New ways to have fun... prise deux

[hubbabubba]

To say that I was troubled by SOH loosing my attachments in the thread New ways to have fun with CFS1 would be an understatement; I was pi$$ed-of!!!

Fortunately, I kept the original text and accompanying pictures in a folder on my PC. The only question left was "what to do with it"?

Re-installing the attachments in the original thread was technically impossible, at least for me. Re-doing the entire thread was out of the question; I have a life beside this pass time you know, and I want to keep it that way. No Dice suggested that I do it in a PDF format. This is certainly one solution, but it would mean loosing the hyper-links and the animated GIFs. It would also mean having to re-size some pictures to fit the pages.

This is why I opted for a "have your cake and keep it too" formula; HTML. This way, I could include links, pictures and animations, most of them in the original format they were made without wondering if my image server or SOH would permit it and, if so, under which reduced format and size.

It is also a very easy to read format; if you can read this thread, you can read a HTML document.

The first HTML chapter is available at the bottom of "my" page at The Free Flight Site HERE, thanks to No Dice aka Dave.

It covers posts #1 to #19 of the original thread. Chapter 1 covers "The aircraft container", "Gutting a model", "Final gutting", "Tidying-up the place", and an "ADDENDUM". At the moment of uploading, all the hyper-links were functional.

You can also read the HTML document off-line, without the benefit of the links, but with all images.

Once I have caught-up with the butchered thread, I will make new chapters when I have covered enough matter to do so. Right now, I don't know if I will have the heart to go back to that thread or simply go on with HTML version only.

This is where your input would be appreciated...

[No Dice]

Great work to be studied by all.


Hubbabubba has done it again, after 100's of hours learning; he has now taken another 20 hours or so to put together an easy to follow HTML based tutorial (chapter one)


What you learn here is not just limited to cfs1 and can be applied to many of the newer flightsims.
Download it at the Free Flight Site:

http://thefreeflightsite.com/Hubbas.htm


Thank you Hubba


Dave

[Seagull V]

Hubbabubba,

Excellent work !!!!!!

Personally I would like to see all of these types of tutorials saved as either a PDF like Robert John, or a HTML.zip file like what you have done.
This then allows that work to be saved for future reference - very helpful when a website has issues or worse still goes into cyberspace liquidation.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work - if I can get my motivation & finances sorted out have a few projects of my own that you & your fellow builders have been a big inspiration for !!!!!

Regards, SGV

[smilo]

that goes for me, also.

i look forward to delving
into this as time permits.
...something about a 196,
that seems to take up my time.

i have taken to saving documents
in the MHTL archive format.
at the time, i thought it was the only way
to save a web page for viewing
without internet access.
apparently, i'm wrong,
in it being the only way,
but i still like the format.

___________

[No Dice]

Chapter two has now been uploaded..
Grab it here http://thefreeflightsite.com/Hubbas.htm


Thanks Hubba,

Dave

[hubbabubba]

Thanks all for your good words, it is appreciated.

I see that No Dice beat me to it. This chapter covers post #20 to #25 from the old thread with sections about "How big is our playground?", "Automatic calculation" and "Scales". Lighter than chapter 1, it is nevertheless packed with information that are crucial for future comprehension.

Seagull V, I'm curious; is it a Supermarine Walrus that you have as an avatar?

[Seagull V]

Hello hubbabubba

First things first - Happy Birthday

Secondly - downloaded your second tutorial, many thank yous !!!!!!!
Lots of gaps to be filled in the how does it work department where these tutorials are extremely helpful.

Thirdly the avatar is Supermarine Walrus HD874 at the RAAF Mueseum Point Cook.
http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseu...ang/walrus.htm

For an excellent photo walk-around go to the SeaWings Website:-
http://www.seawings.co.uk/ then click on Enter, click on Walk-Rounds, scroll down to Supermarine and click on Walrus (2)
(SeaWings has lots of interesting things to look at)

The Walrus/Seagull V (Shagbat) has always been one of my favorite aircraft - made a Matchbox model of one back in my younger days.

Regards SGV

[hubbabubba]

Chapter 3 was just e-mailed a few minutes ago to No Dice and should be available soon.

It covers the F0 colors of the "old" coloring system, still being used by AF99.

This effectively ends the "salvation operation". From now on, material will be new.

This chapter, contrary to chapters 1 and 2, is not merely a copy/paste operation with a few alterations. It includes new pictures of better quality than what was in the original thread. This should help those interested in doing their own coloring without having to experiment with all possible combinations. It also gave me an opportunity to correct some omissions and mistakes and, this way, clarify what was a bit botched. Remember; F0 coloring was as much a discovery for me as it will be for you.

What's next?

Should I go back to "New ways to have fun with CFS1" original thread? Should I give only synopsis of the HTML version or go back to the "full monty" tutorial on-line?

I must say that I'm very tempted to stay with this thread and keep posting the arrival of a new HTML chapters with some commenting here. The work load of uploading images to a server, then posting here, is incredibly time-consuming. So, unless someone has the link to a very-easy-to-use-and-comprehensive-free image server, I think I will do just that.

[hubbabubba]

Hello hubbabubba

First things first - Happy Birthday

Secondly - downloaded your second tutorial, many thank yous !!!!!!!
Lots of gaps to be filled in the how does it work department where these tutorials are extremely helpful.

Thirdly the avatar is Supermarine Walrus HD874 at the RAAF Mueseum Point Cook.
http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseu...ang/walrus.htm

For an excellent photo walk-around go to the SeaWings Website:-
http://www.seawings.co.uk/ then click on Enter, click on Walk-Rounds, scroll down to Supermarine and click on Walrus (2)
(SeaWings has lots of interesting things to look at)

The Walrus/Seagull V (Shagbat) has always been one of my favorite aircraft - made a Matchbox model of one back in my younger days.

Regards SGV

This explains a lot...

First; I know where you live now, give an take a few latitude/longitude degrees.
Second; It explains your pseudo...
Third; ... why you post at 4 AM...
Fourth; ... and your avatar, of course!

One of my favorite pass time is to read the Flight archives and, recently, I saw a few good articles about the Walrus, the catapulting and recuperating techniques and its jack-of-all-trades service. This one is very near my "to do" list. What can I say; I'm a softy for ugly duckling!

Great links btw!

[No Dice]

Chapter 3 is now ready for Download..

Thank you Hubba

Dave

http://thefreeflightsite.com/Hubbas.htm

[hubbabubba]

Thank you No Dice for hosting my things so quickly.

Chapter 4 is ¾ ready. Before the "attachment incident", it was already well advanced. It will cover the "old" transparency attribute 68. You may learn a thing or two in there; I know I did! Some of my preconceptions are being challenged, to say the least.

The new license I'm taking with HTML almost decided for me how things will shape-up. Some of the images in there would simply not pass the image-server/SOH rigorous limitations. So I will simply give here a synopsis, some would call it a "teaser", of the chapters. If you have questions or comments, leave them here.

Remember that the stupidest question is the one nobody ask...

[No Dice]

No need to thank me Hubba, We thank you for the hours of work that you mass together simply to share and teach us.

Can't wait until the next release.

Cheers

Dave

[hubbabubba]

Chapter 4 is now available at No Dice's The Free Flight Site.

For reasons that will be obvious to anyone who downloads it, posting it here would have been, to say the least, time-consuming and very challenging. But my first concern was to offer to those interested in the subject a complete palette rather than a truncated one.

Next chapter, number 5, will deal with attribute 69, the direct palette.

As, from now on, everything has to be "made from scratch", you will have to be patient. Apart from domestic chores, I would like to keep some spare time for my own CFS1 "production".

[hubbabubba]

Wadayaknow! For once, things went easier than I expected!

I won't complain...

I've just sent chapter 5 to No Dice a few minutes ago. It should be available soon.

[No Dice]

Very interesting piece

Up and ready for download
http://thefreeflightsite.com/Hubbas.htm

Thanks Hubba,

Dave