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Did someone say "localizer?"

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The individual antenna was a pain to make.
 
Must admit that I've tried modelling this before and due to the filesize, and it wouldn't show in FSX for some reason LOL

Nice job though.
 
Thanks :)

The model version is 415 Kb, textured is 453 Kb, Denver has 12 approaches so... (peeks at a calculator)... that's 5,436 Kb / 5.3805 Mb. Not too bad, and compressed files are a thing of wonder
 
That sort of construction can be made much easier by using the 'Array' tool in the 'Tools' menu. If you've never used it before then a quick few trial/practice runs should set you straight, it's quite easy and saves a lot of time and effort. Also, make sure that the construction of the various parts is of the absolute minimum amount of polys that you can get away with. For example, those multiple black coloured antenna elements in your screen cap, they seem to be of circular cross section, can you get away with making them 4, 5 or 6 sided ? The red coloured vertical poles, are they round ? make them square sectioned to reduce the polycount. At the end of the day, who is gonna argue with you that the real ones are not square, besides, many antenna manufacturers make the same objects differently. That's a design philosophy I've always used, albeit sparingly.

Skip.
 
UtahJazzfan said:
Looks great. How many polygons is it?
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28,710

Skip67 said:
That sort of construction can be made much easier by using the 'Array' tool in the 'Tools' menu. If you've never used it before then a quick few trial/practice runs should set you straight, it's quite easy and saves a lot of time and effort. Also, make sure that the construction of the various parts is of the absolute minimum amount of polys that you can get away with. For example, those multiple black coloured antenna elements in your screen cap, they seem to be of circular cross section, can you get away with making them 4, 5 or 6 sided ? The red coloured vertical poles, are they round ? make them square sectioned to reduce the polycount. At the end of the day, who is gonna argue with you that the real ones are not square, besides, many antenna manufacturers make the same objects differently. That's a design philosophy I've always used, albeit sparingly.

Skip.
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I know that I'll need to find a balance between detail and frames, but for now, I just want to get the models done and then I'll tweak them later.
 
hmm just a thought... why not re-design the posts to use planes, and make use of transparent textures as I doubt that travelling at high speed you're bound to really see the posts or have time to really see them for long. As the only thing you really see are the lights, this instance the effects itself.

problem is you create a high detail object and then create multiple copies of it, which in turn will impact your frame rate, quite substantially.

anyway just a thought,

Regards
 
Gareth has a point.

While its great modelling, part of the discipline of scenery design is putting the detail where it will be noticed/appreciated. And these poor old ILS antennas way down near the fence never get noticed or look at much :)
 
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