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    FS2004 Conditional (random) display of model elements

    Hi All - It's been a while and things have moved on. Except for me, I'm still on FS2004. I'm wrapping up a model and am interested in hiding elements on a random basis (either per flight or per sim session, I don't mind). I've checked the wiki for XML approaches and thought that I could hide...
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    FS2004 Strange AI pattern/circuit behaviour - missing the turn to final etc

    Returning to this thread after how long? I have an answer to my rather old and outdated problem now. What happens with low speed AI is that the sim (FS9, but others might do the same) flags the aircraft as having landed even if it is somewhere on base, or joinging a fake ILS for routing, when...
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    How do you scale a pilot to a plane? Any tips?

    One thing I noticed when modelling my AI Vans RV-4 & 8 a while back was that scaling down the pilot when experimenting with seating positions led to a sense that the a/c was too large. It was a tiny down-scale but it made a lot of difference. I think we subconsciously size objects when we see a...
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    RV-8/8A is out too, so I'm done for 2013 unless I get a moment of madness. There's a link with the d/l to a fun video on Youtube (well, Flightsim did say "related to your file" and the live-action film is from an RV-8!).
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Falcons out - RV8 following today.
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Me too. It made summer rather "bitty" to have these things hanging around. With my earlier but rougher projects I was in and out within a week which is nicer for me (the Turbulent was mere days) - it's too easy to get burned out on a project if you aren't careful. I'll be heading back to that...
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Readmes are being written, but things are stop-start because work is beginning for me again (final year of university). Also the Falcon 2000 v2 is being readied for simultaneous release (minor changes - "existing repaint friendly") so that process is a little more drawn out. Vans RV-8 will come...
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    FSX GMax Has Stopped Responding...

    Yeah, I have noticed that and always thought it was odd, as though the numbering algorithm for auto-created materials was never actually written! Not sure whether it'd make any difference to the memory problem, though. I had a conversation here with Fr Bill a while back where I was chided for...
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    FS2004 And I thought I was doing everything right...

    Fixed it. Thanks everyone for your ideas. The lightmap does use the proper naming convention _L and is in my generic texture folder so that all aircraft variants can find it. I did make a special point of assigning it to the material in Gmax, and that was my mistake. I have used a second...
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    FS2004 And I thought I was doing everything right...

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    FSX GMax Has Stopped Responding...

    I'm a bit late to the party here, but FWIW my experience with this error was down to my bad practices in Gmax. I would allow the materials to stack up - having loads of them when just a few would do - this really slowed down my system and I'd get lockups. Reassigning materials so that everything...
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Ugh. I was transferring some parts back to the F2000 after they got a revamp for the F900 - and spotted an animation glitch with the 900 - one of the NLG rear door panels (the smaller one that is attached to the gear leg) stays in its bay on LOD 85 (too noticeable, can't ignore it). Amusingly...
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Noticed another LOD texture glitch that required a similar fix, hence another delay. Just fixed it today and will check it out for a while in-sim, all 4 basic models needed it (900, 900A, 900W and 900WA - W=winglet, A=tail antenna) all have the optional aerial feature via alpha). I wouldn't...
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Hi Greg! I'm effectively done. There's some element of having to live with it in the sim in order to get a better feel for it, but also the need to get it released sooner rather than later, so I've done some last-minute things on the RV-8 while looking around the F900 in-sim. People that use...
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    Max/GMax - "Named Selection Sets"

    I'm using these in a limited way, to select variations on an aircraft for compilation. I have developed an AI Van's RV-8 and am releasing variants of the propeller (2 and 3 blades) and of the undercarriage, since the RV-8A tri-gear is the same in all other respects to the taildragger version...
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Finally got around to this - checking it out with all the 4 variants. May even be released this year (at the present rate of "progress"). Three aerial variations here - short spade. hook, and tall spade. There are actually 4.5 variations (the others are a hook with a small aerial-ette just...
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Hi Rainer - I will try that approach first to see whether I can get a sweet spot where it works without making the antennae get ghostly - at least then I don't change my workflow for this model and don't have to re-learn the process when/if I have to go back and revise the thing. The irony is...
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Thanks, Tom. When nobody on the interwebz is talking about something it either doesn't exist or is as boring as a particularly boring rock. Usually someone somewhere has had a problem before I have. Of course, that has me wondering whether the feature would port back into FS9... I would guess...
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Well, I've spent most of today looking for this option and can't find it in my Gmax 1.2/FS2004 gamepack setup. I've found a cheap copy of the Gmax Bible online and might find something more in there. It is odd that nobody anywhere seems to be mentioning this "non-shadowing materials" option - I...
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    FS2004 Shadow models backgrounder

    Ah ha! That might be the thing I'm looking for. The aircraft is AI so extra drawcalls are not normally welcomed, but in this case that might be what I can do - and it is only on the top LOD anyway. Since I have other aerials on the thing I could also use that extra drawcall to switch off shadow...
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