Nyghtfall
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Would be interesting to hear from professional artists, how they do it and what the reasons are.
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That sounds a bit like the 50's. Everything has to be nuclear driven...from a car to a toaster, because THAT's the future!
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For VF-41 I would do an all grey base skin and do the markings with decals. That way you can use color and grey markings side-by-side. For VF-84 I would do 2 different skins for the whole squadron each - A single-gray one like the CO/XO planes with color and grey markings like the VF-41s and another one with the other camo (looks like 2 different greytones), again with color and grey markings.
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I have to admit, that I don't understand the problem...tired from work, etc. But I think I get the general direction. You either have 1 camo for the whole squadron and want CAG (color) and line birds (grey) together - this can be done with some effort with decals (have a look at my Vietnam-Skyhawks to see, how it can be done) Or you want different camos for different planes of the squadron together. This can be done, if you do the actual camo as a big decal. There are several issues though. The decal-files will probably be huge and, from my limited experience with it, different to place exactly. For myself it's not worth the effort, but others have more experience with it and work that way. If a squadron changed the camo over time (from highviz gullgrey/white to tps for example), you can also use a date switch as an easy workaround. Hope that helps a bit.
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Mail-Bomber You learn something knew every day - the pod has only 1 door, but can be carried on both pylons by simply turning it around to always get the door outboard. Maybe anyone has infos about the CNU-264/A Cargopod's weight? Unfortunately I didn't find anything so far...
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Anti-Shipping...
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S-3A/B-templates for Foxmonters old model - only weathering, some details and generic markings missing yet. If someone has pictures and infos on maintenance-stencils, please PM me. Thanks.
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Far more work than expected, but getting there.
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Why not just add an invisible skid? Just add this under the landinggear section of the planes data.ini and adjust the ContactPoint-values and it should work. luk1978 posted this as a solution for belly landings a while ago and it works very well. [Skid] SystemType=LANDING_GEAR Retractable=FALSE IsSkid=TRUE NoContactOnGround=true HideGearNode=true ModelNodeName= ShockStroke=0.05 SpringFactor=0.2 DampingFactor=2.1 ContactPoint=-0.64,-2.5,-0.85 RollingCoefficient=1.0 MaxLoadFactor=25.0
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Progress...
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new Paintjob...
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I guess "Scr" is simply "Source", so LightSrc = LightSource.
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Wow, that looks really nice! Good to see a company repaint their planes rather than let them (optically) rotting away.
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Seriously...the guy HAS more or less abandoned the game already. He came out of nowhere with the crowdfunding-thing und disappeared nearly as fast. I guess he wanted to keep open the possibility to squeeze out the last bit of money from SFx to keep his other (mobile) stuff running. It's his stuff, so he can do with it what he wants, but fooling customers only works once...and I still don't believe that he really had intentions in reviving/continuing/fixing/whatever SFx. And yet I was stupid enough to give him my hard earned money. ;) Real interest in continuing SFx would need him to add atleast a tiny bit of new stuff or fix stuff, that is already known to need a fix. And I'm sure there's enough stuff, that even he would consider to need a fix. Was there any form of support from TW for SFx in the last years? No bullshit here...I honestly ask that question, because I don't know. I cannot remember that anyone that contacted him about anything gamerelated, got an answer that was helpful in any way. So IMHO there's nothing to lose...as it is lost already. P.S. I don't have Discord and have no plans in changing that. ;)
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Canadair CL-13B Mk6 Sabre late -SF2-
Nyghtfall replied to ravenclaw_007's topic in File Announcements
What was your useful contribution to this community lately? Oh right....NOTHING. So stop complaining with that arrogant attitude. What about fixing this by yourself if it's that important for you? I'm sure the boards contain all the information about how it's done. -
Sorry for the hijack, but I always wondered, why no B-52E found it's way to Vietnam...only older Ds and newer Fs and Gs. Was there any particular reason for this?
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Do any of you skinners/artists use a ...
Nyghtfall replied to Geary's topic in Mods & Skinning Discussion
Exactly the same for me, although mine works for W10. Pro: - You can draw stuff with different thickness by changing the pressure of the pen (No equivalent when using a mouse). Con: - I guess you need to invest some time to get used to it. It just works very different from a mouse. - The pen works (of course) different from a real pen...you have to click a button on the pen to actually draw. Don't know, if there are other methods out there, but that behaviour makes it somehow difficult to use for me, if you'd like to draw accurate. It still has some uses, but I'm still a mouse-user. -
the difference is just in the data.ini - H_67 and J_67 have countermeasures, whereas H and J don't.
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In my opinion the Bird looks so much better, because he simply isnt just plain black or grey. Nice comparison.
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I've got a LOD file...now what !!!
Nyghtfall replied to crisisloaner's topic in Mods & Skinning Discussion
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That looks great! Very good result.
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How do you get the cockpit windows in there? Thats a miracle to me... Although I'm using Blender, the principles are similar I guess. I tried simply cutting them in, but always end up with strange shadows and lighting issues around the windows.
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I'm just curious: Whats the deal with the canopy-glass? In the WIP it has a nice opacity, while the final product (which Spinners painted nicely, as seen in the what-if-board) has those strange white windows? My 2 cents: keep the original.
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My favourites are the Starfury (Babylon 5) and of course the Planet Express Ship!
