A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category FSX Civilian Jets

Description: A rework of Thomas Ruth's great model of the Antonov AN-225 Mryia for FSX in 4096x4096 detail resolution.
Original Aircraft model and design © Thomas Ruth 2008


New work includes:-


A minor change to the model characteristics to resolve spec issues.


A 2D cockpit Panel in wide screen taken from a screen capture of the VC, with gauges modded to suit.


Effects [which are needed to be copied to the FSX Effects folder for smoke and vortices. The latter is a bit ham-fisted but works.


Included are the 4 variations of the one and only 225 to be completed [to date], from first-flight vintage to Current scheme.


Bump maps and night light bitmaps are included in specific 'passenger' versions such as the Qantas and Aeroflot, etc. but otherwise the 'real' versions are in the 'texture.common' folder, which also has the metal wings and specs.


There are, as with most models...quirks that have to be tolerated, ie. the inner tail surfaces are 90% scale of the outers, and there's sometimes an odd self-shadow effect on the fuse under the main wings....[and rears as well]. Joining of various bitmaps has quite a bit of distortion...particularly around the nose and main wing haunches.


The graphics were all done to HD 4096 res, working from existing 'openings' in the model...ie. doors elevators etc. so in that regard they are accurate to the pixel. My Kit was built from scratch from enlarged original bitmaps and reworked per-pixel to get sections to align, etc. No-one appeared to have done a great deal with the spec mapping, particularly when it came to shiny chrome surfaces and were painted 'flat' [fake shine]. The main detail advantage of 4096 is the panel seams are 1-pixel wide [with matching bump maps] and not 'fudged' for look as would be the case in lower resolutions.


The linework was transposed along with various 'details' to create the Bump maps and much of them are reasonably close to real...but there's a lot of conflicting graphic representations out there so nothing's definitive really.


Thomas's original copyright and texts are include.


STRICTLY NOT for commercial gain, in whole or in part.


Any queries...I can be found at SOH [only place I upload to] or email pmar4984@bigpond.net.au


Cheers, Paul [JAFO]

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