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P3D v2 Alouette 3

I think a combination of the current blade alpha and the one Brandon pointed to would be best based on the videos i looked at on youtube. I watched a few videos and the blurred blade is more pronounced than what is in the original animation, yet wider than what Brandon pointed to.
The main problem with the Owen heli remake is since it doesn't use the rotor disc method and rotor animation is heavily influenced by demanding scenery, you can easily get slow animation or very little at all depending on the scenery and this can look really bad in spot view (looks great in screenshots). The rotor disc method gives a better illusion of spinning blades when the animation is affected by the scenery or weather IMO..

Looking really good so far!!!
 
Hughes-MDflyer4 said:
Need any help with the main rotor blur? Everything else looks fantastic, except the blur, which is kind of blocky.

I'm thinking something a little more like the 3D blur I did for the FSX native upgrade of Owen Hewitt's Bell 206 a few years ago:
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Maxman said:
I think a combination of the current blade alpha and the one Brandon pointed to would be best based on the videos i looked at on youtube. I watched a few videos and the blurred blade is more pronounced than what is in the original animation, yet wider than what Brandon pointed to.
The main problem with the Owen heli remake is since it doesn't use the rotor disc method and rotor animation is heavily influenced by demanding scenery, you can easily get slow animation or very little at all depending on the scenery and this can look really bad in spot view (looks great in screenshots). The rotor disc method gives a better illusion of spinning blades when the animation is affected by the scenery or weather IMO..

Looking really good so far!!!
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Exactly what I was thinking, it does look great in screenshots but that isn't what the simmers want I guess! but anyway I would love to know how to create that kind of blurred rotor and maybe we can add that to the already existing disc.

I've posted a video here you should check out the animation:
 
Honestly, I don't see anything 'wrong' with the current animation and texture.
 
Experimenting with the materials nowadays and finalizing the 1st exterior model;

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Edit: Filter close up shot now that we have it on our engine....
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Very nice indeed! I like the shine! I assume the filter on the engine is texturing?

Small note: would you consider modelling the handgrips (or what are they) instead of texturing them? They're quite large, so true 3D would not be bad.

Despite of all criticism I put here, please understand I really like your work! You're showing very good modelling and texturing, and everything remains so clean, silent: not overdone. Superb!

Btw, what's the problem with the forward door animation?
 
Dutcheeseblend said:
Very nice indeed! I like the shine! I assume the filter on the engine is texturing?

Small note: would you consider modelling the handgrips (or what are they) instead of texturing them? They're quite large, so true 3D would not be bad.

Despite of all criticism I put here, please understand I really like your work! You're showing very good modelling and texturing, and everything remains so clean, silent: not overdone. Superb!

Btw, what's the problem with the forward door animation?
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Thanks .... hand grips?

the forward door animation might come in the next model with floats or the 20mm gun.... the problem is that I am using 3ds max 7 and that certain amount of boolean operations end up either in bad shapes or corrupt files :(

And yes that filter is 100% percent texture alpha work
 
Does Max 7 have the "ProBoolean" tool? If so, it works much, much better than the regular Boolean...
 
These... Or whatever they are :p

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The filter looks very good, no jaggy lines etc.

Really looking forward to this birdie ;)
 
n4gix said:
Does Max 7 have the "ProBoolean" tool? If so, it works much, much better than the regular Boolean...
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Nope I don't find any pro-boolean here.....

Dutcheeseblend said:
These... Or whatever they are :p

The filter looks very good, no jaggy lines etc.

Really looking forward to this birdie ;)
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Ok, will look into it tomorrow.....

Here is something to discuss for the next few hours ...
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That is a beautiful paint! Your tailboom texturing (rivets and panels) looks excellent, gives really the feeling of flying metal :D
 
Nice work, looking real good!
watching your video again, I wonder if there is a way to get a smooth, constant rotation with the rotor animation, like in this video
maybe a different animation tag, like ambient as opposed to the default tag which makes the animation jerky and changes direction.

Can I please request a version with the copilot visible in the VC, so I am not alone in the cockpit. Maybe as a toggle, on/off option. I also like to replay flights from the backseat perspective and seeing a figure in the pilot seat is key for the immersion.
 
Maxman said:
Nice work, looking real good!
watching your video again, I wonder if there is a way to get a smooth, constant rotation with the rotor animation, like in this video
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maybe a different animation tag, like ambient as opposed to the default tag which makes the animation jerky and changes direction.

Can I please request a version with the copilot visible in the VC, so I am not alone in the cockpit. Maybe as a toggle, on/off option. I also like to replay flights from the backseat perspective and seeing a figure in the pilot seat is key for the immersion.
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It can definitely be done, it was like that before I rotated the rotor 240 deg rather than 360 and got that kind of animation but sometimes it gave a feeling of slow rotation! .... and about the pilot, lets make VC first... still a long way to go.
 
Work on it has been started.... more previews and VC will come after this thing is complete!

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n4gix said:
Does Max 7 have the "ProBoolean" tool?
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Unfortunately it was first introduced with Max 8 subscriptions and became fully part of Max in version 9: before all that it was a payware plugin for Max afaik.
 
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