This weeks randoms

[gtirob01]

These were shots taken while either testing for various contests, or looking for that "one" to enter. C&C is appreciated.

[haroldkip]

Nice! I can see where you got your inspiration to fuse the 757 and the Canyon.

[gtirob01]

Nice! I can see where you got your inspiration to fuse the 757 and the Canyon.

Yup! I had the idea when I first found the 757's livery. So I set out to find some freeware scenery of the grand canyon. Then did some test shots.

[todayshorse]

Wicked F-14 - now thats a proper Navy Jet!

[homebrewer]

Nice Tomcat. Is it free? If it is, I want it...

[Daube]

Nice Tomcat. Is it free? If it is, I want it...

This is the freeware Tomcat from Dino Cattaneo, available here at simviation in the FS2004 military section. It's one of the most famous FS9 freewares.

[Daube]

gtirob01, the propeller texture of the red plane should be edited to make it transparent. You can use DXTBMP for that, it's quite easy.

[gtirob01]

gtirob01, the propeller texture of the red plane should be edited to make it transparent. You can use DXTBMP for that, it's quite easy.

Yea, that does bug me, but I have no idea how to fix it! haha. I guess I understand how its done, just have yet to try it.

The F-14, it is just fantastic! My favorite plane of all. Tho I run FSX, this is the 2004 version and it works just fine. But I am still looking for a clean version (no weapons, drop tanks) to play with.

[Daube]

Basically, the simplest thing you can try is the following:
- download and install DXTBMP
- make a full copy of the texture folder of that plane, just to keep the original version (not necessary if you still have the archive of the plane, of course)
- launch DXTBMP, and open the file that contains the texture of the propeller
- in the menu, find the item "invert Alpha Channel"
- save the file
- see what happens in FS.