BO-105 PAH1A1 progress news

[Liger Zero]

Spanish army was a former user of the 105.

 

They had 68 helicopters, 28 with HOT anti-tank missiles, the police still use them

 

One of the last duty was to support the sniper´s operations.

 

 

Man that guy has big Balls. :lol:

[The_Fragger]

Small Update 17.04.2014

 

some screens of the current state of work. Today I remodeled the circuit breaker panel of the front console (screens below).

I also applied AO's to some objects... since the mental ray texture baking brought out some results which I don't understand (as usual :thumbup:), I switched to Vray and/or Scanline Light-Tracer which showed much more better results. Thanks again for your patience :)

 

Edited April 18, 2014 by The_Fragger
spelling :)

[wolf5]

Very great, keep the good work :clap_2:

[msalama]

Cheers mate, top work all around :thumbup:

[Cobra847]

Nice progress!

 

A quick tip would be to brighten your textures significantly. The DCS engine will darken them (especially in shadowed areas). DCS does not support any kind of light-bleed or global illumination yet; so with a bright exterior (and light bouncing all over the place), you need to fake this by brightening your textures.

 

Keep it up! :)

[The_Fragger]

Nice progress!

 

A quick tip would be to brighten your textures significantly. The DCS engine will darken them (especially in shadowed areas). DCS does not support any kind of light-bleed or global illumination yet; so with a bright exterior (and light bouncing all over the place), you need to fake this by brightening your textures.

 

Keep it up! :)

 

Thanks for the tip Cobra :). That buged my mind. A friend of mine showed me some screens of the BO-105 ingame where he disabeled HDR and everything was bright. That made me darken all textures.

[Flagrum]

Small Update 17.04.2014

 

some screens of the current state of work. Today I remodeled the circuit breaker panel of the front console (screens below).

I also applied AO's to some objects... since the mental ray texture baking brought out some results which I don't understand (as usual :thumbup:), I switched to Vray and/or Scanline Light-Tracer which showed much more better results. Thanks again for your patience :)

 

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: (5/5 thumbs up! :o)

[Darkwolf]

Fragger, you have gold in your finger. And i weight my words.

 

Keep going, you are about to do great things.

[barrydem41]

That is a nice looking bird. Keep up the good work.

[Cobra847]

Thanks for the tip Cobra :). That buged my mind. A friend of mine showed me some screens of the BO-105 ingame where he disabeled HDR and everything was bright. That made me darken all textures.

 

Additionally, with black painted surfaces you have the perfect opportunity to utilize specular maps to their full advantage in DCS. Unfortunately they don't work too well with light surfaces.

And yes, to make it work in all lighting conditions and with the different settings is a pain in the arse. :D

[RagnarDa]

Wow! These look stunning! The texturing is very detailed.

[The_Fragger]

My latest achivement. Present of my girlfriend :)

[RagnarDa]

She sounds like a keeper :)

[The_Fragger]

I hope she ain't give me a broad hint for my sitting to often at the PC :)

[badger66]

If this will have the HOT missile ..... im having it ..........

[The_Fragger]

If this will have the HOT missile ..... im having it ..........

 

Bo 105P/PAH-1A1 : Improved anti-tank version for the German Army, fitted with six HOT missile tubes.

[badger66]

Bo 105P/PAH-1A1 : Improved anti-tank version for the German Army, fitted with six HOT missile tubes.

 

Wow ..... I hate askin this ..... but what kinda time frame we talkin about ..... Im happy to wait ..... I realise its a private venture and real life gets in the way sometimes .

[The_Fragger]

Wow ..... I hate askin this ..... but what kinda time frame we talkin about ..... Im happy to wait ..... I realise its a private venture and real life gets in the way sometimes .

 

 

Please read the whole thread ;). I mentioned that I'm still waiting for additional pictures and a 100 % proved and signed contract of the German army. just in case ;).

 

There are still a lot of things to do. Creating an helo and/or fixed wing in DCS is not to be done in a year or two, especially when you're only two guys.

[RagnarDa]

Two guys?

[The_Fragger]

Two guys?

 

Yes, that's TOWSIM (my father) and me :). He will do the coding stuff.

[RagnarDa]

The Aries Radio Systems guy? Great! Glad two people in a family can share a project like this. Speaks to the broad appeal across generations that flight sims have. :)

 

Are you looking to base your FM on rotorlib or any other existing solution?

[The_Fragger]

The Aries Radio Systems guy? Great! Glad two people in a family can share a project like this. Speaks to the broad appeal across generations that flight sims have. :)

 

Are you looking to base your FM on rotorlib or any other existing solution?

 

Yes :). The Flightmodel is planned to be coded from scratch (as close as possible to the real one) including: Hydraulics behaviour, Electric ....

Edited April 20, 2014 by The_Fragger

[The_Fragger]

Additionally, with black painted surfaces you have the perfect opportunity to utilize specular maps to their full advantage in DCS. Unfortunately they don't work too well with light surfaces.

And yes, to make it work in all lighting conditions and with the different settings is a pain in the arse. :D

 

Yes :) I agree with you. I always playing with the sliders in the modelviewer.

[badger66]

Please read the whole thread ;). I mentioned that I'm still waiting for additional pictures and a 100 % proved and signed contract of the German army. just in case ;).

 

 

Ok , just looking for a quick answer ..... I don't wish to read through 35 pages .

 

Best of luck ..... Im lookin forward to when it comes out .

[Wissam24]

Would be helpful to have an FAQ in your original post including maybe the the most recent update as you post them?