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Hahaha... What smashing fun the skinning contest has been! (result of which means the Judges have shed loads to wade through!)...that'll teach 'em! I am working on a Pup at the moment, but it won't be finished in time for the judging... But that's not what is important! What IS important, is that it's been a source of immense pleasure doing it..... with great banter from all the gang, Beanie, Olham Red-Dog, Stumper, Chrispdm, RAF Louvert, fubar, Werewolf, Rooster and Deadhead, and of course Gous.... I salute you all!!!..... Some absolutely stunning skins!!... And I pride myself in owning ALL of them! We will continue to build on the skills and knowledge we have learned when skinning these wonderful aeroplanes that the OFF team have created for us to enjoy. Considering the dedicated skinning section has only been available since we moved to this forum, we have six pages of skins now...which is great! I am sure that anyone in future who want's to try their hand at skinning, will receive a lot of help and support from the guys mentioned above, and I recommend having a bash...it's a lot of fun! Good luck in the contest you guys!

hahahaha yes...I think they call it 'Sod's Law'

Cool.. I have a Realtek card..will look into that SD thanks!

Was half asleep last night watching the History Channel, and a prog came on about how the Japanese used autogyro's in WW2 to drop depth charges on US Subs. Unfortunately for them, a sub sank the ship carrying them.... I was unaware that Autogyro's were used in the war. Amazing the stuff you learn

Yes it is a Hanriot...and if you guys look somewhere other than here, you may find it in the addons section!

Hi SD Vista?...good heavens no!...lol I'm on XP..and yes, it's all worked fine in the past...but has happened quite a few times now. Reinstalling CFS3 get's ETO working again, but I have no idea at all what causes this random corruption

It's pretty damn scary when it happens, but I have come out the other end alive a few times!..the important thing is Altitude! (aint it always?) :yes:

Well, if i ever needed proof that OFF bears no resemblance to CFS3, it is made perfectly obvious on many occasions! I quite like the 'ETO' addon for CFS3...but rarely get to play it, because OFF is so good. But, I thought I would have a quick go today...and it crashed immediatly to desktop..no errors...just bang...desktop! So I started up CFS3.... bang..desktop! Oh, bugger!...."I hope this doesn't affect OFF too"..I said to myself! I need not have worried...OFF started up as usual, and played fine!... What I can't fathom out, is why CFS3 just crashes like that with no apparent rhyme or reason. I suspect it's because (like most Microsoft products)...it's overpriced s**t! :yes:

nice

Yes, i see...well with a lot of weathering and a smidge of Gaussian Blur..I might take that shinyness out a bit

Hi Steve. Thanks very much for your kind words..always nice to know our (often) crazy idea's are appreciated!..... I have enjoyed learning to skin in OFF (have wanted to skin for years, but never got round to it)...and the other skinners have taught me such a lot over the last month or so. Although this is a contest, I also extend my hearty wishes of good luck to all the other competitors, and have marvelled at some of the work that has come along!

wow!..nice work stump

Here is an example of a 'shiny' skin. This is a pup I am working on..and this texture is just a green repaint of the wing!..no added blend / texture...just a paintcan all over! Why is this so shiny, and other aircraft not?

Me too!.... I find the nvidia plugin way superior!..A one stop shop

I bought a new game 3 weeks ago. It's still in it's wrapper!!...Might get around to playing it sometime.... If I remember to!... OFF is addictive to say the least!

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If you have a Nvidia card, download the app for that (this is all stickied in the ...guess what?...Skinning section!)

Having followed with some interest, the court case involving Piratebay... I took the liberty of doing a quick search, and found OFF P2 available on there..with requests for BHaH. One of the people had suggested 'tapping' into our forums, and trying to pursuade someone to share their paid for game!... So be aware people!!

Makes sense!....with 1,000's of skins..that would take a hell of a lot of work!... for CFS3's paltry amount of skins!... M$ never pushed the boat out!

Italian pilot Mario Pezzi reached an altitude of 56046 feet.. closed cockpit and Oxygen...but still the highest in a prop plane (apparently)

I can't either...but I (think) you can only record sounds in the paid for version. I will look into alternatives to Fraps...I dont rate it personally

Hmm..Like you say..don't think OFF BHaH has them. Is it possible (without going to Harvard!) to make these then?

I'm flying RFC56...No shortage of Huns to pepper!!!

OK, I will check that out...thanks m8

Cool!...Will take a look at those! thanks