January 12, 20188 yr The Short Solent MK III has been updated by Michael Wilson. She now uses PBR textures and looks fantastic. Now she only works with XP 11. Regards Nils
January 18, 20188 yr Is this payware? | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
March 31, 20197 yr HI, I worked with Micheal to produce the PBR version of the Solent. I'm sitting on a whole heap of major new additional improvements to the Solent, but Mike Wilson seems to have vanished !! Real External Cockpit Glass effect Rivets and Flap ridges to textures and NMLs CowlFlaps and enabled the panel cowl flap manipulator Added Engine Detail Reversed direction of the props (they were spinning the wrong way based on the prop pitch) Dropped engine minimum RPM to allow very slow water taxi simulation. Tweaked starter torque for more realistic starts. Repositioned landing lights and enhanced the glass. Applied Beaching Gear PBR NML Internal Cockpit Glass reflection effects (can disable at night by swapping certain files using a .bat file included) Enabled cockpit shadows by using internal glass object Added Wheel and Stick animation Created Instrument Glass and 3Drings Overlaid the 2D clickable controls onto the 3D panels (Can manipulate all controls and switches from the 3D panel) Animated clickable mixture levers Backlit instruments Applied Night cockpit lighting with controls for PanelFlood, Dome and Instrument brightness Enhanced instrument textures for better night lighting effects Pilots removed from internal view (for wheel animation to look right) Applied particle effects for water, outer floats, engine smoke and startup smoke effects for xplane 11.30 Classified as "Seaplane" so it appears in the Seaplane section of the Flight Configurator. Now, if I could only get in touch with Mike Wilson. He's been missing for 6 months now The Solent features prominently in the demo video of the free FlyWithLUA "Wingman View" script I released for X-Camera and Xplane11 Edited March 31, 20197 yr by smoothchat Specs: Win10, 4790K, nVidia 1080ti, Saitek Yoke+Quadrant+Radio/Switch and AP panels, VRInsight 737 overhead, Virtual Avionics 737 MCP. 3 x 1440*900 main display + 1024*600 VDU display. NLR V3 Motion seat. Oculus DK2 CV1 HTC Vive VR headsets.
March 31, 20197 yr Author wow, awesome work! 😍 I hope Michael is okay! I love his planes (DC-8, Tristar and Short Solent). I guess i will buy the 707 package to support him. Regards Nils
March 31, 20197 yr Commercial Member I like Mike. His 707 was the first payware I bought back in 2009. We emailed each other a few times when he asked about some texturing tips a few years ago. I emailed him the other day, and he usually replies within a day, so yes, the fact he hasn't replied is a little concerning. Keep us informed @smoothchat if you hear from him.
April 5, 20197 yr On 4/1/2019 at 3:28 AM, jt8d9a said: wow, awesome work! 😍 I hope Michael is okay! I love his planes (DC-8, Tristar and Short Solent). I guess i will buy the 707 package to support him. Yes, I worked with Mike on all of these planes to add PBR effects for XP11.x. Specs: Win10, 4790K, nVidia 1080ti, Saitek Yoke+Quadrant+Radio/Switch and AP panels, VRInsight 737 overhead, Virtual Avionics 737 MCP. 3 x 1440*900 main display + 1024*600 VDU display. NLR V3 Motion seat. Oculus DK2 CV1 HTC Vive VR headsets.
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