Nicola_M

Hmm, I wouldn't mind but it wasn't exactly helpful being given misleading information on the xp2b page in the first place. I get the DRM stuff, but the author of the luggage actually suggested Blender and xp2b to resize his luggage in his readme. But I agree; it wasn't the most helpful of things to make it the size a bloody Yeti would carry anyway.

Yeah, I had a whole evening's "time" to learn how to open a file. And still failed. How hard should Import item/Work on item be?

So I'm giving up, uninstalled it, going back to painting. But that's the problem - how many others have been deterred from taking up making something for xplane, because Blender is unnecessarily complicated? A short beginners manual explaining what should be installed where, and more importantly, what files should be downloaded, would go a long way to getting people into making things for xp.

Okay, so I wanted to scale some luggage, that someone else made, for a helicopter. The luggage is in xplane obj format. Reading that Marginal did Blender AND the xplane2Blender, I figured that was the best to try, as Sketchup still needed another plugin to read/write xplane obj files anway, whereas at least Marginals ones should at least talk the same language. So I went here and downloaded xp2b version 3.09 noting that it says it "requires Blender 2.4x." And here to download the Blender 2.40 exe file. Great, I install Blender onto my system (WinXP) but not sure where to put the bundle of loose files in the xp2b zipfile. I left them all in a temporary folder in My Documents and ran Blender. And then hit the Install icon in the xp2b folder. No problems there. Back into Blender and I try to import the luggage.obj file from its location. No, I get a box telling me I have Blender 2.40 and "xp2b is written for 2.43." Even though the page I got xp2b from said it needs 2.4x. grrr So I uninstall Blender 2.40 and back I go to the download page and download Blender 2.43 and go through the installation again. And re-hit the xp2b install icon. And back into Blender and try to import the luggage.obj file. I can see it, I can highlight it, but I can't open or import the damn thing. I can double click on it left, right and centre but it just won't open. The help page in the xp2b folder is a dead link, and the Blender Quick Start manual is a bit too advanced. Right now all I want to do is import a file, not design an airport. I've spent most of this evening just trying vainly to resize a bloody suitcase, and I still haven't managed to even open the file. I know Blender has a steep learning curve, but this is ridiculous.

You flew a grey "no entry" sign?

These are the final two, which complete the Retro series, as I believe I've covered all of the colour schemes there were. L download M download

I just found it strange how, for example, with his Bell 430 one would realistically train up in a cockpit with default xplane switches that bear little resemblance to a real 430 other than their vaguely-similar positions in the cockpit. I think I'd have difficulty driving a Ford Escort if it too came with xplane default switches, come to that. I wasn't insinuating that his aircraft needed to be photo-realistic, but certainly with his Bell 206 it needs work to at least make that panel look like a 206 one. Great if it flies like a 206, not so great if the view forward convinces you you're in something else. I just wonder how his 206 "flies better" than the Dreamfoil 206, even though that too was verified by 206 pilots as flying as close as the original as can be, and was out at the time of the review I read. I'm not picking holes, I am genuinely curious. Especially in light of my recent dealing with a company where, as an aside, they asked me for advice in setting up a training simulator. I had to decline, as I know nothing about it.

I would take some of those "glowing reviews" lightly. I looked at the reviews left for his Bell 206 and all I can say is either their expectations were very low, or they weren't aware there are more realistic models out there with accurate cockpits and panels. You certainly couldn't learn to fly a Bell 430 based on his. So I hope his Pipers are a lot better.

I'm not a scenery person, so I couldn't tell you how. The scenery came from http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=12683

Thanks, looks good.

Visiting Bueckeburg Castle. If only to see if I can land this thing without needing a helipad 300ft square.

Nice chopper. Is that the xp10 EC-145 Carlos?

Oh, not good.

File Name: Bell 206B 1977 livery "K" File Submitter: Nicola_M File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: Helicopters X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft 1977 Retro livery "K" for Dreamfoil Bell 206B JetRanger lll. This paint design is one of the standard designs for the 1970s JetRangers, in different colour variations, and would have been current at the time of the JetRanger lll's release in 1977. Features * New black main rotor blades * Tinted windows * Night textures * Instrument panel texture changed to look newer * Warning Horn Switch on instrument panel now labelled * Registration number and label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender fuel markings added * Fuel cap now correctly coloured * Wear marks added to underside of landing skids * Spelling of "minimum" corrected on instrument panel warning label * Optional walnut instrument panel for that 1970s feel. Click here to download this file

File Name: Bell 206B 1977 livery "J" File Submitter: Nicola_M File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: Helicopters X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft 1977 Retro livery "J" for Dreamfoil Bell 206B JetRanger lll. This paint design is one of the standard designs for the 1970s JetRangers, in different colour variations, and would have been current at the time of the JetRanger lll's release in 1977. Features * New black main rotor blades * Tinted windows * Night textures * Instrument panel texture changed to look newer * Warning Horn Switch on instrument panel now labelled * Registration number and label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender fuel markings added * Fuel cap now correctly coloured * Wear marks added to underside of landing skids * Spelling of "minimum" corrected on instrument panel warning label * Optional walnut instrument panel for that 1970s feel. Click here to download this file

File Name: Bell 206B 1977 livery "I" File Submitter: Nicola_M File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: Helicopters X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft 1977 Retro livery "I" for Dreamfoil Bell 206B JetRanger lll. This paint design is one of the standard designs for the 1970s JetRangers, in different colour variations, and would have been current at the time of the JetRanger lll's release in 1977. Features * New black main rotor blades * Tinted windows * Night textures * Instrument panel texture changed to look newer * Warning Horn Switch on instrument panel now labelled * Registration number and label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender fuel markings added * Fuel cap now correctly coloured * Wear marks added to underside of landing skids * Spelling of "minimum" corrected on instrument panel warning label * Optional walnut instrument panel for that 1970s feel. Click here to download this file

File Name: Bell 206B 1977 livery "H" File Submitter: Nicola_M File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: Helicopters X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft 1977 Retro livery "H" for Dreamfoil Bell 206B JetRanger lll. This paint design is one of the standard designs for the 1970s JetRangers, in different colour variations, and would have been current at the time of the JetRanger lll's release in 1977. Features * New black main rotor blades * Tinted windows * Night textures * Instrument panel texture changed to look newer * Warning Horn Switch on instrument panel now labelled * Registration number and label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender fuel markings added * Fuel cap now correctly coloured * Wear marks added to underside of landing skids * Spelling of "minimum" corrected on instrument panel warning label * Optional walnut instrument panel for that 1970s feel. Click here to download this file

File Name: Bell 206B 1977 livery "G" File Submitter: Nicola_M File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: Helicopters X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft 1977 Retro livery "G" for Dreamfoil Bell 206B JetRanger lll. This paint design is one of the standard designs for the 1970s JetRangers, in different colour variations, and would have been current at the time of the JetRanger lll's release in 1977. Features * New black main rotor blades * Tinted windows * Night textures * Instrument panel texture changed to look newer * Warning Horn Switch on instrument panel now labelled * Registration number and label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender fuel markings added * Fuel cap now correctly coloured * Wear marks added to underside of landing skids * Spelling of "minimum" corrected on instrument panel warning label * Optional walnut instrument panel for that 1970s feel. Click here to download this file

File Name: Bell 206B 1977 livery "F" File Submitter: Nicola_M File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: Helicopters X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft 1977 Retro livery "F" for Dreamfoil Bell 206B JetRanger lll. This paint design is one of the standard designs for the 1970s JetRangers, in different colour variations, and would have been current at the time of the JetRanger lll's release in 1977. Features * New black main rotor blades * Tinted windows * Night textures * Instrument panel texture changed to look newer * Warning Horn Switch on instrument panel now labelled * Registration number and label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender fuel markings added * Fuel cap now correctly coloured * Wear marks added to underside of landing skids * Spelling of "minimum" corrected on instrument panel warning label * Optional walnut instrument panel for that 1970s feel. Click here to download this file

File Name: Bell 206B 1977 livery "E" File Submitter: Nicola_M File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: Helicopters X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft 1977 Retro livery "E" for Dreamfoil Bell 206B JetRanger lll. This paint design is one of the standard designs for the 1970s JetRangers, in different colour variations, and would have been current at the time of the JetRanger lll's release in 1977. Features * New black main rotor blades * Tinted windows * Night textures * Instrument panel texture changed to look newer * Warning Horn Switch on instrument panel now labelled * Registration number and label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender fuel markings added * Fuel cap now correctly coloured * Wear marks added to underside of landing skids * Spelling of "minimum" corrected on instrument panel warning label * Optional walnut instrument panel for that 1970s feel. Click here to download this file

File Name: Bell 206B 1977 livery "D" File Submitter: Nicola_M File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: Helicopters X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft 1977 Retro livery "D" for Dreamfoil Bell 206B JetRanger lll. This paint design is one of the standard designs for the 1970s JetRangers, in different colour variations, and would have been current at the time of the JetRanger lll's release in 1977. Features * New black main rotor blades * Tinted windows * Night textures * Instrument panel texture changed to look newer * Warning Horn Switch on instrument panel now labelled * Registration number and label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender fuel markings added * Fuel cap now correctly coloured * Wear marks added to underside of landing skids * Spelling of "minimum" corrected on instrument panel warning label * Optional walnut instrument panel for that 1970s feel. Click here to download this file

File Name: Bell 206B 1977 livery "C" File Submitter: Nicola_M File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: Helicopters X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft 1977 Retro livery "C" for Dreamfoil Bell 206B JetRanger lll. This paint design is one of the standard designs for the 1970s JetRangers, in different colour variations, and would have been current at the time of the JetRanger lll's release in 1977. Features * New black main rotor blades * Tinted windows * Night textures * Instrument panel texture changed to look newer * Warning Horn Switch on instrument panel now labelled * Registration number and label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender fuel markings added * Fuel cap now correctly coloured * Wear marks added to underside of landing skids * Spelling of "minimum" corrected on instrument panel warning label * Optional walnut instrument panel for that 1970s feel. Click here to download this file

File Name: Bell 206B 1977 livery "B" File Submitter: Nicola_M File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: Helicopters X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft 1977 Retro livery "B" for Dreamfoil Bell 206B JetRanger lll. This paint design is one of the standard designs for the 1970s JetRangers, in different colour variations, and would have been current at the time of the JetRanger lll's release in 1977. Features * New black main rotor blades * Tinted windows * Night textures * Instrument panel texture changed to look newer * Warning Horn Switch on instrument panel now labelled * Registration number and label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender label added to instrument panel * Fuel Extender fuel markings added * Fuel cap now correctly coloured * Wear marks added to underside of landing skids * Spelling of "minimum" corrected on instrument panel warning label * Optional walnut instrument panel for that 1970s feel. Click here to download this file