Luckybob9 & SithSpawn's B17 Project

[tintifaxl]

DCS Europe 1944 kickstarter campaign at the time of this post gathered $115,541, the goal to develop the B-17 is reaching $425,000 and they only have 6 days left.

 

I don't think you should stop developing it really, because for now a B-17 is not coming to DCS.

 

RRG need to provide an AI B-17 at least.

[Double_D]

DCS Europe 1944 kickstarter campaign at the time of this post gathered $115,541, the goal to develop the B-17 is reaching $425,000 and they only have 6 days left.

 

I don't think you should stop developing it really, because for now a B-17 is not coming to DCS.

 

 

Its up to the two gents in charge whether to restart up finishing the B17, right now I am having issue's with it ... for some reason now won't drop payload, even when it did..

 

But once again its up to them...they are working very hard to finish the Do17, its looking great..:thumbup:

[Fudge]

Do 17 is looking good. Can't hit the FW but maybe I can take that down :)

[NineLine]

DCS Europe 1944 kickstarter campaign at the time of this post gathered $115,541, the goal to develop the B-17 is reaching $425,000 and they only have 6 days left.

 

I don't think you should stop developing it really, because for now a B-17 is not coming to DCS.

 

I believe we will see the B-17 from them, its just if the stretch goals arent met it will be longer (and not free of course) I thought that the AI B-17 was planned for release though...

[Double_D]

As promised here is a very very short video of the B17 Flying Fortress being escorted by the Virtual Tuskegee Airmen.

 

I was hoping to show much more of what this model is capable of but for some reason's on my end, some things are not working they way they should so I came up with this video..

 

Hope you like it, and hope you are not too disapointed..also like I mentioned my film editing has a lot to be disired..so for that..so be easy on me..:music_whistling:

 

A Great job " Luckybob9 & SithSpawn " looking forward to the " Do17 " also a quick mention for the B-17 sound ( best heard with you sound volumn up loud ) goes to " Diveplane " and all round great job...

 

And the sound of the P-51D Mustang is from " VTA-Sniper "( aka: RAAF_Sniper )

 

 

Edited:

 

Thanks to the Mustang Pilots flying escort for this..

 

Virtual Tuskegee Airmen:

 

Pilots: VTA-Shahdoh; VTA-Sniper; VTA-Fadec

Edited October 1, 2013 by Double_D

[NoJoe]

Wow...! Great sound!

 

--NoJoe

[Red.01]

One word "AWESOME"

 

Great work guys

 

Red

[tintifaxl]

Very nice!

[Double_D]

If I get some extra time I will try to make another video of the B17, in much more detail...

 

Cheers..:thumbup:

[NineLine]

If I get some extra time I will try to make another video of the B17, in much more detail...

 

Cheers..:thumbup:

 

 

And maybe after I retexture her as well ;)

[Fudge]

That is a lovely sound. How did you obtain it? (I'd imagine there are not many flying around any more :( )

[NineLine]

That is a lovely sound. How did you obtain it? (I'd imagine there are not many flying around any more :( )

 

 

Those are diveplane's secrets :)

[Double_D]

That is a lovely sound. How did you obtain it? (I'd imagine there are not many flying around any more :( )

 

Yes, sounds addon was from " Diveplane "...

 

Edited;

 

I did re-edit proir post with the video giving credit to all those involved in this project..

Edited September 30, 2013 by Double_D

[Double_D]

Our Video is close to this real flyby

 

What I tried to do with this particular video is to try and capture the same example as in this picture..came sort of close I'd say..

 

[Cibit]

Exciting times best wishes with your project:thumbup:

[Red.01]

Is there any news or updates on this project??

 

Would love to know more

[NineLine]

Slowy plugging away at it, B-17 and Do-17 as well. Not much to update as of yet. Running into some road blocks with limitations of DCS World, but chipping away at them.

[Double_D]

When all is said and done, I'll buy the beers..:thumbup:

 

Yesterday my new

 

Asus Sabertooth Z87 1150 Mother board

Intel i7 (4770k) processor

 

were deliveried..fast man fast

 

Purchased Friday Morning and delivered Monday Morning..expecting more parts during the week...

 

Slowy plugging away at it, B-17 and Do-17 as well. Not much to update as of yet. Running into some road blocks with limitations of DCS World, but chipping away at them.

[NineLine]

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[Whiplash]

Looks great!

 

With the recent development of DCS taking over for RRG is there any connection between this project and wags comment about adding an AI B-17? :music_whistling:

[NineLine]

Only connection is I feel comfortable wasting time on this again... I dont know how long it will be before DCS WWII gets a B-17 AI... so I will play with this one again... maybe we can have something to intercept in the 190 till DCS WWII gets here :)

[Whiplash]

maybe we can have something to intercept in the 190 till DCS WWII gets here :)

 

Or something to defend in the P-51 :)

 

This might be a dumb questions but its not exactly clear to me. Was the initial goal to create an AI mod to release for the public or is it more of an in house thing?

[NineLine]

Its mostly up to Double D I think, I am using it as a learning tool, he wants something to escort for his shows... I would like to be able to let others use it for sure... but I am, as I said, using this as a learning tool... so slow and steady is the key :)

 

All that said, I am not a huge fan of keeping stuff private, I dont have an issue of people doing that, but I rather share... my mommy taught me well ;)

[Whiplash]

my mommy taught me well ;)

 

Good on her! I have to agree sharing is caring ;)

 

Not because I was raised well (which I would argue I was) but because I have no idea what it takes to produce something like this and all I want is to use it for my own benefit with as little investment from myself as possible :D

 

oops that came out way wrong, actually I too completely understand why some choose to withhold their hard work from others but I also know it's nice to feel appreciated once in a while. On one hand VTA could have a monopoly on the only B-17 in DCS (for a while) which will bring them lots of positive attention, on the other hand if it goes public everyone will love you but not everyone will be as interested in your shows perhaps. besides I imagine the work involved in creating a damage model and AI turret gunners is quite a bit compared to a basic AI model that could be used strictly for acrobatic purposes.

 

Either way best of luck to all those involved with the project, please keep us updated!

[NineLine]

We will see what becomes of it all, I have some lofty dreams for it.

 

Good on her! I have to agree sharing is caring ;)

 

Not because I was raised well (which I would argue I was) but because I have no idea what it takes to produce something like this and all I want is to use it for my own benefit with as little investment from myself as possible :D

 

oops that came out way wrong, actually I too completely understand why some choose to withhold their hard work from others but I also know it's nice to feel appreciated once in a while. On one hand VTA could have a monopoly on the only B-17 in DCS (for a while) which will bring them lots of positive attention, on the other hand if it goes public everyone will love you but not everyone will be as interested in your shows perhaps. besides I imagine the work involved in creating a damage model and AI turret gunners is quite a bit compared to a basic AI model that could be used strictly for acrobatic purposes.

 

Either way best of luck to all those involved with the project, please keep us updated!