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P-3 Thread continued...

StormILM

StormILM

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Over the last hour or so I noticed the server was busy & could not get in but when I did get back in just now, I see the P-3 thread is now missing. It still shows up in Google.
 
+1 Ditto. It vaporized.

I was preparing a reply and then this place did a freeze and that was pretty much our show.

What I was going to say is that I was having issues with the planes showing up in FSX and after a bit of tinkering with the model cfg files they appeared. Went thru each model cfg
and made sure the spelling of the contents of files listed in cfg matched the mdls.

View attachment 3993
I know this is a beta but I do hope that KBT will add the Squadron numbers to the Navy P3's ie. VP5 (Mad Foxes) lettering as per attached. Check Foodland Catalogue and Foodworks Catalogue.
Don't know how the JMSDF or Canadians do it or if they do.

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I was merging the two threads when the forums glitched. looks like they've both gone. Please use this thread to continue the discussion.
 
Either way, we know the good folks at KBT are finishing up the touches on a masterpiece of flight simulation!

NC
 
Okay, regarding the CTD issues, this was caused by a difference in the name syntax between the interior model file(located in the model folder) and the syntax in model.cfg file for the aliased name/ Example: in the original model folder, the interior model file is titled: P-3éb_FSX_interior.MDL and in each subsequent model folder model.cfg file, the aliased interior file name is P-3‚b_FSX_interior. This difference is causing the models to not display. To fix the issue(to simplify matters), I renamed the interior MDL file(located in the model folder) to: P-3b_FSX_interior.MDL and then opened each subsequent model file's model.cfg and renamed the entry the interior entry to: P-3b_FSX_interior. This cures the models not showing up and CTD issues.

-Continued
 
Interesting...

[models]
normal=P-3C_FSX_clean
interior=P-3‚b_FSX_interior

Notice the comma. Deleted the comma and in the .MDL showed this...

P-3éb_FSX_interior.MDL

Deleted the e and all is well.

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E3pqB.jpg
 
Next item, the effects and engine smoke effects. Not everyone may have the CS C-130 smoke but on the P-3, I use the common F6 smoke effect. I reworked to coordinates and they are roughly in the right place. So for the purpose of making this easy on the P-3 Beta users(and until the full versions are released), I decided to pack a small effects pack that covers the needed freeware effects to get this up and running:
View attachment 3996

(Edit), the needed coordinates are in a notepad file in the zipfile. Just replace the smoke entries in the aircraft config with these and you're good to go. Enjoy!
 
Interesting...

[models]
normal=P-3C_FSX_clean
interior=P-3‚b_FSX_interior

Notice the comma. Deleted the comma and in the .MDL showed this...

P-3éb_FSX_interior.MDL

Deleted the e and all is well.
Click to expand...

Good call Tufun! That's an easier way to clear up the issue! BTW, awesome CP-140 shots!
 
Correcting Model.cfg files

As I stated in earlier thread #2, I was unable to see any P-3s once selected for flight in FSX. I had to go thru ALL model.cfg files and open them and compare the spelling of the mdl files and make them match which, corrected the "Invisible P-3" issue. If interested, I would like to share the corrections. Just replace all the Model.CFG files with the ones in the zip file.

View attachment 4000

http://www.mediafire.com/download/yp0j21kpzjfnpss/model.zip

And yes, it includes Tufun's Canadian fix. When you open the zip, you will know what goes where.
 
hey all i happened to copy the first page from KBT to my folder i saved the P3 in...so i can follow the instructions later...and here we go:

P-3C Orion V3 FSX pre-release.
P-3C Orion pre-release.


Because there is not Readme, I will write a summary .


This is a native FSX model .
However, it is not compatible with DX10.
It did not apply the bump mapping .
VC comes with , but it is a simplified version .




We enrich the exterior model .
I am creating a P-3C of several kinds.
Whole new wing and flap .


Paint:
US NAVY
JMSDF
CAF
I was prepared .


about effects
Strobe have applied fx_storob_t38, fx_strob_t45, the fx_strob in GMAX.
These files is required .


Landing and taxi lights have adopted a generic effect , However, 3DLight is already set at Aircraft.cfg.
Smoke effects are set in the Aircraft.cfg cs130_smoke2.
These also required .


Please refer to the image below for the switch of the beacon .
Click image for larger version.


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The P-3 series is scheduled to be subjected to a future upgrade.
In addition, the derived type of other are scheduled to release.


For Repaint
This model can be used repainting existing data.
However, it is necessary to modify a little.


Finished the pre-release a few days later, P-3C model data will be uploaded to AVSIM and Flightsim.com.




Download
https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=...ArVG2I_0IUZSPk






Thanks Team KBT for building this spectacular FSX Native version of your classic FS9 P-3C!


I have just concluded a fast Beta test and found a serious issue which will cause a crash to desktop for many users which I had the first 2 tries to get it to work in FSX. Upon investigating, I noticed that almost all of the model files for each separate version were aliased(fallback) to the base model folder where the interior VC model file is located but there seems to be an issue with the interior model file's name being different from the interior file fall back name listed in the config entry of each individual model file. For example, the base model folder's VC interior model file name is: P-3éb_FSX_interior and the interior file name listed in each config is: P-3‚b_FSX_interior. To alleviate the problem, I simply renamed the original interior model file to: P-3b_FSX_interior.


In the model folder, the edited config file should look like this:


[models]
normal=P-3C_FSX_clean
interior=P-3b_FSX_interior


In each of the subsequent individual model folders the edited config file should look like this:


[models]
normal=P-3C_usnavy_767_FSX
interior=..\model\P-3b_FSX_interior


That will cure the CTD issue.


Also of note, there are two small holes in the dashboard brow on the pilots side. It's barely noticeable but I wanted to point it out early.


Again, thanks for sharing this Beta release!

:adoration:
 
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