Engine sound is closely tied to fuel consumption, even tho it has almost nothing to do with engine power. Weird, huh?
I'll explain. Each engine has a set amount of fuel it consumes at 100% throttle (different for each engine, of course). At different throttle settings, that fuel consumption changes: 50% throttle- 50% consumption etc.
There is an engine power multiplier, but it does not affect fuel consumption at all. So to create a hyper-efficient engine, you just set the max throttle setting to something very small (.01 for instance) and then multiply the engine power to compensate (in this case, 100).
The problem here, is that engine noise is tied to throttle setting. In order to get a nice, loud engine, it has to be throttled up which means it has to be consuming considerable amounts of fuel. You can sometimes get around this problem for planes with multiple engines by only using one, small Blasto-50 hidden somewhere to give you sound and use larger, silent, xml modded engines to move the plane.
But generally, more sound = more fuel consumed. Also, you can change the max throttle setting above 1 to change the sound of the engine, 2 or 3 usually makes it sound very different.
Whenever I see a really shameless rip-off, I ignore the rip-off upload and follow the successor trail all the way back to upvote the original purely out of spite.
Like it or not, this is the internet. Everyone here will just have to decide for themself what they want to believe. There is no "solid evidence" and there most likely won't be. There are only words and feelings and trust, or a lack thereof.
The events in Korea are tragic, and we are all sad to see young and talented people go to their graves so early.
Whatever happened to Mattangi, it's abundantly clear that he won't be posting on here anymore. That in itself is saddening. But anything beyond this can only be speculation.
On the other hand, I would love to see more emphasis on the aircraft that actually contributed to the war, rather than the ones that had the best performance on paper.
For example, there's probably 10 Me-262's on this website for every IL-2, despite the fact that in reality there were 30x as many Sturmoviks.
Expressing yourself creatively will always be right. Always, as long as you're not hurting anybody. If you've got stuff inside of you, then you've got to let it out. But you also have to be ready for haters. Even if you stopped making anime, there would be other mean people to come along and try to hurt you. So your only choice is to keep doing your thing, and push all that mean stuff out of your head. Every artist who ever lived had to suffer the haters and most of the best ones got the most hate when they were alive. Look, I really do not like anime. I complain and make fun of it all the time, but you have got to keep on making the stuff you want to make. And you will just have to ignore people who give you a hard time about it, or at least understand that they dont matter.
@WarThunderPlayer Yes. To learn more, download good looking planes that fly properly (gotta be careful, a lotta good looking planes on here fly like trash) and then take it apart to see how it works.
@HappyFeetWhyshouldi I am relatively certain the Camel could reach trans-sonic speeds in a vertical climb. I think they mentioned that on the History Channel
Be careful, triangles are really addictive. I had to panel some of my current project... fast forward a few weeks and the entire thing is paneled and now, looking at your wing here I am tempted to rebuild the airfoil for the FOURTH time.
The Front Page has never looked better. A combination of talented builders, recent game updates and potent new visual mods has resulted in a steady flow of excellent creations.
The Forums are the exact opposite. I have never on this website seen so much trolling, whining and utter cringe. I feel really bad for new players looking for help or inspiration.
some of you have seen me post this before, but it will always be true: The key to learning how to build like the masters is to download their work, save it, then tear it apart to see how they work. Bogdanx's planes are an especially good place to start because all his work is mobile friendly, extremely accurate and uses simple tricks to add extra detail with as few parts as possible.
There are also tutorials about how to do specific things like make realistic looking wings, cockpits etc. but before you try to learn that stuff, definitely just tear apart a few good builds and see how they fit together.
When I comment on a post, I consider a few things. Is this a new player? Does it seem like this person spent much time building this? What do I like about it? What can improve?
I try to make it a point to say something positive every time I comment on someone's work. After all, people care about their creations. But I also make it a point to politely advise what can be improved. That is how we learn. If someone is content to make the same kind of stuff over and over again without changing, so be it. This is a game, it is meant to be fun. But I will offer anyone the opportunity to refine their skills and improve, just as I am grateful to others when they teach me something.
Your 57 part xml weapon didn't take the front page by storm, so you got on here and declared that the game is dying. That's a bit self serving, don't you think?
@denialofservice Hmmmm, an anonymous system by which players can see how popular their creations are? You mean like the download count? We have that.
If unregistered users could vote on stuff, the mods couldn't do anything about it, by definition.
I've said my piece about this. Run some google searches, this isn't the first time somebody's had a wave of inspiration about this stuff. The best way to get upvotes is to step up your game.
@EliteArsenals24 Nah, that would just mean less people downloading planes. I waited 6 months before starting an account, if it had been mandatory, I just wouldn't have done it at all.
If there's one thing I've learned in life, it's that whatever music you enjoy sounds like absolute crap to everyone else. This is especially true for pop music, which is prone to passing fads that rarely hold up well over time. If you're really passionate about music, do yourself a huge favor: save up for a great set of headphones and keep your music to yourself. Music is a lot more enjoyable when you can lose yourself in it without worrying about other people.
PS -If you need any recommendations on headphones, I can help you out.
Without a doubt, the best time to upload is after the plane has been carefully tested and fixed.
This includes
-speed at cruising altitude
-checking the stall speed at low altitude and high
-taking off and landing safely at reasonable speeds
-ground handling
-maneuverability
-controls and activation groups
-and finally, what I like to call a "drop test" where you let the plane fall 10 or 15 feet to see if it hurts the landing gear
To me, the main thing for these kind of aircraft is reliability, survivability and range. The first two are obvious, the third contains more than it seems. Not only does range allow an individual plane to carry out missions over a wider area and permit more flexibility when it comes to airbases, it also allows for loiter time. Loitering is when the aircraft circles near the battle front. It is able to strike quickly when needed, often repeatedly, and to carefully make each attack. Planes with shorter ranges are forced into a "use me or lose me" situation, where troops must designate targets ahead of time, wait a considerable amount of time for the air strike to arrive, and then the plane immediately returns to base. Only planes designed with considerably long range are able to stay close to the tropps, and it is one of the reasons traditional fighters are not ideal in the role of close air support.
Please, remember that this is a game about airplanes. While we do allow off-topic conversations in the forums, if you talk about religion or politics then there is a good chance that your post will be removed. Especially if we feel that it is likely to stir up debate.
Gosh, it's almost like a small group of recent, low-effort players have been stirring up pointless controversy to get attention. Of course I would never stoop so low as to name these people, who just so happen to be here, in this very thread.
Engine sound is closely tied to fuel consumption, even tho it has almost nothing to do with engine power. Weird, huh?
I'll explain. Each engine has a set amount of fuel it consumes at 100% throttle (different for each engine, of course). At different throttle settings, that fuel consumption changes: 50% throttle- 50% consumption etc.
There is an engine power multiplier, but it does not affect fuel consumption at all. So to create a hyper-efficient engine, you just set the max throttle setting to something very small (.01 for instance) and then multiply the engine power to compensate (in this case, 100).
The problem here, is that engine noise is tied to throttle setting. In order to get a nice, loud engine, it has to be throttled up which means it has to be consuming considerable amounts of fuel. You can sometimes get around this problem for planes with multiple engines by only using one, small Blasto-50 hidden somewhere to give you sound and use larger, silent, xml modded engines to move the plane.
But generally, more sound = more fuel consumed. Also, you can change the max throttle setting above 1 to change the sound of the engine, 2 or 3 usually makes it sound very different.
+6Whenever I see a really shameless rip-off, I ignore the rip-off upload and follow the successor trail all the way back to upvote the original purely out of spite.
+6To be fair, that is already a thing because too many people fail to test their uploads. /s
+6On a mission from God
+6Like it or not, this is the internet. Everyone here will just have to decide for themself what they want to believe. There is no "solid evidence" and there most likely won't be. There are only words and feelings and trust, or a lack thereof.
The events in Korea are tragic, and we are all sad to see young and talented people go to their graves so early.
Whatever happened to Mattangi, it's abundantly clear that he won't be posting on here anymore. That in itself is saddening. But anything beyond this can only be speculation.
+6On the other hand, I would love to see more emphasis on the aircraft that actually contributed to the war, rather than the ones that had the best performance on paper.
For example, there's probably 10 Me-262's on this website for every IL-2, despite the fact that in reality there were 30x as many Sturmoviks.
+52/10
+5Does math pretty well but can't fly
How are you going to ask him for a favor and not even bother to spell his name right? SMH
+5Expressing yourself creatively will always be right. Always, as long as you're not hurting anybody. If you've got stuff inside of you, then you've got to let it out. But you also have to be ready for haters. Even if you stopped making anime, there would be other mean people to come along and try to hurt you. So your only choice is to keep doing your thing, and push all that mean stuff out of your head. Every artist who ever lived had to suffer the haters and most of the best ones got the most hate when they were alive. Look, I really do not like anime. I complain and make fun of it all the time, but you have got to keep on making the stuff you want to make. And you will just have to ignore people who give you a hard time about it, or at least understand that they dont matter.
+5@WarThunderPlayer Yes. To learn more, download good looking planes that fly properly (gotta be careful, a lotta good looking planes on here fly like trash) and then take it apart to see how it works.
+5Slaps roof
+5"This baby can overrun so much of Western Europe..."
@HappyFeetWhyshouldi I am relatively certain the Camel could reach trans-sonic speeds in a vertical climb. I think they mentioned that on the History Channel
+5HAIL SATAN
+5Be careful, triangles are really addictive. I had to panel some of my current project... fast forward a few weeks and the entire thing is paneled and now, looking at your wing here I am tempted to rebuild the airfoil for the FOURTH time.
+5The Front Page has never looked better. A combination of talented builders, recent game updates and potent new visual mods has resulted in a steady flow of excellent creations.
The Forums are the exact opposite. I have never on this website seen so much trolling, whining and utter cringe. I feel really bad for new players looking for help or inspiration.
+5Boeing: "Get in, loser! We strapped a bunch of AGM's to this passenger jet and we're gonna cruise around the Pacific lookin for noobs."
US Navy: "You crazy beautiful genius, I'm in!"
+5some of you have seen me post this before, but it will always be true:
The key to learning how to build like the masters is to download their work, save it, then tear it apart to see how they work. Bogdanx's planes are an especially good place to start because all his work is mobile friendly, extremely accurate and uses simple tricks to add extra detail with as few parts as possible.
There are also tutorials about how to do specific things like make realistic looking wings, cockpits etc. but before you try to learn that stuff, definitely just tear apart a few good builds and see how they fit together.
+5When I comment on a post, I consider a few things. Is this a new player? Does it seem like this person spent much time building this? What do I like about it? What can improve?
I try to make it a point to say something positive every time I comment on someone's work. After all, people care about their creations. But I also make it a point to politely advise what can be improved. That is how we learn. If someone is content to make the same kind of stuff over and over again without changing, so be it. This is a game, it is meant to be fun. But I will offer anyone the opportunity to refine their skills and improve, just as I am grateful to others when they teach me something.
+5I am beginning to understand why a certain person deleted his account recently.
+5I wonder what percentage of them took longer than an hour to build.
+5Wait, is it Sunday? DO I HAVE TO GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING?!
+5TUPOLEV IS DOMINATING THE FRONT PAGE THIS WEEK!
+5[COMMUNISM INTENSIFIES]
+5Was this really necessary?
Your 57 part xml weapon didn't take the front page by storm, so you got on here and declared that the game is dying. That's a bit self serving, don't you think?
+5War Thunder > World of Whatever
+5Are you sure that's a Mini? Judging by the fire coming out from the engine compartment and the parts strewn about, I'd say it looks like a Fiat.
+5The announcement weighs 1.5 tons
+5When ppl post these, I wanna be like
Leave request DENIED
+5@denialofservice Hmmmm, an anonymous system by which players can see how popular their creations are? You mean like the download count? We have that.
If unregistered users could vote on stuff, the mods couldn't do anything about it, by definition.
I've said my piece about this. Run some google searches, this isn't the first time somebody's had a wave of inspiration about this stuff. The best way to get upvotes is to step up your game.
+5You should hide tiny wings and engines in it so that it really flies!
+5@EliteArsenals24 Nah, that would just mean less people downloading planes. I waited 6 months before starting an account, if it had been mandatory, I just wouldn't have done it at all.
+5@ZHUAREVONI Yeah, she looks great... until you realize she's 20 feet tall. Then the fear sets in.
+5Excuse me, sir? I'm going to need you to keep making awesome stuff like this for the rest of your life, or at least mine. M'kay?
+5If there's one thing I've learned in life, it's that whatever music you enjoy sounds like absolute crap to everyone else. This is especially true for pop music, which is prone to passing fads that rarely hold up well over time. If you're really passionate about music, do yourself a huge favor: save up for a great set of headphones and keep your music to yourself. Music is a lot more enjoyable when you can lose yourself in it without worrying about other people.
PS -If you need any recommendations on headphones, I can help you out.
+5They figured NotNearlyAsComplicatedAsRealA##Planes was too long for a name.
+4That's impressive. You made this?
+4The Book of Proverbs lines 4 and 5:
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself
In other words, just block him
+4There arent enough minutes in your lifespan. Sukhois are like blades of grass on here
+4Without a doubt, the best time to upload is after the plane has been carefully tested and fixed.
This includes
-speed at cruising altitude
-checking the stall speed at low altitude and high
-taking off and landing safely at reasonable speeds
-ground handling
-maneuverability
-controls and activation groups
-and finally, what I like to call a "drop test" where you let the plane fall 10 or 15 feet to see if it hurts the landing gear
Any time before all this is certainly sub-optimal
+4To me, the main thing for these kind of aircraft is reliability, survivability and range. The first two are obvious, the third contains more than it seems. Not only does range allow an individual plane to carry out missions over a wider area and permit more flexibility when it comes to airbases, it also allows for loiter time.
+4Loitering is when the aircraft circles near the battle front. It is able to strike quickly when needed, often repeatedly, and to carefully make each attack. Planes with shorter ranges are forced into a "use me or lose me" situation, where troops must designate targets ahead of time, wait a considerable amount of time for the air strike to arrive, and then the plane immediately returns to base. Only planes designed with considerably long range are able to stay close to the tropps, and it is one of the reasons traditional fighters are not ideal in the role of close air support.
Doubt it.
+4@Numbers Its worse than clickbait in my opinion because it's divisive. And for what? Some dude got more imaginary points than somebody else? Boo hoo
+4Politics and Religion
Please, remember that this is a game about airplanes. While we do allow off-topic conversations in the forums, if you talk about religion or politics then there is a good chance that your post will be removed. Especially if we feel that it is likely to stir up debate.
+4"Glorious" just about sums it up.
+4They're a cut above the usual stuff around here.
+4Gosh, it's almost like a small group of recent, low-effort players have been stirring up pointless controversy to get attention. Of course I would never stoop so low as to name these people, who just so happen to be here, in this very thread.
+4@Chancey21
+4Next driver sleds will be level builds now
Piper Savage Cub
+4@Starbound Yeah. Hopefully we'll figure out something productive to do with fusion.
+4"Make this for me"
"Give me credit"
Anything else, M'Lord?
+4