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Fokker 100
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)well there's some real news...
http://slovakaviation.sk/en/photos/...ernment-flying-service-fokker-100-om-byc-4033 (I'm... deeply conflicted by this livery...)
but not from Bill.
I still keep wondering about the price of DA rights and source
http://slovakaviation.sk/en/photos/...ernment-flying-service-fokker-100-om-byc-4033 (I'm... deeply conflicted by this livery...)
but not from Bill.
I still keep wondering about the price of DA rights and source
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I was never involved in the project but I know for sure that Flight1 didn't buy the source code (Flight1 CEO Steve Halpern contacted me last week and asked if I have it). I tried to contact Florian Praxmarer (who owns the source code and seems to be the only one who has it) but didn't get a response yet.
The information given on the previous page about Flight1 not allowing anything to be done with the Fokker source VC model, is also 100% wrong.
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Damn, this is looking really awesome! The quality of your modeling is just superb! I must ask, as another developer (You've probably seen my MD-80 project), how much does modeling something to the level of detail you're doing affect performance? Your models just look like I can reach out and touch them, the quality is life-like..
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Hello P3D_MD88,
I'll know when I its running in the sim. Putting textures on it will make a difference. I find that mesh complexity doesnt effect frame rates. Its handling of textures that really make a difference.
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Interesting.. Makes me wonder - Why haven't high poly models been a thing for a longer time? Are people just more willing to put in the time to make them now that there's that expectation?
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I have no idea. Everyone has their own modelling techniques and some remember the days of FS2004 when large models couldnt be done. Also the stock Max SDK was very limited on model size. The new P3D SDK allows you to export models over 1/2 million polys/tris. Perhaps not everyone is using the P3D SDK. That might explain it. Also usually the game world uses low poly models. That is normally a standard. However if you look at the models (screenshots if you do not have it) you see in Aerofly FSII, their models are far more smoother then mine. Their knobs and things in the VC are absolutely perfect, like actual parts molded in plastic, rather then notchy polygon parts. Aerofly is paving the way, I think, in modelling and simulations. Photo real environments with perfectly tuned sunlights and incredible reflections, 3D clouds. This sim is brilliant..
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The more polys an object has, the harder it is to edit afterward.
Classic!! Especially liked points 5 and 6
Seriously though, I think a lot of people love the "deep" systems. PMDG and Co have good sales records BECAUSE of their systems. However, it is up to the developer as to how much (or little) they do. I love the Fokker 100 as I fly on it every 3 weeks for work (Air Niugini still operate a few of these and the 70). I have only just found this thread (obviously) and would love a deep systems aircraft BUT will take whatever I can get.
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I had had some very serious bad things happening that was keeping me from getting work done on the F100, sadly. I put it aside for a while till I could get back to it. The side window wasnt working out on angles, its a very sophisticated shape. Also the interior cockpit was EXTREMELY DIFFICULT and so I havent finished that either. It is not an easy cabin to make. It is very sophisticated with different angles. It is the hardest thing I have ever modelled, and I didnt even get to the switches yet.
Someone is doing McDonald Douglas (similar plane) and their sliding window is absolutely brilliant. I am envious of it...
Someone is doing McDonald Douglas (similar plane) and their sliding window is absolutely brilliant. I am envious of it...
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These are screenshots. I dont think I ever posted any on the knobs and things. I went high detail on every single knob, panel part, gauge face, etc. I didnt get to the overhead panel and started on the center panel. So much left to do. A LOT OF WORK.... Mesmerizing.
That roof is so dang difficult.
That roof is so dang difficult.