure.
I'd love to see some of the PV-2's, Lodestars and Mallards you talented people have been working magic on too!!!
Might just be able to squeeze in a few animations for good measure.
This is where I got to before meltdown:
Everything's backed up though, so no worries :-)
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
HIP HIP HURRAH!!! Nigel's back in the House!!!Well and truly BUMPED :-)
Greetings to all and apologies for delays - it's just that RW stuff that gets in our way
now and again.
Migrating from my beloved XP to Windows 7.0 has set half my scenery programs adrift, particularly sbuilder which I understand requires me to install certain modules to get it running again. Will continue the scenery - INCLUDING a landing strip for Willy, when I can get it all sorted out
Looks outstanding! You sir, are a true artist.Thanks Willy - glad to be back among great friends.
Re the people cutouts - I think so but the program I use to remove shadows frome people and tree models is on the above mentioned list.
The airstrip will take most traffic - have tried out all Miltons models of course, Dc-3, Curtiss C-46 (standing on the brakes when giving it throttle first!!!), Boeing 727; easy-peasy and our big faithful Douglas 4's and 6's for good measure.
I'd love to see some of the PV-2's, Lodestars and Mallards you talented people have been working magic on too!!!
Might just be able to squeeze in a few animations for good measure.
This is where I got to before meltdown:
Everything's backed up though, so no worries :-)
On aircraft, going back to the early CFS days, if we wanted something "invisible", we used to paint the bits we didn't want to see pure black (0,0,0,). Make an alpha layer for it with those bits on the alpha also pure black. Voila, no can see in the sim. It's still done for 2d panels to see out the front. I'm not sure how it would work with scenery though, but it is a thought.
I've got an old CFS 2 paint for the simTech Do 335 (that I call ol' Bulletcatcher) that has holes shot all through it using this technique. It still works very well in FS9. Haven't tried it in FSX though but I see no reason why it wouldn't at least on aircraft.
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Willy; you're spot on re 'black holes' that's the correct way to go (unless of course, the surface you're working on has a designated reflection map - in which case you'll get a sun-bright shine instead of a hole).
It's the method used by fs for autogen trees - we'll get to the bottom of this :-)
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
Hi Nigel,
Hope Greece is settling down again!!!!
Any news on the scenery or the launch?
Cheers
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