New FSXBA Hornet

[Dman]

This thread has been awfully quiet...

[jimi08]

Hey Dman,
Yes, my apologies.  Lot's of stuff going on in my personal life at the moment.  Recently joined back with the FSX Blues, so a lot of sim time has been spent working with them vs. modding and development.  Plus, I have kinda hit a stagnant point in terms of what I can do and what needs to be done.

[Jax]

Hello All, I am new here and wanted to say Hi to all at FSDT and forum members as well. I am a Capt. over at Marine Air Virtual/VFC-13 Squadron and been flying the default FA-18 for over 5 yrs or so, looking forward to test the new 2014 FSDT Hornet. Thank you for the giving us the chance to fly it and to learn more about this new Bird. Thank you and be safe out there.

[dreaminsight]

Hey Switch, what aircraft do you fly on the reality? The real F/A-18C or D?

[Jax]

Hey Switch, what aircraft do you fly on the reality? The real F/A-18C or D?

Hey, whats up?? I fly the F/A-18D.

[dreaminsight]

Wow! That's amazing! i am Swiss and my dreamjob's to became pilot on the swiss air force (we also have C and D hornets).... on 2 weeks i am all days free of engagements and i can fly online! please PM me! i were honored to fly with you;D

[murthy]

 did anyone heard rumors about that project will be payware?

[Orion]

Jamal (the person who originally developed the 3D model) is making a new Hornet that will be payware. As far as I know, the version released by the FSX Blue Angels (originally released by Madcatz in Combat Pilot) will continue to be freeware.

[Panic]

Hey jimi love this bird, she is absolutely wonderful! A worthy competitor of the VRS just as freeware. I was wondering if there was anyway that the red light in the cockpit could be changed to a green color as is used on many of the current Hornets?


Panic

[Panic]

Anyone think that you could use the Default F-18's Paintkit to repaint this lovely bird?

[JesterBoy]

Anyone think that you could use the Default F-18's Paintkit to repaint this lovely bird?

Hi Panic, I think you will find that the Default Hornet and the FSXBA Hornet are independent of each other with completely different UVW maps... So it would be impossible to apply or use the Default Paint-kit. 

Jesterboy

[JesterBoy]

Hi Guys,

I thought I would share some pictures of an early work in progress... I have personally decided to recreate the Blue Angels repaint due to a few errors and lack of detail included with the original
This new repaint features new diffuse, specular and bump maps and will act as a base for other paint schemes to be created off.

Cheers
Jesterboy

[Panic]

Look good Jester, I will be nice to have a base scheme to be able to paint off of! 
Thanks for the important info on the Paint Kit.

Panic

[Victory103]

Nice job Jesterboy, even the mirrored visor! Based on the helmet to canopy distance, I'm guessing the pilot is in the 6'5" range.

[jimi08]

Very nice stuff guys.  I am still working on this bird, but have to admit, progress has been painstakingly slow.  Things have really picked up on the ship, which doesn't afford me much time to work on the jet.

Recently, I have been working with the FSX Blue Angels in the latest slew of tweaking.  A lot of the "bells and whistles" have been taken out in order to increase multiplayer operations, but we have been able to make some good headway in the handling of the jet.  In particular, throttle/afterburner power and response.  Still kinda at a stand-still with tweaks/upgrades to the physical model.  When I get some time, I will re-add the effects an features, re-tweak for combat variants and repost.

Thanks again for the support and I'll update when I get the time.