Those who have the FSX version will know the high standard of modelling on this C337H.

New for FS2004, it is a revelation.

 

Pretty natty VC, too:

 

Pilots look like fashion models according to Carenado. Like they just walked out of a Sears Catalouge!

I think Carenado's pilots look the most realistic by far. Many other developers have "cartoon" looking pilot figures. But I can understand that they are done that way in order to save frame-rates.

 

Not sure how Carenado does it, though. Sharp human graphics and great FPS.

 

P.S. I'll take the "Sears Catalog" pilots over the "Hanna Barbera" ones, any day...

I think The Flight 1 Mustang Pilot needs to look into a Health Club Membership

great FPS

 

Well I can't say that I get great frames, actually Carenado Is the worst planes on FPS in my hangar.

For example I get much better frames in the B377 from A2A and thinking about the complexety of that plane with the engine simulation and Captain of the ship functions, same goes for the Katana4X great performance.

It kind off puzzle me why the Carenado are such hog on my FSX performance. When I stopped using them I could turn my Autogen sliders a lot higher whithout getting stutters.

Allthough there is nothing wrong with the looks of these planes but I have removed all of them from my hangar as they where only collecting dust.

Carenado's figures are very well done, but I wish that they would create some new faces for different planes. You wouldn't have to change the pilot and passenger figure models, just the facial textures to add a little variety.

The pilot figure for the Flight1 Mustang I believe is modeled after Jim Rhoads at Flight1.

 

BIll

...It kind off puzzle me why the Carenado are such hog on my FSX performance. When I stopped using them I could turn my Autogen sliders a lot higher whithout getting stutters.

 

On my old system, (Duo Core 6750, 4Gigs RAM, Nvidia 8800GT) I had no problems running the Carenado C337 Skymaster. Yet, in some sceneries, the Katana 4X would give me an OOM (out of memory) blue screen of death. I think Carenado strikes a good balance between FPS and fidelity of detail in the graphics.

 

 

Carenado's figures are very well done, but I wish that they would create some new faces for different planes. You wouldn't have to change the pilot and passenger figure models, just the facial textures to add a little variety.

The pilot figure for the Flight1 Mustang I believe is modeled after Jim Rhoads at Flight1.

 

BIll

 

I agree wholeheartedly. A variety of well done pilot figures would be most welcomed.

 

It would be interesting if a developer could come up with a program that allows one to "build" their own pilot. Or at the very least, provide several different options that one could select from.

It would be interesting if a developer could come up with a program that allows one to "build" their own pilot. Or at the very least, provide several different options that one could select from.

 

Alexander,

 

I whole-heartedly agree with your suggestion.

 

 

I zoomed in close the other day on the pilot of the default 172 and found what I think is the most useless animation in FSX. He was blinking his eyes!

 

Bill

On my old system, (Duo Core 6750, 4Gigs RAM, Nvidia 8800GT) I had no problems running the Carenado C337 Skymaster. Yet, in some sceneries, the Katana 4X would give me an OOM (out of memory) blue screen of death. I think Carenado strikes a good balance between FPS and fidelity of detail in the graphics.

 

Worst on performance for me was the Cessna Centurion210 and the King Air, Skymaster was in the middle and Cessna 185 Skywagon performed best.The Baron I didn't test so much because I didn't like it at all. But none of them performs so good as the Katana4X for me and the A2A planes.

Pretty natty VC, too:

 

Looks beautifull!

Yep, no doubt about it. They look like people not blocks of wood.

 

Adam