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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: B-17 on February 18, 2012, 05:32:56 PM
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Here are a few of my vintage birds for FSX, interior and exterior shots.
B-17 cockpit
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/b-17cockpit.jpg)
B-17 exterior
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/b-17ext.jpg)
B-17 in-flight
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/B-17AR51.jpg)
B-29 cockpit (REALLY CRAPPY)
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/b-29cockpit.jpg)
B-29 exterior (no lights)
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/b-29ext.jpg)
Halifax cockpit
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/halifaxcockpit.jpg)
Halifax exterior (no lights)
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/halifaxext.jpg)
C-47 interior
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/c-47cockpit.jpg)
C-47 exterior
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/c-47ext.jpg)
C-46 interior
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/c-46cockpit.jpg)
C-46 exterior
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/c-46ext.jpg)
He-177 exterior
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/heyolds442-1.jpg)
He-177 in-flight
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/olds4426.jpg)
Makes me happy :D
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Figure'd I'd contribute a few for your bliss..
(http://www.ka4zzq.com/Mongrels/2010-12-24_0-58-14-286.jpg)
(http://www.ka4zzq.com/Mongrels/2010-9-6_21-53-10-504.jpg)
(http://www.ka4zzq.com/Mongrels/2010-11-20_19-34-45-56.jpg)
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Wow... You've got yourself some very nice eye candy there :aok
The C-130's pic is awesome, which model?
I've got an SR-71 too, Alphasim-- really nicely done model.
And the B-17 makes me delirious :D
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Wow... You've got yourself some very nice eye candy there :aok
The C-130's pic is awesome, which model?
I've got an SR-71 too, Alphasim-- really nicely done model.
And the B-17 makes me delirious :D
Ty. That's an AC-130. I forget the add-on it came in. Which reminds me.. they have a floatplane version of that I was going to try out..
Hmmm
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So is any of that free? Or is that all payware?
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All of my stuff is freeware, I'm too cheap and creditcard-less to get payware :(
APDrone's B-17 is the Wings of Power model, which is payware.. I think
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Yeah, Wings of Power is payware.
the C-130 is, too.. but methinks I lost it when I transitioned to Win 7.. :bhead
I don't remember if the SR71 is payware or not.
Now I remember why I like to buy my stuff on CDs and have the disks in hand. :bhead :bhead
<edit> found my captainsim account ( www.captainsim.com ) and am redownloading my C130.. Muahahahahaaaaa
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Yep. :D
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii316/hewhokillz/2012-2-18_23-36-49-367.jpg)
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii316/hewhokillz/2012-2-18_23-39-16-19.jpg)
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Looking at the OP I keep thinking, why do people say AH has horrible graphics?
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Here are a couple of the more creative usages of the C130..
(http://www.ka4zzq.com/Mongrels/Fun1.jpg)
(http://www.ka4zzq.com/Mongrels/Fun2.jpg)
And pulling some contrails..
(http://www.ka4zzq.com/Mongrels/Fun3.jpg)
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(http://www.hitechcreations.com/images/stories/a6m5b-3.jpg)
Oh wait, that's us
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Do C-130s even exist with floats?
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Do C-130s even exist with floats?
That's what I thought-- they do!!!!!
And it's actually really cool how closely similar the cockpits of say, the B-17, or the B-29 are between AH and FSX-- FSX's is even less impressive in some cases. AH has a fantastic graphic representation when it comes to the planes, but the terrain is slightly lacking :) :bolt:
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That's what I thought-- they do!!!!!
What model is it?
I tried searching for it but only got FSX pics.
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The CaptainSim calls it a CL-130 a quick dogpile search didn't reveal anything definitive.. yet.
The other one is the NC-130.
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Yeah, Wings of Power is payware.
the C-130 is, too.. but methinks I lost it when I transitioned to Win 7.. :bhead
I don't remember if the SR71 is payware or not.
Now I remember why I like to buy my stuff on CDs and have the disks in hand. :bhead :bhead
<edit> found my captainsim account ( www.captainsim.com ) and am redownloading my C130.. Muahahahahaaaaa
I hope the SR-71 is freeware or cheap. I would re-install the game just to fly it lol
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The FSX Alphasim SR-71 model I have is freeware, otherwise I wouldn't have it :P
I'll PM you the link if you want it
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Oh to have bullets. :devil
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/2011-2-20_13-41-12-228copy.jpg)
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/2011-6-22_11-19-38-893copy.jpg)
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Oh to have bullets. :devil
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/2011-2-20_13-41-12-228copy.jpg)
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/2011-6-22_11-19-38-893copy.jpg)
Funny you mention that..
http://www.captainsim.com/products/w001/
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The CaptainSim calls it a CL-130 a quick dogpile search didn't reveal anything definitive.. yet.
Something is telling me that it does not exist.
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You're probably right, Machfly... The pontoons on the model would be freakin' huge..
Still pretty neat concept, tho..
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You're probably right, Machfly... The pontoons on the model would be freakin' huge..
Still pretty neat concept, tho..
I just don't see a reason why it would need to land on water.
And it would be significantly slower than a normal herc.
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My old Shockwave Spit1 above Orbx's YBCS airport - clouds from REX2 roll in.
FSX is still very much alive
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee35/lengro/YBCS-Spitfire.jpg)
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There was an actual design for the 130 to have floats, but i cant remember if it made it to prototype stage or if it never left the drawing boards. It was the LC-130, not CL-130.
Its just like the C-47 with floats. Those are real and are common in Alaska (rather, thats where most of the float C-47/dc-3's are).
Looking at the OP I keep thinking, why do people say AH has horrible graphics?
Because it does compared to FSX with high settings, let alone if you have 3rd party upgrades.
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There was an actual design for the 130 to have floats, but i cant remember if it made it to prototype stage or if it never left the drawing boards. It was the LC-130, not CL-130.
Its just like the C-47 with floats. Those are real and are common in Alaska (rather, thats where most of the float C-47/dc-3's are).
Because it does compared to FSX with high settings, let alone if you have 3rd party upgrades.
The LC-130 is pretty well documented. It was a version outfitted with skis for snow operations ( in addition to normal runways ). CaptainSim does distinguish between the 2.
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My old Shockwave Spit1 above Orbx's YBCS airport - clouds from REX2 roll in.
FSX is still very much alive
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee35/lengro/YBCS-Spitfire.jpg)
:x That's beautiful!!
The LC-130 is pretty well documented. It was a version outfitted with skis for snow operations ( in addition to normal runways ). CaptainSim does distinguish between the 2.
Yeah, I think it has rockets in front to slow it down on landing/in the back to speeed it up on T/O, right?
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The LC-130 is pretty well documented. It was a version outfitted with skis for snow operations ( in addition to normal runways ). CaptainSim does distinguish between the 2.
however, i think the Float version was the initial LC. IIRC the skiied version beat out the float version in the end due to the excess drag and speed/payload restrictions which is why the LC is the current skiied version.
I cant say that with certainty, but i think thats how it went from the documentry i watched on the c-130 some moons ago.
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There was an actual design for the 130 to have floats, but i cant remember if it made it to prototype stage or if it never left the drawing boards. It was the LC-130, not CL-130.
Its just like the C-47 with floats. Those are real and are common in Alaska (rather, thats where most of the float C-47/dc-3's are).
Because it does compared to FSX with high settings, let alone if you have 3rd party upgrades.
I'd also like to point out that our new AH2 models not only look as good, if not better, that I can run them on my laptop. FSX with everything turned to minimum is essentially unplayable for me.
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new AH2 models not only look as good, if not better
No they arent. They are still very basic models compared to most quality 3rd party add-ons for FS9 or FSX. Now dont get me wrong, for how basic they are, they do look good. But if you put a AH plane into FS, it wouldnt even compare.
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I never try to compare AH vs. FSX with the expectation that AH should be as good, eye-candyish, as FSX.
FSX doesn't have to handle 700 players in a single 'world' like AH does.
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I never try to compare AH vs. FSX with the expectation that AH should be as good, eye-candyish, as FSX.
FSX doesn't have to handle 700 players in a single 'world' like AH does.
exactly, but others keep doing so.
And for the record, FS can handle 100's of people without a drop in performance than if it was just one person.
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I'd also like to point out that our new AH2 models not only look as good, if not better, that I can run them on my laptop. FSX with everything turned to minimum is essentially unplayable for me.
Maybe because I don't have any 3rd party scenery add-ons, but for my money the ground scenery in AH looks much, much better then in FSX. (FSX has better clouds though) Maybe part of it is that FSX is trying to replicate real scenery. But even beyond that, the ground in FSX just looks flat... the roads, grass, fields, buildings are all flat and all have the same texture. They do throw in the odd building that has 3 dimensions in the bigger cities, but for the most part the ground in FSX just looks like a big vinyl floor colored with abstract earth-tones in a random pattern.
Plus I can run AH on max settings, and get 50-60 fps always. In FSX with the graphics sliders about 2/3 to max I stutter along at 15-20 fps, (even at minimum settings I only get 30-35 fps) and -like I said- it looks like crap.
As for the aircraft models, I'd say the latest AH models are as good or better then the stock FSX ones. I do have some payware FSX planes that look better though.
I honestly would prefer prettier ground scenery over prettier airplanes though, since I'm in the plane, looking at the ground, not the other way around.
Not being a computer whiz, I don't understand how one program can look great and run fast, while another similar program looks crappy and runs slow. :headscratch:
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You can't play FSX stock. That's like still playing AH from 2004. You need mods and payware like Real Environment Xtreme.
A proper FSX setup simply isn't comparable to AH at all. Different league.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=yaFqCkvXzcg
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You can't play FSX stock. That's like still playing AH from 2004. You need mods and payware like Real Environment Xtreme.
A proper FSX setup simply isn't comparable to AH at all. Different league.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=yaFqCkvXzcg
Question...
How much of a framerate hit do these aftermarket scenery add-ons make?
Like I said, even with the stock FSX scenery sliders at 2/3rds. I can only get ~18-25 fps. While my computer isn't a "gaming" system. It's no slouch either, I've got a 4 core 2.4Ghz processor, 8GB of ram and a Radeon 4850 video card. It handles AH with all the eye candy just fine, but chokes on FSX looking much worse. I don't get it :headscratch:
Point is if these add-ons have any negative effect on framerate at all, they would make FSX unplayable. That said, I would love to get some pretty scenery for at least North America, if my system could run it.
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Question...
How much of a framerate hit do these aftermarket scenery add-ons make?
In my experience, the planes/vehicles/scenery addons don't take much
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Question...
How much of a framerate hit do these aftermarket scenery add-ons make?
Like I said, even with the stock FSX scenery sliders at 2/3rds. I can only get ~18-25 fps. While my computer isn't a "gaming" system. It's no slouch either, I've got a 4 core 2.4Ghz processor, 8GB of ram and a Radeon 4850 video card. It handles AH with all the eye candy just fine, but chokes on FSX looking much worse. I don't get it :headscratch:
Point is if these add-ons have any negative effect on framerate at all, they would make FSX unplayable. That said, I would love to get some pretty scenery for at least North America, if my system could run it.
Some of the mods actually increase performance, but your R4850 card is the bottleneck in your system. If you can afford to upgrade you gfx card you should. Just about anything on the market now will be a major improvement.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html
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It handles AH with all the eye candy just fine, but chokes on FSX looking much worse.
That's HTC's niche market. They try to inch out every bit of performance they can using the simplest gfx shaders available so that people with office computers can play the game. FSX is not such a game. It's a resource hog.
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Look at this awesome B-17!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJwnNX6_XaA&feature=related
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Look at this awesome B-17!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJwnNX6_XaA&feature=related
It's beautiful :aok Saw it a few weeks ago.
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I found another couple of models :D
Me-323 :devil
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/323ext.png)
Me-323 cockpit
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/323int.png)
B-26
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/b-26ext.png)
B-26 cockpit
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/b-26int.png)
:lol Yes, it's the XB-35 :D
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/b-35ext.png)
I have the Short Hythe-- like the Sunerland, but peactime version.
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/sunderlandext.png)
Short Hythe cockpit
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/sunderlandint.png)
:rofl I had forgotten I had this
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/zeppelinext.png)
Zeppelin cockpit
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/zeppelinint.png)