Hazzerboraco Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 How long till this plane is ready? The end of this year? :matrix: :joystick: ....... BOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM ....... :megalol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merker Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 How long till this plane is ready? The end of this year? It will be ready when its ready :) Former A-4E-C 3D Artist Logo Credit to Plusnine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra99 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 RAZBAM is already making an Intruder, so a Prowler would not be bad to follow up with. :) The only issue would be modeling ECM in the DCS world. It could be done but it would have to be mostly guesswork since the vast majority of ECM tech is classified. Personally...I'd love to be able to build a "Final Countdown" Carrier wing. Tomcats, Corsairs, Intruders, Vigilantes, Crusaders... Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh :happy: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Primary Computer ASUS Z390-P, i7-9700K CPU @ 5.0Ghz, 32GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 @ 3200Mhz, ZOTAC GeForce 1070 Ti AMP Extreme, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe drives (1Tb & 500 Gb), Windows 10 Professional, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Thrustmaster Warthog Stick, Thrustmaster Cougar Throttle, Cougar MFDs x3, Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals and TrackIR 5. -={TAC}=-DCS Server Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3, i7-3770K CPU @ 3.90GHz, 32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 @ 1600Mhz, ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merker Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 With regards to a follow up, its unfortunately very unlikely given Gos's absence and my own professional life. However, if I ever were to work on another aircraft, I'd love to do a Vietnam-era F-8 Crusader or similar. Within the scope of limitations on SDK access to modders, the ideal aircraft for a DCS mod is pre-1970 without any radar or Semi/Active-AA Missiles. You get both the most fidelity, as well as the most usable aircraft outside of the WWII environment. Some models, like the F-8, A-4 and Mirage 5, served long past the 50s and 60s into the 80s and 90s. The Mirage 5 even continues flying today! Given the experience I've had over the past 2 1/2 years, I think that it would be much easier to select and execute the development of a new plane. It feels like a lot of knowledge to walk away from, but honestly its very difficult to make mod development happen when you have a demanding career which requires a completely different professional skill set. Burnout is also a very real thing, which I discussed in rather great length in this reddit post. We'll see what happens, but for now I (and probably the rest of the team) just want to see this thing through to the finish line before making any future plans. Former A-4E-C 3D Artist Logo Credit to Plusnine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VZ_342 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Thank you, I for one (and I'm sure there are many, many others) sincerely appreciate the efforts you and all of the A-4 team have been making. (My heart sank when you mentioned "burnout is...a very real thing", which I know all too well.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinusoidDelta Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Thank you, I for one (and I'm sure there are many, many others) sincerely appreciate the efforts you and all of the A-4 team have been making. (My heart sank when you mentioned "burnout is...a very real thing", which I know all too well.) +1 However long it may take, the A-4 will have far more significance to me than any DCS module ever has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG-51_Razor Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Within the scope of limitations on SDK access to modders, the ideal aircraft for a DCS mod is pre-1970 without any radar or Semi/Active-AA Missiles. You get both the most fidelity, as well as the most usable aircraft outside of the WWII environment. Some models, like the F-8, A-4 and Mirage 5, served long past the 50s and 60s into the 80s and 90s. The Mirage 5 even continues flying today! We'll see what happens, but for now I (and probably the rest of the team) just want to see this thing through to the finish line before making any future plans. I think that what you describe there is a perfect world for a Douglas Skyraider!! :thumbup: Archaemedie (sp?) sorry, I can never remember how to spell your call sign properly. BRING IT!! :pilotfly: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archimaede Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 The A-4E goes first :) Community A-4E mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG-51_Razor Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 :thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero.ger Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 the ideal aircraft for a DCS mod is pre-1970 without any radar or Semi/Active-AA Missiles. not to derail this topic BUT SARH-A2A-Missles are available to modders without any fc3 avionics 'controlling' the Ka50 feels like a discussion with the Autopilot and trim system about the flight direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LevelPulse Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 not to derail this topic BUT SARH-A2A-Missles are available to modders without any fc3 avionics The skyhawk model they are doing, the E, did not carry SARH missiles. Only the AIM-9 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Director | Team Coordinator ME-163B Project The DCS Modding Hub Discord PC Specs: Intel I7 8700k 4.7Ghz Gigabyte Aorus Ultra Gaming Z370 Motherboard 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3000MHz Ram 500GB Samsung Evo 850 SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merker Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 They're referring to my "ideal aircraft mod" which in all honesty I had no idea it was possible to to SARH. In either case, it's definitely easier to just do a non-radar aircraft in general for modding, given how complex it is. Former A-4E-C 3D Artist Logo Credit to Plusnine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG-51_Razor Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I realize that just about everybody within the DCS community is presently occupied with the newly arrived F/A-18C Hornet, as am I, but I just wanted the Community A-4E Team to know that your project has not been forgotten. We are all looking forward to the next bone you'll be throwing our way. No hurry though. Go ahead and get the Hornet figured out and shaken down. Once you've mastered A-A refueling and gotten carrier qualified, we will be patiently waiting for more information on your project. :thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbot Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Well, not so patient here. After all it's end of the month... :D A-10A, A-10C, A-10C II, AV-8B, F-5E, F-16C, F/A-18C, F-86F, Yak-52, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria, Supercarrier, Combined Arms, FW 190 A-8, FW 190 D-9, Spitfire LF Mk. IX, Normandy + WWII Assets Pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merker Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Updating coming! For reference, all updates go live on the 1st day of the month, generally in the afternoon EST. Currently making some last minute changes and creating a few videos for you :) Former A-4E-C 3D Artist Logo Credit to Plusnine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merker Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 (edited) Community A-4E Update: June 2018 Today marks my 24th rotation around our star, and in celebration we have a massive update for you all! We’ve been very busy bees this month, and are ready to (officially) reveal the fully modelled, unwrapped and textured cockpit. Between modelling and unwrapping, this work is the culmination of nearly two years’ worth of work (a celebration indeed). In many development houses, the work we’ve done would obviously go far faster. However as volunteers working with little background, it’s been a constant learning process which has gotten us to where we are today in a greater amount of time. Other important progress this month is the completion of our external lighting, addition of raindrops to the canopy and implementation of PBR textures for our external model. Let’s dive in! The cockpit textures are really what can take a model to the next level. This is certainly the case for us. Plusnine’s (callmepartario) work is truly astounding for the rest of the team to see. The amount of detail that a model can appear to have without actually modelling anything can be increased a great deal by correct use of shading, substance painting, and other key texture concepts.Keep in mind that these are all still very much an active work area, and even these images are a bit late as a result of the rapid progress occurring on certain pieces in the cockpit. Also in the texture arena was the implementation of PBR textures for our external model. This allows purely 2D details such as rivets and panel gaps to appear 3D. In use, it really brings the external model up a few notches and on par with other models in DCS. We still have some parts of the aircraft which need to be unwrapped, but once this is done it will have a very high amount of detail and will fit right in with other aircraft. I’ve included some examples below, observe how the panel lines are evident along the side of the fuselage and on top of the wing. These would not contrast like this without PBR. As an all-weather attack aircraft, the A-4’s cockpit requires good cockpit lighting during many missions. One of the final things which Gos and I worked on in the cockpit was our lighting, which most notably was his final update before passing. Thankfully, he left behind the code needed for us to extend this work to the external model, and with the needed updates, we have functioning external lights. Of course, we see this as an additive process where we will continually improve upon aspects as we go such as brightness. Another win this month came late last week, when the introduction of rain effects, along with a helpful comment from CptSmiley on reddit helped Plusnine and I figure out how to implement raindrops on the canopy. We’re working to refine it a bit, as I believe I haven’t implemented it with the correct material properties, but so far it looks great. Note the issue with flat grey in the canopy. The fix couldn’t make it into update unfortunately. Of course, I have several more great screenshots coming to you courtesy of the latest updates to carrier landings. Also be sure to check out my video on landing on a carrier with the A-4. A very big thanks to ED for making some bug fixes which allow us to land again! If the video link isn't working for you, visit https://youtu.be/MUv34ZsAZ3Y On the Horizon: This month I personally intend to complete the unwrap of the external model, as well as implementing carrier takeoff should our code allow for it. We already have existing methods of carrier takeoff (a special condition in our SFM) however we would like to have the most complete mod for you possible. Stretch goals this month include bugfixes for our canopy glass, unwrap of our external pilot and unwrap of our custom MER rack. We will not have an internal pilot, however given the cramped conditions I don’t think you’ll miss having one (it would get in the way very quickly)! Follow us on Twitch! We’ve started streaming on twitch around once or twice a week. Feel free to follow us to be notified when we go live! https://www.twitch.tv/plusnine_tvb https://www.twitch.tv/merker6/ Behind the Scenes: Another excellent month of progress! We’re making great strides which I think have certainly kept us on a good trajectory towards the release date I have in mind. Of course, we will not announce anything until we are absolutely sure it will be ready to release on-time and without serious bugs. Many good things to come, it’s not much farther now! Edited June 1, 2018 by Merker Former A-4E-C 3D Artist Logo Credit to Plusnine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG-51_Razor Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Awesome update Merker! I don't know which I am looking forward to the most, the A-4 or your model of the Oriskany! :thumbup: thank you. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadnaut Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Community A-4E Update: June 2018 My dad flew A-4's in the Marine Corps for 22 years, I'm very excited to see this! VMA-214 in 1968. Dad is back row, 4th from the right. He had to hunch down a tad to pass the physical to fit in the A-4. Flight line photo from Chu Lai. Bunch of A-4's on the ramp. Dreadnaut Virtual Blue Angels #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plusnine_ Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 (edited) wow, awesome photos, thanks for sharing those with us! Edited June 1, 2018 by plusnine_ plusnine Community A-4E-C (Textures & sounds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bell_rj Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 This is a really good update. I will definately be flying this when it is released. PC specs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorcoRosso86 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Great updates! My hype for this mod is really high! IndiaFoxtEcho Textures Artist My DCS liveries on UserFiles page here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert31178 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 I know it's hard to keep up with the release of PG map and Hornet, along with today's news of the BST/ED merger, but....... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!! Loves me some Scooter, best one-holer the Navy and Marines ever had!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbot Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Great news! Thanks! :thumbup: A-10A, A-10C, A-10C II, AV-8B, F-5E, F-16C, F/A-18C, F-86F, Yak-52, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria, Supercarrier, Combined Arms, FW 190 A-8, FW 190 D-9, Spitfire LF Mk. IX, Normandy + WWII Assets Pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLTeo Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Holy crap, that is truly outstanding work! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook47 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 YES! Amazing! Thank you for this update, it looks incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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