The graphics are way better than SP1!
Just a small suggestion: the road texture could still be improved, it looks a bit too much like freshly paved asphalt. Also in real life, roads often have subtle reflections. Maybe adjusting the roughness and specular maps could help make it look more realistic.
@Defalt1 Really? What happened? I think you need to wait until it picks up speed then it will start the transition process. Please keep the VTOL slider down until it finishes the transition automatically.
@TheCommentaryGuy The wing is made of two flat cylinders, I put them close to each other with a small angle to create the curve. I fine-tuned the cutting points to make it look seamless from the top, but from the bottom view, there is a seam. Since we mostly look from the top, I think it's acceptable to leave a seam on the bottom side. As for F-22 and 35, the exterior and cockpit are generally finished, but I am still working on flight controls, as well as small details here and there.
@F8boa The fire guns icon will disappear if you run out of ammo, but you have the fire missile icon available, by clicking the fire missile icon, you can reload the gun. (make sure you fly below required altitude and speed)
I planned to build this before and eventually gave up thinking it's too complicated... Thank you for your work, it looks amazing and the performance is very realistic 10/10
@BuildModifier Thanks! Oh, that's something I haven't considered. Here is my solution: Open the variable setters, change the value of "autoPilotFull" to "1", and the value of "GearControl" to "TarAgl<92?0:1". Then save this build as a dedicated AI plane, and you will always have the automatic landing on.
@SupremeDorian @RestlessGalaxies Thanks!! I really enjoyed this challenge :)
+3@ToeTips Sure, you can use them, just include a link to this build is good enough :)
+1@SuperSuperTheSylph Thanks I saw it!!! I'm really happy that this plane is featured
+1The graphics are way better than SP1!
+2Just a small suggestion: the road texture could still be improved, it looks a bit too much like freshly paved asphalt. Also in real life, roads often have subtle reflections. Maybe adjusting the roughness and specular maps could help make it look more realistic.
@UNSCSierra117 Thanks! Glad to hear that!
@TheCommentaryGuy Okay!
@Defalt1 Really? What happened? I think you need to wait until it picks up speed then it will start the transition process. Please keep the VTOL slider down until it finishes the transition automatically.
@Vivo665 You have ideas for the name?
@MABURv2 https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif
@frogbot4000 Sure, you can use them if you want!
+1@MA2211CwCABaerospace A crazy company had an idea to combine F-35's head, F-22's fuselage, X-32's wing, Su-57's thrust vectoring into ONE airplane :)
+4The design is simply amazing! I really like its futuristic look. But why don't you release it?
+1With VTOL down, this plane can do a short take off from USS Tiny.
In VTOL mode, the controls are the same as F-35B: pitch for altitude, throttle for forward speed!
@asapSCOTT Hi! That's a great build! Maybe the engines are a bit too close to each other, in comparison with real life F-18s?
@RestlessGalaxies Just before the deadline!
@SuperSuperTheSylph I am planning to release Eagle, so that you can dogfight it with Flanker :)
+1@TheCommentaryGuy The wing is made of two flat cylinders, I put them close to each other with a small angle to create the curve. I fine-tuned the cutting points to make it look seamless from the top, but from the bottom view, there is a seam. Since we mostly look from the top, I think it's acceptable to leave a seam on the bottom side. As for F-22 and 35, the exterior and cockpit are generally finished, but I am still working on flight controls, as well as small details here and there.
+1@TheCommentaryGuy yeah, what's your question?
@KPLBall I am building the same thing recently! A 6th gen fighter
@BARREND120 Sure
@KPLBall Sure if you have questions feel free to ask:)
A perfect tribute to the early computer graphics.
The force is strong with this one.
@LunarEclipseSP Currently about 470 parts! But I may optimize it further
+1@32 Actually I didn't use Reshade, I manually edited all the screenshots...(Yeah it's very time consuming)
@F8boa The fire guns icon will disappear if you run out of ammo, but you have the fire missile icon available, by clicking the fire missile icon, you can reload the gun. (make sure you fly below required altitude and speed)
+2@SimpleFries
+1@EmpirePersia2500
@LunarEclipseSP
@rorrE
@MobileBuilder21
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@JohnsonAviation
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+1@caid0ngming
@Emma159
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+1@SuperSuperTheSylph
@B1BLancer
@Chaimber0825 Due to the limitations of SP, the are not really behaving like real world missles, but I tried to give them reasonable performances.
+1Less than 400 parts :)
I planned to build this before and eventually gave up thinking it's too complicated... Thank you for your work, it looks amazing and the performance is very realistic 10/10
+2This thing makes me feel like I am doing 3D rendering in SimplePlanes...
+4@YourLocalJetNut330 It's 100% possible, but it's gonna take lots of time to write and test the code!
@BuildModifier Here’s a dedicated AI version that lets you fly the chase plane with it: https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/ujF9ef/Space-Shuttle-v1-1-AI
@BuildModifier Thanks! Oh, that's something I haven't considered. Here is my solution: Open the variable setters, change the value of "autoPilotFull" to "1", and the value of "GearControl" to "TarAgl<92?0:1". Then save this build as a dedicated AI plane, and you will always have the automatic landing on.
HOT FIX v1.1:
I found a bug in my Funky Tree codes☠️, which causes the auto landing to fail in some conditions, now I have fixed it.
It's not easy to be bug-free, especially when dealing with hundreds of lines of funky tree code...
@Oyasumi If I remembered correctly, it's cutout filter. Background was composited with motion blur added.
+1@SuperSuperTheSylph Congratulations!😉
+1@SimpleplanesMaryland I used funky trees to control the shuttle's glide slope so that it can aim itself towards the target airport.
@Singaporeairlinesguy I remembered to tag people this time!
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