posted 08-04- 01:04 PM               

P-51B : FM done, waiting final cockpit work and a level 2 fuse.

Ki-61 : FM done, waiting cockpit and touch up the level 2 LODs.

P-39 : FM on going, New cockpit in, waiting placement of the gauges and final textures.

B-26 : FM done (needs tweaking for a small take off problem?) waiting for all other major work.

A-20G : Needs everything

N1K2 : Its on the list for FM work then will get new LODs and start on cockpit once returned.

All the above projects are on hold till I finish my work for Team P-40.

posted 08-04- 02:53 PM               

1. D.520 version 1.1: working on slightly better FM and hi-res skins. Should be out, well... You'll see this one.
   
2. Hawker Tempest MkV: on hold since what, a year and half?
   
3. Got a few things to fix on the P-40F. I am very proud to be part of P-40 team. This is going to be one of the coolest planes in SDOE.
   
4. Secret project #1 (fighter): 3D model started. Got all necessary data. Might be completed someday.
   
5. Secret project #2 (assault bomber): rough 3D model. Got almost all necessary data. Will be worked on intensely soon.
   
6. Secret project #3 (torpedo seaplane): incomplete 3D model. Got all necessary data. Has lower priority because AI can't fly seaplanes.
   
7. Secret project #4 (warship): 3D model partially done. Lack data. I have a personal interest for this one, but ships seem boring to do.
   

posted 08-04- 03:51 PM               

Team P-40, next model update Razer sends me will get serious FM tweaking so you can stall and spin the plane.

DIME- P-51D is undergoing altitude speed test on my other machine while I write this. Ooooh- but she's a witch at low speeds with that stinking fuselage tank. Yank and bank at low speeds means yank and tank her into the ground!

Next on list for FM work

P-38L
PBY
P-26- this is going to be a complete FM rebuild from the ground up. THere's a nasty FM bug, modifications won't get rid of.

Ta-152H- adjust climb rate and roll rate.

N1K2- actually made it too twitchy- need to stabilize it some and get it to Razer- I also need more info than max speed and climb rate if anybody's got some.

Wildcat- need problem with AI not raising gear fixed, I'm stumped. FM will be done with a minor tweak and then some gauges need to be made operational.

Zero's- they roll WAY too easily at high speeds, and dive too fast. I have several articles with pilot's notes on the Zero's. They will be adjusted to match these notes. I'd like to release these and the Wildcat together.

P-47D razorback. Putting together a list of problems for Gustavo

Update CD, I got way too ambitious, so I've cut back on some of the things I was doing- sorry it's taking so long fellas but I'm building an HTML interface for this first one, the rest will be easy after this.

FM doc- slowly adding notes.

posted 08-04- 03:59 PM               

quote:

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Originally posted by semmern:
Missions barely count as projects, but someone has to do them, too

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Somebody slap Semmern

GOOD missions require
loadout research
weapons research
historical research
research, research, research . . .planning, planning, planning.

On top of that, there's learing all the idiosyncracies of the way the AI will follow your instructions.

If Jeeves like your missions, I know they're good.

Not really a project- hmmph. If Jeeves doesn't smack you up along side the head, I will

posted 08-04- 08:18 PM               

Caudron G.4: wakeup tailgunner still working on the basic 3d model. It will be a while before I start OPS work on her...

Voisin 5: Some 3d parts being rebuilt by wakeup tailgunner. Very alpha at the moment but its in game.

OP-WWI Plane Pack 2: Its done on my end! All that needs doing is the installer by DOgmA.

OP-WWI Somme Mission Pack: This will replace ALL the missions in the OP-WWI Plane Pack 2 to use the Somme terrain. Its about 20% done.

B-26 gear DOFs: I really havent started on this yet. Ive ben meaning to get to it for a long time...

Updated WW2 torpedo: Its undergone some testing, but I cant get it to work yet! No telling when I'll get it figured out...

posted 08-05- 12:23 AM               

As far as projects:

PBY goin' hot and heavy towards beta1.
P38L Handed off to Jug for final FM (or so he can laugh one or the other )
P38J Gets ported backwards from the L so it has to wait until beta1 for the L is done.
P59 No where near enough information (or time at the moment to proceed )
DIME Group - Going slowly at the moment... (but then again, its summer)...

posted 08-05- 03:21 AM               

- Panzer III: ditto from above

- Renault FT17: ditto again

- Type 97 Chi-Ha: and again...

- Sherman: 0% Hope to finish in time for GP2.

- Ju88A4 DM v6.3: trying to re-adjust CoG on fuse currently...lods nightmare lol

- Driveable Ground Object Pack v2: vehicles above will be added once done, awful lot of work remaining, yet to add AI-friendly drive system to all vehicles.

- Driveable vehicle-making tutorial: hasn't had much done to it lately, but is still in the works

- Edit: Ahem...also the KubelWagon, needs interior fixing and DM needs attention.

- Arado 234 'Blitz': Nothing more than a dream at this point, 3-views, tech specs, etc all acquired, maybe my second plane project...or...

- **Insert next WWI plane here**

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posted 08-05- 03:30 AM               

Actually, Jug ma' boy, Jeeves likes my missions . You just go ask him.
Well, yeah, I know it can be a huge load of work doing missions, making them interesting, writing cool briefings and so on. I have done a fair bit of missions lately, I made 22 each for the B-17 and Tiffie. It was maybe a bit wrong of me to say that they don't count as projects, but notice that wee little smileyface at the end of that sentence. Know what that means??

posted 08-05- 10:48 AM               

Dues thet meun I'm furgeefee?? Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp. Frum noo oon, I'm vurkeeng oon prujects, nut joost meessiuns Bork, bork bork.

Translating into:

posted 08-05- 03:10 PM               

... L9 Zeppelin

... Handley Page O/4oo bomber

... Nieuport 11

posted 08-05- 09:34 PM               

Here's my list:

DIME Mission Team Coordinator-- We have come a long way towards making the training missions do what they are supposed to-- train. When possible, directions from the actual flight manuals for the planes were used....and there are a whole bunch of great new weapons that are available (although the modeling of these is credited to those not on the mission team itself-- wtg and Raider for models, and Biggles for research pics!!

I am fortunate to have three of the best SDOE mission masters around-- semm, Karaya2, and Psi-- we have 8 of the 10 original planes complete-- semm has to still finish the Lanc and I still have to finish the 262. The best thing about this, IMHO, is that there are 4 different styles of mission making in these planes-- can you tell who did which one? We'll wait and see

Loadout project-- 95% done-- I still have a few to work out, and some weapons that need finishing-- but they are almost ready for testing. How best to distribute them for testing, I am not sure. spin said he's incorporate them into the next PP, but I haven't seen him since we came back here.
NOTE-- to all WWII modelers-- I am offering my services to work on your loadouts in order to keep everything compatible. I have thoroughly researched the ones I have done (59 so far!)-- and have reliable sources for data. One of the things I ran into when doing these was that one plane had certain values for a gun...and another plane using the same gun had completely different values-- I would like to avoid this if possible...I have sources for almost any vehicle or aircraft from the war-- just let me know!!

Training missions for any beta I can beg a modeler to give me -- The P-40 missions are 99% done, the Cat is close-- but Snick keeps finding cool stuff for me to add LOL-- also on my plate are the B-26, P-38L, and some of Nat's great planes. Contact me if you want custom made missions done-- I hate to see just the canned default missions with a new plane subbed in-- I try to make them specialized to the plane's history.

Research for Werner and wtg's secret project

Lastly-- campaign work with semm....on hold.

And a few other ideas kicking around.

posted 08-06- 06:39 AM               

At the moment...projects with a realistic chance of getting worked on are as follows:

Dime....been slacking a bit, but I am still on the case. Current WIP for that involves tidying together all the stuff I built but have been to lazy to assemble.

All the WW1 stuff ArgonV mentioned....since it's all modelling, it's being done in breaks at work.

B24, Macchi MC series, working on the He111 model. Razer wanted to pick the last one up again ( He111) , and I am having real trouble finding all the files.

Helping Gustavo tidy up the He219 and 109D

Top Secret project with Werner

And that's about it. Anything else I may have started I don't honestly see ever getting finished in the forseeable future. With a full time job and 2 kids, the time just isn't there!

posted 08-06- 08:23 AM               

Work on all these projects will be started again when the leaves turn brown and I put up my RC planes for the winter.

posted 08-06- 07:53 PM               

Real Life (tm) has intruded big time on my modeling pursuits. No end in sight at the moment either...

I HAVE finally solved the "breaking DOF" problem with the new patch so I can restore the proper damage functions to the Corsair. Hopefully I can get the -1A fully functional, and then I can port over the DM to the other 4 Corsairs "soon."

I also worked on the SBD a little bit

posted 08-07- 09:05 AM               

*WhAcK*

-Nations v3.0: Stalled pending squad info for Norway (thump thump thump) and Poland. For more detail visit http://af.3dgw.com/nations.htm

-Painting Neuschwanstein: Stalled pending continued mapping (this isn't a simple or easy mapping job to do by any stretch of the imagination).

-Project with Tailgunner: Doing loads of research at the moment.

Werner