Vern...
Glad you posted those on Y/T. No big deal about Sludge Hornet footage. Im actually taking a liking to this new T-45, and have started flying that more. Although the other night, I couldnt land it to save my life... kept coming in at high RoD and busting the gear. Being drunk probly didnt help much?
Sludge,
Funny you mention being drunk . . . I seem to fly better after I've had a few drinks. What does THAT say about my flying skills???
The "bucking" is definately gone. I didn't have a big problem with it, but I did notice it at times. Now, I don't.
As for the wind vapor noise, I love the idea, but I haven't heard the noise yet . . . because I currently have the game volume set too low, in favor of voice comms during multiplayer. I'll crank up the volume and listen for it.
I love the auto Elevator set during cat shot! Works awesome.
I drop my tail hook on the downwind leg, when I am abeam the ship, and I got tired of the IFOLS & Trap gauge automatically popping up every time I dropped the tail hook, long before I was ready for the IFOLS lights. But I learned that if I re-name the "TrapDisplay.xml" file, it no longer pops up automatically when I drop the tail hook. And if I want the automatic IFOLS & trap gauge back, I will re-name the file back to it's original name. (Sorry Sludge, it's a great idea for most people, but I like to manually control some things).
I use a 1920 X 1080 resolution on a 40 inch TV/computer monitor, so I figured out that in the panel.cfg file on [window05], these settings work best for ME, for creating a big visible IFOLS that is off to the left side of the screen while using Track IR in the virtual cockpit:
//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window05]
size_mm = 1400, 500 // smaller size w/ bigger LCDs (1920x1200) = 300, 100
posi tion = 3 // 1 = upper center, 4 = center, 3 = left center
window_size = 1.000, 1.000 // 0.156,0.083 // window_size= 0.2, 0.204 deflt; 0.156, 0.083 for 300,100 at 1920x1080
// window_size= 0.1875, 0.143 for 1024x768; 0.2, 0.204 for 1920x1080
// window_size= 0.2, 0.183 for 384, 220 at 1920x1200
window_pos = 0.150, 0.400 // 0.422, 0.85
background_color= 0,0,0
visible = 0
ident = 10050
gauge00=IFLOLS!IFLOLS.xml, 0, 0, 300, 100 // smaller size, bigger LCDs (1920x1200) = 0, 0, 300, 100
gauge01=Carrier_Landing_Gauge!Carrier_Landing_Gauge.xml, 0.150, 0.400, 1200, 300
//--------------------------------------------------------
I don't understand much (if any) of this config stuff, I just changed numbers one-by-one & kept testing until I found setting that worked for my 1920 X 1080 resolution!
Through trial and error, I also copied and pasted some panel config data (and files) over to the T-45 to get the trap gauge working in Dino's T-45C as well. Now I can finally tell what wire I caught. It would be nice if the Trap gauge was automatically built into his T-45C.
Thanks for the awesome work Sludge. I'm looking forward the next multiplayer flying session, and the extra paint schemes!
Also, is there one complete install package yet, or do I just need to get the guys to install the base package and teach them how to use the manual update? Like I mentioned before, a few of my friends are getting a little older (in their 80s) and simply walking them through a few manual file changes can take an hour or two on the phone!
-V.
