P-3 Thread continued...

**Daveroo** · February 8th, 2014, 18:33

Originally Posted by kbt

Impatient

I prepare for it

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do you want some real world pics of a aero union tanker?...my family was able to go see the planes at McClellan before they officially closed,and we got some cockpit shots...i wouldnt mind sharing them..

**airattackimages** · February 8th, 2014, 19:10

Or on the job photos?

Here are some I shot on the fire lines...

**airattackimages** · February 8th, 2014, 19:10

KBT revisiting their awesome P-3, this has to be the best thing I've heard all year so far.

**airattackimages** · February 8th, 2014, 19:17

Originally Posted by Blood_Hawk23

I hate to tell you this. P-3s don't smoke.

Here are some shots I took at North Island of P-3s not smoking. Wink wink

**skyhawka4m** · February 8th, 2014, 20:24

I am so glad they are doing this NAVY variant the new SLAR radar pod.

**Blood_Hawk23** · February 8th, 2014, 20:38

You know. my Dad was in for 30 year. I spent all of my childhood around these planes. I never noticed that. I talked to my Dad about and yes you are right. Maybe I was to awe struck to notice.

Great pics guys.

The P-3AEW&C had the dome. They were converted RAAF Bs. That one I had to look up.

**skyhawka4m** · February 8th, 2014, 20:52

I aircrewed P-3's for 10 years....sure do miss them.

**airattackimages** · February 8th, 2014, 20:55

I think it all depends on the power setting youre watching them fly at. As an example, most of my firefighting shots the exhaust isnt evident... They're usually diving down with no throttle. When they're in a typical cruise speed, level flight, they don't smoke a whole lot.

***ColoKent*** · February 8th, 2014, 20:57

Skyhawk...what units/locations did you fly the P-3? Ever deploy to Masirah?

Kent

***Victory103*** · February 8th, 2014, 21:41

Even for me as a helo bubba stationed at NAS Jax, this was a great FS9 model, only better now. BZ to KBT!

**TuFun** · February 8th, 2014, 21:55

**CG_1976** · February 8th, 2014, 22:02

Originally Posted by Blood_Hawk23

You know. my Dad was in for 30 year. I spent all of my childhood around these planes. I never noticed that. I talked to my Dad about and yes you are right. Maybe I was to awe struck to notice.

Great pics guys.

The P-3AEW&C had the dome. They were converted RAAF Bs. That one I had to look up.

Just found her
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/orion...on-153446.html
This one visited JBSA and KSAT three weeks ago.

**malibu43** · February 8th, 2014, 22:26

Originally Posted by kbt

Impatient

I prepare for it

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**DaveWG** · February 9th, 2014, 01:55

Here's a quick run though of the mods I made using MdlMatxx so the P-3C can be used in FSX DX10 or P3dV2
I didn't spend a lot of time on this, it's very much a quick and dirty edit as the model is still in beta thing may well change.
It seems to work fine for me and I haven't found any problems, but there may well be something I've missed.

First and foremost, back up your original files!

Load up Mdlmatxx and load in the first MDL. All the MDLs will need editing, including the VC models.

Go though the list of materials on the left hand side and for each, check the value in the "Reflection Scale" box.

If it's a one, change it to zero.

then click the "Send modified material back" box

When you done all the materials, click "Save Updated MDL"

As I said, it's a rough edit. I haven't checked if all the materials need doing, so you may find some parts that need to be shiny or reflective may now not be.

This should work as described, but use at your own risk, I cannot be held responsible if your PC explodes, turns into a micro black hole or becomes self-aware.

***falcon409*** · February 9th, 2014, 04:51

Originally Posted by DaveWG

. . . . . . .It seems to work fine for me and I haven't found any problems, but there may well be something I've missed.
First and foremost, back up your original files!
Load up Mdlmatxx and load in the first MDL. All the MDLs will need editing, including the VC models.
Go though the list of materials on the left hand side and for each, check the value in the "Reflection Scale" box.

If it's a one, change it to zero.

then click the "Send modified material back" box

When you done all the materials, click "Save Updated MDL"

As I said, it's a rough edit. I haven't checked if all the materials need doing, so you may find some parts that need to be shiny or reflective may now not be.

Thanks for that Dave. Just a quick note for P3D_Ver2 users, it appears that the external model is fine, so "all mdls" isn't necessary as far as I can see, however the VC definitely needs these tweaks as aside from the main gauge panel, everything else has the "chrome appearance". That "interior mdl" seems to be all you need to tweak if you are using P3D_Ver2. I also did not touch any LOD1 material that was labeled as a "$gauge" as I assumed that would remove any reflection from the gauges. The rest that had the "1" I changed to "0" and the VC looks great and that one interior model will fix all the VC's as they are all aliased to that mdl file. Thanks again to Dave for making that available.

**kbt** · February 9th, 2014, 05:49

https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=...BPfSCze5eH2stw

I am at the P-3A Aerostar to this link.
There is a P-3A and P-3C link destination.
It is set to load the shared texture and VC of the P-3C.
The P-3A is to apply the mdlmatxx, but chrome display in DX10 in my case was not fixed.

***falcon409*** · February 9th, 2014, 06:02

Download not working. If I put a check on both downloads and click on the download button at the top, nothing happens. Same thing if I try one at a time.

**kbt** · February 9th, 2014, 06:18

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=A3DFC...7&sc=documents

Can you download on this link?

**Daveroo** · February 9th, 2014, 06:41

it wouldnt download for me unless i right clicked on the box with the title in it..workd fine then

**kbt** · February 9th, 2014, 06:59

https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=...EU3Nv4YE848gc0

??

***gray eagle*** · February 9th, 2014, 07:07

I tried to add one of the older 2.9 repaints to the new V3 Beta and most of it show except for the zinc Chromate on the landing gear doors (yellow).
Is there any way to fix this? I got this repaint (VP6) from flightsim.

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***falcon409*** · February 9th, 2014, 07:14

Worked with the last link. . .thanks!!

**kbt** · February 9th, 2014, 07:21

Originally Posted by gray eagle

I tried to add one of the older 2.9 repaints to the new V3 Beta and most of it show except for the zinc Chromate on the landing gear doors (yellow).
Is there any way to fix this?

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This part is the texture and part present in FSX version.

**DaveWG** · February 9th, 2014, 07:24

Originally Posted by falcon409

Thanks for that Dave. Just a quick note for P3D_Ver2 users, it appears that the external model is fine, so "all mdls" isn't necessary as far as I can see, however the VC definitely needs these tweaks as aside from the main gauge panel, everything else has the "chrome appearance". That "interior mdl" seems to be all you need to tweak if you are using P3D_Ver2. I also did not touch any LOD1 material that was labeled as a "$gauge" as I assumed that would remove any reflection from the gauges. The rest that had the "1" I changed to "0" and the VC looks great and that one interior model will fix all the VC's as they are all aliased to that mdl file. Thanks again to Dave for making that available.

Odd. When I tried it in P3dV2 it had the high reflective surfaces same as FSX DX10.