posted 02-03- 01:03 PM               

I think the plane model is finished (execpt some things in the cockpit) and it took me weeks - I rebuild the model 4 or 5 times till it was right, I retextured it 3 or 4 times till it looks good, I searched the web for informations for hours and I nerved you and a lot of other people with a lot of questions(and with my bad english). All for nothing !!!

What should I do now ? I really dont know what to do !

Sorry - I wont annoy you with my feelings but I´m really sad about this.

posted 02-03- 01:05 PM               

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-Sv =FC=

WWI in SDOE!

posted 02-03- 01:33 PM               

Modelling isn´t easy but everyone could make a plane or whatever.

Texturing is hard but its not impossible.

Importing the model to OPS/sm file is the hardest thing and if you didn´t got the right (expensive) software it seems to be impossible to make a PERFECT fitted plane.

posted 02-03- 02:57 PM               

Each wing part should be centered to at it's origin and flat on the axis. Then you make the outer wing a child of the inner wing. Then use the ctrl/arrow to align the outer wing to connect to the inner wing - since they are both centered relative to thier origins and rotated level this step should take 10 seconds.

Now move the wing into position onto the fuselege. This is usually easy as the wing should ever so slightly stick though the fueselege anyway. Now rotate the inner wing do the correct dihedral - the outer wing rotates with it.

Now you are done.

What am I missing here?

The snapping by vertex does sound cool though - this would help with the WWI wing wires

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-Sv =FC=

WWI in SDOE!

posted 02-03- 04:42 PM               

First, copy down the important properties from the wingtip, you'll need em later.

Next, DELETE the wingtip LOD (yes delete, trash, vamoose, gone, outtahere).

Next, edit-copy the inner wing.

Next, select the inner wing on the parts list.

Next, paste the copy of the inner wing (leftWing1) as a child to the inner wing (i.e. a child of itself).

Now, you have a copy of the inner wing in exactly the same spot as the inner wing itself. Use the arrow keys to move the inner wing COPY to the POSITION of the WINGTIP. It should already be correctly positioned in 2 dimensions--just move it outward until it's exactly touching the end of the real inner wing.

Next, you need to rename the copy of the inner wing to be "LWTip" again, and rename the "flap" on the copy to be the aileron, and get all the properties right for a wingtip object, since those are different from the wing object.

Now import the copy (the new LWTip that looks just like the inner wing) into your 3D program, and change it to look like the wingtip, but DON'T move it from where it is.

Now you should have your wingtip object in the right position, right?

I know this would work in AC-3D. Not sure about the other programs.

Another thing you could do is import the wing .lods from a known "good" plane, like the Spitfire. You need to delete the wings on your plane first, or the properties will transfer to the new object. Then you'll of course have Spit wings on your plane (I-16 was it?), but they'll already be aligned properly. Then just edit the shapes in your 3D program, and give em the right properties.

Had to do this with the landing gear on the Corsair. Used the Mustang gear to get the alignment right, then changed the shapes to Corsair gear. Several hours of work, but...worked

posted 02-03- 06:04 PM               

TS

posted 02-04- 04:27 AM               

"Each wing part should be centered to at it's origin and flat on the axis." I did that.

"Then you make the outer wing a child of the inner wing. " I use the P51 and import the renamed I16 parts into the (renamed) P51 sm - so I got this allready when I import my parts

It seems that my imported parts were positioned like the old P51 parts (my wing is suddenly rotated 4 or 5 degrees).

"Then use the ctrl/arrow to align the outer wing to connect to the inner wing - since they are both centered relative to thier origins and rotated level this step should take 10 seconds." Yeah - I did this in 20 seconds and I cant get it right (like Tail wrote : "I still see the occasional seam that flickers where the parts meet") !

Maybe this isn´t a problem for the wing but for the cockpit ? It took my a lot of work in 3ds to align all the parts 100% perfect. Now I see this was for nothing.

jedi - "Now import the copy (the new LWTip that looks just like the inner wing) into your 3D program, and change it to look like the wingtip, but DON'T move it from where it is." Are you complety freaked out ? Should I remodel the whole plane? NAAAAAAAHHH I never will do this in this life (Maybe in the next one )

posted 02-04- 10:36 AM               

Bryan, what's new with it lately? What's your latest addition to the almighty OPS?