F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby Arkycharlie » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:32 pm

well, that was a dead end, I'm afraid.
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby Hagar » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:57 pm

Just a shot in the blue but maybe this plane doesn't have a "vcglass.bmp" texture?

As nobody else has come forward I might be able to save you all a lot of head scratching. I've messed around creating aircraft for CFS2 & FS2002/4 but this was some time ago & I've forgotten most of it. I never used a texture for the cockpit transparency but defined it in the MDL. I believe this type of transparency does not display properly in the FSX graphics engine. I suspect this is the same with the F-18 you're playing with in which case you're wasting your time. Unfortunately I can't check it out myself as I only have the FSX Demo. Of course, I would be delighted to be proved wrong.

No names, no pack drill but I note that this "update"was uploaded by someone who has upset a lot of people in the past.
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby ShaneG_old » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:01 pm

I thought it had something to do with the model itself, thanks Hagar! :)
I've never run into this kind of texture until now, hope I don't see one like it again anytime soon. ;D I'll just stick with the Accel F-18. ;)

Sorry Razgriz, we did our best with this one, but I feel we've reached our end with it. :(
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby Hagar » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:09 pm

I thought it had something to do with the model itself, thanks Hagar! :)
I've never run into this kind of texture until now, hope I don't see one like it again anytime soon. ;D I'll just stick with the Accel F-18. ;)

If I'm correct there's no texture involved. The windscreen & canopy are defined as transparent parts.
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby Razgriz227 » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:23 pm

Yeah dont worry about it guys,
I really apprciated all the help i guess im just stuck with the Accel.
Not that i have a problem with it i just wanted a Super Hornet.
So thanks for the help!!!!!!!!!

Christian

P.S. if anyone wants to try to make this let me know
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1229291789
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby Arkycharlie » Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:05 pm

Hagar, many thanks for the input.
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby StACAttack » Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:21 am

You could maybe download MDLMat and change the material of the glass? I can't seem to work it though...

[ftp]http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/download/MDLMat.zip[/ftp]

Program is for MDL's not BMP ;)
PS: you hit the "FTP" link no the "URL" link ;)
Yes, very strange, I can't seem to get them to work but the guy who posted them says in the readme he has FSX SP2 and it works fine... does it require accel maybe? :-/ I don't have accel and I really want an F-18 :-X


I think we've established that this is not a texture problem - Hence the Idea that it is a model problem.
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby HarvesteR » Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:00 pm

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I notice that when the war hawks aircraft opens in vc mode, the cockpit is clear for a second, then turns black.
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby USMC_BEANS » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:58 pm

I also wonder why we can see out of the HUD but not the rest of the canopy.  
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby USMC_BEANS » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:18 am

I was messing around with the alpha channels when I noticed that the canopy doesn't start out black, but it snaps to it like a loading texture.  I think we just have to find out which texture it is.
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby Jim Hodkinson » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:34 pm

Hi

Having to much time on my hands, I decided to see if I could assist with the problem, now I don
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby USMC_BEANS » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:38 am

I was actually trying the FS KBT F/A-18E, but went and tried this package as well.  Still no joy.  Black canopy.
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby Jim Hodkinson » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:43 am

Hi

I really don
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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby putte » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:58 am

Hi
Just a wild guess. As some have no problems and other have, could it be something with the rig? I have a nVidia card and I am unable to look out of the VC.

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Re: F-18 Warhawks(help please?)

Postby USMC_BEANS » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:39 pm

My rig is:
8800GT with 512
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