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whiteside

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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #810 on: July 28, 2015, 07:57:57 pm »
Jimi,
So I am clear...
I will go over to my old hard drive and last fsx folder with acceleration and drag that f18 gauge file from there to p3d gauges folder?
Will that fix the sim connect error also?
Thank you
Will

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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #811 on: July 28, 2015, 11:04:18 pm »
Yes.  Can't make any promises, but it should.  Usually if your MFDs arent working, its because you are missing that gauge.  I just verified.  The name of the gauge is "FA-18"
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whiteside

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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #812 on: July 29, 2015, 02:16:15 am »
Thank you I will report back asap!


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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #813 on: July 29, 2015, 03:47:30 am »
Just doing some final tweaks...
Eight paints in all: six -18C's and two -18B's.

















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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #814 on: July 29, 2015, 03:41:43 pm »
Man, these paints looks awesome!  Outstanding work Kea!

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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #815 on: July 29, 2015, 08:35:42 pm »
I agree with Mr. Hendricks 110%! The specular effect is amazingly well done...
That IS what makes them shine like they're polished, right? I think it is, anyway.
Pat☺

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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #816 on: August 03, 2015, 10:32:11 am »
Sorry for the delay guys, been away for the last five days. Just fixing some small issues, and I have a question for other repainters/Jimi/anyone:

Anyone know what file the part of the canopy frame (marked in the image below) for the D model can be found in?



Cheers all...

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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #817 on: August 03, 2015, 05:36:12 pm »
Hi Kea, your textures look great!

Concerning the canopy texture issue you mentioned, have a look at the first screenshot. This adjustment is only necessary for the D version textures.

Additionally, I have provided some more screenshots showing the differences between the C/D version concerning the painting of the canopy.
- Example1: Replicating the canopy texture from a C version to a D version will introduce some unwanted colors inside the canopy of the D version. In order to minimize the occurrence of this issue one should use a different layout, as provided, in the screenshots below (jpg 1 and 2).
- Example2: In case one just wants to paint the frontal part of the canopy (the windshield, like in a cabrio) the texture layout will need to be modified a bit further from the default example (jpg 3 and 4).

I got this figured out by trial and error a while ago, so I hope this will help you.

Best regards, Peter
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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #818 on: August 03, 2015, 08:35:15 pm »
Excellent!
Thank you sir!

whiteside

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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #819 on: August 04, 2015, 01:47:59 am »
Yes.  Can't make any promises, but it should.  Usually if your MFDs arent working, its because you are missing that gauge.  I just verified.  The name of the gauge is "FA-18"

MFD's working great! Thank you! Now I got a Red message when I select any model of the Hornet.

"Hornet FCS SimConnect Exception: SIMCONNECT_EXCEPTION_UNRECOGNIZED_ID"
Any ideas?
Will
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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #820 on: August 04, 2015, 02:29:08 am »
I also get the following error:


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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #821 on: August 04, 2015, 07:40:19 am »
Sounds like an ORION question...

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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #822 on: August 04, 2015, 11:14:42 am »
Peter...

You know where these bits are (circled in white)? Little grey piece on the vertical stabilizers and the colour creeping into the burner petals?



Almost there with "version 1" NSAWC repaints! Well, actually they're more like version 29.

Jimi: not sure where you're at with Tacpacking this baby but are you happy for me to also release some basic TP code for RWR, flares and NVG?

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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #823 on: August 04, 2015, 03:53:48 pm »
I installed the Iris A10 as well and I get a similar sound file error but no simconnect ID error.

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Re: New FSXBA Hornet
« Reply #824 on: August 04, 2015, 04:58:16 pm »
Whiteside:
I get the same sound.ini error message from time to time, switching between different model versions back and forth, usually for development reasons. The result is a distortion in the sound effects. Usually switching slowly between different views and giving the sim a few seconds to get settled and than reloading a different model fixes the issue, meaning the model will be loaded without the error message. In some cases restarting the sim also helps.
I have no idea what actually causes this message, because the mentioned file is not present in any mod version I got. In the panel.cfg gauge17 is referencing the respective sound.ini:

//SOUND   
gauge17=dsd_fsx_xml_sound!Sound,  2,2,2,2, \Sounds\Sounds.ini

Moreover, I do not understand why sometimes everything works ok, and sometimes this message pops up. Maybe something is getting messed up during the load of the sound gauge?

Kea:
Concerning the visual glitches you posted, I have marked the positions where you can find the fixes in the screen shots. One word of advice, I found out that the margin of error for painting the exhaust feathers is very small. If you extend the black area around the feathers too far, they will show under the the airbrake cover. On the other hand, if you paint too much into the exhaust feathers, they will show the paint, as in your case.

Hope this is of some help, Peter
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