B55 SP fixes

[tttocs 301]

It's only natural to point out things that are wrong, so I thought I'd take a minute, go the other direction and give a big "thank you" for some of the fixes I've already noticed.

 

Landing lights: Seem much improved, at least from the ground and cockpit views. In particular, the lights no longer bleed through the wings as they originally did from some angles in the VC.

VSI: Now reads properly at 0 in level flight

Altimeter Kollsman window: Now reads in in.hg (and in both in.hg and hectopascals in the tooltip)

Gauge lights: the problem I had with several gauge hands being invisible at night is fixed

RealityXP integration: now appears to work perfectly when properly configured

Panel light switches: now work with mouse wheel and are much easier to manipulate

 

I expect there are more that I've not yet discovered. Anything others have noticed?

 

Still need to spend some time with the E55 to see what's what there.

 

Scott

[n4gix 4,955]

Thanks, Scott! You have indeed found several of the more important updates/fixes/changes...

 

Since you've asked, here is the complete "Change Log" for the last three SP1 builds:

 

B55 CHANGE LOG

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07/02/2012

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1. Added 3d "housings" for all instruments to prevent possibility of "scenery leaks" around edges.

2. Found and fixed the problem with non-lighted HSI "dots" and "sky pointer" on attitude indicator.

3. Fixed problem with KAP140 "cutting" the GNS430 left knob, and glass "cutting" GNS530 right knob.

4. Checked for abnormal movement of left main tire. Reversed keyframes for l_tire_blurred control node.

5 Edited gearup/geardown .wav files to fit 3.1 second extend/retract animation.

6. Added missing B55_fresnel_red.dds file (that's why the exterior glass had no reflections!)

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06/30/2012

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1. Fixed landing gear extend/retract animation and synched to gear sound files.

2. Fixed exterior glass so it won't disappear when the cockpit lights are on.

3. Lowered intensity of 3d landing lights

4. Fixed elevator trim tab

5. Changed landing light switch operation to left click on/off toggle

6. Trimmed a LOT of "fat" from the interior model to reduce sim load (stuff that can't be seen from inside).

7. Corrected operation of rudder trim: left trim - nose and needle go left, trimtab goes right and vice-versa

8. Lighted the compass card for night operations

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06/28/2012

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1. Calibrated ADI Bank and Roll with parallax correction

2. Calibrated both OAT gauges, removed small pointers (unnecessary)

3. Changed instrument lighting knob to use left/right/mousewheel to control, added dynamic tooltip

4. Added dynamic tooltip to Panel Flood knob

5. Added dynamic tooltip to Post Light knob

6. Improved tail beacon light (transparent glass, bright flash)

7. Exterior glass fixed (was invisible at night), set z-bias to eliminate GPS "bleed-through"

8. Fixed nosegear wheel chocks

9. Fixed exterior hinges for vent window

10. Fixed prop texture to make rear of blades flat black.updated diffuse, specular and bump maps

11. VSI Needle: Changed VSI needle to use Linear Rotation and calibrated

12. RMI Needles: Changed both needles to Linear Rotation, re-calibrated.

Double needle is VOR/Localizer. Defaults to Nav2 Freq. Fixed switch for RMI Nav Source under the old Century autopilot. Reset compass card and recalibrated

13. Added additional CDI "dots" to HSI.Recalibrated CDI needle. Adjusted length of needle gap to match CDI needle Reset compass card and recalibrated

14. Recalibrated airspeed needle after reseting Linear rotation controller

15. Fixed tooltip on altimeter's kohlsman knob for both inHg and MB. Recalibrated kohlsman index after resetting Linear rotation controller.

16. Fixed (lightened) knob textures on GPS's

17. Configured Installer to create two Airplane folders: 55 and E55 (Bernt's and John's respectively) such that textures and aircraft sounds are shared between the two folders.

[tttocs 301]

Interesting. Thanks for the list!

 

So, what's now designated the E55 is actually the original plane/FDE, and the B55 is really the new guy on the block.

 

Scott

[n4gix 4,955]

Interesting. Thanks for the list!

 

So, what's now designated the E55 is actually the original plane/FDE, and the B55 is really the new guy on the block.

 

Scott

Roger that, Scott. Over...