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Author Topic:   Ladies and Gentlemen...The Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat
Falck
Pilot
posted 03-19- 10:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Falck     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Its still in beta, as the cockpit needs extensive work. Still, in the spirit of the contest Razor747 and I thought we would release what we have done so far.

Meet the Wildcat

Molesting a 190

Still picking apart a 190

And finally over the airfield

We still plan to add lots of goodies but you can play with what we've got done so far if you like.
http://home.cwru.edu/~rxf17/openplane/F4F/f4f4beta1.zip

[This message has been edited by Falck (edited 03-19-2000).]

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Zoycite
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posted 03-19- 10:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Zoycite   Click Here to Email Zoycite     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow! looking good Falck. Does this mean the mapping is done? If so, I'll mail you soem new stuff this week.

BTW, that skin sure looks familar

Off to go play.

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Falck
Pilot
posted 03-19- 11:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Falck     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The mapping is indeed done
Feel free to make some British skins too, cuz we're prolly gonna release an F4F-3 and a Martlet (the UK version)

Thanks for your texturing help.

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Spanky the Mad Dog
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posted 03-19- 11:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Spanky the Mad Dog   Click Here to Email Spanky the Mad Dog     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Spanky here..

Is the gear working better? Its looking better. I guess i'll find out when i DL it.

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Tailslide
Pilot
posted 03-19- 11:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tailslide   Click Here to Email Tailslide     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Very minor point.. the game colors are washed out when looking out from the cockpit on my TNT2 card using DX7. Seems ok in external view.

Coming along great! I love the gear ! It must have taken ages to get all those DOF's working like that very slick.

I had alot of fun blasting 190s with this.

TS

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Razor747
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posted 03-20- 06:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Razor747   Click Here to Email Razor747     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well it took me about 2 hours to get the gear working right. Please give us feedback on what all of you think about the plane.


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Thanks,

James "Razor747" Smith


Check out the SDOE Flight Line! I am constantly adding new things. Click on image above to go to my site.

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Jeeves
Pilot
posted 03-20- 10:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jeeves   Click Here to Email Jeeves     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I musta sat here this morning for about 15 minutes just hitting the gear key to watch them go up and down...I've talked to Falck about this and have already included her in my Midway campaign...which will be released whenever the Dauntless is. Very nice job to both of you Falck and Razor!!

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Pete Hawk
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posted 03-20- 03:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Pete Hawk   Click Here to Email Pete Hawk     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Nice job guys! It's coming along great!

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slk
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posted 03-20- 06:09 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
GREAT JOB!!!
A great addition to FS boys, can't wait to try it.
I got the DL and installed in FS dir. is this
correct cause I got nothing. So I pulled the
F4f4 folder out of the aircraft folder it installed with and put it into (MY) aircraft
folder. Got a picture in "hanger" and got a
"F4f4" in training but, when I try to fly it
I ctd.
OK wadidorong, need help, got to fly this one
ASAP
Thanks
Psi

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Falck
Pilot
posted 03-20- 06:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Falck     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
sounds like you have it installed to the correct place

do you crash on the hangar mission, the training missions, or all of the missions?

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slk
unregistered
posted 03-20- 07:21 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I crashed in training, cannot fly it out of
hanger, but wrote it into a mission and flew it from there. A wonderful plane thanks...
If you have information as to the other probs
please let me know...
Thanks again guys, fableus just fableus
Psi

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Snake
Pilot
posted 03-21- 05:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Snake   Click Here to Email Snake     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Falck the gear is really cool.
But the cockpit images are I think screwed up. There are only a few gauges and the compass looks like your looking down on it. Is it just me?
Other than that it looks cool.
Snake

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Falck
Pilot
posted 03-21- 07:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Falck     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Snake I know the cockpit needs a lot of work

I just fixed it so the correct textures display on all the guages. The lower compass is set at about a 60 degree angle. And none of the needles are lined up, and some dont work yet. But we're working on it. Thank Razor747 for the gear, he did all the D.O.F's

Here's the only reference I had to go by in making the cockpit.
http://www.snowcrash.org/flightshop/images/cockpits/Grumman_FM-2_Wildcat_ckpt_zw.jpg

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jedi
Pilot
posted 03-21- 08:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jedi   Click Here to Email jedi     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You know, down in the Bibliography forum, there are some links (I forget which one) that go to a HUGE depository of MS Flight Sim and Combat FS planes made by players. Some of those planes include custom cockpits, and the files used are .bmp format, so easily viewed and modified. I found a few pretty good pictures of the Corsair panel (haven't done anything with em yet).

I didn't look for Wildcats (D'oh! I should've tho--I've been kinda on the lookout for ya) but I bet there is something there you could use as a general guide at least.

P.S. feel free to use the Navy pilot from the Corsair download if you want. That little oxygen mask guy just doesn't look right in a Wildcat to me Of course, I predict the Fokker DVII pilot becomes a very popular fellow shortly

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Spyder
Pilot
posted 03-21- 10:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Spyder   Click Here to Email Spyder     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very nice Falck/Razor. One thing, I flew it above 290mph and it shook like an earthquake, is it meant to be flown this slow?
Looked and felt funny, but didn't break anything off.
That gear is really great to watch.
Thanks a bunch.

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Snake
Pilot
posted 03-21- 02:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Snake   Click Here to Email Snake     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Falck I'm not saying they look bad but they looked corrupted or something. There looked like there was only one or two and they all seemed to overlap. Anyway I've got bigger problems now as the entire plane has gone all balck along with the Corsair, Jug and Ju-88!
Snake

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Falck
Pilot
posted 03-21- 03:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Falck     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Spyder, fm isnt anywhere near being done yet. Ill see if we can bump that up to 400-450mph.

Snake, sounds like your texture cache is corrupted. Delete your texture cache files and it should work again.

In the version released the turn-bank indicator isnt there (between the speed and climb guages) and the fuel guage is a copy of the temp guage (fuel guage is the one under the aux fuel pump switch).

Of course, most of the needles dont work yet and those that do arent aligned properly anyway

If we can fix some of the guages well release another version soon.

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Snake
Pilot
posted 03-21- 03:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Snake   Click Here to Email Snake     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ok how do you delete the texture cache? and where is it? and whats it called?
Snake

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bolillo_loco
Pilot
posted 03-21- 03:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bolillo_loco   Click Here to Email bolillo_loco     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
the f4f cockpit is correct. for those of you that need data americas hundred thousand by francis H dean gives detailed pics of all the features of the plane as well as performance figures on all 11 us fighter types built during ww2. if you want to know something, anyting about any american plane, its probably in there.

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