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After the visit in the Helicopter Museum Bückeburg I started something new....

Mainly to motivate myself, I made an initial test regarding using 3D assets from SF2 in the open source flight simulator FlightGear. Since FlightGear uses the same 3D graphics library (OpenSceneGraph) that I also use in the LODViewer, I could easily reuse my LOD file loader plugin with only minor modification. This is only an initial test. There are still a lot things to do regarding 3D models: animations, shader adaption, .... not to mention reimplementing the SF2 FDM in FlightGear. But maybe some day... TWs P-51D at Honolulu International (the current FlightGear default airport). Note the missing landing gear caused by nonworking animations: Cockpit view:

KC-97 for Hump-day Heavies

Thanks, it is good to be back to skinning again

End of the line with Low vis and some dual CRV-7 pods. What to do next.

The A-50 Mainstay:

Flight Gear is open source. What it doesn't have, can be added. If more people worked on flight gear voluntarily, it could have already passed up the payware sims. I periodically download and try it ever couple of years, especially after major releases. But the available library is a motley crew. Some aircraft are up-to-date examples of what can be done with the current release, most are old with poor visual quality and/or poor systems/flight modeling. Flight Gear is proof of what can be accomplished with open source and all-volunteer labor... a solid sim with tons of potential. But it is also proof of what cannot be done: its present form is far behind in visual quality to its payware competitors like FSX, P3d, and X-Plane. But with some real support from combat flight sim fans, it could quickly evolve to be better than SF2 in terms of the aircraft and systems modeling. But like FSX/P3d with TacPack, it is a long road to becoming a decent combat flight sim with lots of AI controlled objects that interact and fight with realistic sensors, weapons, etc. Since it is free, everyone who likes flight sims should try Flight Gear. It can be a paradise for modders.

Here's what I'm shooting for, I don't remember the date but I think it was 2011, or sometime: Unfortunately still not the right size and not the right one, I'll have to see what my Google-Fu can do.

given all the effort i put into Buffs recently (and plans for Bones and Switchblades) it would be cool to take off from KI Sawyer or Pease and fly all the way to Russia watching with some interest

What about the combat part? enemy AI, bombs, guns, missiles? The idea could give us the entire world.

With battle honours from the Raid on the Albanian State Washing Machine Company.

Freespace 2 for FREE on GOG until 1 PM UTC on September 27th, 2019.

A pretty tough job due to it's weird angular surfaces. Next to the jeep a very important scouting vehicle which was known to drive as fast forward as it could do backwards to quickly get out of trouble. Not invulnerable though, as the picture shows. VonBeerhofen

Here is the site that is to FreeSpace2 what CA is to SF2. http://www.hard-light.net/ http://www.hard-light.net/forums/ https://fsnebula.org/knossos/ I will get a more detailed later today.

Let me get you the Source Code Project mod for it as it vastly improves the graphics.

I hope the work on this continues. I mostly wanted to drop this post so I could keep track of this project in my activity section. Really looking forward to this one (like many I think)

Tracing Svetlin's image:

What format to import models into this ?...guess they are 3ds max compatible ? maybe we have a new world awaiting us?

WIP VFA-136 CAG 2011. The tail insignia looks like crap because I couldn't find any high-res shots, but everything else works:

if he doesnt make the $25000, would he settle for a StrikeFighters:Civil?