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LOL. The missus would still like to have me around. 213am and I'm sitting here furiously typing away at this manual. Occasionally I check the forums to see what's new. The manual will be ready soon. Coding is still being done, but only the little bits and pieces that take very little time. Manipulators will get added on the weekend and the aircraft will be up by the 28th. I would love to show screenshots but they would be nothing you haven't already seen and we haven't touched the visuals for a while. Everything that has been done in the recent past has been code, manual and a few minor texture fixes. I would love to put together a video but I just haven't had the time to do so. Not long to go.

I'll be including all specs in the manual.

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Sorry Peter. Didn't see your post. All I will say is it is possible to model anything in Blender.

The rendering is very basic settings. 2 directional lights (front quarter rear quarter), 20% specular and 80% diffuse material and an ordinary clay render with a bit of shine. The difference is, I have no restrictions on polygons. That model so far has 614 000 quads and it's just the front wheel assembly.

Something to avoid getting x plane burnout. A small side, side project. BMW R1150 GS

Thanks D. Appreciate the comment.

I wish it was that easy. We've got a very full plate for at least the next 2 years with what we have planned (After the 747 series). One of which is that Hawker 4000. Yes, I plan on finishing that. Probably during 747 development. Although it does look as though the DC-3 will be my first side project.

Since I finished the GPU for the Saab, I have started other work. 1 of these is continuing work on the DC-3. I'll be more than happy to post WIP screenshots some time in the next week after I take care of a few things. Looks like a decent site. I'll be checking it out.

I got some free time... ;D

GPU is done. Tire tread has been added and a few more touch ups have been done. Might adjust the tire tread a little. It's very low poly but I added as much detail as I could while taking the low poly count into consideration.

We could release the plane right now without the extra coding and it would fly just fine. But we wanted to add the extra coding for added realism and immersion with a few more realistic systems. All I'm doing is adding a few extra bits and pieces to add a "that's cool" factor. Unless an act of God happens, it WILL be released no later than Feb 28th. If not, my wife will kneecap me and throw me in front of a train before throwing me into an active volcano. What can I say, That's Love!

Don't tempt me.

And of course, the specialized version... It put a smile on Cameron's face.

Still a work in progress. But just about done. Just to be clear, this is going to be added to the Saab.

Wait till you see the steaks and snags I'm going to make.

Not quite. Here's a very very small reason why the Saab is delayed. (Actually, I felt like a 5th wheel while coding is being done so I decided to make this.) Took about 4 hours to model.

We'll sure as hell try.

I know a good therapist.

Update on the Saab... Release is delayed. I'll post more details in the coming days. Trust me, it will be worth the wait.

Definitely a very admirable set up. Could you please post your exact systems specifications. OS CPU Video Card RAM Also, please check that you have all the latest drivers installed for all your hardware and again make sure you have the latest version of X Plane. NOT the beta. Make sure you untick the beta box of the X Plane updater. I've sold a very large number of Duchesses and no one else is having the problems you are describing. When you post your system specs, please also send an email to support@x-aviation.com and they'll also try to get it sorted out for you.

It appears you definitely changed the acf file in some way. You added a Garmin pop up and the cockpit.obj file has been corrupted in some way and is not visible. Please try deleting the entire folder and reinstall the aircraft and then let me know what happens. Nice set up, by the way.

I love the dancing feet when it goes all up in her face.

I've been wanting to get a video together for the last 2 weeks. I have enough of the Saab done to actually make a decent video but I have to make sure other stuff gets done as quickly as possible. Like you say, the volcano looms (but my wife will probably throw me in one, so I won't have to jump). As soon as I have some spare time, I will definitely put together a video and post it. I won't say when because I've been saying I'll do one every day for the last week and a half. But it will be very soon.

As soon as the Saab is done, I'm hitting the gym again. Even my daughter teases me about it.