SOH A-26 Invader FSX Converted Files Download

[lazarus]

Incredible, just smashing. Those metal skins a work of art!
The A-26 is the only Second World War Bomber that I ever got any stick time in, and it holds a special place in my heart, even though the damned thing had a pucker factor of 9.99 on the 'ol sphincterometer, watching the end of the strip in Loon River rushing up, fat and heavy on a 30deg day, working the yoke like the oars in a racing shell, praying for lift, then sweating through the engine out dead zone untill I was sure she'd stay flying.
The -26's were a real mecca for some of the craziest hillbilly pilots and Engineers I ever worked with , too. Great guys,the best; even with the two fisted hell raising and sometimes heartbreaking casualty rate(for a civvie show) that went went with living and working that crew and the -26. Wouldn't have missed it for any thing, and I'd never do it again.
So a huge thank you to all involved. The model looks fantastic, and flys pretty much like the actual 'plane. Its just about as close to strapping an -26 to your butt as you can get in a simulation flight model wise, albeit with out the smoke, oil, drafts, sweat, bugs, deafened earholes, raw terror and old airplane smell.

[TuFun]

Man... I'm having a fantastic time with this bird and the awesome teamwork putting Milton's & SOH TEAM aircraft into this level of realism!!! Congrads to all involved!!!

A short flic flying thru some wicked weather... I was going to whistle Pete's (Dreyfuss) little tune from "Always", nerves you know!

[Henry]

Unfortunately I never kept the source files for that one.

you are so in troublebut thank you!
H

[TuFun]

One of my favorite airplane movies... "Always"!!! Since Milton's A-26 has been refitted with some nice upgrades (FSX native), it's time to do some painting.

CG model of an A-26 Fire Eaters, similar to the one Pete flew in Always.


Plastic model kit of Ali's Fire Eater PBY.


Did a quick little clip, exploring different angles. The A-26 bay doors where open, but FSRecorder didn't pick that up in the playback.

[Sieggie]

When I load any of the new textures like Sugarland or any or the bare metal finishes, I get a silver body but dark, almost black wings and tail. Anyone have any idea what would be causing this?

Dave

[fliger747]

In the above A26 the blades are pitched backwards on #2 engine?

T

[Bruce Thompson]

When I load any of the new textures like Sugarland or any or the bare metal finishes, I get a silver body but dark, almost black wings and tail. Anyone have any idea what would be causing this?

Dave

I'm having the same problem with darker wings and tailfin.

Bruce.

[dougal95]

In the above A26 the blades are pitched backwards on #2 engine?

T

You need to out more my friend

[StormILM]

I'm having the same problem with darker wings and tailfin.

Bruce.

Same here.

[TuFun]

In the above A26 the blades are pitched backwards on #2 engine?

T

It does look backwards, it's a CG model I found looking for Fire Eaters paint schemes and the PBY is a plastic model kit.

[Milton Shupe]

It appears that the shadows are on top of the surfaces and not on the underside as well on this scheme only.

No problems with other models or paint schemes that I can see.

[skyhawka4m]

make sure you have the SPEC textures in your texture files. I found that some were missing and it fixed mine.

[Bomber_12th]

I don't have spec maps assigned in the materials for the models (as I figured there would be too many textures being used), so there shouldn't be any spec maps present/being used at all. If spec maps are made and are put into the texture folders, they shouldn't have any effect on the model/textures (unless somehow FSX automatically calls on texture files with "Spec" in the title, even if they aren't assigned in the materials? That would be a new one on me!).

Not having the bump maps in the texture folders will give you the "shadows on top" look. This also means if the bump maps aren't made, saved, or named properly, they won't be loaded. I'd suggest trying to copy/paste over the bump maps from the files I provided, and see if that cures any of the issues you may see within some of the repaints.

[gman5250]

It appears that the shadows are on top of the surfaces and not on the underside as well on this scheme only.

No problems with other models or paint schemes that I can see.

I beta tested the textures at a number of different settings in FSX and saw no anomalies. I'll look into this and see if I can provide helpful info. In the meantime get me more specific info on your setups if you would be so kind. Feel free to message at my page.

I'll hazard a guess and work on the assumption that this is system specific.
All the textures worked on the original model and were updated for John's FSX version. I've also added all of the most current updates to my working models and show no problems. I have had occasional similar display problems with other aircraft that had to do with the FSX clock not extrapolating the time of day and light angles correctly.


Double Check:
Install the most current updates to the model.
Turn off DirectX preview (I get chrome wheels with it on)
Remove the texture.cfg file contained in the actual texture.sugarland folder. The fall backs may be causing your system to interpret conflicting data.


In the meantime, I will create and post DXT5 files and see if you have the same display issues. My originals are admittedly high memory. I did this because I felt that the model would display best with these settings, but they do require a lot from your system. The DXT will be more user friendly.

Gordon

[Milton Shupe]

The issue has been corrected per John's advice. The Sugarland textures were missing some bump maps for me, so I just copied them from John's textures. It had some spec textures and some bump textures but not all of either. Probably my issue.