posted 04-25- 11:11 AM               

I want to make the prop a seperate file so people can change it. I don't like the prop blur visible out the windshield but I'm sure alot of people are used to it.

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posted 04-25- 01:51 PM               

All you need to do there is substitute the .tif for the one there currently, and change it's name to whatever the name referenced in the .sm file is.

As for a new .sm for cockpit, etc, don't be proud, steal! The Jug, for example, has a separate model that includes the engine/prop combo and another one for the cockpit. The Spit 9 and I think the Zero also have separate cockpit.sm files. Copy the model from one and paste it into your plane using OPS. Then you just swap/modify the parts as you would a new wing or fuselage.

Not sure, but I think your prop model also has to include the engine, since the engine "targets" the prop as an output device, which you may not be able to do "across models."

posted 04-25- 02:49 PM               

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posted 04-25- 03:19 PM               

Open OPS
Open tent.sm (Very simple object)from structures
Now open a new window of OPS
Open your plane in the new one
Cut the prop from your plane
Switch to the other OPS with the tent
Delete the tent
Paste in your prop (you will not see it yet
Save this file as "Prop.sm" in your planes directory
You can reload it now and you should just see prop.
Close the OPS with the new prop.sm in it.
Go back to the OPS with your plane.
On the menu bar go to Object / Insert Model /File Reference
Select the new Prop.sm in your planes dir.
Save your planes.sm
That is it.

Well, I just did it so I could explain it. If this did not make any sense to you. I will just mail the plane with the prop I just made.

posted 04-25- 04:09 PM               

Open OPS, selevt the part you want to add to another ship, and copy it (ctrl c), then open the ship you want to put it on, select the part you are attaching it to (hull or other section) and paste it in (ctrl v), then all you have to do is position it correctly, and your done (unless you'veimported something with guns on it) this being the case, you should make sure that all the gun refs link up on the inserted part, i.e. the gunList lists the actual gun numbers as they will now be different, and that the gunInit have the correct gunName.

~Nat~

oh, just thinking, if you do it the other way as outlined by Raider, you will end up with some wierd view points when you try out the ship in a mission, I dunno why, but it never seemed to like me adding weapons that way.. .which was a shame, the advantages are massive! Just never worked, for guns the way to go is how I've outlined, unless someone knows how to stop viewpoints being scattered all over the terrain (I'd like to know if anyone has the answer)

posted 04-25- 04:18 PM               

What I was explaining was how to make an object a seperate .sm, Like the Cockpit.sm in some of the planes.