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Author	Topic: Ladies and Gentlemen...The Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat
Falck Pilot	posted 03-19- 10:54 PM Its still in beta, as the cockpit needs extensive work. Still, in the spirit of the contest Razor747 and I thought we would release what we have done so far. Meet the Wildcat Molesting a 190 Still picking apart a 190 And finally over the airfield We still plan to add lots of goodies but you can play with what we've got done so far if you like. http://home.cwru.edu/~rxf17/openplane/F4F/f4f4beta1.zip [This message has been edited by Falck (edited 03-19-2000).] IP: Logged
Zoycite JAG	posted 03-19- 10:56 PM Wow! looking good Falck. Does this mean the mapping is done? If so, I'll mail you soem new stuff this week. BTW, that skin sure looks familar Off to go play. ------------------ Zoycite 33rd~GS visit The War Paint Factory IP: Logged
Falck Pilot	posted 03-19- 11:08 PM The mapping is indeed done Feel free to make some British skins too, cuz we're prolly gonna release an F4F-3 and a Martlet (the UK version) Thanks for your texturing help. IP: Logged
Spanky the Mad Dog Pilot	posted 03-19- 11:32 PM Spanky here.. Is the gear working better? Its looking better. I guess i'll find out when i DL it. IP: Logged
Tailslide Pilot	posted 03-19- 11:33 PM Very minor point.. the game colors are washed out when looking out from the cockpit on my TNT2 card using DX7. Seems ok in external view. Coming along great! I love the gear ! It must have taken ages to get all those DOF's working like that very slick. I had alot of fun blasting 190s with this. TS IP: Logged
Razor747 Pilot	posted 03-20- 06:39 AM Well it took me about 2 hours to get the gear working right. Please give us feedback on what all of you think about the plane. ------------------ Thanks, James "Razor747" Smith Check out the SDOE Flight Line! I am constantly adding new things. Click on image above to go to my site. [This message has been edited by Razor747 (edited 03-20-2000).] IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 03-20- 10:53 AM I musta sat here this morning for about 15 minutes just hitting the gear key to watch them go up and down...I've talked to Falck about this and have already included her in my Midway campaign...which will be released whenever the Dauntless is. Very nice job to both of you Falck and Razor!! IP: Logged
Pete Hawk Pilot	posted 03-20- 03:12 PM Nice job guys! It's coming along great! IP: Logged
slk unregistered	posted 03-20- 06:09 PM GREAT JOB!!! A great addition to FS boys, can't wait to try it. I got the DL and installed in FS dir. is this correct cause I got nothing. So I pulled the F4f4 folder out of the aircraft folder it installed with and put it into (MY) aircraft folder. Got a picture in "hanger" and got a "F4f4" in training but, when I try to fly it I ctd. OK wadidorong, need help, got to fly this one ASAP Thanks Psi IP: Logged
Falck Pilot	posted 03-20- 06:16 PM sounds like you have it installed to the correct place do you crash on the hangar mission, the training missions, or all of the missions? IP: Logged
slk unregistered	posted 03-20- 07:21 PM I crashed in training, cannot fly it out of hanger, but wrote it into a mission and flew it from there. A wonderful plane thanks... If you have information as to the other probs please let me know... Thanks again guys, fableus just fableus Psi IP: Logged
Snake Pilot	posted 03-21- 05:31 AM Falck the gear is really cool. But the cockpit images are I think screwed up. There are only a few gauges and the compass looks like your looking down on it. Is it just me? Other than that it looks cool. Snake IP: Logged
Falck Pilot	posted 03-21- 07:04 AM Snake I know the cockpit needs a lot of work I just fixed it so the correct textures display on all the guages. The lower compass is set at about a 60 degree angle. And none of the needles are lined up, and some dont work yet. But we're working on it. Thank Razor747 for the gear, he did all the D.O.F's Here's the only reference I had to go by in making the cockpit. http://www.snowcrash.org/flightshop/images/cockpits/Grumman_FM-2_Wildcat_ckpt_zw.jpg IP: Logged
jedi Pilot	posted 03-21- 08:24 AM You know, down in the Bibliography forum, there are some links (I forget which one) that go to a HUGE depository of MS Flight Sim and Combat FS planes made by players. Some of those planes include custom cockpits, and the files used are .bmp format, so easily viewed and modified. I found a few pretty good pictures of the Corsair panel (haven't done anything with em yet). I didn't look for Wildcats (D'oh! I should've tho--I've been kinda on the lookout for ya) but I bet there is something there you could use as a general guide at least. P.S. feel free to use the Navy pilot from the Corsair download if you want. That little oxygen mask guy just doesn't look right in a Wildcat to me Of course, I predict the Fokker DVII pilot becomes a very popular fellow shortly ------------------ --jedi-- IP: Logged
Spyder Pilot	posted 03-21- 10:07 AM Very nice Falck/Razor. One thing, I flew it above 290mph and it shook like an earthquake, is it meant to be flown this slow? Looked and felt funny, but didn't break anything off. That gear is really great to watch. Thanks a bunch. ------------------ IP: Logged
Snake Pilot	posted 03-21- 02:14 PM Falck I'm not saying they look bad but they looked corrupted or something. There looked like there was only one or two and they all seemed to overlap. Anyway I've got bigger problems now as the entire plane has gone all balck along with the Corsair, Jug and Ju-88! Snake IP: Logged
Falck Pilot	posted 03-21- 03:14 PM Spyder, fm isnt anywhere near being done yet. Ill see if we can bump that up to 400-450mph. Snake, sounds like your texture cache is corrupted. Delete your texture cache files and it should work again. In the version released the turn-bank indicator isnt there (between the speed and climb guages) and the fuel guage is a copy of the temp guage (fuel guage is the one under the aux fuel pump switch). Of course, most of the needles dont work yet and those that do arent aligned properly anyway If we can fix some of the guages well release another version soon. IP: Logged
Snake Pilot	posted 03-21- 03:49 PM Ok how do you delete the texture cache? and where is it? and whats it called? Snake [This message has been edited by Snake (edited 03-21-2000).] IP: Logged
bolillo_loco Pilot	posted 03-21- 03:58 PM the f4f cockpit is correct. for those of you that need data americas hundred thousand by francis H dean gives detailed pics of all the features of the plane as well as performance figures on all 11 us fighter types built during ww2. if you want to know something, anyting about any american plane, its probably in there. IP: Logged
ArgonV Pilot	posted 03-30- 10:29 PM Falck, can you send me what you have done on the Wildcat so far? I saw the link but it does not work Im itching to test this plane aginst a Zero! IP: Logged
Biggles Pilot	posted 03-31- 01:27 AM So what's happening with the wings? Have you just left them for the moment? That asside, it really is a bloody brilliant plane! The more from the Grumman stable, the better! IP: Logged

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