F-14D Cockpit
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Check PM please.
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Woow…Looks very cool !!
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another motivational video….it’s been a while:
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Hi MyKinge will this be ready and included in 4.33 database and I might as well ask will Metalheads F-22 be included into the BMS stock database in 4.33… just so we dont have to mess around with LOD Editors and what not……
This includes Motos and Janhas skins and other add-ons!
Would like to know???
Thanks,
SkyKnight
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Hi guys!
First of all Happy New Year to all BMS’ers! It’s been a really good Christmas break for me, spending sometime with my family again, and seeing my nephews grow by the minute. Sometimes I really wish I was living in Spain so I could be closer to my Familia!
Anyway…back to F-14 stuff…I believe I’m going to give a few disappointing news…
First really bad news is that I haven’t even opened my project folder for AGES…(just checked my files and its since the 20th of December!) This is almost a month…oh my oh my…but with the Christmas break is maybe understandable…
Second bad news and even more worrying is that I don’t feel like doing any work at the moment…I don’t know what it is but its just not happening…I hope it comes back soon.
At this point (and with an exactly one year of work on the pit) I really don’t know what to do either just to wrap up what I have at this point and release (unfinished and quite rough but it might help to get somebody else more seriously involved) or just to wait and see if inspiration comes back! Will have to think what to do…
More interesting things are happening over at the effectiveness of the F-14 thread…I really wish something useful for the FM come out of that conversation although its not looking like that at the moment…:D
Anyway…I just thought I would keep you posted even if its not good…
Haven’t even tried U4! I just hope it doesn’t affect my MOD! It shouldn’t right?
Pepe
PS: Thanks for the video…its a really nice one! I even talked to the film-maker to see if he had other pit footage. Really nice guy, unfortunately he can´t release any other material.
PS2: Regarding 4.33 I think I can guarantee the pit will not be included in it as nobody from BMS has shown any interest on the pit… -
I know the feeling. The F-16 already took 1 1/4 years and there have been numerous moments I had trouble getting back to it. There is no other way then just to pick something small and work on that. It will get the wheel of progress back into motion because you see the results (causes dopamine release in the brain, and that feeling of achieving something is addictive). Without much result motivation problems pop up. You already spend a lot of time working on it and giving up now will make the pit nothing more then wasted time. And the failure of the project will follow you the rest of your life… an unchecked box. You can do it!
Oh yes… I forgot. Have two projects. One large (pit) and a smaller & simple, one that you can complete in a few days (one week max.), like a bomb, missile or scenery. This way you get the satisfaction of finishing something. Assign a 1/4 of the time available to the small projects.
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PS: Thanks for the video…its a really nice one! I even talked to the film-maker to see if he had other pit footage. Really nice guy, unfortunately he can´t release any other material.
PS2: Regarding 4.33 I think I can guarantee the pit will not be included in it as nobody from BMS has shown any interest on the pit…That’s why i posted it, i thought you might find it useful. Not much new in the performance thread i’m afraid, it turns out the original FM for the F-14A i really close to the published data. I guess those folks in the past knew their stuff
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… (causes dopamine release in the brain, and that feeling of achieving something is addictive). Without much result motivation problems pop up. You already spend a lot of time working on it and giving up now will make the pit nothing more then wasted time. And the failure of the project will follow you the rest of your life… and unchecked box. You can do it!..
The science of modding Pretty cool, 10x!
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Form my aspect even this state is worth to integrate your cockpit for 3rd party theaters. I wish to see in my MOD. Is is doable?
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Hahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahah
You can release it like the other model mods.
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I asked because in my campaigns there are deck based F-14s, and CVs are functional as long as you select “takeoff”.
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10min mark is pure awesomeness….
If i could have only been there at that moment, even in he back seat….
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check out the facebook page of AirForces Monthly , they’ve posted some very nice scans in color from their tomcat tribute from 90’s.
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Excellent work, amazing quality!
We hope to have more news on this incredible project.
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very nice job!
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Hello!
Thanks for all the motivational material/comments guys! I thought I would give you a small update.
First thing is that I have been in contact with Molni, and as he requested, the pit is now integrated in his MOD! This is great news …now the pit will be at least released when his MOD is released so everybody will enjoy it. I don’t know how easy it will be to install his MOD but maybe a few people will find it easier than installing it via the LODeditor. This also means that he has all the parents installed in his campaign so future updates to the pit will be now quite easy to install…:D
Second…I´ve opened my files today and what a mess! I dont even remember what I was doing when I left it but I seem to have lost the UVW Unwrap of a couple of consoles!! Who knows what I was think of…:D Anyway not the end of the world.
And third! I started modelling a bit today !
I have never been too happy with the circular frame in the pit so I started from scratch today a new one to get me started. I’m hoping I’ll get something more realistic (the previous one was wayyyyy too big and far back), less poly, and also the double frame so I can animate the canopy opening and closing. Below is quick ingame shot of 3 hours work today…I think its already looking much better and the proportion is spot on. Its hard to tell because it has no texture but it also has more detail when it meets the windshield. This is only the fixed frame at the moment but I’m quite happy.
You can also see in the image the new functional landing gear panel…Im not too sure the symbols should be white over black or black over white. By how they look now (too shiny) I suspect the background should be black…What do you think?
Also I´ve done some testing with the realistic needles (you can see it in the distance-heading indicator) using alpha channel (also the airplane symbol in the ADI). I have one questionn…when using alpha channel its a bit odd that the shadows dont affect the needles…they are always shiny white even in the shadow…is this normal?
Have a great weekend!
Pepe