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Darryl Cadet	posted 06-24- 07:51 AM hello, First, let me say that after having been away for a while, I decided to visit this site again. hat visit made me put SDOE back on my hard drive! I haven't fired a missile in a month. Second, may I ask where I can find the Hawker Tempest within this domain? The idea of swirling dogfights with TA-152s, 190-Ds, and 109Ks has it's appeal. Not to mention tipping a V1, or "Rat catching" (stalking ME-262s RTB). Finally, I am behind the power curve with my present system (k6-2/333, 8 meg video card - you get the idea). My system is barely two years old, and wasn't a powerhouse at the time I put it together. What's an adequate power curve now? AMD, or Intel for best overall system speed, not just processor. I know I like a Matrox video card for best picture in 2-d, but is NVidia the way to go these days? Sorry for the length. brother Darryl IP: Logged
Aladar Pilot	posted 06-24- 08:17 AM Well, let me tell ya, having a D3D card can have its ups and downs. One, older games that have 3D support will only have 3DFX Glide. But, I have found that Nvidia is the way to go. I have an STB Velocity 4400, its great except for the fact that those monopolizing bastards over at 3DFX chose to buy out STB, and its because they kicked their asses. Lousy freaking... well, I wont go into extreme detail about my feelings on the matter. I hope you see what I mean. But hell, Id buy a D3D card just to smite 3DFX! ------------------ Aladars ONLY project, the Bristol Scout "Don't move, if we scatter, he'll pick us off! Stand Together!"~~Aladar http://fightersquadronworkshop.homestead.com/MainPage.html IP: Logged
Darryl Cadet	posted 06-24- 08:53 AM Aladar, thanks for the reply. But what about the Tempest? Or, the gaming machine? I know I saw the Tempest mentioned here before. It will come some day. What about the gaming rig? Got any recommendations for that? thanks again (beware the Hun in the Sun) darryl IP: Logged
darthbob Pilot	posted 06-24- 09:01 AM there is definetly a tempest in the works. I saw it a while ago. Don't think it's out yet. Who is/was making it by the way, cos it looked great. IP: Logged
Pachy Pilot	posted 06-24- 09:58 AM The Tempest is still in the works. A lot of minor 3D work has yet to be done with the lower LODs. And the FM is not good yet. So she's not ready for release, although some pictures of her look good. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for asking! ------------------ Pachy perso.club-internet.fr/gledimet IP: Logged
darthbob Pilot	posted 06-24- 10:43 AM there's something about the pic that makes me wanna cry with happiness. IP: Logged
Darryl Cadet	posted 06-24- 11:49 AM Pachy, It's looking great! I can't wait to get in that baby, and try the -152 on for size, or do some Rat catching. Not to rush it, but do you have any idea when she'll be posted? Hey, maybe the Spit Xiv next? darryl IP: Logged
Spanky the Mad Dog Pilot	posted 06-24- 02:27 PM Spanky here... Darryl, About your computer. First off if your picking a card just for SDOE then it seems glide (3dfx) is the way to go. You get a higher frame rate and not as many graphical bugs. I'm thinking you will be looking to play more then SDOE though. I would just say to get somthing recent like a newer 3dfx or nivida they both have there ups and downs. I'm thinking a voodoo 3 or newer or a tnt2 ultra or newer, definatly newer actually with all the new games coming out this fall. About the computer it self. I would say if your trying to save some bucks. Put together a ppga(think thats it) celeron based system with a really good board that not only leaves open your options for overclocking but also for upgrading to a p3. Unless you want to jump right on the athlon band wagon. Try to get at least 96 megs of ram too. I find anything over that is less and less noticible for regular use. IP: Logged
Pachy Pilot	posted 06-24- 03:46 PM Darryl, I don't think I'll release before august because I'll be away for 2 weeks in July. I'd really like to see a Spit mkXIV too, but my next project is already chosen Now name that bird IMHO the MkXIV project should be picked up by someone who wishes to learn OP modelling, because the MkIX is a good base to start from. ------------------ Pachy perso.club-internet.fr/gledimet IP: Logged
biggels3 Pilot	posted 06-24- 03:56 PM this is a wild guess(and i mean wild) is it a p40war hawk(or kitty hawk) ps great work on the tempest now what do we need for that beesty? of corse some great sound the the tempest had a H or was It X engine so there were 4 banks of sinlinder!! now the sound of that must have been fornamanal(soory cant spel:-)) ------------------ scramble!scramble!scramble! "i have to go biggels3 out" [This message has been edited by biggels3 (edited 06-24-2000).] IP: Logged
Falck Pilot	posted 06-24- 04:20 PM Doesnt appear to be a P40. The vert stab isnt shapped right and theres no large intake under the engine. Possibly a P39? IP: Logged
Pachy Pilot	posted 06-24- 04:33 PM hmm this is only the very beginning of the project, but still I didn't realize that 3D object was that poor IP: Logged
biggels3 Pilot	posted 06-24- 04:36 PM so what is it then, come on we wnt to know. ------------------ scramble!scramble!scramble! "i have to go biggels3 out" IP: Logged
Darryl Cadet	posted 06-24- 05:35 PM Pachy, is the plane a French Moraine? the belly intake makes it my guess,but I'm not too familiar with French aircraft. Good luck with it, and I hope to fly it one day (whichever it is) Spanky, I'm looking to get ahead of the power curse with processors. I here Intel is the faster total system, on-line cache, bus speed (not speaking of RDRAM). The Athlon is very good, but it's vendor support always seems a step behind Intel. I watched VIA. It had Intel's game up before it dealt with it's AMD equivalent chipset. Anyway, I read a lot of stuff, but see no clear path. The new Celeron thing is interesting. So is the new AMD bargain processor Spanky, you're right about me flying other stuff. I had to park Janes FA18, and put Flanker2 out of my mind for now. Still enjoy Apache-Hokum, Ka-52, Gunship, Mig Alley, Falcon4, and of course SDOE!!! thanks for the views, all. was I right about the plane? IP: Logged
lfbpro Pilot	posted 06-25- 03:02 AM I now which bird it is! It's a ??? D520 the best french fighter in the begining of the war! some german pilots used to say that they have prefered flying a d520 rather than a FW190 or a 109E. wondrefull job pachy. just for info,i m creating an RAAF fighter squadron for the SDOE WAR hope to count u in pachy,EYES and Commando already signed. ------------------ -=BAB=-lfbpro IP: Logged
Arrowbase Pilot	posted 06-26- 05:05 AM H� h� h�.... Pachy, I always knew that you had intended to build something like that. I wondered just when you were going to start. Good shot! IP: Logged
Dinga Pilot	posted 05-07- 02:41 AM Ah Patchy Is this the tempest still in the works? IP: Logged
Pachy Pilot	posted 05-07- 03:01 AM Not really, but I still have it somewhere IP: Logged
Sim Pilot	posted 05-07- 06:34 AM Hey i think that looks like something japanese - someting like a Raiden, you know that B-29 interceptor? ------------------ *Shrapnel* IP: Logged
Pachy Pilot	posted 05-07- 06:51 AM Huh, what are you talking about Sim? This thread is 10 month old. The mistery plane has been unveiled since IP: Logged
Dinga Pilot	posted 05-08- 02:39 AM Pachy does not really mean no or maybe or yes.I think the Hawker Tempest is fantastic Aircraft and hope you are able to release it one day. IP: Logged
Karaya 2 Pilot	posted 05-08- 03:56 AM Hawker Tempest V I love that Brute almost as much as I do the Spitfire.....sigh ------------------ IP: Logged
Da Wing Waxer Pilot	posted 05-08- 06:47 AM Darryl, What you want for a video card is one with good OpenGL support. The new patches feature an OpenGl renderer that will work with all cards. I would recommend a GOOD brand (Hercules/Guillemont, Leadtek, Elsa) of card based on the Nvidia chipset. Here's why. 3dfx is basically out of business. Expect no more driver updates. Bargain brand Nvidia cards frequently have driver problems. Now for the big 3 left- Nvidia, matrox, and ATI NVidia works hard on OpenGL drivers because of their workstation boards. ATI's always have driver issues, and their OpenGL drivers suck. Matrox is behind Nvidia on speed, but their earlier boards always had great OpenGL support. you may want to go to a user site and ask about their current OpenGL and D3D drivers. The OpenGL drivers give better framerates on most systems than D3D. [This message has been edited by Da Wing Waxer (edited 05-08-2001).] IP: Logged
Tori Cadet	posted 05-09- 01:11 PM Hello everybody I am happy to see i'm not the only one who is interesting by Pachy's tempest. Go ahead and do it. If you have a little bit of time of course. Tori IP: Logged
Darryl Cadet	posted 05-09- 01:34 PM hey guys, what gives? I'm receiving notifcations about a post that's nearly a year old. darryl IP: Logged
Darryl Cadet	posted 05-09- 01:37 PM ok. I get it. someone recently did a search for the Tempest. yeah. that's it! : darryl IP: Logged

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