@32 I entirely agree. The first and last shots are the preset itself, but for the middle two I had to add Adaptive Tonemapper to brighten the scene. The scene was so dark, even at midday, you couldn't see a thing.
That's the one issue with the preset, its too dark, making it struggle in low light environments. Any suggestions other than AdaptiveTonemapper to enhance the lighting?
@TheMouse I see what you mean. The issue was that the scene was way too dark from that angle, so I had to add something extra to boost the light. This preset does best in high light environments, but fails at things like sunrises and sunsets.
@Monarchii That is true though, most of your naval technology is pretty obsolete now. You're going to have to step up quickly, I currently have two ships under development - a massive 680ft cruiser and a large nuclear flagship (that was the one I released a teaser for ages ago and forgot to complete lol). I also have plans to restart 'Project Cornucopianism', a project for the development of a fleet of cargo ships (Look up the word, do you like the name?). I might also begin construction of some smaller frigates/corvettes using the hull of my upcoming cruiser.
@Monarchii I looked through your posts and you have around 15 ships! As for mine, I would disqualify the dinghy (too small) and my cruiser (poorly built, my first try), leaving us with only two subs, one aircraft carrier (which is almost too simplistic), and one destroyer. The rest of the MDA's ships are....... lets just say they could do with some work. Lets face it, none of the MDA's members are ship builders, and even though I can put together a decent ship, it just takes me way too long.
@Solent @Icey21 @TheUltimatePlaneLover
Its just refusing to cooperate, even on my end. I managed to get some working, so at least you can get a bit of an idea
@Monarchii I know Snowstone National Constabulary basically just had police, but your side also had @LunarEclipseSP . If Snowstone in its entirety joins our side, doesn't that include LunarEclipse?
@TheUltimatePlaneLover Snowstone can't join the loyalists? If this is to be an M-War II, I would propose that we keep basically the same sides as the last war. Also that would basically mean its the entire SP world against @Monarchii who has just re-emerged from hiding....
@AndrewGarrison I have one point to make regarding the runway texture. From the video, it appears the runway texture is almost exactly the same as Simpleplanes 1 - a blocky, tiled texture. Arent runways usually asphalt or concrete, not tiles?
On another note, I really do hope you will improve the runways and taxiways in SP2, especially the lights (runway and taxiway edge lights and centerline lights, PAPI lights, so on). I felt SP1 really lacked features for night flying (something for you to consider).
@TheMouse How did out chatroom get leaked, anyway? The only ones accessing it were the members of the now formed high administration. Wait - I have it: BLAME THE MODS
They can see unlisted posts!
@CrestelAeronautics @TheUltimatePlaneLover @TheMouse I have a question, was the leak CrestelAeronautics betraying the MDA, or was crestel merely announcement a leak that happened?
You might be misunderstanding. Pretty much every single build with more than 50 upvotes has a custom fuselage canopy. Other than "My first plen" and the likes, of course.
One of the 7 (don't quote me on that number) rules of design is to follow what is tried and tested to work. Then again, the last rule of design is to break the rules, so I respect your decision.
Sure, just a suggestion.
If you intend to prioritize speed over quality, you're not going to be able to get into much detail. That's alright though, there is a market for Part-Efficient Aircraft (PEAs) that many users are doing. Basically, looks decent while keeping the part count low, like this aircraft here.
I can agree with that.
When designing my aircraft, I always examine other users' builds. If you like something, like the landing gear, weaponry, canopy, cockpit, wings, and so on, try to replicate it. If you can't replicate it, you can always just ask the user for permission to use it as it is in your build.
Try making your own custom cockpit shape. The base cockpit, or any of the pre-made cockpits are too blocky to look nice.
One tip for the paint scheme, I rarely see real aircraft with wings a different colour to the body. I tried making the colour uniform on this craft, and it instantly improved. See how you like THIS
Try experimenting with different fuselage shapes. Paneling is quite time consuming, but a neat little trick with fuselages is to: Make one pair of opposite corners circular, and the other pair of opposite corners hard. Then rotate the fuselage 45 degrees. There you get a modern fighter jet fuselage shape. Theres a lot more out there than just the usual boring shapes. Look HERE
Custom landing gear. Most of the best builds on this site have custom landing gear, because the existing ones are way too simple. Its a bit more effort, but worth it. There's some videos online as well that can show you how.
Just some extra bits here and there, Text label designs - You can put images into simpleplanes using THIS , just click on choose file, upload it, change the 'Maximum horizontal size of image in pixels' to how high a resolution you want (keep it very low, otherwise it will ruin device performance) and copy and paste the output into a text label. You could make anything, really, with this.
@Graingy The MDA is not in any way inactive, nor was it ever. In fact, we just became even more active in recent days due to the upcoming war.
What is going on here??!!! Am I going mad or are there 15 of you now?
@32 And thanks on that last part!
@32 I entirely agree. The first and last shots are the preset itself, but for the middle two I had to add Adaptive Tonemapper to brighten the scene. The scene was so dark, even at midday, you couldn't see a thing.
That's the one issue with the preset, its too dark, making it struggle in low light environments. Any suggestions other than AdaptiveTonemapper to enhance the lighting?
@TheMouse I see what you mean. The issue was that the scene was way too dark from that angle, so I had to add something extra to boost the light. This preset does best in high light environments, but fails at things like sunrises and sunsets.
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26
Use the following effects:
MXAO (Ambient Occlusion set to 2)
Scurve
SMAA
LevelsPlus
In certain scenes you may need extra light. If so, add the following:
AdaptiveTonemapper
Oh, and they're all the same preset! The one you pointed out just used the AdaptiveTonemapper as well because it was too dark.
@Monarchii That is true though, most of your naval technology is pretty obsolete now. You're going to have to step up quickly, I currently have two ships under development - a massive 680ft cruiser and a large nuclear flagship (that was the one I released a teaser for ages ago and forgot to complete lol). I also have plans to restart 'Project Cornucopianism', a project for the development of a fleet of cargo ships (Look up the word, do you like the name?). I might also begin construction of some smaller frigates/corvettes using the hull of my upcoming cruiser.
+1@Monarchii I looked through your posts and you have around 15 ships! As for mine, I would disqualify the dinghy (too small) and my cruiser (poorly built, my first try), leaving us with only two subs, one aircraft carrier (which is almost too simplistic), and one destroyer. The rest of the MDA's ships are....... lets just say they could do with some work. Lets face it, none of the MDA's members are ship builders, and even though I can put together a decent ship, it just takes me way too long.
+1@Monarchii And still I have only ever made two subs, one dinghy, one cruiser, one aircraft carrier, and one destroyer.
@Monarchii You've always had a superior navy to us (even though I tried my hardest to counter your navy)
+1Honestly, since the first M-War I associate "Impressive Navy" and "Ship" with your name more than anything else, even over PEAs.
@TheUltimatePlaneLover @Icey21 @Solent Fixed. I had to use a different hosting platform.
+1@Solent @Icey21 @TheUltimatePlaneLover
+1Its just refusing to cooperate, even on my end. I managed to get some working, so at least you can get a bit of an idea
@TheUltimatePlaneLover
@Karroc9522
@KPLBall
@TheMouse
@CrestelAeronautics
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26
I am happy to provide reshaded screenshots for anyone's creations, anytime. Feel free to request!
@SuperSuperTheSylph Now you get it 😂
+1@SuperSuperTheSylph The extra ) in :)) looks like a double chin!
+1@SuperSuperTheSylph :)) Looks like you have a double chin
+1First!
@TheUltimatePlaneLover @Karroc9522 I got you covered ;)
@LunarEclipseSP @Monarchii Can I just confirm, In this war your two nations are on the same side, right?
+1@KPLBall But... you're part of the MDA. The side the MDA is on is your side as well.
@Monarchii I know Snowstone National Constabulary basically just had police, but your side also had @LunarEclipseSP . If Snowstone in its entirety joins our side, doesn't that include LunarEclipse?
+1@TheUltimatePlaneLover Snowstone can't join the loyalists? If this is to be an M-War II, I would propose that we keep basically the same sides as the last war. Also that would basically mean its the entire SP world against @Monarchii who has just re-emerged from hiding....
@Monarchii As Chief of Allied Naval Operations, I certainly look forward to battling it out on the seven seas! When do the bullets start flying?
+1@TheUltimatePlaneLover @TheMouse @Monarchii
To WAR!
@TheMouse @TheUltimatePlaneLover I am fine with letting @Boeing727200F into the MDA General Administration.
@TheUltimatePlaneLover @MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 I know we were thinking about it ourselves, but did we ever bring it up with @Monarchii?
+1@TheUltimatePlaneLover @MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 Did we discuss something with Monarchii without me knowing?
+1@Monarchii Nice, pretty similar to my adaptation of the Kamov Ka-26
@blt Yes, JUNO already has block coding called Vizzy. In my opinion its quite a detailed system, actually.
+1@AndrewGarrison Oh my goodness, that is beautiful. I would also like to see this kind of detail for the taxiways too, if that is possible.
+2@AndrewGarrison I have one point to make regarding the runway texture. From the video, it appears the runway texture is almost exactly the same as Simpleplanes 1 - a blocky, tiled texture. Arent runways usually asphalt or concrete, not tiles?
On another note, I really do hope you will improve the runways and taxiways in SP2, especially the lights (runway and taxiway edge lights and centerline lights, PAPI lights, so on). I felt SP1 really lacked features for night flying (something for you to consider).
@MobileBuilder21 You're welcome, ask again anytime!
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@Rob119WithA105mmHowitzer
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+2Wow, I can never get freehand designing right. That's some talent!
If I want my own aircraft design I most often have to create my own blueprints to follow.
+1@TheMouse How did out chatroom get leaked, anyway? The only ones accessing it were the members of the now formed high administration. Wait - I have it: BLAME THE MODS
They can see unlisted posts!
J'Accuse!
+1What the heck is verdasia?
@CrestelAeronautics @TheUltimatePlaneLover @TheMouse I have a question, was the leak CrestelAeronautics betraying the MDA, or was crestel merely announcement a leak that happened?
+1@KPLBall Whats this new thing with crestel aeronautics then?
@KPLBall Was? I need a lore update! Who is in and out?
@TheUltimatePlaneLover @TheMouse What do we do!!!???
And why did this happen?
+1@KPLBall , @Christiant2 is part of the MDA?
+1@Graingy
You might be misunderstanding. Pretty much every single build with more than 50 upvotes has a custom fuselage canopy. Other than "My first plen" and the likes, of course.
One of the 7 (don't quote me on that number) rules of design is to follow what is tried and tested to work. Then again, the last rule of design is to break the rules, so I respect your decision.
Sure, just a suggestion.
If you intend to prioritize speed over quality, you're not going to be able to get into much detail. That's alright though, there is a market for Part-Efficient Aircraft (PEAs) that many users are doing. Basically, looks decent while keeping the part count low, like this aircraft here.
I can agree with that.
When designing my aircraft, I always examine other users' builds. If you like something, like the landing gear, weaponry, canopy, cockpit, wings, and so on, try to replicate it. If you can't replicate it, you can always just ask the user for permission to use it as it is in your build.
@LunarEclipseSP Against who? ;)
+2@Graingy
Try making your own custom cockpit shape. The base cockpit, or any of the pre-made cockpits are too blocky to look nice.
One tip for the paint scheme, I rarely see real aircraft with wings a different colour to the body. I tried making the colour uniform on this craft, and it instantly improved. See how you like THIS
Try experimenting with different fuselage shapes. Paneling is quite time consuming, but a neat little trick with fuselages is to: Make one pair of opposite corners circular, and the other pair of opposite corners hard. Then rotate the fuselage 45 degrees. There you get a modern fighter jet fuselage shape. Theres a lot more out there than just the usual boring shapes. Look HERE
Custom landing gear. Most of the best builds on this site have custom landing gear, because the existing ones are way too simple. Its a bit more effort, but worth it. There's some videos online as well that can show you how.
Just some extra bits here and there, Text label designs - You can put images into simpleplanes using THIS , just click on choose file, upload it, change the 'Maximum horizontal size of image in pixels' to how high a resolution you want (keep it very low, otherwise it will ruin device performance) and copy and paste the output into a text label. You could make anything, really, with this.
@AndrewGarrison Any idea of a release date yet? Early, mid, or late 2025?
+1@Graingy Quite nice, its has a simple yet sleek design. Sure, it could be done in greater detail, but as a starting point, its perfect!
+1