posted 08-04- 10:22 AM
This project has taken me the better part of two months to get to this point. I entered this project with little real experience in object modeling or the unbelievable amount of effort that is required to make such a model! That said ... I'd like to thank DanW, Tailslide, Pang, SV and Zoycite for their cooperation and assistance while stumbling through this project of mine!
**** NOTE .... THIS IS PURELY AN ALPHA RELEASE THERE IS MUCH THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CALL THIS A BETA OR FOR THAT MATTER A FINISHED PRODUCT!!!!! ****That said ... here is a list of things yet to be implemented or are in dire need of fixing:
1.) Flight model is 50% done at best ... It is horrendously over-powered. However the top-speed at altitude and the turn-speed are correct to specifications.
2.) The aircraft model is roughly 99% done ... there is a possibility that the I may remodel the gear-doors which will not affect the whole of the model.
3.) The cockpit model is about 97% done. Many of the textures are "works-in-progress" ... and as such will be receiving further detail.
4.) I have not modeled and as such not implemented the air-brakes yet, however they well be in the final model.
5.) There is a possibility I may model the flight control-stick.
5.) The low-detail-LODS have not been modeled and as would be expected, the model is not exactly "frame-rate-friendly".
6.) The shadows are there but suffer from the ol Z-buffer flikering on D3D vid-cards.
Things of note:
1.) The flight model has an interesting bug .... It you manage to get into a spin, There is a good possibility to enter an oddly "stable" back slide that is nearly impossible to recover from!
2.) I've included a hanger mission and three training missions
Again ... remember is this is an ALPHA ... I've released it purely to share my current progress with the community. So please keep that in mind while critique in it!
THE QUALITY SKIN ON THIS AIRCRAFT IS THE PRODUCT OF ZOYCITE AND IS ALSO A "WORK IN PROGRESS".
NOTICE!!!! ... THERE IS NO SOFTWARE-RENDERING SUPPORT IMPLEMENTED YET! iF YOU DON'T HAVE A VIDEO CARD CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING 3D, IT WILL CAUSE YOUR GAME TO CDT!!!
The HTTP download URL is: http://zursfilepile.webjump.com/F86f_av1.zip
HAVE FUN PEOPLE!
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