Simviation Forum - Here's a new one on me

Reply #15 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 10:23am

Wing Nut Offline
Colonel
Hoy-Hoy!

Gender:
Posts: 14173

You're right, It is a CFS 2 file. I dug into my Zips last night and after much searching I found it. Again, if you want it, I'm not sure, but I think I got it here. It might have been at Avsim or ol' No Nodes.com . My question is, how do you repair it other than zooming in and out. The detail is awesome. The file name is FD_TomahawkIIb.zip

HP p7-1300w
AMD Athlon II X4 650 Quad-core 3.2 Ghz
23" HP Widescreen monitor/19" Dell monitor
Windows 7 Home Premium
16 Gb DDR3 PC10600 Ram
1 Gb GeForce GTX 550Ti video card
1 TB RAID Drives

If you want to see the most beautiful girl in the world, CLICK HERE!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #16 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 10:27am

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

Quote:

Again, if you want it, I'm not sure, but I think I got it here. It might have been at Avsim or ol' No Nodes.com . The file name is FD_TomahawkIIb.zip

OK. I'll try to track it down & check it out. FD might indicate the Fightertown Design Group. They're exclusively CFS2 which would confirm my theory. I don't remember them doing a P-40.
The Cat is an extreme example but I'm sure this explains the "problem". It's the aircraft itself, not your system, video card or drivers.

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #17 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 10:41am

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

Quote:

You're right, It is a CFS 2 file. I dug into my Zips last night and after much searching I found it. Again, if you want it, I'm not sure, but I think I got it here. It might have been at Avsim or ol' No Nodes.com . My question is, how do you repair it other than zooming in and out. The detail is awesome. The file name is FD_TomahawkIIb.zip

Nothing you can do. The number of models & distance variables are defined in the MDL file. Most CFS2 multi-LOD aircraft would be set up differently & it's quite possible this one was released before FS2002. It might work OK in FS2004 as that (yet again) has different graphics engine & zoom values.

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #18 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 10:52am

Wing Nut Offline
Colonel
Hoy-Hoy!

Gender:
Posts: 14173

I looked a little deeper, this is one of the 1% aircraft designed by Avhistory.org. Here's the link...

http://www.avhistory.org/

HP p7-1300w
AMD Athlon II X4 650 Quad-core 3.2 Ghz
23" HP Widescreen monitor/19" Dell monitor
Windows 7 Home Premium
16 Gb DDR3 PC10600 Ram
1 Gb GeForce GTX 550Ti video card
1 TB RAID Drives

If you want to see the most beautiful girl in the world, CLICK HERE!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #19 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 11:09am

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

OK. I finally tracked it down. Downloading it now to check it out. It's just possible it's an older FSDS1.x design in which case I might be able to tweak it with Tcdfsview to improve the display. I'll let you know but don't hold your breath.

Avhistory usually improve other designers' work & don't do the original designs themselves.

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #20 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 11:15am

Donnie111 Offline
Colonel
Strange bird from the
Ukraine
Netherlands

Gender:
Posts: 304

Nice aircraft

The Ring&&The Place To Be!!!!!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #21 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 11:48am

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

Latest update. I checked it out in FS2002. It's definitely a CFS2 multi-LOD design & looks just the same on my system. The good news is that it's an FSDS1.x design & tweakable with Tcdfsview. The bad news - no luck so far with the usual tweak but I'm more used to CFS2 aircraft. This would be time-consuming as it's a matter of trial & error.

You might like to have a play around yourself. Download Tcdfsview here. http://www.simviation.com/fs2000utilities_ess2.htm
Use it to open the MDL file & experiment with the zoom values. The higher the zoom value, the smaller it will display in the sim on the standard zoom setting. I've already tried the zoom 7 & zoom 10 values which usually work for this sized aircraft. Don't go higher than the default zoom value of 16.

PS. There's no guarantee this will fix it. You could spend hours messing around with no luck. It might be better to find another P-40. IMHO

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #22 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 2:30pm

Iroquois Offline
Colonel
Happy Halloween
Ontario Canada

Gender:
Posts: 3244

What's the web address for that Catalina? Best one I've seen. Will have to convert it to float though.

[quote][I looked a little deeper, this is one of the 1% aircraft designed by Avhistory.org. Here's the link... /quote]

They have lots of nice stuff. I have their CFS3 P-40 and their French Dewoitine for CFS2.

I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink

&&The Rig: &&AMD Athlon XP2000+ Palomino, ECS K7S5A 3.1, 1GB PC2700 DDR, Geforce FX5200 128mb, SB Live Platinum, 16xDVD, 16x10x40x CDRW, 40/60gb 7200rpm HDD, 325w Power, Windows XP Home SP1, Directx 9.0c with 66.81 Beta gfx drivers

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #23 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 2:43pm

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

Here ya go Orenda. http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?loc=graham&page=category&cat=American
I think it's a true amphibian, meaning it already floats. Wink

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

Back to top

IP Logged

	Search the archive: