posted 01-03- 09:54 AM               

OK - I just changed my mind and cause I´m a Newbie in OPS and such things I wont start with the Il-2 "Sturmovik" Attacker (but when everything goes good this will be the next project).
So I decided for the I-16 "Rata" cause this is a very simple and small fighter - a good plane to start with.

Today I started with the wings and the first result where about 140 Polys for each. I overworked it again and again and now there are 72 Polys(Faces) per Wing - I think thats good enough.

Tailslide wrote that all the parts of the plane must fit seamless together. Is this really necessary? Or can objects overlay each other (fuse and wing ends...)?

Thanks so far !

posted 01-03- 10:12 AM               

But let's say you have a wing that joins into a filet into the fuse. The wing root shape needs to match the filet shape exactly or you will see this joint. Do to this (I use AC3D) just copy the wing root verts, paste it in as a new object, and use that as a starting point for the filet. That way they will match exactly. I did this on my SE5a for example. The center wing section uses a certain rib shape. I used the exact shape for the outer wing panels where they meet the center section. From there it is easy to line them up in OPS (thanks Bryan!) - you just use ctrl-arrow keys to nudge them into place. This was easier than I thought it would be.

This being said, I do suck at 3D editing -maybe others have a better idea about this...

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posted 01-03- 10:14 AM               

Since that plane is so tiny you could probably skip the partial damage sections for the wing and fuselage!

posted 01-03- 12:59 PM               

Best of luck!

Werner Molders

posted 01-03- 01:38 PM               

It was a bit tricky to build up the fuselage and the wing joints - enough for today - see ya tomorrow !

posted 01-03- 05:37 PM               

Nice choice of aircraft to model, Polikarpov
I-16 !

I'm seriously considering donating my time
to develop an aircraft also,and considered
this one for the same exact reasons.

You go man! Good luck,and thanks for donating your time to develop an aircraft!

posted 01-03- 07:49 PM               

Werner

posted 01-05- 09:12 PM               

If you take a look at the exsisting stuff, you'll see where and what you have to add or change.

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posted 01-06- 12:10 AM               

Werner

posted 01-06- 03:17 PM               

Hmm, I'll see what I can do. I have alot going on right so it might be a while. As for sounds, I dont have any Russian sounds. These could easily be made by someone who can speak Russian.

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posted 01-06- 07:02 PM               

If I looked up the words, it would be very stilted. I wouldn't know the slang, or how to conjugate the dictionary level words into a sentence. For example, the English slang term "Winchester" would come out to a Russian as "I no ammunition". Not very realistic, but "Ya ne bowenpreepatsee" would sound cool! (Souce: www.freedict.com/onldict/rus.html
áîåïðèïàñû = Ammunition)

Granted, if somebody knows the words, they'll probably know how to say them too.
So I'm likely not that much help.

posted 01-06- 08:15 PM               

Personally, I'd rather hear english with a russian accent.. same goes for the german I have no idea what the bogey calls are saying and that'll be important when we can set the map to not show enemies online.. a guy could copy the english ones over but that kinda ruins it.

TS

posted 01-06- 09:57 PM               

In any case, either english with an accent or pure russian would be wonderful. Now, the last time I tried to throw this bird off the deck there were a whole lot of offers but all hit 'the catch'- you must be able to digitize these recordings! I will gladly hunt down the list of calls to make if there is somebody that a) has the necessary digitizing equipment and b) can speak russian or c) fake a good accent. If you meet these criteria, please email me and we'll set something up. Zoy, if this works out, I'll send you the sound files as soon as they're done. What format do they need to be in?

Werner

posted 01-06- 10:54 PM               

I need a script of what phrases need to be read and translated.

TS

posted 01-07- 01:12 PM               

I got russian in school to (long time ago) but I cant remeber anything (execpt dostoprimeltschadchelnosti or so...)

posted 01-07- 07:43 PM               

Any how, I think Tails idea on using a Russian accent would be better. My impersonations are terrible. I will have to check, but I believe all sound files are in the "wav" format. And recording these in this format could be done from any pc with a mic and windows. Editing it would take a bit more,but there is plenty of freeware out there to do this.

Let know how it goes, and I will start adding the Soviets as a Nation, kinda of a side project I guess. Anyone have some copyright free Soviet squad photos that could be used in the Squadrons Folder?? Might as well go for the gusto. What about photos of Russian medals from WWII?? Any of these will be a great help.

Thanks,

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posted 01-07- 08:12 PM               

Zoycite/TS if you could double check what format the files have to be in and then post your findings, that would be great.

After Russia... Japan!

Werner