Rafale M in P3D
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:27 pm
Thanks to Arkanoid I now have the latest version of the Rafale M by Thors' Hammer. I had the beta but was unaware
of any newer versions
Anyway here's some shots of this outstanding model in P3D.
of any newer versions
Anyway here's some shots of this outstanding model in P3D.
This model does not have a VC, but being a native FSX plane you can merge any other native FSX planes' VC into it
Here are step by step instructions for merging the default FSX Acceleration FA-18 VC into the Rafale M.
1) Open the Rafale M folder and the FA-18 folder in two separate windows.
2) Open Rafale "model" folder and FA-18 "model" folder. Notice the FA-18 has an Interior.mdl file?
3) Copy and paste the "FA-18_Interior.mdl" file into the Rafale model folder.
4) Now open the Rafale model CFG and the FA-18 model CFG Notice the interior line of the FA-18 (interior=FA-18_Interior)?
5) Copy and paste the "interior=FA-18_Interior" into the Rafale model CFG.
6) Now delete the Rafale "panel" folder and replace with a copy of the FA-18 "panel" folder.
7) Open the Rafale "texture" folder and look for the "texture" "CFG" file. Open it and delete the text. Replace with this text:
[fltsim]
fallback.1=..\..\Rafale M 3x1275litres\texture.VC
fallback.2=..\..\FA-18\Texture
fallback.3=..\..\..\..\Scenery\Global\texture
fallback.4=..\..\..\..\..\..\Scenery\Global\texture
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Now the VC is merged but the eyepoint will need to be moved.
8 ) Now open the Rafale "aircraft" "CFG" file and scroll down until you see the [Views] section.
9) Delete the existing [Views] text and replace with this:
[Views]
eyepoint=11.7, 0.0, 3.72
zoom=.5
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Now we've got a VC and our eyepoint is correctly placed. The only problem now is that the default FA-18 texture is a Blue Angel color scheme and is visible from inside the VC. If this is acceptable to you then happy flying! If not continue reading.
What I did to remedy this is to choose one of the other liveries that more closely matches the actual exterior of the Rafale.
10) Open "Texture.11" in your FA-18 folder and copy all of the "dds" files.
11) Paste these in the FA-18 "Texture" folder and overwrite when prompted. You will lose the Blue Angel 1 paint scheme for your FA-18, but I never fly the default FA-18 anyway.
Now you won't see a blue and yellow fuselage through the VC!
P3D users will have to move the FSX Acc FA-18 from FSX into P3D along with the FA-18 dll gauge file for it to work in P3D