ravenclaw_007

working on the tail getting the panel lines right , rivets are next

32 minutes ago, russouk2004 said:

with my F4`s chutes ive set them on ground only and carrier based false  chute only opens on land then afaik

that is waht i was looking for thank you

i´m working on a new F-4B model for SF2 and need a bit help

1. based on the tactical manual from September 1972 for the F-4B was the AERO-3B launchrail used on early F-4B versions , antil when was this Aero-3B / AIM-9B used in the Navy ??? i assume that with the AIM-9D service start ( about 1966 ) the LAU-7A launchrail was used also for the AIM-9B

2. the F-4B was able to carry 1 AIM-7 on the inner wing pylon , did that continou for all Navy versions of the F-4 , i have pictures showing the AIM-7 on inner wing pylon on F-4N dont know with later versions

3. is there a way to limit the drag chute to be used on land based airfields only , i now that we have some entrys so the chute can only be dployed with a certain air speed dont know if there is a way for land based airfields to

if anybody knows some answers please let me know

its funy , i dont have that on my R.550 Magic 2 , maybe you got an early version but i cant remeber to have that problem on any of my Magic 2 versions

can you please try this one and let me know if the problem is still there

Matra550-2.7z

1 hour ago, Svetlin said:

Hi ravenclaw_007, I noticed some tractor beams coming from the Matra R.550 Magic 2.

Would it be possible to fix that if/when you have some time?

 

 

i will check that

i have material ( fligth manuals ) for many different F-4 Cockpits , some are in work already

F-4B cockpits , early and late

F-4C cockpits , early

F-4D cockpits , early

F-4E cockpits , early , mid and late

F-4F cockpits , early and late

F-4G cockpits , early , mid and late , and single windscreen

F-4J cockpits , early and late

F-4N cockpits , early and late

still searching more F-4 Phantom flight manuals

that picture is great , Thanks

i may start making all F-4 Cockpits based on my F-4G cockpit , but you may have to wait a long time until they are done

in the original TW cockpit are no tga objects assigned to this lights , so sorry but no

22 minutes ago, yakarov79 said:

Thanks. 

As you can see there was at least 3 type of underbelly launchers in use.  

NATO catamaran - Denmark, Norway, Germany...

double Aero-3B used by Japan/USAF.

and Italian/Turkish fixed pylons with BRU and attached Aero launcher. 

the AERO-3B is the one on the Danish F-104G , dont know what type or manufacturer the Japanese launcher is

by the way the italian and the japanese have different mountings but the same launch rail

AERO-3B launcher

here an other picture of that pylon with AIM-9B launch rails mounted

here are the AIM-9 fuselage launch rail of an Danish F-104G

here are the AIM-9 fuselage launch rails of an Japanese F-104J

here is a picture from a turkey F-104S showing the pylon in question

Thanks , i will give it a try

the hierarchy looks ok but i have somebody who is checking it again , the change in the material maps happen automatically when i delete the not needed parts

45 minutes ago, Sundowner said:

Double check your .lod and .LOD name entries mate, if the dont match the model they wont show.

Thanks , i changed the names but still no show of LOD2

13 minutes ago, sophocles said:

ini files look ok Volker, have you checked the mesh hierarchies of the two lods; the problem is most likely there.

yap but i cant find any error

here is the AN/ALQ-184 3 Band pod with both lod´s and all the ini´s

ALQ-184_3Band.7z

23 minutes ago, Crusader said:

Game detail setting issue., maybe ?

where can i change that ??? the only detail setting i know of is the object detail and there i´m on high

i changed the name to a shorter one , still not showing up

what puzzels me a bit is that LOD1 is using the distance setting from LOD2 and if i add a LOD3 he is taking that distance setting as well

i only removed the details from LOD2 everything else is as in LOD1 , cant find any problem there , and i have this problem with other weapons as well

[WeaponData]
ObjectFullName=AN/ALQ-184 3-Band ECM Pod
ObjectDataFile=ALQ-184_3Band_data.INI

[LOD001]
Filename=ALQ-184_3Band.lod
Distance=3

[LOD002]
Filename=ALQ-184_3Band_LOD2.LOD
Distance=10

[Shadow]
CastShadow=TRUE
ShadowCastDist=10000
MaxVisibleDistance=100

i´m trying to get the distance lods i made for some of my weapons to work but what ever i try the only lod that gets displayed is the LOD1 all other lods are ignored , although every distance change i made on the LOD2 entry is regognized and the LOD1 is displayed on the respective distance i enter for LOD2

i check if the LOD2 is displayed at all by removing the the LOD1 and changing the entry , and yes it is displayed but as soon as LOD1 is back the LOD2 will not be displayed anymore

anybody with a good idea what is wrong here , or do distance lod´s only work for aircrafts ????

looks like in december 03 the HOTAS Warthog will be available againe including the throttle for about 450 Euro´s , at least here in germany

https://www.voelkner.de/products/196213/Thrustmaster-Hotas-Warthog-Flugsimulator-Joystick-USB-PC-Schwarz.html?ref=51&offer=fe8757d3d1b7bd4dc7a4f56065faa0b3&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqZfapsjD7AIVj7h3Ch2qmgo_EAQYASABEgI9n_D_BwE

some more detail pictures of the R-13M that i made at the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz , check the last picture that missile has russian and english warnings on the wings and instead of a nozzle there is a cast ring with holes , maybe Gepard knowse what this part is for , on life missiles this part is not present

also interesting is the holding mechanism for the front wings on the launch rail

the extendet nose gear is a pain in the a... , i try it several times but in game it will not work , modeling it in 3ds max is not the problem but to get it working in game is , the nose gear should be only extendet on launching from the carrier not on landing

one way i got it somhow working is removing al the unneccesary animations like open canopy , wing fold etc and use this animation slots for the nose gear

maybe ant gets it working

22 minutes ago, starfighter2 said:

If you can, pls make "low" version of lods too--- for new weapons onwards. BTW keep up with excellent job.

the poly heavy weapons have distance lods , will try to add them to the others as well

13 minutes ago, Crusader said:

Jams the game with zillion trillion polys

it just has a lod size of 759 KB

Num Nodes: 97
Total:    (22958 polys, 18484 verts)
Mesh Max: (2744 polys, 2004 verts)

Otto it is time for a new computer