posted 08-25- 12:46 PM               

How are the frame rates?

What do you think so far?

Should the fuse have a little high res so it looks as good as the wings?

Have you had any CTD's?

Thanks to those that help me out with this..

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Tony "Razer" Martin

"Making SDOE a dangerous Place, One plane at a time!"
FS Hangar

posted 08-25- 12:58 PM               

The only other thing I noticed was the 'ground effect' when I belly landed. Shes looks as though she floats just off the ground.

apart from that, she's lovely.

I was taught an important lesson by the old man, who learnt his trade fixing F4 Phantoms in the RN.........

posted 08-25- 01:01 PM               

2.magic

3.yes

posted 08-25- 01:04 PM               

quote:

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Originally posted by wakeup tailgunner:
The only other thing I noticed was the 'ground effect' when I belly landed. Shes looks as though she floats just off the ground.

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If you have the release version from the hangar, this should be a problem. It was a problem in older versions but Zur fix the contact points which was causing the problem.

posted 08-25- 02:01 PM               

The FM needs work (as well as pmodel ositioning in a 3d program)

DM needs work. (damaged skins and so on....)

Low detail LODs need to be done.

A few small parts (prop, undercarrage) need to be alined.

Contact points need to be in the right spot. She 'floats' on the ground when gear up landing.

posted 08-25- 02:14 PM               

S!

Werner

posted 08-25- 04:54 PM               

Now could ya?

posted 08-27- 07:52 PM               

Awesome plane otherwise, will be even better when you get the FM stuff figured out...

posted 08-27- 10:20 PM               

I like it so far.

I think all the canopys should tint the landscape a bit.

In some planes it seems like your flying with no glass.

posted 09-01- 10:42 AM               

Really like the look and feel of the plane. Good job!

I'd like to fly the bird more but I find the yellow prop image disturbing. I've tried both the alternate Prop tif files provided, but I still get a prop image that is very distracting. Kinda make me dizzy. No, I'm not epileptic, but I feel a certain sense of vertigo with that big yellow thing whirring around the windscreen.

Any chance of making a clear transparent one as an option? Or is there a way the prop image can be eliminated altogether?

Keep up the good work,

posted 09-01- 11:55 AM               

In the P39 texture folder are 2 files. One is called prop_strobing and the other is called prop_nonstrobing.
Choose one of these files and rename it to prop.tif
That'll give you the transparent propeller.
Catch my drift?

posted 09-02- 08:46 AM               

Thanks, I do catch your "Drift", and infact did try that as mentioned in my orginal post. I still get too much yellow associated with the prop image. The yellow is not limited to the prop tip, but is distributed all throughout the prop image. The prop is transparent but the overall yellow effect is distracting.

Wonder if it is just yellow on my machine, and if so, what is the problem which prevents me from seeing only a "clear" no color propeller?

Any ideas?

posted 09-02- 11:21 AM               

If it is, then choose one of the above mentioned tif files and change that tif name to prop.tif. For example, PROP_STROBING.TIF - rename to PROP.TIF. That should take care of it.

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posted 09-02- 04:58 PM               

Yes I did rename the Prop_strobing.tif to prop.tif and also tried the Prop_nonstrobing.tif to prop.tif but still got the effects mentioned earlier. So if it is working for you, I'm wondering why it ain't working for me. Got any other suggestions?

Thanks,

posted 09-03- 09:03 AM               

I'm going to forget flying the P39 unless someone can tell me how to erase the prop altogether.

Thanks anyway Dauntless,

posted 09-05- 08:29 AM               

Sorry this is starting to look like a "Tech Section", but still no joy with deleting the cache files. Prop.tif is in the P39 texture files. Yellow strobing prop inside views and outside.

Dag gum it!.....Thanks anyway,

posted 09-05- 09:29 PM               

I was able to preview the other tif files in the P39 texture folder (except glass, I think). Wonder if this is a source of my problem. I tried renaming the unstrobing_prob file to "Prop.tif", and even just "Prop", but still could not preview the file.

I read in the HHD the prop could be eliminated by painting the Prop.tif black and thought I would give it a try, but alas, can't open that file to try to paint it.

I downloaded the P39Q (Great Job again!) hoping I would have more luck, but still same problem.

posted 09-05- 11:19 PM               

sdoecache.tex
sdoecache.dir

Sometimes images get corrupt and can cause textures to get screwed up.

You'll have to cache the terrains all over again but it should fix the problem your having. If this doesn't fix it, then it's beyond me why it's happening.

posted 09-07- 07:04 PM               

Also wondering about the turn rate and how accurate it is modeled. My father flew these in flight training and said they turned like a bat except ran out of airpeed quickly and had unforgiving departure chacteristics. I noticed the bf109e easily out turned the P39 and wonder if the bf109e is over-modeled or the P39 in under- modeled, or a combination of all that. Seems like the machine should put up a better turn.

I'm also not a fan of the tinted glass effect from inside the cockpit. The cockpit glass looks great from outside but the dull effect inside cuts down on visability, I think.

posted 09-08- 08:31 AM               

I am having CTD's with the Beaufighter X. I read all the previous stuff and tried making my own mission with no luck. I think it extracted ok cuz the plane shows up in the files, Training and Hanger. I also downloaded the Beaufigter fixes and noticed that I have more Beaufighter folders for models I don't have. I only downloaded the Beaufighter X to try it before downloading the others. I read but did not understand the discussion on startup files (noticed you had the correct startup file for this plane). Can you enlighten me on this business of startup files, send me the one I need, and explain the procedure for changing it?

P.S. I did load Nations and it is.... SLICK!. I still have the Ki61 in the German roster and wonder if there is a fix for that also?

Thank you,

posted 09-08- 02:19 PM               

If you only downloaded the Beau X but installed the Beau fixes, you will have more Beau folders. (As you dont have the other Beaus) The Beau fix has fixes for all the Beaus and thus creates the other directories where the other Beaus are supposed to be.

The startup.ppf file isnt that hard to edit. When you double click on it, a window will appear that will ask you what to open it with. Scroll down and open it with wordpad but make sure 'Always use this program to open this file' is NOT checked. Then add the lines required by that plane (with the quotes) and exit and save as a 'Text document' (If you havent edited/saved the startup.ppf before it will ask you as to what format to save it in) Now when you saved it as a 'Text document' the startup.ppf file got renamed to startup.ppf.txt Just rename it back to startup.ppf and I believe this will do.

To make the Ki-61 be under Japan, open up that planes loadout.ppf file and find where it says 'strGermany and change it to 'strJapan. Now the plane will be under Japan (You do not need to change anything else)

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posted 09-08- 06:34 PM               

All is working properly now. The P39N is no longer a stealth rig. Was ready to delete the Beaufighter files, but glad I didn't as it is a fun brute to fly. Are the other Beau variants significantly different or are they all slugs at the controls? Still, not as bad as the Stuka, at least the Beau will pull out of a dive. I haven't figured out how get the Stuka's nose up from a dive. Perhaps the FM is still in work, or....do you have a fix for that as well?

The Ki61 now shows up under Japan in the hanger, but on the air to air training mission the voice calls are still in German. Is there a fix for that?. Noticed Germany remained in the text line of the hanger portion of the loadout ppf. Funny how ya need a 'strJapan but no ' at the end.

You've been a great help as I'm a real plumber when it comes to this computer.

Many thanks,

posted 09-08- 07:10 PM               

With the missions still with German voices, open them up in mission editor and change their squadron to a Japanese one and save.

Might work. Something easy you can try.

Cheers,

posted 09-09- 04:13 PM               

GOOD GUESS! Why didn't I think of that? Simple fix.

Thanks,