@Leviatham
is it allowed to request a build of a fictitious plane?
Yes, granted that there is a tangible replica of it, an orthographic view of it on all three sides, or a very thourough, explicit, and detailed description and measurements of it if an orthographic view is unavailable or is nonexistent both on Historical, or Fictional (Treasure Planet and whatnot).
@nomalnormaltheman
i think adding an road would be a grat idea because the road in yeager was really bad and i wanna try to drive from voshkod to rocky urals (please respond)
It was planned to have road systems in this map but roads in unity are in splines and splines aren't really my strong suit. It's actually one of the reasons why my other map is skewed into bug-land.
I mean, traversing the terrain from Voskhod to Rocky Urals is possible albeit requires offroad wheels.
@TirpitzWantsPlanes yeah the lag is surreal in Olyoma, however I still have to learn to do LOD so it could lag less. Though lag decreases when shadows are off as far as I know. I apologise for that. But if you are asking to turn off lights in the city to increase device performance, it had no impact during alpha tests whether it was on or off. sorry...
@SyntheticL Your guesses are really close! however I am sorry but it must be a full name including the variant letter or dash series ie Tu-104B or 757-200, otherwise it will be counted wrong, omission of manufacturer/ designer is permissible. I'll update the rules, sorry.
A guide for people participating in the PLANESPOTTING CHALLENGE!.
Not necessarily in this exact fashion, but more or less similarly readable.
List your build and livery request first, then list all your identifications of the ten new planes by their full name.
(ie. Boeing 717-200 or Tupolev Tu-104B, omission of manufacturer/ designer is permissible)
For example:
I am participating in the challenge
My Build and Livery Request is
-Nakajima B5N
-USN livery
The ten planes are:
-De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4B
-Lockheed L-1011-200
-Saab 340B
-Handley Page Halifax Mk.III
-COMAC C919
-Boeing 737
-Rockwell B-1B
-Airbus A320Neo
-Vickers VC10
-Ford Tri Motor
-Blohm and Voss BV238 V
@x3Harrion No I meant a consent from me, I am fine with people copying my planes so long they ask for consent from me and I give consent and I will ask for credit depending on what is copied. To which in this case I never gave out any consents, nor anyone asked me for one, nor will I allow no credit of a copy of this calibre. Anyways, just do not copy, it'll save you loads of bureaucracy.
@x3Harrion
Hey, forgive us for grilling you earlier, sorry about that, plagiarism isn't really condoned in this community often when sighted. But I will forgive you this one time how ever you copied, either from me, or from your friend. Oh and I see you are new player, welcome to Simpleplanes, sorry that the rules are a bit blurry, however the general consensus is to not copy, however for my planes; Plagiarism Bad unless with consent.
@x3Harrion even if it did came from your friend, you are still at fault for failure to credit, me or them otherwise. You owned up to this build and said its yours even without a single mention of me, or them.
It could be because you are running an old version of Simpleplanes. This may be because versions older than 1.9.2 do not support a smooth function this plane is an abundance of. Therefore not able to execute the Funky Tree formula...
@4rtemis
I really liked it however I was finding it hard to pitch up
Well by design, airliners were never meant to have the maneuverability of a fighter jet, so it'll take a longer run in the runway to takeoff, and the inherent inability to climb vertically. If it is feeling too hard to pitch up, I suggest to set trim at -1/2 Setting.
@QantasGuyA330 I could but it may take a while if ever because of a new job, returning to class. And I still need to find an equivalent of it to publish it with. I may or may not build the Il-76 but I'll try.
Its a Tupolev Tu-184NK, an idea of Unlistedplanes.
@TheSavageManZ
How many hours do you play man?
Also here’s a “complaint” i’ve had for quite long... next time plz make the cockpit interior ACCURATE to the real thing
About an hour because of a more refined building process, using bigger and less parts, and whatnot. My dude, the cockpit functions, if I cater to your standards, my phone, and eventually my laptop would explode. 500 parts for a cockpit is too much for me, let alone 4000 just for the panel, console, and seats. But I’ll see into it and tag you then.
Edit
This might actually be my last project, external obligations and whatnot.
In the Activation Groups, press 4, it should droop up. However, if you are operating the plane in a Simpleplanes version before 1.9.204, its redundant. If you did press 4 and still doesn't articulate, might I suggest to update your Simpleplanes?
I flew it numerous times in my Samsung S7, and the gears works just as much. Listen man, you probably torrented simpleplanes or have simply not updated yet, to which I suggest: Find a latest version of it because an outdated version of Simpleplanes is the problem you are encountering.
And dude, thats just rude. Rude to assume one has Coronavirus due to what language they prefer to converse with.
I have achieved those photos by first pressing F9 to get rid of the UI elements, and then Win+print screen to screenshot it. After that go to photoshop and tweak it. Unfortunately it doesn't really work on mobile.
@Panizon It was in the works alongside the Air Canada A330-300, but the engines and wing assemblies are disappointingly disappointing. So I remodelled it, but kinda been sidetracked among other projects and real life obligations.
There is really no proper or improper way to build an aircraft, there is only what works and what does not work. The difference being that "Proper" implies that there is a golden standard for every builder to follow, which severely lacks in this community, which is a great thing because it can incorporate many building methods and philosophy for each users without arbitrary penalties.
However let's go back to what I meant with 'what works/ doesn't work'. "So what does it mean?" as someone asked. Well it means that regardless of the level of detail and parts put into it, if it lacks functionality, and/or not a lot of people enjoy it due to part count or lack of uniqueness, it does not work. So what works in this case? Well as of now, anything adequately detailed but still is less than 800 parts (or 400 parts if possible) will work, it can work better or worse if its what the community has not seen before, depending if it looks exciting or dull. Anything over 800 parts may work better but its a risky strategy since practically about half of mobile users are now cut of from it due to high part counts. Meme builds work in wondrous fashion, and you may have even seen the purple truck or the plane covered in airbrakes whose popularity skyrocket.
Since I am only accustomed to building airliners, I can only offer you two building methods for wings that I know of: Triangulation, and Single Cast. Triangulation is a higher detailed wing assembly method that employs a numerous amount of triangle shaped fuselages to form an accurately shaped flat bottomed airfoil. But consumes a lot of parts. Single Cast only uses a single fuselage scaled up to form a wing section, it uses less parts, but is less accurate shape wise.
Wing Assemblies are pretty much the only assembly that differs between users and I have two examples of it Triangulation and Single Cast. Fuselages for aircraft does not really change with each user visual wise.
@Panizon Well I didn't expect a lot of people to take note of this particular DC-8 since not a lot of people know the DC-8-71F exists let alone the Airliner Air Transport International, accounting for all factors, I have calculated 19 upvotes would be the peak. And yet every dang time, my calculations are wrong.
@Tang0five I think I know the problem, the fuselage parts are too flush with each other, intersecting when the view is too far, maybe try setting the distance farther from each surface, and in cases of lines and stripes required in the livery, have the corners set to hard instead of circular. I do hope this helps.
@JCCNtechnologies
[ommited user] This is going to be hard because I play on android. it will lag out my phone. Th most parts I had so far is 590 which is my build I. TA.W.S V2. but thank you.
Well lucky for you, popularity does not always come down to how many parts can you shove in a build, in fact high part count builds does not always equal high popularity points, rather a combination of how well the plane is built, how its presented, would the community enjoy it, how many features it has, and how viable the part count is.
All of the planes I have built for Simpleplanes (apart for 747-146, and An225) are all below the 800 part count and performing fine, it does not even have to reach 800 parts to be popular, I built a Fw189 while I'm still a silver player and it got massive recognition from users. and its only 396 parts. And a word of advice, always think about the mobile users, making a high part count may give you a slight praise from PC/Mac users, but you are cutting off a large playerbase in simpleplanes, if you really want to be popular, think if a mobile user could realistically enjoy it. And now unfortunately, unless you can still somehow download the 1.8 version of Simpleplanes on android, presentation will be limited to a black background and in a website where the most viable way to pop out from others is utilising a custom screenshot, it may be your achilles heel. Presentation is key to pop out to the user, show most of the plane and fill the screen up as much as possible while still seeing the whole plane.
And since interior cockpit is pretty much an uncommon sight in builds, having a well detailed, well built, and well cleaned cockpit interior can boost the popularity of your build, even more so if its mobile friendly.
Now I cannot promise you that following my tips will gratify instant popularity, its exponential, you have to prove to the community your talent in simpleplanes building is worth upvoting for, once the community sees your builds, they may take note of it and might wait to see what you will come up next, its a slow process.
Now the one thing that can cripple your road to popularity is to do something astronically wrong, such as plagiarising builds and claiming it as yours, calling out players or the community, or ranting against the community. Simpleplanes is much like running a business; provide good, cheap products (in this case, playable vehicles for both PC/Mac and mobile), advertising, and great Public Relations.
I have tried this method on one of the 880, but the results are very displeasing since it still accelerated even at full deployment.
Anyways, try this one;
clamp(PitchAngle, 0, 1.125)
@KLM_747 Woah Qingyu is too making a 757!? Damn we could have timed this better and make it a trio lmao
I would not mind if you tagged me, but I'll likely stumble upon it anyways.
Yeah I could make a mobile friendly variant of your 757, all I need to know is;
- Powerplant (PW2000/ RB211)
- Version (200/300)
- Livery
If its too revealing, ping me in one of my pre-professional builds (everything before my the Tupolev TB3M I built)
@KLM_74
&Jelybaca why you no tag me :( take my upvote
I’m sorry, but also I never teased it other than flying in in MP under a different name, so there’s really no opportunity to tag people. Speaking of tagging, I think it would be rude of me if I tag you on my finished 757-300 while you’re still building yours, it just feels like I’m showing off that I built a 757 faster than you, which is not my type of personality.
@Panizon
Thank you for your compliment regarding this as an amzing build for a 757-, However I do not really get what you meant if this is mobile friendly. Are you astounded that you find it surprisingly mobile friendly? Or that you challenge that its not mobile friendly?
@Viper6
It really is
@Piglin
I'm sorry I didnt quite get what you said
@Tang0five I honestly don't know, I've just done it as is. Maybe send one of your planes my way with the two tone livery, and I'll compare its execution with mine.
Not really sure but from experience, problems may arise not so much about connection errors but rather spacing issues between parts.
Went back on designer and did try to scale it down. yes it might work and this is how I did it, you don't need to follow only this but it may help:
What I did is use the Fine tuner mod, multi-select, select cockpit part, multi-edit, scale tool, whatever scale required, unchecked Scale Only Selected Parts, Scale.
This plane is quite charming in its own right.
I've heard you're a Filipino American, I hope I am saying this right;
Pinagdarararasal ku na eng bansa at eng kaluguran mu ali mapa'amak neng Coronavirus nayini. Na ika mu din ali mapa'amak neng Coronavirus. Pero kening Kanada, ing bansang tawag mung Kabalen, he tula-tula kame da'el keretang dadakal na Kobid keyses. Rugu keilangan mu talaga neng dasal para keng bansa mu. Lmao.
Please correct me, I carry little faith towards my fellow Filipino friends that they said the proper translation ever since they said "I love you" is "Anakanang Tipaklong" written in Tagalog. There's google translate but where's the fun in that?
@Leviatham
is it allowed to request a build of a fictitious plane?
Yes, granted that there is a tangible replica of it, an orthographic view of it on all three sides, or a very thourough, explicit, and detailed description and measurements of it if an orthographic view is unavailable or is nonexistent both on Historical, or Fictional (Treasure Planet and whatnot).
@EnzoDiaz
how is the size?
Storage wise, about 60mb. map wise, for me at least, its huge. It could eclipse the entire map of Simpleplanes Vanilla I think...
+1@nomalnormaltheman
i think adding an road would be a grat idea because the road in yeager was really bad and i wanna try to drive from voshkod to rocky urals (please respond)
It was planned to have road systems in this map but roads in unity are in splines and splines aren't really my strong suit. It's actually one of the reasons why my other map is skewed into bug-land.
I mean, traversing the terrain from Voskhod to Rocky Urals is possible albeit requires offroad wheels.
@TirpitzWantsPlanes yeah the lag is surreal in Olyoma, however I still have to learn to do LOD so it could lag less. Though lag decreases when shadows are off as far as I know. I apologise for that. But if you are asking to turn off lights in the city to increase device performance, it had no impact during alpha tests whether it was on or off. sorry...
@SyntheticL Your guesses are really close! however I am sorry but it must be a full name including the variant letter or dash series ie Tu-104B or 757-200, otherwise it will be counted wrong, omission of manufacturer/ designer is permissible. I'll update the rules, sorry.
A guide for people participating in the PLANESPOTTING CHALLENGE!.
Not necessarily in this exact fashion, but more or less similarly readable.
List your build and livery request first, then list all your identifications of the ten new planes by their full name.
(ie. Boeing 717-200 or Tupolev Tu-104B, omission of manufacturer/ designer is permissible)
For example:
@x3Harrion No I meant a consent from me, I am fine with people copying my planes so long they ask for consent from me and I give consent and I will ask for credit depending on what is copied. To which in this case I never gave out any consents, nor anyone asked me for one, nor will I allow no credit of a copy of this calibre. Anyways, just do not copy, it'll save you loads of bureaucracy.
@x3Harrion
Hey, forgive us for grilling you earlier, sorry about that, plagiarism isn't really condoned in this community often when sighted. But I will forgive you this one time how ever you copied, either from me, or from your friend. Oh and I see you are new player, welcome to Simpleplanes, sorry that the rules are a bit blurry, however the general consensus is to not copy, however for my planes; Plagiarism Bad unless with consent.
We are looking forward to see your unique builds.
@x3Harrion
no he posted his version of you plane and said i didn't need to give credit
idk thanks tho i work for like a week on this
Building a completed plane... I see, your alibi is not adding up.
@x3Harrion even if it did came from your friend, you are still at fault for failure to credit, me or them otherwise. You owned up to this build and said its yours even without a single mention of me, or them.
+1@RedWasNotTheImposter I'm having minor inconveniences publishing a huge part count. And offline obligations.
This is great! much wow!!!1! But I am getting issues with Taxi mode, when reversing and turning, its inverted, please fix that.
Yeah this is definitely better than what I was working on, pretty well done
+1@GreatHieu
It could be because you are running an old version of Simpleplanes. This may be because versions older than 1.9.2 do not support a smooth function this plane is an abundance of. Therefore not able to execute the Funky Tree formula...
+4Я многоязычный. Вы не можете остановить силу переводчика tge от Google!
@TheSupermeAvicenna
Fun fact :
in first pic, I see a 707 or convair with full smokey engines while activating
Lol, nice build
It is a Convair, but I'll probably never release it
+1@4rtemis
I really liked it however I was finding it hard to pitch up
Well by design, airliners were never meant to have the maneuverability of a fighter jet, so it'll take a longer run in the runway to takeoff, and the inherent inability to climb vertically. If it is feeling too hard to pitch up, I suggest to set trim at -1/2 Setting.
Great build too, we don't see that much airliners of any description in this site.
I swear I've seen those decals before.
Damn these are great models! I would stand no chance against those builds
+11@QantasGuyA330 I could but it may take a while if ever because of a new job, returning to class. And I still need to find an equivalent of it to publish it with. I may or may not build the Il-76 but I'll try.
I was building th Il-96[o] already, but damn this looks better! Wondrous job on the livery and the interior!
+2@ShootsPlanes
yoi could have made a pepsi livery, but hey, this is good enough
That sounds like a solid plan, and thank you.
+1What’s that tri-prop I see in the background?
Its a Tupolev Tu-184NK, an idea of Unlistedplanes.
How many hours do you play man?
Also here’s a “complaint” i’ve had for quite long... next time plz make the cockpit interior ACCURATE to the real thing
About an hour because of a more refined building process, using bigger and less parts, and whatnot. My dude, the cockpit functions, if I cater to your standards, my phone, and eventually my laptop would explode. 500 parts for a cockpit is too much for me, let alone 4000 just for the panel, console, and seats. But I’ll see into it and tag you then.
Edit
This might actually be my last project, external obligations and whatnot.
+2@teodor99
ye know its a nice build but i have a question. how would a modern 2020 version of the concorde be?
It'll probably be an A321XLR or A350ULR fuselage, MIG21 wings, and two GE9X engines.
+1@XAircraftManufacturer
A word of notice however, its a concept plane by UnlistedPlanes. He based it from an MD-11, but never existed in actuality.
@XAircraftManufacturer
What is that weird plane on the 3rd picture with 3 props?
Its a Tupolev Tu-184NK
@Airbus747SP
How do you put the nose up
In the Activation Groups, press 4, it should droop up. However, if you are operating the plane in a Simpleplanes version before 1.9.204, its redundant. If you did press 4 and still doesn't articulate, might I suggest to update your Simpleplanes?
+1@Yeetmenflyer
You just disturbed me i was in rayong-caticlan mod i was gonna land in bangkok😡
Good luck finding Bangkok.
+6@Yeetmenflyer
Nevertheless, its rude.
Anyways I forgot to clarify;
Update to 1.9.205 or later
@Yeetmenflyer
Problem Solved: Update to 1.9.205
I flew it numerous times in my Samsung S7, and the gears works just as much. Listen man, you probably torrented simpleplanes or have simply not updated yet, to which I suggest: Find a latest version of it because an outdated version of Simpleplanes is the problem you are encountering.
And dude, thats just rude. Rude to assume one has Coronavirus due to what language they prefer to converse with.
+1@switdog08 Thank you
@CaptFoxworth19
I have achieved those photos by first pressing F9 to get rid of the UI elements, and then Win+print screen to screenshot it. After that go to photoshop and tweak it. Unfortunately it doesn't really work on mobile.
@Panizon It was in the works alongside the Air Canada A330-300, but the engines and wing assemblies are disappointingly disappointing. So I remodelled it, but kinda been sidetracked among other projects and real life obligations.
There is really no proper or improper way to build an aircraft, there is only what works and what does not work. The difference being that "Proper" implies that there is a golden standard for every builder to follow, which severely lacks in this community, which is a great thing because it can incorporate many building methods and philosophy for each users without arbitrary penalties.
However let's go back to what I meant with 'what works/ doesn't work'. "So what does it mean?" as someone asked. Well it means that regardless of the level of detail and parts put into it, if it lacks functionality, and/or not a lot of people enjoy it due to part count or lack of uniqueness, it does not work. So what works in this case? Well as of now, anything adequately detailed but still is less than 800 parts (or 400 parts if possible) will work, it can work better or worse if its what the community has not seen before, depending if it looks exciting or dull. Anything over 800 parts may work better but its a risky strategy since practically about half of mobile users are now cut of from it due to high part counts. Meme builds work in wondrous fashion, and you may have even seen the purple truck or the plane covered in airbrakes whose popularity skyrocket.
Since I am only accustomed to building airliners, I can only offer you two building methods for wings that I know of: Triangulation, and Single Cast. Triangulation is a higher detailed wing assembly method that employs a numerous amount of triangle shaped fuselages to form an accurately shaped flat bottomed airfoil. But consumes a lot of parts. Single Cast only uses a single fuselage scaled up to form a wing section, it uses less parts, but is less accurate shape wise.
Wing Assemblies are pretty much the only assembly that differs between users and I have two examples of it Triangulation and Single Cast. Fuselages for aircraft does not really change with each user visual wise.
@Panizon Well I didn't expect a lot of people to take note of this particular DC-8 since not a lot of people know the DC-8-71F exists let alone the Airliner Air Transport International, accounting for all factors, I have calculated 19 upvotes would be the peak. And yet every dang time, my calculations are wrong.
@Tang0five I think I know the problem, the fuselage parts are too flush with each other, intersecting when the view is too far, maybe try setting the distance farther from each surface, and in cases of lines and stripes required in the livery, have the corners set to hard instead of circular. I do hope this helps.
@WIZARD2017 Alright will do, thank you.
Oh this is so amazing! 17 parts is a lot to ask for in this detailed display. But is there a way to stop the glitching in the graphics?
@JCCNtechnologies
[ommited user] This is going to be hard because I play on android. it will lag out my phone. Th most parts I had so far is 590 which is my build I. TA.W.S V2. but thank you.
Well lucky for you, popularity does not always come down to how many parts can you shove in a build, in fact high part count builds does not always equal high popularity points, rather a combination of how well the plane is built, how its presented, would the community enjoy it, how many features it has, and how viable the part count is.
All of the planes I have built for Simpleplanes (apart for 747-146, and An225) are all below the 800 part count and performing fine, it does not even have to reach 800 parts to be popular, I built a Fw189 while I'm still a silver player and it got massive recognition from users. and its only 396 parts. And a word of advice, always think about the mobile users, making a high part count may give you a slight praise from PC/Mac users, but you are cutting off a large playerbase in simpleplanes, if you really want to be popular, think if a mobile user could realistically enjoy it. And now unfortunately, unless you can still somehow download the 1.8 version of Simpleplanes on android, presentation will be limited to a black background and in a website where the most viable way to pop out from others is utilising a custom screenshot, it may be your achilles heel. Presentation is key to pop out to the user, show most of the plane and fill the screen up as much as possible while still seeing the whole plane.
And since interior cockpit is pretty much an uncommon sight in builds, having a well detailed, well built, and well cleaned cockpit interior can boost the popularity of your build, even more so if its mobile friendly.
Now I cannot promise you that following my tips will gratify instant popularity, its exponential, you have to prove to the community your talent in simpleplanes building is worth upvoting for, once the community sees your builds, they may take note of it and might wait to see what you will come up next, its a slow process.
Now the one thing that can cripple your road to popularity is to do something astronically wrong, such as plagiarising builds and claiming it as yours, calling out players or the community, or ranting against the community. Simpleplanes is much like running a business; provide good, cheap products (in this case, playable vehicles for both PC/Mac and mobile), advertising, and great Public Relations.
+3I have tried this method on one of the 880, but the results are very displeasing since it still accelerated even at full deployment.
Anyways, try this one;
clamp(PitchAngle, 0, 1.125)
@KLM_747 Woah Qingyu is too making a 757!? Damn we could have timed this better and make it a trio lmao
I would not mind if you tagged me, but I'll likely stumble upon it anyways.
Yeah I could make a mobile friendly variant of your 757, all I need to know is;
- Powerplant (PW2000/ RB211)
- Version (200/300)
- Livery
If its too revealing, ping me in one of my pre-professional builds (everything before my the Tupolev TB3M I built)
@Panizon
oh ok I see, thank you for noticing
@KLM_74
&Jelybaca why you no tag me :( take my upvote
I’m sorry, but also I never teased it other than flying in in MP under a different name, so there’s really no opportunity to tag people. Speaking of tagging, I think it would be rude of me if I tag you on my finished 757-300 while you’re still building yours, it just feels like I’m showing off that I built a 757 faster than you, which is not my type of personality.
@Panizon
Thank you for your compliment regarding this as an amzing build for a 757-, However I do not really get what you meant if this is mobile friendly. Are you astounded that you find it surprisingly mobile friendly? Or that you challenge that its not mobile friendly?
@Viper6
It really is
@Piglin
I'm sorry I didnt quite get what you said
@Tang0five I honestly don't know, I've just done it as is. Maybe send one of your planes my way with the two tone livery, and I'll compare its execution with mine.
+1@An2k
Will there be issues if I scale these down?
Not really sure but from experience, problems may arise not so much about connection errors but rather spacing issues between parts.
Went back on designer and did try to scale it down. yes it might work and this is how I did it, you don't need to follow only this but it may help:
What I did is use the Fine tuner mod, multi-select, select cockpit part, multi-edit, scale tool, whatever scale required, unchecked Scale Only Selected Parts, Scale.
+2This plane is quite charming in its own right.
I've heard you're a Filipino American, I hope I am saying this right;
Pinagdarararasal ku na eng bansa at eng kaluguran mu ali mapa'amak neng Coronavirus nayini. Na ika mu din ali mapa'amak neng Coronavirus. Pero kening Kanada, ing bansang tawag mung Kabalen, he tula-tula kame da'el keretang dadakal na Kobid keyses. Rugu keilangan mu talaga neng dasal para keng bansa mu. Lmao.
Please correct me, I carry little faith towards my fellow Filipino friends that they said the proper translation ever since they said "I love you" is "Anakanang Tipaklong" written in Tagalog. There's google translate but where's the fun in that?
+5these are some fine memes.
Did you also build the 747 that was shot down?
+9