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FSX Boeing 747-200 (Classic Series)

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I've been given permission to post some previews of my work on this 747 Classic for FSX. The model has only been in development for about a week- so very early days yet, as such I've been asked not to mention who it's being designed for.


gear2d.jpg




7432i.jpg



I will be posting more previews as I go. I intend to create virtually all versions of the 747 classic, as long as the required reference is available.
 
hairyspin

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I do hope you're going to add a fuselage to the gear and wings... ;) Very nice work, should be fun to animate all these links and get them working properly! :)
 
Thralni

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Looks great! I can only hope this is a new native FSX model to go with the 1.5 update of CLS's 747 Classic series...
 
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Hi all, new screenshots very soon. This is not the CLS 1.5 update I'm afraid. The completed gear is ~12,500 polys in total.
 
Mr.FaosFX

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The 742 is my favorite bird! I'll be getting this one for sure, nice work on the gears! I wish I could incorporate that kind of detail into my project but I lack data.
 
TommyXKk

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n4gix said:
Best to keep in mind that you can have a maximum of 22 bones in the entire model...
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I found this on Microsoft's site:

"Animation Limits
FSX and the associated 3DStudioMax and GMax exporters defaulted to a 255 bone animation limit. This has been increased into the thousands, so should no longer prevent many-boned objects from behaving properly in the run-time code."

http://www.microsoft.com/Products/Games/FSInsider/developers/Pages/UpdatestotheSDKinSP1.aspx

As long as the developer got the latest SDK installed the number of bones will not be a problem
 
n4gix

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And then in the FSX+A SDK we find this:
Animation Templates
Refer to the oil rig sample file TestX.x for examples of the use of these templates. Note that there is a limit of 128 bones per model, and a limit of 22 connected bones. Any one vertex of a model can be influenced by a maximum of four bones. Models will fail if they exceed these limits.
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I was on my way back to correct my earlier reply when I spotted your reply...

...so instead I deleted my earlier, erroneous information. :D
 
Heretic

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[Mischievous mode]

Any plans for a SUD/-300 version?

[/Mischievous mode]

:D
 
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