Combat360 : Angolan Theatre Updates

[Mad Dog McEwan]

Well - the show must go on - despite AF

Cheetah D2 on the prowl over Southern Angola



Operation Reindeer, the Cassinga raid - Para tests by Kasper - ignore the stock c130 (modified with tail ramp)




Impala Mk2, C-47 and SA330 Puma test flights - some new tile tests








Cheetah D2 GIB texturing progress




Bucc S.50 contrail tests



Bucc S.50 2D cockpit panel tests






Updates Threads:

Frugals >> http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/show ... ge=2&pp=50
FreeFalcon >> http://www.freefalcon.com/forum/viewtop ... 5c72326c82
CombatAce >> http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=8585
CheckSix >> http://www.checksix-forums.com/forums/i ... opic=56496

[Ric]

Je me sens néo colonialiste tout d'un coup

[Cartman]

Is it possible to have 1024*768 screens and direct from falcon, not with a photoshop trip-tour before?

[Scrat]

Le travail est magnique tant les skins que les terrains (bien que les landes désertiques de l'Angola m'attirent moins que les vallées coréennes).
Une question : comment programme-t-on les avions cargo pour qu'ils larguent des paras ?

[Nanard]

That's gorgeous! keep up the good work, Mac!

[RaZoR31]

Originally posted by Scrat@24 May 2005, 12:03
Une question : comment programme-t-on les avions cargo pour qu'ils larguent des paras ?

Idem...

[Mhm...mhm]

splendide!!!!!!


où on décharge ça? où, où où où où où où ???????

[Bolo]

Pas encore sorti je crois

Mais dispo d'ici 3-4 semaines environ. (C'est de l'humour :P )

[Jallie]

It seems to be really good ...what a beautiful work !

When will it be available ???

do you have a release date ??

go on...we are all waiting for some good news in the falcon world ....

[Mhm...mhm]

thank you jallie for the translation

C'est payant je crois... normal pour un si joli travail m'enfin on peut toujours rêver...vu ce qui a été fait pour le théatre desert strom qui est Splendide

[Seekles]

As far I can see it on these (too ?) little screens, this work looks wonderful ! Great job !
I'm waiting for its release ASAP !

[Mad Dog McEwan]

Some shots from last night ACM tests. Had 4 teams of 3 aircraft (Mirage IIICZ, Mirage F1AZ, Cheetah D2 and Impala MkII) having an all out ACM camp. Strange but almost predictable, the Impala's generally came out best of the lot, as the fast movers had a hard time trying to stay on the Imps sixes, kept overshooting.

The F1AZ's achieved the most "kills", The D2's next followed by the IIICZ's. The FM's (Mirage FM's by TOPOLO) are working very well indeed, the flight envelopes appear and behave very realistic indeed, TOPOLO has solved the mystery with the Mirage F1's at low speeds (they kept droppping out of the sky before - AI), and I have seen no "weird" jinxing.

The Imp's are realy great to fly, super smooth and highy maneouvreable, same goes for the Cheetah D2, which is currently using a modified F1 FM, TOPOLO is working on the Cheetah FM.













Updates Threads:

Frugals >> http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/show ... ge=2&pp=50
FreeFalcon >> http://www.freefalcon.com/forum/viewtop ... 5c72326c82
CombatAce >> http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=8585
CheckSix >> http://www.checksix-forums.com/forums/i ... opic=56496

Website >> http://www.combat360.com

[Mhm...mhm]

hallucinant! je sais pas dans quelle mesure les screens ont été retouchés, mais les teintes me plaisent

[jeanba]

Very interesting !!
I hope it will be available soon :D

[Mad Dog McEwan]

Originally posted by Mhm...mhm@25 May 2005, 07:20
hallucinant! je sais pas dans quelle mesure les screens ont été retouchés, mais les teintes me plaisent

Reason they are resized because I upload at least 10 a day, and have too many allready. The ONLY change to originals is as follow in Photoshop:

- resize BMP to 500pixels wide.
- Filter - Lighting Effects - 2 o' clock spotlight
- Sharpen to compensate for quality loss in resize
- save as JPG

>>>>>>>>

Why the ligthing? EASY ANSWER. I am trying to "set the mood/atmosphere" to feel like the 1970's, because this is when the war took place (1966-89) and if you look at photographs of that era, they look slightly yellowish.

We have also experimented with a skyfix for Falcon 4, to create a more "dusty" African sky, that looks very similiar to the screenshots.

Once we have finished the project, you will see the result. In the meantime I released a few small video clips of "progress" which you can download for viewing here:-

preview 1 >> Cheetah D2 take off
preview 2 >> Under a Serpent Sun - Angolan Theater Preview
preview 3 >> Impala Mk2 take off - pilot animations
preview 4 >> Various activity

[Mad Dog McEwan]

Minor screens

Dak over ovamboland - screenshot clean - resized only


Olifant Mk1 in action


Impala Mk2 climb out (ignore loadout)


Gripen Pit 1st tests


Mirage F1AZ delivers a stick of 14 Mk82's to Sam Nujoma


Mirage F1AZ showing off 14 bomb configuration used by SAAF



More later


Update Threads:

Frugals >> http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/show ... ge=2&pp=50
FreeFalcon >> http://www.freefalcon.com/forum/viewtop ... 5c72326c82
CombatAce >> http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=8585
CheckSix >> http://www.checksix-forums.com/forums/i ... opic=56496
combatsim >> http://s7.invisionfree.com/COMBATSIM/in ... topic=4065
Website >> http://www.combat360.com> http://www.combat360.com

[rollnloop]

simply great

[shuriken]

olalalala, déjà que les images sont monstrueuses, mais alors là, y'a le pit du Gripen

[Mad Dog McEwan]

Flew some campaign missions last night - some shots from my flight of F1AZ's.... The F1AZ is still being textured, so ignore current textures. The 14 bomb SAAF configuration is working like a dream and a ground targets nightmare.











More later

Update Threads:

Frugals >> http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/show ... ge=2&pp=50
FreeFalcon >> http://www.freefalcon.com/forum/viewtop ... 5c72326c82
CombatAce >> http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=8585
CheckSix >> http://www.checksix-forums.com/forums/i ... opic=56496
combatsim >> http://s7.invisionfree.com/COMBATSIM/in ... topic=4065

Website >> http://www.combat360.com> http://www.combat360.com

[Booly]

:coolpics:
That's just plain great!
YOU ROCK, DUDE!!!

[Mad Dog McEwan]

Whirlwind tour indeed - going to photograph the Mirage F1AZ and CZ from pitot tube to afterburner petals. It's been a while since I did some updates but yep we are still steaming ahead as planned. I have 75% of the new terrain tiles done, otherwise been working on non DB related items. The most current DB is with Kasper at the moment to add the new airbases, features and update the new aircraft stores. Afterwards I just need to modify the new objectives and make minor changes to the new units.

I worked also on the version 2 of the Tactical Reference Section, we allready changed the TACREF section as per the screenshot below, but I have now redone them to the new style (see below). So with the Angolan Theatre you will basically be getting a "whole online multimedia library" about the war. (equipment, weapons, people, places, units, operations, history). I have posted screens of all the other UI screens before so you can get a look at the new UI - it is 100% changed from original Falcon.


Old tacref


New tacref








Mirage F1AZ over Ovamboland


Night flight testing - have posted some screens before about our "discoveries" about nightlighting. At the moment all aircraft feature new dynamic skin lighting (in other words strobes are seen miles away and it lights up the aircraft skin around the strobes location), new AB plumes that rotate, extend etc AND that can be clearly seen at night - a first for Falcon indeed. We have also added cockpit night lighting in all 3D external views... Testing on a proper heat plume is nearly complete so screens of that when done

Another night lighting effect we added was to gorund vehicles (see screens posted before), so that trucks etc have headlights that can be seen at night, and some switch off their lights when they become aware of your presence.

Whilst on the new list, you have seen the vids of the pilot animations, as in head, arms and legs move in all 3D views, also the helmet visor, and control columns are animated. Mirages with the "mice" shock cones in the airtakes move as well according to power settings, so do the turbines on all jet aircraft when viewed from the front.







More later

Update Threads:

Frugals >> http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/show ... ge=2&pp=50
FreeFalcon >> http://www.freefalcon.com/forum/viewtop ... 5c72326c82
CombatAce >> http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=8585
CheckSix >> http://www.checksix-forums.com/forums/i ... opic=56496
combatsim >> http://s7.invisionfree.com/COMBATSIM/in ... topic=4065

Website >> http://www.combat360.com> http://www.combat360.com

[Ric]

[eutoposWildcat]

Wild, quand tu fais des autoportraits, tends les bras plus loin, sinon on voit pas toute ta tête!

[Meliok]

And when is this marvellous work planned to be released ?



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[Scrat]

La beauté des textures du sol me laisse baba !