EAW160 Promo thtread at SHQ

[Jel 37]

An unashamed plug to show what the current 160Special installation can do

 

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/4439842/shots-from-160#Post4439842

[Stratos 3,168]

Mr.Jelly, can I ask If you can post the pics and text here too? Not a simple link, but explaining us at CA what you're work is.

BTW, nice screenies.

[Jel 37]

Fine Stratos  here they are:

This is an unashamed promotion of the possibilities available from the current 160Special installation with different theatres, starting with some screenies from Carrier Air War.
This was an allied intercept mission:

Successful take-off from the carrier

Check the map:

Enemy in sight:

Up close and personal!

Rear view just after the kill:

Checking out a few coastal TMods:

Bouncing bomb mission
Set-up

Ground start take off in 4-engined bombers

There's the Upkeep:

A test drop in safe waters, just for the screenie. You can see the bomb and the bounce splashes:

Missed everything :(  
Better luck next time.

This time the Mediterranean theatre and one of Ray's DAW planesets:
Set-up:

Mission:

Just the ETO default, but don't you love that gun convergence that goes back to the original 1.28 release ?

 

 Somebody asked me for a Corsair ;)

Set-up

Take-off

Down goes a Betty.....

....and now a Zero

;) Jel

Edited September 21, 2018 by Jel
More stuff added

[Stratos 3,168]

Much better! Thanks a lot!

[rotton50 19]

Looking at the screenshot of the MB-3 it reminds me, I'm upgrading pretty much all the cockpits in the inventory with modified instrument panels to make them more readable.

Another SimHQ member, Ribob suggested it a while back and I think it makes sense.

It's taking a while to do them all but I hope to be finished in a month or so.

For instance, from this:


To this:


I'm also adding animated landing gear and flap actuator switches or lights. Notice in shot #2 the set of four vertical red lights next to the flap warning plaque. The lights change depending on the flap position, from full up to full down. Other cockpits have a rotating handle for the flaps rather than the lights.

The big silver switch to the right of the fuel gauges goes up and down for the landing gear activation.

Adding these animations is a challenge to say the least but they do add a nice touch to our otherwise static cockpits.

True there are some cockpits with engine on/off levers and some with gear / flap indicators but not that many. When I'm done pretty much all the cockpits will have these functions.

In addition, many of the single seaters will have opening and closing hatches. That is not my invention but I've vastly increased the number that have them.

[Stratos 3,168]

Is really and improvement, looks far better, good job!

Maybe is time to see how EAW evolved all this years I have been off.

[rwatson 26]

Damn Fine Jelly love seeing my  Corsairs rough and ready...and going to kick butt

Edited October 6, 2018 by rwatson