TeamVCR: F-100D

[SilverDragon 99]

F-100D Update

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2056029&postcount=125

 

Regarding the F-100D:

 

3D Cockpit:

Work on this has been pretty much minimal due to availible time for a while.

Other than Limited time, I also wanted to study and experiment with several methods to aid in building the cockpit.

 

Once Time allows I will begin using these methods in a trial basis in a separate 3D scene before moving them to the F-100D Cockpit Scene.

 

Like I've stated before, Cockpits arent my thing, I'm used to building external meshes. So I'm having to learn and re-evaluate things as I do them.

 

In December I had started re-building over the external shape, (side panels, floorboards etc), 

The Methods I'm studying will be used to re-build the canopy frame, canopy, and adding details to the cockpit once it's basic shape is completed. 

 

Once that's all done and Texturing is finished, I will resume work on the panels, switches, gauges, and their animations.

 

Once the cockpit is in a basic functional state (All gauges/switches animated and imported to DCS), It will be passed onto the system coders to integrate systems.

While Systems are being coded, I will continue to Building up the details in the cockpit and also resume external Mesh.

 

External Mesh:

Still havent 100% decided if I want to continue using the one we licensed or start dedicating the time to building up from scratch 

(which I had started to reference using XSections in Max).

 

I've also been planning/working on Improved Afterburner Effects for Vietnam Era Afterburners, which I will move into testing sometime in the next 2 months.

 

AI Only/MIG-21 Adversary Release?:

I'd like to do it, If I can get time to finalize the external mesh and stuff, But it's not 100% my decision.

External mesh needs some work and I need to modify the Pylon Permissions some more, as well as Gear/SFM for AI.

If Anything I'll put whatever free time I have in the next few weeks on getting the External Module Ready for that just in case.

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[+Dave 2,322]

Keep up the good work.