Hi guys! For those who may still remember me, like @Sonicandknuckles @F104Deathtrap @BaconEggs, @MOPCKOEDNISHE, @PlaneFlightX, @ShootsPlanes, @asteroidbook345, @MaxB17, @Franticmatty , i finally found enough time to catch up recent updates and finish at least one of my announced planes) I've started it 5.7 YEARS AGO! ))))
i've made it with full cockpit and complex programming:
1) autopilot with heading, height and vertical speed input + hold functions (though whole height executive code is based on @PlaneFlightX previos autopilot code)
2) autothrottle
3) 90% autoland function (pilot needs only to deploy LG and flaps, arm spoilers and thrust reversers (will deploy after touch down), set autothrottle to landing speed and brake manually, Plane will flare before runway and land 150-200m after. Yeager, Wright (2 headings) and Avalanche airports are hardcoded in variables though), It also provides ILS indication for manual landing.
4) complex startup, electric and hidraulic system simulation
5) fuel management system able to transfer fuel between tanks (and it shifts COG accordingly)
But there is a catch... It NEEDS using some mods including technically defunct SimpleWings (which author states do not work after 1.11 version, but in my case it started working almost OK after reinstallation, only visual effects became almost invisible) which make planes fly sooooooo much more realistic, without them, unfortunately, planes do not stall and flaps make no difference(
Are you interested to try bothering with mods and complex instructions? i've basically finished the plane and need a couople of days to write a manual.
Tu-114 is cooming soon. @asteroidbook345, remember it? We started fuselage together and i used your langing gear from tu-95) i'm finishing a cocpit interior and porting programming from cv-990
can't upload screenshots though(
https://ibb.co/album/FXCYp4
@vonhubert That's valid and pretty cool
@asteroidbook345 i think 2-3 weeks and it will be ready. Though i've currently styled it as Tu-126 AWACS to avoid making a livery and passenger cabin interior and windows)
Oh hello again.... I seem to have forgotton about this. Trying it now.
Omg yessssss the Tu-114
@Sonicandknuckles @F104Deathtrap @BaconEggs, @MOPCKOEDNISHE, @PlaneFlightX, @ShootsPlanes, @asteroidbook345, @MaxB17, @Franticmatty
Hi guys! I suggest you try downloading a current version with simplewings, who knows, may be if you reinstall a mod and do not try adding a simple wings part, but just load a plane, it will work? Please let me know.
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/P5pJ5P/Convair-CV-990-for-Simple-Wings
manual:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q3HEbTAgLdTaUAQeQhojbOx0S73aw9E3/view?usp=share_link
@PlaneFlightX Well, that get even more weird, i've looked up a mod version, and it is the latest one:
Mod version: V.1.4
Update submod: Variable wing to V.1.1
Don't really understand what may be different
Will try to remake a plane with standard wings for community
p.s. the only last idea is that it may be affected by some other mod?
Here is a current list
https://ibb.co/SwgSrK1
@vonhubert I'll try it out soon
@PlaneFlightX i wonder what may be different... I definitely had dragged simple wings part from a list recently, it's not the case that all of them were added on the plane before 1.11 update. my game is actually 1.12.128.0 (and i also used experimental build on steam, which also worked fine for simplewings). I only suspect that i may use the other mod version, may be older? i've looked through my mod folder , unfortunately it weirdly show a 14.12.2022 date, which is definitely not true, i've downloaded it earlier. How about an experiment? i've uploaded the version i supposedly reinstalled after 1.11 update to google drive + an even older version i've found in downloads. may be you try deleting a mod and installing one of these? a bigger one seems to be the one i use now.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qqy5asA_EF1FGBnJCddckhZITrl2kggb?usp=sharing
@vonhubert I can install the mod fine, the game just crashes if I try to drag out a SimpleWing part.
@PlaneFlightX may be you should try installing it again as i did? I'm using latest release on steam and even used experimental. After installing again the mod got visible in mods menu and it us completely functional except for visual effects - they became very transparent and are only visible at night. But regarding physics, mod works torally fine. And its just not possible to adjust specs for stock wings as much(
I stole your landing gear doors about 6 years ago. Welcome back.
Sup
I'd love to try this, but SimpleWings is unuseable.