Interesting change from your usual style. Just a tip, if you set the min on the rotators' inputController to 0, it'll stop the wings from going the wrong way if you VTOL down.
@Alpha029 It screams through the skies like a lost soul from hell, its supersonic shockwave hugging its contours, the sonic boom letting all in its path know that the brrt is on its way.
@BaconRoll Yeah, based on a quick Google search, they increase roll instability and therefore increase roll response, which would be good for a fighter. You might need a computer-controlled continuous feedback system to maintain stable flight. Anyway, I'm just hyar to build some cool-lookin' hairyplanes, not hurt ma head wit dat science stuff.
@BroWassup Well, it would take a while to explain, but basically you have to understand how fuselage blocks (and any other parts you want to use) work, have a good grasp of 3D math and geometry in general, and be fluent in a scripting/programming language.
@Spectre2520 Don't be sorry, you meant well, and there's no harm done at all. Your Jet Spectre looks pretty good and handles well for a beginner -- well done. What would you like me to do with it?
Thanks, @Treadmill103. Thought I'd just do a quick build for today. Now that another user has released a shape-generating script, I look forward to certain people putting their money where their big mouths are and generating builds like these with zero effort :) How soon do you think you'll start seeing other users putting up builds like mine?
I went with the single color on this one because I think that brings out the subtle curves more. Adding stripes etc. would only obscure the shape. And then again, it's very easy to apply a color scheme, so anyone who wants to can paint it any way they like.
@chancey21 Well, that's what my last comment is all about. Every script is different, the user interface depends entirely on the script's creator. Some scripts may have a command-line interface, others may have complex GUIs.
@chancey21 Well, for that particular script, you first need to download Python and install it. Python is a scripting language. Install it with the default options.
Next, get your image ready. Make sure the image is pretty small, like 20 x 20 pixels. You'll also need to reduce the color palette (the number of colours in the image) to less than 256. It's probably better if you just get an 8-bit-color icon off the internet and save it as a PNG in the same folder as the script.
Then, just run the script (double-click on it or press Enter). It will open a command prompt, asking you to give it the path to a PNG image file. If you saved the file as test.png, type in test.png and then Enter. If you did everything right, it should generate a file called image.xml in your SP airplanes folder. Launch SP and see if you have an airplane called image. That'll be the generated file.
As for scripting in general, are you asking about using scripts, or creating them yourself?
@AdlerSteiner It's no bother at all, thanks for tagging me. Although so you know, if someone makes a successor to your build, you get a notification anyway.
@AdlerSteiner Well, I can't say the colours are to my liking, but to each his own. @FrenticTeam you need to set the mass of the blocks you've added to zero, to stop it from flipping over.
@Texasfam04 I appreciate the support, I really do, but please don't give them an excuse to start commenting on my posts again.
And we know what the problem is, anyway. These are just people who were raised to believe that if they just throw enough tantrums, people will get tired of it and give them what they want.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who deal with other people nicely (positive reinforcement), and those who apply a negative stimulus first, then demand that you give them what they want, if you want them to stop being a pain. Taken a bit further, this forms the basis of the criminal mentality ("pay up or we'll set your store on fire/break your knees/hurt your family, etc.").
I've been dealing with the latter kind of people for the last few years in real life, and as a result of those extremely unpleasant experiences, I've taken a vow never to reward this kind of behaviour. Because if you give in to this kind of thing, you just encourage it, and you will get more of it. I've made it one of my life's minor missions, whenever I encounter people like that, to teach them a lesson they'll never forget.
@chancey21 You're probably better off asking the script author to do that. I have to leave for work now (it's morning in Australia), but when I get back I'll take a look at it and get back to you.
@chancey21 And if you look closely, many of my aircraft are inspired by the Blackbird: long, pointy fuselage with chines, wings placed way back, and two massive wing-mounted engines.
@chancey21 Not the paint scheme, blacks and greys and metallic finishes have always been my favourites. When it comes to hardware, whether it's computers, guns, cars or airplanes, I only want it in black or dark shades of grey. As for finishes, it has to be a combination of matte-metallic, and various degrees of polishing, from bead-blasted to a mirror finish.
@chancey21 I've loved the SR-71 since I was a kid. Its pilots used to call it the Sled, because it was pretty much only good (although very, very good indeed) at one thing: flying very fast in a very straight line. The pilots called themselves Sled Drivers, and it was one of my childhood dreams to be one, so...
@RailfanEthan Not the hero Beanland deserves, but the one it needs.
Interesting change from your usual style. Just a tip, if you set the min on the rotators' inputController to 0, it'll stop the wings from going the wrong way if you VTOL down.
@Alpha029 It screams through the skies like a lost soul from hell, its supersonic shockwave hugging its contours, the sonic boom letting all in its path know that the brrt is on its way.
Is your bean-sense rumbling? @RailfanEthan
@RailfanEthan With great beans comes great flatulence.
@RailfanEthan Use your bean for good, not evil.
@BaconRoll Yeah, based on a quick Google search, they increase roll instability and therefore increase roll response, which would be good for a fighter. You might need a computer-controlled continuous feedback system to maintain stable flight. Anyway, I'm just hyar to build some cool-lookin' hairyplanes, not hurt ma head wit dat science stuff.
@chancey21 You're welcome. This looks great, but I can't test it -- every time I try to take it into the sandbox, SP crashes.
@BroWassup Well, it would take a while to explain, but basically you have to understand how fuselage blocks (and any other parts you want to use) work, have a good grasp of 3D math and geometry in general, and be fluent in a scripting/programming language.
@Alpha029 Thanks. Does it look evil enough?
@BroWassup It's just scripts I write myself.
Yeah, he tuned the flight handling quite well, especially considering it's only his second upload. @ChristianFennell @Spectre2520
@Spectre2520 Don't be sorry, you meant well, and there's no harm done at all. Your Jet Spectre looks pretty good and handles well for a beginner -- well done. What would you like me to do with it?
@Stingray Good improvement. By the way, in the description, I think you mean trim instead of pitch to elevate the laser cannon.
@Stingray I didn't -- that song was in the movie 'Das Boot,' at least in the English version.
It's a long way to Tipperary, it's a long way to home...
@Jetspeed1001 Let the hate stop me? I thrive on it! :)
And thanks.
@chancey21 I've never posted one with 200 bombs, I do have some with 100, though. The Incendius is one.
@ChristianFennell Thanks. Yeah, that's the downside of adding explosive ordnance. This isn't even the worst. Some of my builds carry 200 bombs...
@Spectre2520 Thanks for being so vigilant, but do check the usernames first :)
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna stop surprising you
@Latios22
Glad you think so, @Latios22, thanks.
@Latios22 Have at it.
Thanks, @Mustang51
Thanks, @PorkyClown3, I might do that.
Thanks, @Alpha029
@123Planebuilder It'll be a while, maybe weeks. I haven't built a battleship before, so I'll need to think about it first.
@Mattangi Yes, exactly.
Thanks, @Treadmill103. Thought I'd just do a quick build for today. Now that another user has released a shape-generating script, I look forward to certain people putting their money where their big mouths are and generating builds like these with zero effort :) How soon do you think you'll start seeing other users putting up builds like mine?
I went with the single color on this one because I think that brings out the subtle curves more. Adding stripes etc. would only obscure the shape. And then again, it's very easy to apply a color scheme, so anyone who wants to can paint it any way they like.
@chancey21 Well, that's what my last comment is all about. Every script is different, the user interface depends entirely on the script's creator. Some scripts may have a command-line interface, others may have complex GUIs.
@chancey21 Well, for that particular script, you first need to download Python and install it. Python is a scripting language. Install it with the default options.
Next, get your image ready. Make sure the image is pretty small, like 20 x 20 pixels. You'll also need to reduce the color palette (the number of colours in the image) to less than 256. It's probably better if you just get an 8-bit-color icon off the internet and save it as a PNG in the same folder as the script.
Then, just run the script (double-click on it or press Enter). It will open a command prompt, asking you to give it the path to a PNG image file. If you saved the file as test.png, type in test.png and then Enter. If you did everything right, it should generate a file called image.xml in your SP airplanes folder. Launch SP and see if you have an airplane called image. That'll be the generated file.
As for scripting in general, are you asking about using scripts, or creating them yourself?
Thanks, @Iamsilverdahedgie
@KillerDread Yeah, here
Thanks, @communisticbanana
@FrenticTeam I'm not active on youtube at all. I have my own channel for SP videos, but I don't even browse while logged in.
@FrenticTeam Interesting channel.
@AdlerSteiner It's no bother at all, thanks for tagging me. Although so you know, if someone makes a successor to your build, you get a notification anyway.
@AdlerSteiner Well, I can't say the colours are to my liking, but to each his own. @FrenticTeam you need to set the mass of the blocks you've added to zero, to stop it from flipping over.
@Texasfam04 Well, you didn't have to do that, but thanks. You have a nice day too (I mean that in the nice way, not the "go away" way :)
@Texasfam04 I appreciate the support, I really do, but please don't give them an excuse to start commenting on my posts again.
And we know what the problem is, anyway. These are just people who were raised to believe that if they just throw enough tantrums, people will get tired of it and give them what they want.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who deal with other people nicely (positive reinforcement), and those who apply a negative stimulus first, then demand that you give them what they want, if you want them to stop being a pain. Taken a bit further, this forms the basis of the criminal mentality ("pay up or we'll set your store on fire/break your knees/hurt your family, etc.").
I've been dealing with the latter kind of people for the last few years in real life, and as a result of those extremely unpleasant experiences, I've taken a vow never to reward this kind of behaviour. Because if you give in to this kind of thing, you just encourage it, and you will get more of it. I've made it one of my life's minor missions, whenever I encounter people like that, to teach them a lesson they'll never forget.
If you look at the "laser beam" head-on, it looks like the rainbow bridge from the Thor movies.
Thanks, @Tully2001, I appreciate it.
Thanks, @Texasfam04. If only real life were scriptable...
@chancey21 You're probably better off asking the script author to do that. I have to leave for work now (it's morning in Australia), but when I get back I'll take a look at it and get back to you.
@chancey21 And if you look closely, many of my aircraft are inspired by the Blackbird: long, pointy fuselage with chines, wings placed way back, and two massive wing-mounted engines.
@chancey21 Not the paint scheme, blacks and greys and metallic finishes have always been my favourites. When it comes to hardware, whether it's computers, guns, cars or airplanes, I only want it in black or dark shades of grey. As for finishes, it has to be a combination of matte-metallic, and various degrees of polishing, from bead-blasted to a mirror finish.
@chancey21 I've loved the SR-71 since I was a kid. Its pilots used to call it the Sled, because it was pretty much only good (although very, very good indeed) at one thing: flying very fast in a very straight line. The pilots called themselves Sled Drivers, and it was one of my childhood dreams to be one, so...
@chancey21 Ahh, I really appreciate the support, but let it go. Don't give any of those people an excuse to keep commenting on my posts.
@chancey21 No, why would I block you?
Upvote for tandem-wing configuration.