Jack Skieczius

Thank you Perry, i am very happy that you are enjoying the Q400. May i ask, what kind of frame rates are you getting. I would ask this from everyone who has purchased, because this will help me to decide what to add in her next. like say the extra EFIS display modes that i had not created for the first release but could for future updates very easily. my only reservation is frame rates.

In case there is any confusion, the real Q400 has many things left on after it is done flying that in most planes would not normally be the case. for instance the generators are left on as well as the bus tie. Otherwise, FlorianR is correct, uncheck that box and you are good to go.

After some additional feedback, I have decided to lower the price to 40.00 USD. Code above no longer needs to be added. I obviously made a mistake at asking to much and am truly sorry.

fair enough Simon. Using the coupon code below will allow anyone using it 10 dollars USD off until April 30th. EARLYADOPTER

If by dynamic you mean using lit texture to make the lights glow/shine onto the exterior of the plane, then yes. if you look at the image i have posted of the Qantas at night, you will see that.

Same question as said above... Could it possibly run on a macbook air 11' res of: 1366-768, a 1.4ghz dual core, 2gb ram, and a 256mb video card? Maxime As a rule of thumb, I have to say, if you can run Ramzzess SSJ, then you will be able to run the Q400 no problem. Frankly, 1.4 ghz, only 2 gigs of ram, and 256 mb video card may not cut it. I would recommend a 2.66 Ghz duel core with 4 gigs of ram and 512 mb video ram.

First part is easy, instead of say having 5 different generic rotary items on the 3d panel, along with show and hide, i would use one and then feed info i need into Gizmo and have it pop out what i need the rotary to show. My logic behind this is that less generics save on FPS, and gizmo is hella fast so i feel no need not to just pump whatever into it. The VmoCue is similar, instead of using 5 deferent, static cues that show hide at different altitudes, i have one cue run by gizmo that smoothly changes between each altitude using a interpolation operation.

What does Gizmo control on the Q400? Gizmo controls some rather basic functions that otherwise would not work correctly as in the real Q400. For instance, the main reason i started using Gizmo was the lack of an option to have one switch control both the beacon and Strobe lights by switching one off as the other comes on. From that i built upon many things that X-planes default way of doing things just wasn't right the way i wanted them. From that i have, without going totally out of control, modified to my liking systems that would work just how they are in the Q400. Examples are: Feathering system. transponder fuel pumps hydraulic PTU caution and warning test switch augmented navigational information to optimize generic instrument count. VmoCue logic. Ice Protection panel lights and switches. engine intake switches. bleed annunciators FLIGHT/TAXI switch logic. engine idle augmented to represent real world Q400 numbers. engine start sequence. anti Col light Switch. Plus i have set several switches to default on startup which differs from then normal X-plane defaults to represent how a Q400 would be left after a flight. This, of course is only the tip of the iceberg and i will be continuing to expand on this list for future updates. Gizmo allows for a lot of potential to create realistic aircraft simulations.

Thanks guys. For those of you not following on the website or Facebook page, here are some more images.

fantastic work man. i like that you have chosen to do most of the gauges in 3d, as yes that is a bit save for frame rates. And i need to say, but that exterior set of textures looks sexy, in ah, a dirty worn kinda way.

If you mean Cockpit, then yes. If you mean the cabin as in the place the passengers sit then no, we don't have a highly detailed cabin. What we do have is a cabin that looks good from outside the plane.

Sorry about that, Posted another one just now, and will post some more later on today to make up for the two days I missed. Safe to say i missed those two days cause i was busy finishing up the dash. And for those who haven't checked it out, here is a video of the dash, just a preview of me showing off the 3d cockpit.

impressive to say the least. and the video was put together real well to, may i ask what program u guys used to edit it?

Those waves look almost perfect in form.

I don't think there are any deserts in North Carolina... oh darn, your right. And i was getting my hopes up.

The little Saab looks like it is about to be crushed by the giant Jetway. I am guessing its Charlotte airport, in which case i am on it like white on rice.

to reply directly to the first post, if you are really an project manager then you should know very well how to much growth in a short time can topple a company, especially an art centric development company whose number one contributer is also the leader in all of this. Austin would first have to give up being a true contributer and turn himself into a ring leader. From what i have heard i don't think he will do that anytime soon. Plus, sometimes the small guys win.

I saw the Blue Angel's C130 do something close to this at Sun N fun last week.

That is just epic to watch. Thank you for this. the 7 is an oddball i think, but then again so is the 8. I wonder how many people would like to fly a high quality Dash 7.

More images for you all. enjoy.

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[me=Jack Skieczius]saddles up on his new Kangaroo and hops away screaming, ha ha ha, i got the dash, come and get me. [/me]

I just outlined the shape of a Kangaroo! I feel a little insane.

I cant really compaire it to the A380, but she dose get better frames then the SSJ and ERJ. I dont have the A380, but most of peter's planes never ran great on my system. If you are having no problem running the ERJ or SSJ then the dash will be a breeze for sure.

and to go even further with my last post. you can have the textures on the low quality and only use up like 700 megs, but then if you lower your settings to veryhigh, it gets even lower usage. X-plane is wonderfull in that is is very customizable when it comes to graphic settings.