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Is there a current source for the Adam Howe guides for FSDS?
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Hello Vance, I see that Adam Howes "Aircraft Design Guide" is still available at "Simmarket", all 6 books. I tried to find FSDS 3.5 on line, and could not find a download for it, Shame. A venerable, capable program, used to create a lot of the addons for FSX, and FS9. When they get back up and Running, FSPilot shop May again carry it !! Adams ADG is probably his Best work, I would get it while You still can !! Abacus, seems to no longer exist ?? Hope this Helps ! Johnman
PS - Altho Adams guide is written for FSDS 3.5, it is Information relevent to all 3D Related FSX addon Creation ! - again - Johnman
PS - Altho Adams guide is written for FSDS 3.5, it is Information relevent to all 3D Related FSX addon Creation ! - again - Johnman
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Hi Johnman,
I do have FSDS 3.5.1 and so far I like it. But I am a novice and would like to have reference material for it. Hence my search for Adam's guides. I have gone to Simmarket but they provide a download link to Abacus. So it's really not available. I was hoping someone here had picked them up recently and could point me in that direction.
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Vance
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Hi Bill,
I'm late coming to the Develop arena so it figures I would buy products from a company that is out of business.
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Unfortunately it appears that site is no more.
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Hello Vance, check this out "http://www.aerodynamika.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl" - a wealth of information ! - Johnman
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I tried it. Got rerouted to blackbody and got a nuisance virus that locked my laptop up. Told me Windows found a virus and had blocked my computer. Wouldn't let me do anything. I had seen it before from a NR2003 link. So I had to do a hard boot and it went away. So I won't be going there again soon.
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Oh damn! I meant to report that has happened. Just for future information, that is a 'fake hi-jack' script. It is an annoyance more than anything else.I tried it. Got rerouted to blackbody and got a nuisance virus that locked my laptop up. Told me Windows found a virus and had blocked my computer. Wouldn't let me do anything. I had seen it before from a NR2003 link. So I had to do a hard boot and it went away. So I won't be going there again soon.
The easiest way to handle such cases is to use the "three finger salute" (Ctrl-Alt-Del) to open the Task Mananger, then click on your browser session and click on "End Task".
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I highly recommend Blender. I do not use it, I went to 3ds Max, but I am thinking of trying out Blender. It is powerful and can do things that FSDS cant.
I started out on FSDS years ago. It just couldnt do organic flowing shapes well. It can do blocky objects amazingly good and easy, but rounded shapes were very difficult to do. it can be done, but is very time consuming.
Blender is freeware and you can export to FSX. Possibly also FS2004, but FSX for sure. And you can render in it, and create Ambient Occlusion maps in it. Think on it.
I started out on FSDS years ago. It just couldnt do organic flowing shapes well. It can do blocky objects amazingly good and easy, but rounded shapes were very difficult to do. it can be done, but is very time consuming.
Blender is freeware and you can export to FSX. Possibly also FS2004, but FSX for sure. And you can render in it, and create Ambient Occlusion maps in it. Think on it.