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P3D v2 Alouette 3

It is slightly.....see pic below, different from Artouste

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Looks great! I'd step up the polycount on the exhaust, though. Seeing as though that's a more major part of the engine, not being able to see the edges as easily will make it look even better.
 
Hughes-MDflyer4 said:
Looks great! I'd step up the polycount on the exhaust, though. Seeing as though that's a more major part of the engine, not being able to see the edges as easily will make it look even better.
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OK, Will see if the users are able to view the engine that close then I will otherwise don't want any performance issues and who knows it better than you that each and every poly counts :)

So I started playing with lighting and this shiny thing came out

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mskhan1991 said:
OK, Will see if the users are able to view the engine that close then I will otherwise don't want any performance issues and who knows it better than you that each and every poly counts :)

So I started playing with lighting and this shiny thing came out

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It's all about finding that perfect balance. If a part is large or has lots of detail surrounding it, you'll want to give it a higher poly count. The many details on the engine, for example, since they're small, you can keep the poly count low on. What I've read over the years (and haven't really been able to confirm or check out for myself) is that poly count doesn't affect performance.. It's the number of drawcalls. The more materials you have, the more drawcalls you'll have. The FSX compiler only allows 64k vertices per material (or less as you add spec maps and bump maps). Because of this, some groups of parts that rely on the same textures may have to be split up and use variations of the same material. High poly count doesn't directly affect performance, but as you keep adding more materials, you can start to decrease performance.

By the way, lookin' even better! I've learned a lot of modeling techniques over the past 5 years or so (by now, enough to make a full aircraft from start to finish, but haven't because of time restraints), but I've yet to find out if I have the patience to build anything that requires so many small details like you have. :D Impressive work!
 
Hughes-MDflyer4 said:
It's all about finding that perfect balance. If a part is large or has lots of detail surrounding it, you'll want to give it a higher poly count. The many details on the engine, for example, since they're small, you can keep the poly count low on. What I've read over the years (and haven't really been able to confirm or check out for myself) is that poly count doesn't affect performance.. It's the number of drawcalls. The more materials you have, the more drawcalls you'll have. The FSX compiler only allows 64k vertices per material (or less as you add spec maps and bump maps). Because of this, some groups of parts that rely on the same textures may have to be split up and use variations of the same material. High poly count doesn't directly affect performance, but as you keep adding more materials, you can start to decrease performance.

By the way, lookin' even better! I've learned a lot of modeling techniques over the past 5 years or so (by now, enough to make a full aircraft from start to finish, but haven't because of time restraints), but I've yet to find out if I have the patience to build anything that requires so many small details like you have. :D Impressive work!
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Yes, but also number of vertices does affect the performance doesn't it?

And as for your project, ALL YOU NEED IS A LITTLE PUSH! :P
 
After. The slightly wider supporting ribs around the windows are an improvement, IMHO.
 
Well I looked back at my photos, and on the first one you can compare it somewhat to that person's hand, you can see it's about the same height as it, so I'd say it's about 7cm wide
 
before, looks more like the photos i have seen and has more depth, less flat looking. Do in between and make everyone happy, LOL.
 
Well, I just edited the ribs a bit ... somewhere in the between but closer to after and also added the basic rotor assembly .... total triangles are 39801 and the computer is starting to feel it during wireframe modes

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I would use the bend modifier in max to give the static drooped rotor blades. Since the AL3 has 3 blades, might want to do one blade at a time though. Looking very excellent mate:)
 
Looks great, nice bit of modeling! For rotor animation, I really hope you go with the older way of using a prop disc for the blurred prop. A few developers have used the actual mesh blade animation, but "I" don't find it very appealing visually.
Can't wait to see the VC progress..
 
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