steven winslow

Sad to see such a great thread go downhill so quickly........

Check your spam folder. I've had the update e-mails end up in my spam folder before.

I've known people who have taken their deceased dogs and cats to taxidermists and had them mounted, but I've never seen anything like this! Not quite sure how I feel about this.....

If you're interested in real world documentation for the Caravan, here's a link for Cessna's Caravan documentation page: http://www.cessna.com/caravan/grand-caravan/grand-caravan-documents.html Lots of good stuff there, including a complete Pilots Information Manual.

If it doesn't ship with a FedEx livery, I'll be doing one! There are three FedEx Caravan's that fly out of KBZN. I've actually photographed a privately owned Caravan and I'll be doing that livery, too. Can't wait for this one to come out!

Sweet! Carenado has announced the Cessna Caravan will be the next release. Here are some screenshots:

The flaps do not have preset stops. They are continuous. If you press and HOLD the flaps actuator, they will continue to deploy until you release the actuator. You can read about the flaps and flaps indicator on page 22 of the manual. If you are using a Saitek Multi Panel to actuate your flaps (or some other hardware) you can set up the flaps to stop at preset stops. Rebooting will not do anything to help with the flaps. Let me know if you want to set up presets and I can tell you how to do it.

For all of you bush pilots and Alaska flying pilots, the new Big Rocks & Long Props Volume 5 is now available! If you want the best deal, you can pick it up here: http://www.crazedpil...props-volume-5/ They've got a lot of other good stuff at http://www.CrazedPilot.com, too. Check them out for other videos, headsets and other gear. I've got the Tailwheel 101 and 201 videos and I've learned a lot with them. Helps when flying into some of our backcountry strips up in Alaska.

Okay, I finally bought the DC-3 and I have to say I am already in love with her. Did a couple of quick flights with her last night to test compatibility with my Saitek Panels and I am glad to report there are essentially no issues with them, other than how the flaps work. The radios work perfectly and all the switches are properly mapped, thus overcoming all my fears concerning this bird interfacing with my Saitek gear. These are not the world's greatest screenies, but they're the first of many to come. I haven't settled on which of Leen's panel texture modifications to install, but I'll be customizing this bird over the next few days and weeks. I've downloaded a bunch of photos for livery ideas. Looks like another paint project on the horizon. If you haven't bought this baby yet, now is as good a time as any! Short Final

And on that last post, Edwin, I couldn't agree more! However, I understand your feelings concerning the org, but I think you may be cutting off your nose to spite your face. I don't approve of some of the mods behavior, either, but I choose to ignore the negative aspects of the org and enjoy the positives. There are a lot of good people there and a lot of great information at your disposal, too. While I don't condone the negative actions of anyone at the org, or here for that matter, I still use these forums and many others to keep in touch with what is going on in the X-Plane world. I try not to add to the negative energy now.

I think you are out of line with that comment. Are you not aware of the discussions in the support forum for Carenado at the link below? Have you looked at the Carenado support link? Have you read the documentation that came with the aircraft? Have you e-mailed Dan or Carenado directly? The fact is that SASL and Gizmo do NOT play well together. That has been made perfectly clear. For now, we just have to deal with it as end users. http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showforum=106 https://carenado.zendesk.com/home

Keep in mind that I've always done the painting on one Mac and transferred the files to test them on another Mac. I can't even run X-Plane 9 on my PPC G5 Mac! Quite a time waster! But now that Nicola has opened my understanding, I'll be checking my files in Plane-Maker, rather than X-Plane. I think I might even be able to do it all on one Mac. What I really should do is start doing my painting and checking on my MacBook Pro using Photoshop and Plane-Maker to check the files. Should be able to run them both with no problem. In my own defense, one of the reasons I used X-Plane to check the paints is that I just love to fly and see what the paint looks like in the air.

Well, it really depends on the aircraft you are painting. For the Carenado Seneca II, you do a file structure like this: Carenado Seneca II>liveries>livery_name>objects>fuselage.png Of course, you have to have the wings and any other texture files necessary to complete the livery. With that said, you have to know what to name your files, so the best thing to do is to look at the other liveries in the liveries folder and make sure you have the same structure and the same naming conventions. Does that help?

Yep, Nicola, lots of checking and tweaking go into painting known designs, as you put it. I actually do my work on my good old PPC G5 Mac 1.8ghz Dual Processor. It's the computer I've used for the past 8 to 10 years for my studio Photoshop work. In it's day it was a great machine. I know it has become a dinosaur and it slows my work immensely. (My wife works on Power Mac Dual Quad Core 2.something ghz with 14 gb RAM and smokes through Photoshop work...hence, she does most of the studio post-production work) Sometime this year I'll be getting a new MacBook Pro and I'll be able to do Photoshop and X-Plane or Plane-Maker on the same computer, but for now, I paint on my old PPC Mac, then use a jump drive or an external hard drive to put the file onto my Mac Mini that I am currently flying with. I had never thought of using Plane-Maker to check my liveries. I've always fired up X-Plane and done quick little test flights and done external screenshots of the areas I need to work on. Makes a whole hell of a lot more sense to use Plane-Maker, with it's viewing controls you can really check what's going on with your work. Thank you for your post teaching me the error of my ways! Thanks tons!!!

Can you rephrase your question so we know what you really want to know? You have no idea how to do WHAT with your repaint?

Why in the world do you have Plane-Maker open? I've never opened Plane-Maker when painting any of the liveries I've done. The only time I use Plane-Maker is to set my livery to be the default livery. I use Photoshop exclusively with all the liveries I have painted. I know there are things I need to or should do in something like Graphic Converter, but Photoshop has served me well so far. Maybe it's just my photographic background or my lack of understanding of the tools most of the developers are using, but I haven't seemed to have any issues with just using Photoshop. Wait! I've had an epiphany while typing this response! I'm beginning to understand how it might be faster to test a livery in Plane-Maker rather than firing up X-Plane every time to test. What I've been doing is opening X-Plane and taking a quick test flight and doing screenshots of the areas I need to work on. With the insight you've given me above, I'll try the Plane-Maker work flow next livery I work on and see if it cuts my test time down. In the meantime, how much would anyone be willing to pay for quality liveries for payware? How do the plane developers feel about painters charging for liveries for their creations? I'm sure there's many more questions to be asked.

Maybe THAT'S the problem. Most add-ons for X-Plane are free and a lot of developers build stuff for free and most X-Planers want stuff for free. I know that I put in at least 6 hours in every paint I do, what with the initial painting, testing, then tweaking, then testing and cleaning up, then tweaking and testing some more then finally uploading it. I would surely love to be compensated for the work I do on X-Plane aircraft, but I don't see the trend heading that way. Too many people are accustomed to freebie stuff. Heck, payware aircraft for X-Plane is still a relatively new concept.

Beautiful work, Leen! When someone as talented as you takes on a project like the DC-3, I think we all sit back and admire what you are doing. Keep up the good work!

There's a thread at the org concerning the issues. Dan has posted a fix that you might want to download. http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=59088&st=10

First of all, Gizmo and SASL do not play well together so that's a no-brainer on the Gizmo installed system. ( see here: https://carenado.zendesk.com/entries/21353631-are-there-any-plug-ins-known-to-conflict-with-carenado-s-new-generation-sasl-plug-ins-in-pa34-seneca ) Secondly, the Seneca is not V10 supported....yet. There is a notice to that effect on Carenado's website. As for the Seneca causing X-Plane to freeze, to me it looks like your Colani Fanliner is the culprit rather than the Seneca, but that's just after an initial look. I'll forward your log.txt's on to Dan and maybe he can shed some more light on them. Here's the link to Carenado's support page: https://carenado.zendesk.com/home You can submit a request here: https://carenado.zendesk.com/anonymous_requests/new

Mind attaching your log.txt so we can take a look at the errors? Sounds like some kind of plugin conflict. Just a guess. Also, you might want to post your observation in the support forum at the org. You'll most likely get Dan's attention there a lot faster than here.

The makings of a poll....who starts up X-Plane with engines running and who starts up cold and dark? The only time I start with engines running is when I'm beta testing a plane or a paint. When I am flying from point A to point B, whether online or offline, I always start cold and dark. Much more immersive to have to go through a checklist and a procedure. I've always enjoyed starting up the MU-2 and it would be cool to emulate the complete real world sequences and consequences, but I agree with your decision, Tom. Most of us won't miss the props lock feature. Thanks for all your work!

Edwin, You can buy it direct from Carenado. They release their planes on their site about a week before they are available at the org. Check it out! Same price, too: http://www.carenado.com

Two conceptual liveries for Carenado's Piper Seneca II. Not based on any real world paints. Not sure why I am so drawn to this plane. She inspires me...and frustrates me at the same time.

Well played, sir! Well played!