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dharry

January 12th, 2012, 10:47

Just spotted this: http://www.glowingheat.co.uk/

Anyone else know about this? What is the story here? I thought Virtavia was the old Alphasim reborn.

centuryseries

January 12th, 2012, 10:54

That's correct AlphaSim became Virtavia, however, glowingheat.co.uk has nothing to do with either.

I am the modeller behind the B-58 Hustler for FS9 and the FS9 and native FSX SR-71 Blackbird. I'm going it alone so to speak for a variety of reasons, none of which are suitable for public airing. I started with AlphaSim back in 2003 and have been around a lot over the years, but I have only released a small number of aircraft.

There may possibly be a new B-58 Hustler for FSX at some point in the future now that it looks like FSX has extra life left in it.

Regards,

David.

TuFun

January 12th, 2012, 15:48

Bone

January 12th, 2012, 19:24

now that it looks like FSX has extra life left in it.

Regards,

David.

Since you can still buy new copies of FS9, I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that a person will be able to buy new copies of FSX for years to come. Years.

So, keep those models coming. :)

Sundog

January 12th, 2012, 20:33

A possible B-58 for FSX? Make my year. :)

centuryseries

January 12th, 2012, 22:33

A possible B-58 for FSX? Make my year. :)

Will do my best Sundog. It's such a gorgeous looking plane!

@Tufun

Thats a great video, good tribute. There's something very intriguing in having four pylon mounted engines slung beneath a delta. Not a common configuration.

Regards,

David.

DaveQ

January 13th, 2012, 07:48

Thanks for this update on the Hustler David. At the risk of highjacking the thread, I did a series of new detailed 2048 x 2048 textures for this some time back in anticipation of a new FSX version, but assumed the project had been shelved. Would be great to see it back on.

Best regards

DaveQ

fsafranek

January 13th, 2012, 16:55

What happened to the reply I posted a couple hours ago? :banghead:

Anyway, I still have the textures you sent me some time back Dave. If I recall correctly, they were 2048x.
In any case, we'll get this project going again very soon.
:ernae:

TuFun

January 13th, 2012, 20:15

Will do my best Sundog. It's such a gorgeous looking plane!

@Tufun

Thats a great video, good tribute. There's something very intriguing in having four pylon mounted engines slung beneath a delta. Not a common configuration.

Regards,

David.

Thanks for the compliment! When Bunkerhill AFB had a open house, they would fly two B-58's and a KC-135. Loudest aircraft I have ever heard. Plus, seeing those four afterburners lighting up was just awesome!!!

centuryseries

January 14th, 2012, 00:08

The FS9 B-58 Hustler is now available again. At Simmarket, and shortly PC Aviator.

Details of the FSX Hustler will appear in due course on my forum.

56470

DaveQ

January 14th, 2012, 00:40

The FS9 B-58 Hustler is now available again. At Simmarket, and shortly PC Aviator.

Details of the FSX Hustler will appear in due course on my forum.

56470

Has this been updated at all from the old AS model?

Frank - I'll clean up those texture sets and send them again when you're ready

DaveQ

centuryseries

January 14th, 2012, 06:21

Hi Dave,

No, no update at all, just replacement of all the old AlphaSim wording.

The FSX Hustler has had an overhaul modelling wise, and will incorporate new higher resolution textures, and a new VC (which I need to start building).

DaveQ

January 14th, 2012, 10:42

Many thanks for the update. Looking forward to the FSX version very eagerly!

DaveQ

Stickshaker

January 14th, 2012, 11:36

Many thanks for the update. Looking forward to the FSX version very eagerly!

DaveQ

Me too! Got the FS9 Hustler already.
Is Virtavia also not working on an FSX B-58? Or are we talking about the same plane?

centuryseries

January 14th, 2012, 13:58

Hi Stickshaker,

Its the same plane, except I no longer work for Virtavia so am releasing it myself.

David.

michael davies

January 14th, 2012, 14:57

Hi Stickshaker,

Its the same plane, except I no longer work for Virtavia so am releasing it myself.

David.

Bloody good show!, thinking the same for the Seaking myself to be honest, rip out Virtavias parts and redo them, source sounds and upload, ohh and send a cease and desist to Virtavia on their copy!.

Addendum, I saw somewhere that their Enterprise (CVN 65) has been worked over and re-released under new ownership, talk of a 70's refit variant too.

centuryseries

January 15th, 2012, 01:38

Do it Michael!

I can set you up with a forum on my site if you like totally free.

Let me know!!

David.

michael davies

January 15th, 2012, 02:52

Do it Michael!

I can set you up with a forum on my site if you like totally free.

Let me know!!

David.

David, thank you.

I need to clear some other issues first and then clear my mind as to the best way forward, I have a few ideas and new projects bubbling away.

I'm sick and tired of being ripped off by robber baron vendors who lone developers cannot name and shame under the so called 'dirty laundry act', its about time we stood together and resisted their activities.

Kindest Michael

Stickshaker

January 15th, 2012, 03:15

Hi Stickshaker,

Its the same plane, except I no longer work for Virtavia so am releasing it myself.

David.

Thanks, David, looking forward to it. When it was under the Virtavia brand it was going to have a dragchute. Is that still the plan?

centuryseries

January 15th, 2012, 11:47

Thanks, David, looking forward to it. When it was under the Virtavia brand it was going to have a dragchute. Is that still the plan?

Yes a drag chute will be included :jump:

AndyG43

January 15th, 2012, 13:20

I saw somewhere that their Enterprise (CVN 65) has been worked over and re-released under new ownership, talk of a 70's refit variant too.

Any chance of a link Michael?

jdhaenens

January 15th, 2012, 13:35

http://www.flightsim.com/main/notams12/sdb0103.htm

Best,

centuryseries

January 15th, 2012, 14:09

David, thank you.

I need to clear some other issues first and then clear my mind as to the best way forward, I have a few ideas and new projects bubbling away.

I'm sick and tired of being ripped off by robber baron vendors who lone developers cannot name and shame under the so called 'dirty laundry act', its about time we stood together and resisted their activities.

Kindest Michael

I agree! I wish I'd done this sooner, I have control now. :guinness:

michael davies

January 15th, 2012, 14:09

http://www.flightsim.com/main/notams12/sdb0103.htm

Best,

Thank you,

Andy my initial discourse was incorrect, replace 'saw' with 'heard' :).

michael davies

January 15th, 2012, 14:14

I agree! I wish I'd done this sooner, I have control now. :guinness:

Thats dangerous, 'control', do any of us ever have control of anything LOL.

Your right, should have done this two years ago when the rot set in, Team SDB got out right time mind.

Will converse in the coming weeks once I've got my head around things.

Kindest Michael

AndyG43

January 15th, 2012, 14:17

lol thanks Michael.

centuryseries

January 15th, 2012, 14:17

No worries just drop me an email :ernae:

TARPSBird

January 15th, 2012, 14:25

michael davies

January 15th, 2012, 14:56

Michael,
Not to derail us from the B-58 here, but just a quick question. I missed the AlphaSim F-8E Crusader for FS9 when it came out, and Virtavia no longer offers it it as one of their packages. What ever became of the 'Sader? Still property of Virtavia?

Mute point, is anything the property of Virtavia, probably not, most items or a large percentage of each item is from 3rd party developers, some in the case of David or Team SDB 'all' is third party so they can take them where ever they choose, the issue becomes protracted when products contain work from several parties. Once you remove one brick then others begin to follow, eventually the house becomes unstable, there certainly appears to be a growing trend for former Alphasim developers to seek alternative arrangements for their wares.

The Crusader I think belongs to Ninja Mouse (Carl), who I'm led to believe has asked Virtavia to cease and desist, thus Virtavia cannot release any of his work in any form at all, many of us gave our permission for items to go freeware, Carl didn't, with hindsight, a clever move!.

Note CVN65 was also Carls work, though I believe Carl is no longer 'in the business' but has given rights to other parties to extend and enhance the life of the product, so his Crusader may well appear under a new guise, though I did hear and was recently talking to another 'naval' developer about a new bespoke F-8, ie which of us was going to clear our back log first and get there :).

I think FSx is here for a long time and I think quite a few developers are going to stick with it, some will move on to the new platform but I think more are going to stay in FSx than those that stayed in FS9.

Kindest Michael

StormILM

January 15th, 2012, 16:11

Having been a customer of many of those products for FS9 I am glad that a number of these old Alphasim projects be upgraded to more current FSX standards. Especially the B-58 and Enterprise. IMHO, the original B-58 is still the finest version of the Hustler ever made for Flightsim and quite the challenge to operate/land so I look forward to a fully FSX version. Side note: Regarding the Big E, I suppose it is a "moving" object and not static? The nomenclature mentions 8 locations which I assume are AI carrier tracks but if it is AI-Moving then it can be set up for AICarriers2. The updated Enterprise will be a welcome addition. I flew off the original in FS9 constantly. Next year, we will say goodbye to the real Big E as it is set to retire after over 50 years of continuous service.

wilycoyote4

January 15th, 2012, 17:01

Can anyone from Team SDB confirm both AI tracks and using AICarriers2 to place the Big E where we want?

michael davies

January 16th, 2012, 00:40

Can anyone from Team SDB confirm both AI tracks and using AICarriers2 to place the Big E where we want?

I believe the gentleman upgrading CVN65 is fully versed in moving carriers, their animations and problems associated there in and having already accomplished this task within the community, I'd be very surprised if it were static only :).

But I'm sure Team SDB will verify in due course.

DaveQ

January 16th, 2012, 02:24

Having been a customer of many of those products for FS9 I am glad that a number of these old Alphasim projects be upgraded to more current FSX standards. Especially the B-58 and Enterprise. IMHO, the original B-58 is still the finest version of the Hustler ever made for Flightsim and quite the challenge to operate/land so I look forward to a fully FSX version.

I second that!! The other one I'm interested in seeing upgraded/new bespoke is the Voodoo. I've done a number of skins for this for FS9 and FSX and would love a really up-to date model to play with! The Thunderchief could also do with specular textures (see avatar/signature).

Any chance??

DaveQ

michael davies

January 16th, 2012, 04:00

I second that!! The other one I'm interested in seeing upgraded/new bespoke is the Voodoo. I've done a number of skins for this for FS9 and FSX and would love a really up-to date model to play with! The Thunderchief could also do with specular textures (see avatar/signature).

Any chance??

DaveQ

I think the Thunderchief and Voodoo were 3rd party purchases and a little niggle at the back of my mind keeps saying Milviz, in which case re-release would be no. I didn't work on either so cannot say for sure where the source files came from.

I do know Carl did the CVN65, C-5, F-117, B-2 and F-8, maybe a couple of others, A-3 perhaps?.

David did the B-58 and SR-71

Frank did the textures for a great many of these and many more.

Mickey D

January 16th, 2012, 09:08

Can anyone from Team SDB confirm both AI tracks and using AICarriers2 to place the Big E where we want?

Correct on both counts Wily it comes with 16 basic tracks for the carrier, escort and Seaking plus formation text for AICarriers2. You'll be able to place it where you wish. The Escort and Seaking ( Courtesy Earl Watson and Michael Davies ) are standalone AI models so can be moved around independantly. [sp?]

I would like to add that Carl Edwards' excellent FS9 source files have been completely reworked as FSX native by Sylvain Parouty of RFN Clemenceau fame. Something that was omitted from our announcement. If you like Javier's Nimitz you'll "wow" at this.

The "deck furniture" is virtually all new with new mules. tractors and fire appliances and there'll be a crew.
Frank Safranek has worked his magic on the statics to represent different units.

strykerpsg

January 16th, 2012, 11:40

http://www.flightsim.com/main/notams12/sdb0103.htm

Best,
Wow! Fantastic upgrade to the AS model. Please let us know when released if I miss the release. This will go fantastically with my VRS Hornet.

Matt

StormILM

January 16th, 2012, 11:54

Correct on both counts Wily it comes with 16 basic tracks for the carrier, escort and Seaking plus formation text for AICarriers2. You'll be able to place it where you wish. The Escort and Seaking ( Courtesy Earl Watson and Michael Davies ) are standalone AI models so can be moved around independantly. [sp?]

I would like to add that Carl Edwards' excellent FS9 source files have been completely reworked as FSX native by Sylvain Parouty of RFN Clemenceau fame. Something that was omitted from our announcement. If you like Javier's Nimitz you'll "wow" at this.

The "deck furniture" is virtually all new with new mules. tractors and fire appliances and there'll be a crew.
Frank Safranek has worked his magic on the statics to represent different units.

Great news! Thank you!

wilycoyote4

January 16th, 2012, 12:13

thanks
A tech question----is the glideslope 4 degrees or 3.5 degrees?

delta_lima

January 16th, 2012, 12:47

michael davies

January 16th, 2012, 13:50

I'm totally stoked to hear about an FSX CVN-65! A few suggestions/"hope-to-haves" from a die-hard naval aviation fan:

a "60s/70s" retro colour scheme for the plane guard Sea King. The low-vis period represents the roughly latter half of her career, but it would be a shame to miss the colourful first half. This was my sole disapointment with the FS9 version ... stuck in the 80s-90s ...

Of course, in the absence of a 60s era deck with Phantoms, Crusaders, and Skyhawks (much as I would love it, I hardly think it likely), then at least a bare deck (except for mules, crew, etc.) option. If the above is not possible, at least having no other modern a/c will not be such of an anachronism when using this carrier with planes from the pre-low-vis era.

Anyway - whatever gets produced will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

DL

If you look at the link provided above you will see that the Seaking is indeed in the proper navy colors :), perhaps not 100% authentic for a low viz period but many Seakings retained those colors for quite a while.

I don't know too much about the 70's version but will be picking up speed hopefully and the best way to get back into the saddle would be some simple AI or statics to re-cut my teeth on, I have an RA-5 and I did a lowish poly F-8 for my angled deck Essex model but that'd only fit early 60's, I will liaise with Team SDB in due course to see if there's anything I might be able to add to help them on their way if they require it.

For 70's based you'd need Phantoms, Corsairs, Intruders, Recon Vigi's, Prowler and Hawkeyes. Gun slinging Crusaders only did tow tours, 62 & 63 (VF-33 - Modex 2xx) as part of CVG-6, of course all this opens that big USN CV can of worms and data I'd kept locked away for 18 months now, dang it!.

If you go post 74 then probably what they already have repainted in correct USN colors will suffice.

Finally an apology to David for taking his B-58 thread so far off topic, sorry David.....but I'm sure yah already knew what I'm like when ever USN is ever mentioned LOL.

Kindest Michael

delta_lima

January 16th, 2012, 14:06

Sounds great Michael!

Anything pre-low vis would be great - I had no expectations of complete period carrier air wings. Mind you, if 50s/60s Essex is forthcoming, that sounds very encouraging too!

Back to the Hustler - I'll definitely sign up for one of those too - was a big fan of the original. Great job on all these!

Best,

DL

Mickey D

January 16th, 2012, 14:20

I've started a new topic to free up David's thread. See Team SDB USS Enterprise.

andersel

January 17th, 2012, 19:54

This is great news David! My father was stationed at Grissom AFB (Bunkerhill AFB) when the B-58 was deployed there. He use to take me to the shop and see all the encapsulated ejections seats.

Made this FSX video sometime ago to honor my father.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihYBmupj8nY

After making this video, several comments requested this model.

I just tried to play this video and my laptop went immediatelt to a BSoD. I had to do an emergency shutdown. This has NEVER happened before on videos posted to SOH. And I won't be attempting to run another one, mI felt that it wasorth relating.

LA

fsafranek

January 18th, 2012, 07:58

I just tried to play this video and my laptop went immediatelt to a BSoD. I had to do an emergency shutdown. This has NEVER happened before on videos posted to SOH. And I won't be attempting to run another one, mI felt that it wasorth relating.

LA
Don't know what to tell you. I just watched it embedded for a second time.
:ernae: