Redressing the balance

[Footmunch 0]

After all the MiG's I've been producing: MiG-23 and -27 now

up at homepage:

Homepage

It's time for some western opposition. First, 99% Draken:

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Textures by SXEP and Digital Centurion. Three versions, two

west and one res. The smoke script is still in, but works

a little differently - when the smoke is activated on one

Drak, _all_ the Drak's in the mission will turn smoke on as

well. Also, you can change the smoke colour using scripts:

[0.8, 0.8, 0.8] exec "\rktdraken\setCCol.sqs"

[0.8, 0.2, 0.2] exec "\rktdraken\setLCol.sqs"

[0.2, 0.2, 0.8] exec "\rktdraken\setRCol.sqs"

The array parameters are the red/green/blue values, and each

script file sets the Centre, Left and Right colours respectively.

Note that these changes are global (ie apply to all Drak's in

the mission).

Unless there's anything horribly broken, these will go final

next week.

New betas:

F-4E Phantom

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Carries bombs, Sparrows, rockets and the M61. No cockpit

textures, and a few little errors. A bit slow on the controls

as well... I will upgrade. Will get afterburner/numbering/

flares as standard.

Edit - I will also fold the wing tips, like the Bucc.

F-86A Sabre

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Guns only counterpart to the MiG-17. No cockpit textures.

Canberra/B-57

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Two paint schemes. Note that the two-seater B-57 model has

been discontinued. Texture mapping sorted out.

Skinners - go do that voodoo that you do so well  

Any and all comments treated with the respect/contempt

that they deserve...

(Sorry about the edits, I'm having a bad brains day)

[waffendennis 0]

Verry Nice Addon It looks nice mate thnxs for the balance.

[king homer 1]

i'll hope if u finished all planes u put them together in one pack

[Footmunch 0]

I may do 'era' packs, eg

Korean

Vietnam

80's

Modern

If I do, you may get some missions included, and be able to

have a laugh at my woeful mission making skills

[theavonlady 2]

Question: isn't that Phantom's nose a little too long? No expert. Just asking.

[lee_h._oswald 0]

All your planes are the first steps to great addons.

Why don´t you really finnish one?

Try to get help/tips from ppl.

The model from the Phantom F4 is great, but it needs some improvements.

The F4 needs a cockpit, new sounds, a config that does not "smell like A10/SU25", new sounds, maybe a canopy to open/close, black exhaust smoke, and so much more.

The Phantom is a good example for a "much needed plane". It´s a workhorse for so many country´s and we don´t have a quality one for ofp.

Understand this not as bitching, your planes are good steps to high quality addons, but I think one finished is better than hundred half-finished.

My 2 Cents(Euro)

MfG Lee

[Acecombat 0]

I agree with Lee we need new distinctive configs which dont look like the A-10's

How about a Su-27 ?

[tankieboy 0]

FM do you helo? KAMAN HH-43B "HUSKIE"

[Supah 0]

Question: isn't that Phantom's nose a little too long? No expert. Just asking.

Its an F-4E, it has a longer nose then the C/D/navy versions. The nose contains a vulcan cannon, the drum containing the ammo and a more modern radar. The IDF also uses the F-4E but has highly modified it The german F-4F uses the F-18 hornet radar in some variants. To me the nose looks just fine from the screenshots.

[Tankerkid 0]

Nice, like em all footmunch, Specially new canberra, do look nice

[king homer 1]

it would be cool if u make this one:

B1-B Lancer

would be gr8, with animated wings, afterburner and many bombs

[DaSquade 0]

Is it me, (?) but i found some unfinished or bad looking textures on your "final" Mig 23 and 27. Well, like the "fuor" green on the front tire...and the white (untextured) rockets. I used to have the beta one, with the same texture problems. Thought those would be fixed in the final one?

Anyway, best east airplanes i have for now (shame of those texture bugs)  

[-crow- 0]

The F-4 is a plane that looks like it shouldn't fly. If you see one up close the wings look too small to fly. Footmunch I am in the process of putting up mirrors for all the planes on @WAR. My way of helping you with bandwidth.

[vektorboson 8]

@Footmunch

Perhaps you like to find a better way, how you engage the afterburner on your planes. I personally don't like the Action-menu way, so I found another way by pressing the "run"-key (in most cases "E"):

Uppermost is my afterburner script

hope you try it, and perhaps implement it into your addons.

[Footmunch 0]

Quick roundup:

Crow - Thanks. My hosting situation is still in a bit of a mess.

DaSquade - The missiles are that colour. I may add a little

bit more detail in a 'hidden' update. The Green on the front

tire is actually a 'mud-guard' that stops rubbish from the

wheels being thrown up towards the jet intakes. I may retex.

Homer - Big bombers are hard, because the AI insists on

'swooping' down during bomb release. I'm trying to solve this

problem on the Avro Vulcan. If I do, then we could get a

B1/B2/B52...

Tankieboy - I do helo. I may post a _very_  early NH-90

beta, but it's a bit of a mess at the moment, and some

people don't react well to half-finished addons. For example:

Lee - It sounds like bitching to me  . The F4 will get a

cockpit and some new sounds, but I've only got one pair of

hands. If you have specific complaints about the 'published'

planes on the homepage, please post them.

Madame Avon - I'll check the plans, but I think it's just an

odd camera angle/texture stretch in the first pic.

BigPoppa - Thanks, I've taken a quick look - I bow before the

'invisible camera tricks' master  . Do you think it will work

with just a joystick throttle as well? My initial guess is

probably not, but if the user with a throttle can reach across

and hit E as well... I'll try a few experiments, and add you

to the author list if/when I include it.

[Wonder 0]

Question: isn't that Phantom's nose a little too long? No expert. Just asking.

I don't think it's the nose that's long. Footmunch just has a tendency to make a canopy that makes the nose look long  

The F-4E is going to be a good aircraft. Just something you need to pay attention to:

-Sparrow model

-Mk82 model

-Rocket pod model

-TER(triple ejector rack) model

-Gun nozzle

-Canopy frames and the weapon pylons

Also, you have one weapon hardpoint too much on both wings between the fuel tanks and the Mk82s.

[lee_h._oswald 0]

Lee - It sounds like bitching to me  . The F4 will get a

cockpit and some new sounds, but I've only got one pair of

hands. If you have specific complaints about the 'published'

planes on the homepage, please post them.

Ok, I know this would happen...

Let me try to say it the other way.

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Ask the community if we need a Tornado.

99% will say no, because G8-Mod made a "close to perfect" one.

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I think your planes could have the same status as the G8-Mod Tornado, if you would spent a little more time on one plane at a time.

MfG Lee

[theavonlady 2]

Ain't that perdy!

[Footmunch 0]

Ok, I know this would happen...

Let me try to say it the other way.

Ask the community if we need a Tornado.

99% will say no, because G8-Mod made a "close to perfect" one.

I think your planes could have the same status as the G8-Mod Tornado, if you would spent a little more time on one plane at a time.

MfG Lee

I do understand the point you are making, but then you are

comparing a mature Tornado (it's version 1.12, right?) against

(usually) v1.0 of my planes. For example, I agree that the

early Bucc, Jag, -21 and Sue weren't very good: one of the

reasons I haven't gone back to them is that there are plans

by other mod groups (FDF, Caucas Crisis, Frenchpoint) for

three of those four. When those are released, my versions

will become obsolete - and that's fine - I can save some

webspace .

I'm primarily doing the F-4, for example, because along with

the F-5, A-1, B-57, MiG-17 and MiG-21, it makes up a plane-

set for Vietnam missions. I hope someone comes along and

releases better versions of those planes as well, but if you

want them now, here they are. If you want new versions, tell

me what's wrong, and I'll try to upgrade them.

Also, not to disrespect the G8 Tornado, but things have

changed. If you asked the community whether they would

like G8's Tornado to be able to mount Komorans, Sidewinders

and Mk82's in the same loadout, as is possible with Klink's

pseudo proxies, they _would_ want a new version. That's

assuming you could get a coherent answer out of the OFP

'community' .

There is no such thing as the best "Tornado", there's just the

_latest_ "Tornado".

[bonko the sane 2]

The final versions and last betas are very very good (amazing cockpit textures) I get no lag at all with several Drakens smoking the island up,thank you.

PS:Looking forward to your next releases

[lee_h._oswald 0]

I am not comparing a tornado with one of your planes.

I think "a plane with the quality like the tornado" should be a goal for your planes.

I know it is impossible to let this happen for all your planes in a short time.

Thats why I would like to see one really finished plane from you.

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I agree that a tornado update would be nice, but for me, I would more like to see a "eastern" plane with the same quality.

Thank you for listening to my suggestions.

I hope it would help you a little bit more than:

"Hey, great! How about a Mig XYZ!"

MfG Lee

[killagee 0]

Hey Footmunch, with these ungrateful sods complaining you should stop making jets for a while... then maybe they would appreciate you! Then you could spend some more time on your NH-90!!!

Here are some NH-90 pics to get everybody excited... And for you incase you are lacking detailed images

[r1c0cH3T 0]

I may do 'era' packs, eg

Korean

Vietnam

80's

Modern

If I do, you may get some missions included, and be able to

have a laugh at my woeful mission making skills

I'll be waitin' for that modern pack

[blackdog~ 0]

I wanted to make an HH-43B but no one would model me one to texture...

Same goes with a KA-18 (I believe)..

[TopCover 0]

@ Lee: Ask the community if we need another mig 23/27

99% will say no because Footmunch made a close to perfect one....

@ Footmunch: Phantom looks yummy! Make it loud, with a lot of smoke!