I would like to ask a special favor....

[NickN]

Hey guys!

Jim Hodkinson over at AV... is re-doing the 2D and VC with lighting!

http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az= ... &mode=full


So what we need to focus on here is the config for the contact points, water FX and the flight dynamics and perhaps some paint work, but the repaint would be the last item.

[Brett_Henderson]

OK..

[NickN]

[quote]OK..

[Jim Hodkinson]

Hi Nick

I though it would be easier to communicate if I became a member, so here I am.

Anyway a quick update on the state of play with the Marlin panel, firstly I had to scrap the first attempt as I thought it looked a little to much FS2002, secondly I had to alter the aircraft.cfg and the SP-5B.air files to remove the reference to turbine engines, as the gauges I

[NickN]

[quote]Hi Nick

I though it would be easier to communicate if I became a member, so here I am.

Anyway a quick update on the state of play with the Marlin panel, firstly I had to scrap the first attempt as I thought it looked a little to much FS2002, secondly I had to alter the aircraft.cfg and the SP-5B.air files to remove the reference to turbine engines, as the gauges I

[NickN]

Jim.. question

The 2D panel is sharp as a tack but the VC panel is blurry on my system. Is this a product of the resolution in the VC itself?



I see what you mean about the water.. its almost like the engines are too close to the water.. I could not start them in water and when I landed in water they choked out like the sim reads them as in the water or close to it

Also, I noticed the drag in water was quite large which may be related to the engines and how high the model is sitting in the water to the sim.

The gear being down does need to have the contact points looked at. the rear wheel seems OK but the front wheel contact points seem way off... Brett can probably grab a look at that.


Is there any way to increase the resolution/sharpness of the VC gauges?

[Brett_Henderson]

I'm on the case  :)

(scratch building contact points without the source file takes time)

[Brett_Henderson]

The "landing gear" have no animated suspension travel, which is understandable, as this is a flying boat. The modeled gear represent "beaching gear", which as far as I can tell were attached to the hull, strictly for the purpose of getting her up and out of the water for storage or maintanance. They aren't used for takeoff/landing, or even powered taxiing, as far as I can tell...

ANYway.. I'm figuring out float points, engine placement and prop diameter now..  I'll move on to accurate geometry and flight dynamics soon..

[Bob70]

[quote]The modeled gear represent "beaching gear", which as far as I can tell were attached to the hull, strictly for the purpose of getting her up and out of the water for storage or maintanance. They aren't used for takeoff/landing, or even powered taxiing, as far as I can tell...

quote]

That is completely correct.

[Jim Hodkinson]

Hi Everyone

Sorry about the VC panel blurries, that ones down to me as I forgot to adjust the panel.cfg entry after editing.

At the moment, without redrawing all the bitmaps and possibly editing the XML code (not impossible) the best that I can offer is this (if the attachment works).

To do this, replace the following in the VC section of the Panel.cfg file

[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=972,329
visible=1
pixel_size=512,512s
texture=$G1_Mat

With

[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=972,329
visible=1
pixel_size=1280,1280s
texture=$G1_Mat

You can try other values, but be careful as the higher you go the bigger the possible effect on your frame rates.

Hope it helps, and I

[Jim Hodkinson]

Hi Again

The attachment apparently did not work, even though the file is only 46k.

Anyway the best thing is to just try the new settings and see what you think.

Jim Hodkinson

[NickN]

Hi Again

The attachment apparently did not work, even though the file is only 46k.

Anyway the best thing is to just try the new settings and see what you think.

Jim Hodkinson

Thanks Jim!

I am running 1920x1200 so I thought perhaps it was becasue of my screen resolution but if that can be cleaned up it would be really cool

I know the VC is not that great to begin with but if we can at least clean things up a bit and sharpen those gauges it would really go a long way in helping that VC look better

I will check this out as soon as I can

[NickN]

[quote]The "landing gear" have no animated suspension travel, which is understandable, as this is a flying boat. The modeled gear represent "beaching gear", which as far as I can tell were attached to the hull, strictly for the purpose of getting her up and out of the water for storage or maintanance. They aren't used for takeoff/landing, or even powered taxiing, as far as I can tell...

ANYway.. I'm figuring out float points, engine placement and prop diameter now..

[NickN]

[quote]Hi Everyone

Sorry about the VC panel blurries, that ones down to me as I forgot to adjust the panel.cfg entry after editing.

At the moment, without redrawing all the bitmaps and possibly editing the XML code (not impossible) the best that I can offer is this (if the attachment works).

To do this, replace the following in the VC section of the Panel.cfg file

[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=972,329
visible=1
pixel_size=512,512s
texture=$G1_Mat

With

[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=972,329
visible=1
pixel_size=1280,1280s
texture=$G1_Mat

You can try other values, but be careful as the higher you go the bigger the possible effect on your frame rates.

Hope it helps, and I

[Jim Hodkinson]

Hi Nick

Glad to see it worked.

As I