Ito San did it again: a Fokker D.XXIII available

[falcon409]

Thanks Mike. . .I didn't post this, but I did get it working and I believe it was after I installed one of the tweaks posted here. I did a "what-if" scheme of my own using a "splinter camo" pattern. Probably not correct, but no one else will see it "in-sim" except me, soooooo, lol. It is for FSX so it utilizes the high-res capabilities of FSX (4096x4096) and "dds-dxt5". A shame Ito doesn't allow anything except 256 color for his textures. Keeps a lot of really nice resolution liveries from going public.

[mikezola]

That paint looks nice, Falcon... how do you deal with that prop in FSX???? I tried it once- when I saw all the autogen wiped out behind the prop disc I shelved the idea...

[falcon409]

That paint looks nice, Falcon... how do you deal with that prop in FSX???? I tried it once- when I saw all the autogen wiped out behind the prop disc I shelved the idea...

Thanks Mike, on the prop problem in FSX. . . .I just ignore it, lol. Nothing can be done about it as it's in the model and Ito isn't inclined to change the way he does that so I just try not to let it bother me too much, lol. I don't spend a lot of time outside the VC so I rarely see the problem all that much anyway.

Also spruced up the VC a bit as well:

[Matt Wynn]

hopefully the Dutch paints should be available later today, on my list to do are RAF, RHAF (Royal Hellenic Air Force), Captured (Luftwaffe markings), USAAC, and RCAF, might also do a few civvy schemes....

[Hurricane91]

Also spruced up the VC a bit as well:

Nicely done Ed. Do you have that in 1024?

[Cees Donker]

Thanks Mike, on the prop problem in FSX. . . .I just ignore it, lol. Nothing can be done about it as it's in the model and Ito isn't inclined to change the way he does that so I just try not to let it bother me too much, lol. I don't spend a lot of time outside the VC so I rarely see the problem all that much anyway.

Also spruced up the VC a bit as well:

That's looking great!


Cees

[Hurricane91]

well erm.... someone ended up in England with the thing, needless to say 'Crab Air' have already been slapping paint onto it....

The XXIII may have ended up at Farnborough, but I don't know what else may have been applied other
than the camo and sundry British markings. Air Ministry Number?

[mikezola]

Definitely a nice job on the VC, Falcon... which gauges are you using? I was contemplating trying to use gauges from the Koolhoven FK58 sometime... after all, I figured, Dutch gauges for a Dutch aircraft...

[gaucho_59]

Thanks Mike, on the prop problem in FSX. . . .I just ignore it, lol. Nothing can be done about it as it's in the model and Ito isn't inclined to change the way he does that so I just try not to let it bother me too much, lol. I don't spend a lot of time outside the VC so I rarely see the problem all that much anyway.

Also spruced up the VC a bit as well:

This progress got me inspired to do some "scratch" bezels... that can be used for either mlx textures... or 2D panels...
I can make them available in dds, bmp, extended bmp or whatever format to spruce up either 2d or Vc panels...
just let me know...
by the way... I downloaded the aircraft from flighsim.com but like I stated before... either I am blind or there is no
VC files in it... just the old Ito style rudimentary 2D panel...

[falcon409]

The VC panel is on the "cockpit.bmp" texture. There is a VC section in the panel.cfg file as well:

[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=948,348
visible=1
pixel_size=1024,1024s
texture=$G1_Mat
gauge00=P38F_Lightning!Landing-Gear-Flaps-Indicator, 54,227,83,82
gauge01=Maule_M7_260C!altimeter, 186,37,115,114
gauge02=Maule_M7_260C!attitude, 334,38,129,129
gauge03=Maule_M7_260C!vsi, 496,42,109,109
gauge04=Maule_M7_260C!turn_bank, 500,199,105,105
gauge05=Maule_M7_260C!clock, 69,120,60,60
gauge06=Maule_M7_260C!rpm, 669,73,66,66
gauge07=Maule_M7_260C!rpm, 763,72,66,66
gauge08=Maule_M7_260C!manifold_press, 669,164,64,65
gauge09=Maule_M7_260C!manifold_press, 761,165,64,64
gauge10=200D!hsi, 350,210,117,117
gauge11=200D!airspeed, 190,195,111,111
gauge12=200D!Amps, 674,260,58,56
gauge13=200D!Fuel_Quantity, 863,193,50,49
gauge14=SimIcons1024!ATC Icon, 678, 33 ,19,19
gauge15=SimIcons1024!GPS Icon, 701,33,19,19
gauge16=SimIcons1024!Map Icon, 724,33,19,19
gauge17=SimIcons1024!Kneeboard Icon, 747,33,19,19
gauge18=MAI-890!cyl_temp, 759,256,69,66
gauge19=MAI-890!cyl_temp, 857,257,66,66

[falcon409]

Definitely a nice job on the VC, Falcon... which gauges are you using? I was contemplating trying to use gauges from the Koolhoven FK58 sometime... after all, I figured, Dutch gauges for a Dutch aircraft...

Thanks Mike. . .gauges, you can see from the panel config entry I posted for gaucho that I use just about anything that's available, lol. Never a concern about authenticity with me, lol.

[Cees Donker]

Waiting for the new paintjob by Matt. Must admitt the orange is a real Dutch color!

Cees

[Matt Wynn]

another one nearly ready for flight tests.... well after i fit a standard black prop most likely

[Cees Donker]

Wow!




Cees

[falcon409]

another one nearly ready for flight tests.... well after i fit a standard black prop most likely

Extraordinary talent Matt. Beautiful work to be sure!