Hello guys, to further update on the engine changes I have tried so far.
I eventually got the engine Otter FM to load a renamed EMD from the AT-27 Tucano and some issues are there and here I am stuck.
The sounds work and that was the main emphasis on trying to add something from the sim that was a turboprop and it seems okay in this respect in that the sounds seem to run without issues, so so far so good. However, the EMD will complain of engine overheats, especially for Alex who has this set, me I turn those things off because of the age-old issue of aircraft not being able to catch up. In Alex's install this causes fires.
Now for me in my ModAct 5.30 the aircraft controlled by AI will climb and level out without issue, same in BAT but here the overheat message comes on but still the aircraft will climb and level out and no fires. So, different installs are affected in different ways it seems so it could be one or both of us are short of something in the installs we use, not sure.
The EMD from the Tucano has been left as was, I have not changed its parameters so for now I am at a loss as to where to go with it, try and reduce the weights of the aircraft or change the power of the PT-6 EMD or both but I lack an understanding of the process, I can add certain things such as a name change but that is as far as I get.
Next problem is the landplane sits on the water.
Yes you read that correctly, but it is set as a landplane in the FM and each type of aircraft has its own classfile, one for the landplane and one for the seaplane and there is nothing I can see in the java, that said I am as bad with java as with the FM files.
So the WIP is stuck there, maybe I could just add the sounds to the existing EMD you are currently using, maybe not, I am stuck.
The lack of being able to paint this thing has also been annoying, there is no template I am aware of and there are about eight in total needed to paint this aircraft! It was developed earlier for another sim, not made for IL-2 but adapted by Edlor, so I am trying to re-map the model:
This brings up another issue in that even if I ever finish it, can it be released, I do not know if Edlor built this himself or used a model built by someone else. Why is that important you may ask? Well, usually if people allow their models to be added to IL-2 some make stipulations on what exactly can be done with it and there is the issue if I finish what is a test on my part, could it, should it, be altered to make it skinable?
Anyway, there it is so far, what is going on slowly behind the scenes with all this black magic mumbo jumbo, it keeps Alex and me awake at night
stressing out.
Alex is making some changes to the cockpit but does not want to upload in its current form, I for one say add a second WIP link for you guys to try the turbojet changes as they are, what do you guys think?
Anyway, enough for today, I had mentioned the engine changes earlier so figured I should at least let you all know where we are at.
Take care and be safe.
Wishing you all the very best, Pete.
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Topic: Edlor - de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (Read 9685 times)
