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FSXA Dash 8 100/300

MatthiasKNU said:
A picture of the aft pedestal out of P3D:
https://abload.de/img/2017-3-28_16-27-25-427mu14.jpg
2017-3-28_16-27-25-427mu14.jpg
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Don't mean to nitpick, but "Altitude Alert" on your Aural Warning panel is misspelled in this shot...I'm fairly certain you've noticed and corrected this by now, but I just thought I would point it out in case you hadn't. ;-]
 
The artwork is great! I'm curious as to texture size and how many parts are mapped to each texture in order to obtain resolution like that.
 
ozzman1997 said:
Don't mean to nitpick, but "Altitude Alert" on your Aural Warning panel is misspelled in this shot...I'm fairly certain you've noticed and corrected this by now, but I just thought I would point it out in case you hadn't. ;-]
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Oh, you are right!
I haven't noticed that by now, but I will correct that immediately...
Thank you!

I am creating the textures now all with a resolution of 4096x4096 px, but then we will look where we can reduce the resolution without big loss of quality.
 
Okay, so 4096. The other part is how many parts are using that texture. I only ask as I have spent an enormous amount of time on my project trying to balance texture quality with performance in-sim. I am always looking to learn something new.
 
Corrected
ohnetitelytsl3.jpeg


All in all, the complete overhead texture is using one file, the pedestal (except the Throttle) is one file, die Glareshield is one file.
But as already said, the textures will be downsized later for better performance.

(Maybe we are creating two versions, one with downsized textures and one with the 4096-textures, but we still have to decide about that)
 
MatthiasKNU said:
Corrected
ohnetitelytsl3.jpeg


All in all, the complete overhead texture is using one file, the pedestal (except the Throttle) is one file, die Glareshield is one file.
But as already said, the textures will be downsized later for better performance.

(Maybe we are creating two versions, one with downsized textures and one with the 4096-textures, but we still have to decide about that)
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Personally I would keep the textures in their native 4K size, especially when it comes to things that need to be easily read. Maybe run some A/B comparisons to see if texture size even makes a noticeable difference, because in my experience it really doesn't unless your GPU memory is filling up with other textures. If you do decide to downsize them, be sure to keep a copy in the original size because once you shrink the maps, any details fine enough to justify 4096*4096 pixels will be lost forever.
 
Don't worry, we are trying to keep the texture resolution as high as possible, especially the panel textures will have a very high resolution ;)
 
Hint: DXT1 compression works well for textures that don't require much of an alpha channel. A 4096 px texture will have a filesize of 8 MB without mip maps.
 
Moken, you are great. I have been searching for a Dash-8 100 or 200 for FSX and all I could find were models that were created for FS2004 that have the propeller glitch which cannot be fixed. I look forward to your Dash 8 with properly functioning propellers! Great work! If you need any extra help with the flight dynamics just let me know. I am not a Dash-8 pilot but I have flown a bit and have been using MSFS since FS4.
 
antaris said:
Hi there!

Any news? Looking great already!
Sergio.
:D
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Hi Antaris!

There has not been much activity on the project lately, the project is not dead. We have only had a long summer break, but we are coming back stronger now when autumn is coming back. ;)
 
Indeed. There was no big progress, just a few very little things have been made.
We are really looking forward to autumn...
 
Here in the UK it feels like it has been autumn since the middle of July!! the weather has been terrible, the leaves on the trees have started dying & dropping already.
 
Hello

Ohhh, I can relate lads. Weather in the Northern lands can be harsh from time to time. In the exact opposite, here in Mexico we are cooking ourselves with the heat waves... lousy indeed.

PaulJC said:
Here in the UK it feels like it has been autumn since the middle of July!! the weather has been terrible, the leaves on the trees have started dying & dropping already.
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I think somewhere in my DNA is a british trace, because I love windy and misty days. I live in a place that used to be like the highlands in Scotland. 30 years ago, the region had one of the most big fog forest in the world... now, it is only a dry wasteland. A million thanks to our corrupt government and local authorities, they allowed corporations to erase from the map our dear and ancient forest. I'm sorry, just to think about it makes me feel like I've had crow for breakfast :censored:.

Cheers and keep up the good work.
Sergio.
;)
 
Looks Great. the way it's taking on form is just so awesome to see...
Will you guys include a 2D panel as well?

Can't wait for more shots of the external model at the moment. I'm itching to see that and the animation included.

Keep up the good work... I can see Your Dash can give MJC a run for their money... ;)

I'd like to sign up to do liveries, Maybe help Pop out a few for release... :p
 
Hi there!
There has been little activity lately, but now it's getting up. For me, fsdesign is a winter-based hobby, so that's why it happens so little in the summer.

I have given the propellers a real makeover, the old ones were not quite correct.
Otherwise, I work a little in the cockpit and on the outside. so something happens slowly but surely.
will try to finish all of the texture mapping on the exterior model at this moment.

worknewprop3.jpg worknewprop2.jpg worknewprop.jpg

Cheers
Morten
 
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