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Offline SlapShot

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P-38 is currently undergoing renovation !!!
« on: November 08, 2004, 12:26:15 PM »
From Pyro ...

"One other bit of news unrelated to the patch is that the P-38 is currently undergoing renovation. Any skins created for the current P-38 will be made obsolete when the new model is released in the next version."

That is fantastic news !!!

Can you gives us anymore insight/detail Pyro ?
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Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2004, 12:36:50 PM »
I'd guess it also means we are getting an early model P38 in the next patch.

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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2004, 12:39:12 PM »
Could we get that lucky?  And please Pyro and company, let the skins be workable as in let us get at anti-glare panals, do something about the shine so folks can do OD/Gray birds etc etc.

Not that we don't appreciate all the work you guys are doing :)

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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2004, 12:42:57 PM »
Good news indeed!

Pyro, would it be possible to let the skinners know the order in which you plan to rennovate planes?    It may end up saving someone wasted work - we could spend our time and efforts skinning planes that aren't due for upgrade for some time, and wait until after an impending upgrade is completed before starting a certain skin.

Will the next patch support for the specularity flag talked about, to give skinners control of the shininess of an aircraft?

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Offline LazerTED

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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2004, 01:12:58 PM »
Awesome... Can't wait to see what happens.

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« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2004, 01:34:43 PM »
w00tness

Offline SlapShot

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« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2004, 01:35:53 PM »
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Originally posted by Guppy35
Could we get that lucky?  And please Pyro and company, let the skins be workable as in let us get at anti-glare panals, do something about the shine so folks can do OD/Gray birds etc etc.

Not that we don't appreciate all the work you guys are doing :)

Dan/Slack


I would imagine that the anti-glare panels would be one of the more important things that they will be adjusting as far as the artwork goes. I spoke with Pyro about this at the con.

The specularity (shinnyness), I think, is going to be fixed on a "global" skinning basis. I read in the Skinning Forum that they will be providing a switch that will turn on/off specularity for the "plane". This is currently a problem on the new B-24 and has been promised to be fixed.

I hope that during this over-haul, they also take a deeper look at the flight model and see if they can stop the nasty snap-rolls and flat spins that still plague the P-38.

I wouldn't be suprized if we see an H Model soon ... :D
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« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2004, 01:42:57 PM »
Just as long as it doesn't turn into a spitV... I like a challenge. :D

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« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2004, 02:00:09 PM »
Great news!

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« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2004, 03:05:42 PM »
:D
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« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2004, 03:47:50 PM »
WAHOO!  cant wait for my plane to get perty!:aok :aok :aok

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« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2004, 03:58:00 PM »
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WAHOO!  cant wait for my plane to get perty!:aok :aok :aok


only one way to do that


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« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2004, 04:14:37 PM »
Woot!

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« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2004, 06:10:31 PM »
cool
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« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2004, 07:19:25 PM »
Congrats P-38-lubbers! :)