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French connection

Postby Arkanoid » Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:54 pm

Nice, and freeware, plane. Downloable at http://www.mirage4fs.com/rafale.html

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Re: French connection

Postby yancovitch » Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:14 pm

freeware...wow...talk about detail.....
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Re: French connection

Postby Fozzer » Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:46 pm

That 5th shot is amazing.... :dance: ....!
The amount of detail that some of the designers put into their work leaves me breathless, and that shot shows it up nicely!

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Re: French connection

Postby CHUCK79 » Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:09 pm

Great set, Arkanoid......the only downside of this outstanding aircraft is the lack of a virtual cockpit :(

It is a native FSX model though, so I use the default FA-18 VC with it ;)
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Re: French connection

Postby Arkanoid » Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:20 pm

Thanks for your kind words guys. We are a team so I intend to "discover" new planes for my friends.

Chuck, I´m a rookie in technical problems, how do you have introduce the F-18 VC in the Rafale?

Enjoy your weekned
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Re: French connection

Postby CHUCK79 » Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:35 pm

Arkanoid wrote:Thanks for your kind words guys. We are a team so I intend to "discover" new planes for my friends.

Chuck, I´m a rookie in technical problems, how do you have introduce the F-18 VC in the Rafale?

Enjoy your weekned



It's fairly easy.....give me a minute and I'll give you a step by step ;)
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Re: French connection

Postby CHUCK79 » Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:09 pm

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

-------------------------------------------------------------------
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!


I think that should cover it. If you have any difficulties just let me know and I'll try to help you through them O0
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Re: French connection

Postby CHUCK79 » Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:49 pm

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Re: French connection

Postby Arkanoid » Fri Dec 05, 2014 5:01 pm

Thanks, but now all is in black colour now :oops: .

I havent the FSX F-18 default, I left the the original game in my parent´s house. Im trying to do it with FA-18 classica RAAF model.
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Re: French connection

Postby CHUCK79 » Fri Dec 05, 2014 5:13 pm

Arkanoid wrote:Thanks, but now all is in black colour now :oops: .

I havent the FSX F-18 default, I left the the original game in my parent´s house. Im trying to do it with FA-18 classica RAAF model.



It's a much more complex process with a non-default aircraft........give me another minute and I'll see what I can do with that particular model 8-)
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Re: French connection

Postby Jetranger » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:03 am

I just Injected that - CAUDRON C450 & C460 - and its an awsum Vintage propliner Aircraft !!!

complete with Virtual Cockpit that's nice with Vintage Gauges too !!!

definetly worth having in your Hanger !!

The - CAUDRON C450 et C460 !!!

FREEWARE Download Link : http://restauravia.fr/html/creations_fsx.html


more on the Actual Aircraft : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudron_C.460


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGEEFukUPZg[/youtube]



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8EbyGPFpa4[/youtube]
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Re: French connection

Postby ConcordeError404 » Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:01 am

Arkanoid wrote:Nice, and freeware, plane. Downloable at http://www.mirage4fs.com/rafale.html


truly cant comprehend the fact that this is freeware
damn, it really looks too good, show this off as a payware and no one will even notice!!
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Re: French connection

Postby striker » Wed May 11, 2022 8:21 am

Awe3423 wrote:I love how we can now easily learn to fly.


As is often said.

Quite easy to fly. It takes a pilot to land.
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