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Tinkering with the C-17 (Read 295 times)
Nov 1st, 2009 at 9:50am

aussiewannabe   Offline
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I've reloaded my C-17 and found the beacons were either in the wrong place (behind the dome on the bottom or missing on the tail). There is no switch in the cockpit for them so I have to press L to get them to light up.

The landing lights are pop-outs so I positioned the new lights in front of them. I got the ones along side the fuselage as close as I could in order to avoid ribbing.

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What it actually looks like:
http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/C-17_Globemaster_009_800.jpg

Wish I could get it to do this:
http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/C-17Antartica.jpg

I've also added a nav light on the back of the tail (it's actually located just behind the bottom of the tail) as well as lights on the wheel bays (done before I did the landing lights) which I can control with the taxi light switch:

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Reply #1 - Nov 1st, 2009 at 12:06pm

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Nice first shot!

In the second one, the textures on the nose are a bit blurry I think, is the resolution so low?
 

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Reply #2 - Nov 1st, 2009 at 12:17pm

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jankees wrote on Nov 1st, 2009 at 12:06pm:
In the second one, the textures on the nose are a bit blurry I think, is the resolution so low?

The second shot is a pic I got from a website for demonstration purposes.



 

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Reply #3 - Nov 2nd, 2009 at 4:50am

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First shot is great!
 
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Reply #4 - Nov 2nd, 2009 at 11:24am

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Are you picky with your lights, too? I can't stand when planes don't have the right lights in the right place! Great job setting this one up, Chris!

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Reply #5 - Nov 2nd, 2009 at 7:07pm

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love the first.....the first time i saw a screenshot that i heard....
 

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