Jimbo wrote: Thanks, as for the similarity to yours like you mentioned once before? Please try not to put it like that it reads like an accusation from my side ya know and in that case it is untrue, let me explain anyway.
It is fact that both our jets should have similarities as we are working on the same aircraft and I haven't based ANY of your work on my planes at all (period) and really I haven't recieved any clear screens of your work to compare, which I would like to check out for sure.
All my textures are taken right from real photos of jets to create the closest thing to realism I can get to with the restrictions of the color palette always being a factor. Also as for the crappy default grey? It is the absolute closest thing to realism the game will allow and planes that are textured skyblue just do not look real at all in contrast even though there is some blue variation in certain planes and their photos, most times this is simply just due to the camera used in taking the photo (but you are right CAG some greys are blue-greys with very little blue. So thanks for the responses thus far everyone, next thing I have to do is work on the intakes of course. I also noticed another thing, the F-18F air brakes aren't even along the center of the plane like the jet in the game. They look much cooler too.
And just so you know CAG incase I was a little unclear I don't know what you mean by saying my texture looks like yours and/or vice versa, so I just took the time now to explain how I do texture my aircraft, it is the honest truth, something I discovered on my own and hopefully it might help out some others too who read this. Later...
Jimbo
Jimbo no sweat! I do not see how it would ever be possible to alter what I did to ever come up with what you have. What I meant was that you proceeded along the same kind of thought line I did. Using textures to make those damn skinny wings look like they have some substance! And to give the lower fuselage some depth and tie it into the rest of the structure. I think your work is great and I believe I have mentioned before that you did a better job then I did on your Hornet! The only reservation I felt was that you are limited to those lousy stock FA shape colors in relation to the US jets. However you seem to like it so what the heck! You have motivated me to also redo mine! Also I was hoping to see your new landing gear you mentioned? And another aircraft that would benefit extremely from a gear upgrade is the F-16C, that bird is just dying for better gear!
And again let me state clearly... When I say that your skin looks ba bit like mine... I did the wings on my Hornet about the same way you did adding the wing cord and flap hinge lines with a blended texture.. To add depth, plus my lower fuselage around the engine nacelles for more depth. But the wya you did yours and the way I did mine are quite different! Never meant to say they were the same, just the brain pattern behind the developments run in parallel with each other as we both saw where the Hornet skin was very lacking. Hope that clears it up! Keep up the good work!
CAG out...
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