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SOH-CM-2023
Come on, what a surprise!
Do not be afraid of this Black Widow, you will be happy
because this spider was born in Northrop Co.!
From DC FB:
FRIDAY NEWS UPDATESo, by the time you are reading this, the F-14 Tomcats and F-15 Eagles have gone live onto the Xbox console Marketplace, and been updated in general. The F-15s now have a much more in-depth systems and autopilot selection, more functional controls, special effects, new LOD models and some other improvements, while the Tomcats have equally advanced autopilot functions, some minor bug fixes and better LOD models. It’s been a long wait to see them come to the console but I’m very excited to see how they do. The updated aircraft will also reach third-party stores within a few days now.
The F-15s will get a further update later this year with the promised texturing improvements ( decals for warning signs etc ) while both aircraft will receive further special effects with that update – I’m still learning the process, which is quite tricky to implement and will take some time to perfect. I’ve been told by Asobo that G-vapour isn’t possible yet, but they’re working on the system to create such effects. Wing tip vapour trails might work though. Stearman update that is now imminent should have a working smoke system to go along with the new faired-version model, based on Stephen Coonts’ famous Stearman, “Cannibal Queen”. There is no new engine modelling or sounds for this version, it’s just a visual enhancement with faired engine and wheel covers and a bit more power to simulate the larger Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine fitted to that aircraft and others like it. An actual 3D model of the Wasp Junior will eventually follow in that version of the aircraft, but that will be added when it’s added as it’s not essential and represents a lot more work.
With the majority of the existing product updates now done, I’ve spent some more time on my first freeware / donationware product, the Northrop P-61B Black Widow. The aircraft has a new exterior model, and I’ve been working to incorporate into that the 3D cockpit from my Prepar3D P-61C. This will be for the exterior visuals only. The interior cockpit is being entirely re-built for MSFS, with PBR and 3D gauges, all the usual stuff. In a wonderful bonus, OzWookie from Big Radials has offered to convert the Black Widow’s custom sound set into WWise format, to allow for better sound features than the old format from Prepar3D would allow.
As of next week, the final, and most complex, conversion project on my list will begin: the Big Fast White Pointy Thing, Concorde, will dominate the workload from now until its MSFS launch, which hopefully will be before Christmas 2021. First images will appear soon for the exterior model, but the interior will probably be some time as it needs a lot of re-modelling and re-texturing to bring it up to MSFS standard.
Happy Friday!
Do not be afraid of this Black Widow, you will be happy
because this spider was born in Northrop Co.!From DC FB:
FRIDAY NEWS UPDATESo, by the time you are reading this, the F-14 Tomcats and F-15 Eagles have gone live onto the Xbox console Marketplace, and been updated in general. The F-15s now have a much more in-depth systems and autopilot selection, more functional controls, special effects, new LOD models and some other improvements, while the Tomcats have equally advanced autopilot functions, some minor bug fixes and better LOD models. It’s been a long wait to see them come to the console but I’m very excited to see how they do. The updated aircraft will also reach third-party stores within a few days now.
The F-15s will get a further update later this year with the promised texturing improvements ( decals for warning signs etc ) while both aircraft will receive further special effects with that update – I’m still learning the process, which is quite tricky to implement and will take some time to perfect. I’ve been told by Asobo that G-vapour isn’t possible yet, but they’re working on the system to create such effects. Wing tip vapour trails might work though. Stearman update that is now imminent should have a working smoke system to go along with the new faired-version model, based on Stephen Coonts’ famous Stearman, “Cannibal Queen”. There is no new engine modelling or sounds for this version, it’s just a visual enhancement with faired engine and wheel covers and a bit more power to simulate the larger Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine fitted to that aircraft and others like it. An actual 3D model of the Wasp Junior will eventually follow in that version of the aircraft, but that will be added when it’s added as it’s not essential and represents a lot more work.
With the majority of the existing product updates now done, I’ve spent some more time on my first freeware / donationware product, the Northrop P-61B Black Widow. The aircraft has a new exterior model, and I’ve been working to incorporate into that the 3D cockpit from my Prepar3D P-61C. This will be for the exterior visuals only. The interior cockpit is being entirely re-built for MSFS, with PBR and 3D gauges, all the usual stuff. In a wonderful bonus, OzWookie from Big Radials has offered to convert the Black Widow’s custom sound set into WWise format, to allow for better sound features than the old format from Prepar3D would allow.
As of next week, the final, and most complex, conversion project on my list will begin: the Big Fast White Pointy Thing, Concorde, will dominate the workload from now until its MSFS launch, which hopefully will be before Christmas 2021. First images will appear soon for the exterior model, but the interior will probably be some time as it needs a lot of re-modelling and re-texturing to bring it up to MSFS standard.
Happy Friday!
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looks really good !
