posted 08-20- 07:54 AM               

The new DM is done, mailed that off to FJ today for testing and feedback. Next step is to insert the models for crew mwmbers. These are detailed and look like people up close. Important for those waistgunners!

What we have now is more realistic wing and engine damage, gear damage - when engines 2 & 3 take too many hits, the gear won't fully deploy. Engines will fail from battle damage and now also have simple damage lods when destroyed. Before, they just blew up and ripped you wing off. Now you can still fly a while. Props only come off when the engine is a gonna.

Smoke on startup has been removed for now, ran into some problems with breaking DOF's which I am still looking at. I Wanted to do a lot more, but with framerates an issue, It's gone as far as it can for now.

Watch This Space......

posted 08-20- 12:59 PM               

Check these out, quality is poor, but you can get a good idea.

Pic one shows an outer wing tank ignited by cannon fire. A few seconds later, the tank fire burned out the wing, and down she went.

Middle one is a B17 with it's whole tail shot away. She turned across my bows and got both barrels

Last one is a messy belly landing. Both Starboard props a still, cos the engines are shot to hell, the gear wouldn't come down, so it was belly or bust. Still, any landing is a good one.....

Might post it if there is enough interest. Otherwise, I'll wait till Farmer Joe gets his 'people' on board.

[This message has been edited by wakeup tailgunner (edited 08-20-2000).]

posted 08-20- 09:59 PM               

What! No Smoke?