Simviation Forum - Milan's new F-18 update

Reply #30 - Jan 27^th, 2003 at 1:45pm

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Yes the F/A-18A-F all have folding wings. Although the Navy no longer uses the A/B variant, I beleive NASA does though.

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Reply #31 - Jan 27^th, 2003 at 4:37pm

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Wrong, the Alphas are coming back as the Charlies aren't holding up. Spain had recently procured the best of the Alpha lot. I wouldn't doubt that the Bravos will be seen again either.

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Reply #32 - Jan 27^th, 2003 at 5:12pm

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Any chance on seeing an 18 in Canadian Air Force Colours? Roll Eyes

...if it hasn't already been asked then I'm ASKING lol Grin

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Reply #33 - Jan 27^th, 2003 at 5:15pm

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Slider, I think there is already

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Reply #34 - Jan 27^th, 2003 at 5:25pm

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Yeah, really, there are enough Canadian F-18's on the net. Let us have some stars and stripes! Wink

'Seriously' though, MLK, you are doing a fantastic job, so take your time and don't rush it. But sometime within the next two months would be nice! What kind of poly count does it have?

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Reply #35 - Jan 27^th, 2003 at 6:00pm

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The polygon count should be quite acceptable, I think. External model with gear down has cca 6500 polygons ( similar polycount has e.g. default FS2002 planes ) and internal model ( 3D cockpit ) has cca 3500 polygons ( including some parts and effects from external model, which are visible from the cockpit ).

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Reply #36 - Jan 27^th, 2003 at 6:25pm

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Wow, this is almost too good to be true! This plane meets everything on my list! Shocked

Good panel
Has VC
Doesn't have pilot figure in VC
Poly count close to stock
Excellent textures

There has to be a catch, I've never downloaded an FS2002 plane that was perfect. There has to be something wrong with it! There are two that usaually put me off. Does it have:

Aileron co-ordinated pilot? (head moves with stick)
Really, are the textures really that good? Could you post a close up shot of the textures? I'm still a bit skeptical they look that good in the sim.

If you answer no to those two, well, this is just something I'm going to have to see to believe! Or better put, fly to believe! 8)

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Reply #37 - Jan 27^th, 2003 at 8:25pm

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A perfect FS plane could be quite subjective thing, couldn't?

My model of course won't be perfect for everyone.
And how about some flight characteristic in your list?
This is also importatnt for me.

Pilot's head moves with rudder movement in this version.

And here are several screenshots, which I created for you. From close look the textures aren't of course so sharp, but too high texture resolution isn't much optimal IMHO. I would like to have my models reasonably balanced.

Here are thumbnails:

And here are the originals, 1280x1204, non modified raw screenshots:

http://airspace.uhk.cz/mlk/msfs/f18/shots7/image01.jpg

http://airspace.uhk.cz/mlk/msfs/f18/shots7/image02.jpg

http://airspace.uhk.cz/mlk/msfs/f18/shots7/image03.jpg

Have some patience and you will try it yourself soon

regards

Milan

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Reply #38 - Jan 27^th, 2003 at 8:54pm

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Yeah, really, there are enough Canadian F-18's on the net. Let us have some stars and stripes! Wink

'Seriously' though, MLK, you are doing a fantastic job, so take your time and don't rush it. But sometime within the next two months would be nice! What kind of poly count does it have?

Ahh yes...but unfortunately none of the F-18's in CAF Colours can hold a candle to this exceptional F-18 model. But hey, if there isn't any interest in it then i suppose theres nothing i can do Sad

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Reply #39 - Jan 27^th, 2003 at 9:04pm

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I guess that was the catch. I can settle for that right now, since you can't eject in FS. I still says it looks good.

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Reply #40 - Jan 28^th, 2003 at 2:31am

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Slider, don't worry about CAF colours, maybe I'll do it myself. And if not, I'm also working on "repaint kit" with texture templates, so someone could create it easily then.

Milan

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Reply #41 - Jan 28^th, 2003 at 3:31am

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Milan,

Congrats on the bambino, how are the sleepless nights effecting you?

The '18 looks great so far, how are the afterburners controlled?
In those shots it looks like you are on approach with the 'dirty' configuration but the afterburners are still blazing away. Are they assigned to the throttle or are they selectable via a light switch?

Looking beautiful all the same!

Good luck with her!

Cheesy

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Reply #42 - Jan 28^th, 2003 at 3:43am

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Hey Milan,
AWesome Job! Grin

Those afterburners look gorgeous from up close Cheesy

nice textures too Wink

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Reply #43 - Jan 28^th, 2003 at 7:03am

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Milan,

Congrats on the bambino, how are the sleepless nights effecting you?

The '18 looks great so far, how are the afterburners controlled?
In those shots it looks like you are on approach with the 'dirty' configuration but the afterburners are still blazing away. Are they assigned to the throttle or are they selectable via a light switch?

Looking beautiful all the same!

Good luck with her!

Cheesy

Thanks for your congratulations, my nights aren't so bad as I expected initially

The afterburner effect is controlled by engine RPM.
( and it's not static but has dynamic animation, which looks quite interesting, I hope - you can hardly see it from this static screenshot unfortunately )
It's showing up on the screenshots above, just to be visible on screenshots and for your pleasure

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Reply #44 - Jan 28^th, 2003 at 12:11pm

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Lookin good, will it fly in CFS2? 8)

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