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Good News Aeroplane Heavens B-17F Out

This is now the new benchmark for quality. It is absolutely stunning, I just wish we had a Lancaster of the same quality.
Well done guys
 
jankees said:
I bought it through PC-aviator, no probs there.
Unfortunately, I have to say i am a bit disappointed, mainly with the looks, which as a painter I tend to look at first. It flies nice, the different animations are nice, in those respects an excellent model, but the outside...no, not for me, sorry.
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I tend to agree with you, textures in and out and mapping are a big thing for me as well, can you elude a little more please
 
jeansy said:
I tend to agree with you, textures in and out and mapping are a big thing for me as well, can you elude a little more please
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For me as well. The features and animations look well done, but there is something about some of the texture realism that this model unfortunately does not have, it holds me back from purchase from what otherwise looks like a good model. I also noticed that there is no shading whatsoever in any of the screenshots or videos. Off topic, I wonder what happened to the AH Dove that was sent over to Just Flight? That was a good looking model in progress that seems to have disappeared.
 
All models inside and out are completed with ambient occlusion shading.
Also, revised textures extra features and new extra model are coming in a patch/upgrade.

The Dove is in final stages of beta testing. :engel016:
 
Looking forward to the update Baz. Can I ask you if it's possible to un-mirror (is this even a word :biggrin-new:) the cowlings. I'm doing a paint on the metal version and can not do the anti-glare panels as they show on both sides. If not I can live without the panels.

Joe
 
If you mean the cowl flaps, these have been remapped individually for the upgrade. The cowlings are in left and right versions anyway. Hell's Angels has lettering on the right side cowls.:engel016:
 
Here's a few pics of the forthcoming free upgrade. Revised HD textures, dimensional props (from an idea by Jarvis, thanks mate, worked a treat) firing waist gunners and a lot more.:engel016:
 

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bazzar said:
Here's a few pics of the forthcoming free upgrade. Revised HD textures, dimensional props (from an idea by Jarvis, thanks mate, worked a treat) firing waist gunners and a lot more.:engel016:
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Well shut my mouth, those ARE much better looking textures. America! Heck Yeah!

-d
 
Most blurred props in FS disappear or at least become indistinct when viewed from the side. With Jan/Javis's kind assistance we have developed a technique to make the body of the props visible and be more convincing from the side view. A couple of the shots of the upgrade show this.:engel016:
 
bazzar said:
If you mean the cowl flaps, these have been remapped individually for the upgrade. The cowlings are in left and right versions anyway. Hell's Angels has lettering on the right side cowls.:engel016:
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Hey Baz,

Here is a pic of what I'm talking about. As you can see I painted a patch to see which side is left and right. This is on the right as the paintkit is missing the left side. (AH_B17_Cowlingleft_t.psd) I did make a copy of the cowling bmp and rename it but as you can see from the different color of the cowling that this does not work.



Joe
 
Hold on...are you saying that you removed the alpha channel from active? please say no. this is highly desirable for a realistic aluminum effect. thar and the inclusion of speculars. does this bird use both diffuse alpha amd specular files? please say yes! ;)

What looks like the problem in the post above is that the alpha needs to be complete white in that patch area, and the specular (hopefully) needs to be tuned down to a much greyer tone in white balance so as not to make the amount of light so glaring.

Joe are you saying it simply doesn't work?
 
As I said, the upgrade has all new texturing and the 4 cowls and their associated cowl flaps are independently mapped.:engel016:
 
I found two small bugs.
The indicator lights of the landing gear and the light of the marker beacons do not work
 
Always like to hear of any bugs found but I would be grateful if people could use the support network at our site for bugs etc. SOH is not a support forum for products. Thanks.:engel016:
 
bazzar said:
Always like to hear of any bugs found but I would be grateful if people could use the support network at our site for bugs etc. SOH is not a support forum for products. Thanks.:engel016:
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can you show me where can find a support link in your site?
Thank
 
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