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ArgonV Pilot	posted 05-26- 01:06 PM Ok, many people want the Dauntless, so here's my question. Can someone post a link to it? I know its not done, but its fun as hell! IP: Logged
Razer Pilot	posted 05-26- 01:47 PM i have heard anything about it in sometime. I'm not sure who the last person was to work on it, but i'd love to take a gander at some of the work and see whats up. I have a really full plate but i wouldn't have a problem with fixing a few things on it i guess. ------------------ Tony "Razer" Martin http://www.fshangar.com IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 05-26- 03:01 PM Way back when...there was a Thursday night meeting about getting a team gathered. Many of the current modeling gurus were there- and the chat session was riddled with ICQ bugs. The last person to work on it was jedi...and Jaguar did a lot of the pioneering work with Tail and others. I was a research source and contact with some vets of the Pacific. Since jedi's work, there has been little done to her...Jag posted a couple weeks ago about possibly doing something with her, but I haven't heard much from him-- I think he's still recovering from graduation If someone doesn't start playing around with her again, I guess I'll have to struggle through learning how to model because one way or the other- she will be done. If I have to drag Jaguar et al to my house it will be done BTW-- just a reference to way back-- I just started a 1:48 scale model of the SBD-5 and there is a window in the floor of the cockpit and it was used for bomb aiming (at least according to the instructions by the company- Accurate Modellers (or is it Miniatures?). ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
jedi Pilot	posted 05-26- 03:20 PM If no one else picks up the ball, I'd be happy to do some more of the 3D work (get flaps/brakes working, do something about flickering textures, etc). I can do some of the FM tweaking as well. I don't plan on doing anything with the cockpit tho (not my bag I'm afraid) so someone will need to step up to the plate there... ------------------ --jedi-- IP: Logged
Razer Pilot	posted 05-26- 03:38 PM i said i'd help out some but i need the latest or most current version out there. Can someone send that to me? ------------------ Tony "Razer" Martin http://www.fshangar.com IP: Logged
Jaguar Pilot	posted 05-26- 04:12 PM Who's dragging me where? Funny you should mention this, I was just about to load the SBD up in OPS. I would like to have a meeting on ICQ, or maybe even Nat's chat room, and discuss where everything is on the D. I'll see if I can package everything up by the end of today. If so, I'll post it on the FShangar. I have some retarded problem with parts of the plane going all black on me. I have no idea how to fix this, but I can work around it. The flaps and brakes are MURDER! so if you would like to run with it Jedi, PLEASE be my guest! {dancing around} ya! I was right! there IS a window and it WAS used for bombing! see, and some people thought I was crazy! HA! I love what you have done with the Dauntless so far Jedi, the engine looks beautiful!......but..... we gotta have a chat about that gun position. How's that for an update? oh, BTW, I had my formal grad ceremony today........... Why are parents so paranoid over pictures?!?!! I'm still seeing spots from all the flashes! ------------------ Cheers! Jaguar The FS Hangar [This message has been edited by Jaguar (edited 05-26-2000).] IP: Logged
Jaguar Pilot	posted 05-26- 04:20 PM nevermind, I got it now. [This message has been edited by Jaguar (edited 05-26-2000).] IP: Logged
jedi Pilot	posted 05-26- 05:47 PM I'd say another chat was in order The thing I did on the gunner's position was more to get something in there to "support" the guns rather than a realistic part. I need a picture of the position and hardware. There's also some difficulties in the way the DOFs are set up to overcome. Lotsa work still to go on her. A bit "Daunting" to attempt by oneself ------------------ --jedi-- IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 05-26- 05:49 PM Very cool... GLad to see you guys are back and still kickin' Let me know when you want to meet and I'll be there...not much I can do- but I'll be damned if I'm not enthusiastic A big salad to whoever makes that cockpit LOL wink Jaguar! IP: Logged
Jaguar Pilot	posted 05-26- 06:00 PM just looked at the cockpit...........hhhmmmm, I think the only way to do a good cockpit, is in 3DS Max. with AC3D and OPS it would just take too long. But..... I'll give it a go. We do need another meeting. When do you want to meet? Where? I posted the Dauntless on the FS hangar for people to Download. New functions: O = Lowers Hook Q = opens/closes canopy X = lowers bomb crutch Pilot's arm moves to open canopy Pilot's head tracks enemy planes Again, BIG thanks to Jedi for his efforts. Enjoy guys! [This message has been edited by Jaguar (edited 05-26-2000).] IP: Logged
biggels3 Pilot	posted 05-26- 06:16 PM :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-) :-):-):-)That plane is very cool:-):-):-):-) :-):-):-)when the final vershone :-):-):-):-) :-):-):-)comes out you can make :-):-):-):-) :-):-):-)craul over a mile of broken:-):-) :-):-):-)glass to get to it!!!!!:-):-):-):-) :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-) great job to evrybody that made it GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-) IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 05-26- 11:22 PM Anytime during the day tomorrow or Sunday might be good for me-- that's when wifey is gone to work with her horse. E-mail me and let me know!! ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 05-27- 09:40 AM Well, since I know what I'm doing now, I'll remap and reskin it, Jeeves, have you got a pic of the SDB in your tag from other angles? Top, bottom etc? Anyway, my Chat room is sat there unused, and would be the best place for you to meet IMHO, you wont have all those ICQ bugs, and I've made it private now, meaning you can only get to it from my site, I had problems in the past because it would show up on the list of chat rooms, and ppl would just jump in there.. stopped that now though.. IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 05-27- 10:00 AM Heya Nat-- Well- no I don't have any other views- that's the only pic. But in the SBD-5 model I am doing now, I can at least tell you the colors used-- and if you need any further pics I can scrape some up for you. The top part of the fuselage is a mix-- uppermost being Nonspecular Sea Blue and the lower part being Intermediate Blue. The very bottom of the fuselage is white. ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
Jaguar Pilot	posted 05-27- 10:20 AM hhmmmmm, ok, it's 9:09AM my time right now........ so lets say 2:00PM (Mountain Time) my time? We'll meet in Nat's chat room http://members.xoom.com/naturlich/ Who knows, we might actually get something done today! Jedi, Nat, Jeeves..... Tailslide??? try your best to be there. IP: Logged
Jerry Pilot	posted 05-27- 10:24 AM Jaguar, I downloaded the Dauntless last night. Nice plane, can't wait for the finished product. But I have a minor problem. The Takeoff Training Mission stops loading when it gets to Objects and CTD's. I went into the mission and saw that she takes off from Saratoga II. I switched to the regular Saratoga and the mission works. What's the difference between the two Saratogas? Where do I look to see if I have Saratoga II? Where do I get it if I don't have it? Thanks. Again, this is a nice piece of work. IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 05-27- 11:01 AM ok, whats mountain time compared to EST? LOL IP: Logged
Jaguar Pilot	posted 05-27- 11:57 AM well, ok, you see the time thats stamped on everyone's post? well 2:00 my time, would be 3:10 forum time..... ok? So 4 hours from when you made that post. I hate time zones! As for the mission, Jeeves crated the missions, so I'm sot sure what the saratoga2 is either. Jeeves?......Pete? IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 05-27- 12:56 PM just checking the time IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 05-27- 01:07 PM OK, looked it up on a website.. Mountain time is EST -2 or GMT -7.. maybe to save confusion we should start using Universal time.. LOL IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 05-27- 01:38 PM Well guys-- I won't be able to make it today that late-- previous engagement with the wife but you guys should still meet. Besides-- I'm not a modeler anyways...just a mission maker. But if someone would please keep me informed as I have been interested in this project since I first suggested it...man that was a long time ago As far as the Saratoga goes-- I made that mission so long ag I forgot. I believe at the time that the planes fell right through Pete's carrier's deck and don't remember which was which. I'm so confused... ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 05-27- 03:14 PM hey, I'm gettin lonely in the chat room! IP: Logged
Jaguar Pilot	posted 05-27- 06:14 PM I'm sooo sorry, I couldn't make the meeting today. Did anyone go besides Nat? hhmmmmm, maybe we should set a date with more notice hu? I set that time because I THOUGHT I would be around then. Guess not Jeeves, If I haveto sit through a meeting, then so do you! Anybody have a list of what still needs to be done on the Dauntless? Or should I whip one up? IP: Logged
Tailslide Pilot	posted 05-28- 01:34 AM I don't know what there is for me to do.. the only job that was available was "FM" so I'll do that after the plane gets farther along.. everytime you move almost anything on the plane it affects the FM so doing it this early doesnt make sense. If someone can send me an updated max file with Jedi's changes, I'll fix the mirrored mapping I did on the fuse though.. TS IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 05-29- 09:42 AM Aww gee Jag! Alright-- give me a couple day's notice and I'll try my best to be there. Late nights (after 10 pm) are best for me-- e-mail me when you decide ) ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
jedi Pilot	posted 05-29- 01:06 PM Well, for some reason I couldn't access this forum all weekend, so I missed the announcement. I should be able to make any evening US meeting time except Tuesday or Friday this week. After that, out-of-town for about 10 days. I was going to work on the flaps and dive brakes, but if the plane is going to be re-mapped, I might hold off on that... OTOH it might make sense to at least get the flaps and brakes and ailerons in their "final" shapes and positions before any re-map. I wanted to take another look at the VStab and forward fuselage where the guns are as well. We're not gonna try to do REAL holes in the dive brakes are we? I can probably build that, but won't it kill the FR? ------------------ --jedi-- IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 05-30- 04:30 PM So...any new meeting times? ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
Jaguar Pilot	posted 05-30- 08:26 PM sombody set a meeting time! I'm just not sure when the best time to have one would be. IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 06-01- 03:09 PM e-nee-me-nee-my-nee-mo! The last meeting we had was a late Friday night-- so maybe like a midnight or so on Friday? 10 PM for central...9 for you West Coasters? ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
Jaguar Pilot	posted 06-01- 04:11 PM I'll be there. IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 06-01- 04:43 PM That makes 2... jedi, Nat, Tail? I believe Razor747 and Falck were also on the team at one point- or at least interested. Razer may be out of commission with the computer foul-up...anyone else who wants to see this beautiful plane in my signature fly--show up Friday at midnight at...oops-- did we decide where? Nat's chat? How do we get there again? By the way-- my plastic model is coming out pretty great-- the window, the guns...all just like the one in the game. I may be able to answer more questions about the cockpit and other parts of the plane from building this small one if anyone wants. Can we model the gunners' station as well? He had some controls there as well. ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! [This message has been edited by Jeeves (edited 06-01-2000).] IP: Logged
jedi Pilot	posted 06-01- 10:00 PM I'll be out-of-town for 10 days starting Friday morning, so can't attend the meeting I'll take the dive brakes/flaps if no one else wants 'em. If you want to assign me some 3D stuff or exterior mapping, I can play with that too. ------------------ --jedi-- IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 06-01- 10:17 PM Considering what you've done with her up to now-- I don't think anyone will disagree with me when I say work on whatever part of her you want to. We can work around you--speak up please if you disagree with me. Between the Corsair and Dauntless-- you are becoming quite the US Pacific plane guru-- I know who to nominate when it comes time to start the Avenger ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
Nat Pilot	posted 06-02- 11:26 AM so, ok, my chatroom it is then, go to my site, and click on the Chat Now pic from Braveheart, it will take you off site, and to an area to enter your handle/name, then when you hit enter your in the room, nice an simple Are we saying 10pm EST (8pm Mountatin I believe, 3am GMT)? IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 06-02- 03:31 PM I thought it was midnight EST...I won't even be home from work today until after 11-- we have an awards night here at school. ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
Jaguar Pilot	posted 06-02- 04:32 PM I hate these frekin time zones! I would like to get my hands on a dauntless model. Just to see what the pilot's and gunner tubs looked like. I would LIKE to have both modeled correctly (FPS permitting) See you guys tonight! IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 06-02- 07:56 PM Heya Jag-- try this site-- they have them for sale-- Accurate Miniatures is the maker- just gotta look for it: http://www.modelexpoinc.com/ ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 06-02- 11:23 PM Did you guys forget? Yoo-hoo! ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 06-02- 11:37 PM Well-- it's 12:30 and I'm thinking of hitting the sack...we are 0 and 2 ;( Maybe tomorrow? ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! IP: Logged
Jaguar Pilot	posted 06-03- 02:41 PM Ok, we'll wait till Jedi gets back before having an official meeting. In the mean time, I have finished Texture Mapping the cockpit and gunner tubs. I also finished adjusting the switchin distances and positioned all the second level lods. I have a problem though. When I try to open the SBD in OPS I get an: Out of memory. Error massage =( and I FORGOT to make a backup! is there a way around this? please say yes, please say yes...... PLEASE! ------------------ Cheers! Jaguar The FS Hangar IP: Logged

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