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Post subject: Final F/A-18D version...
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This is the final version for the new F/A-18Ds...
I based this off the improved F/A-18C shapes and skins and modified the canopy and added wingtip launch rails (that will also apprear on the C, E, & F versions as well)...
I still have some minor skin layout work to do, and I have to make a CAG version of this bird as well as USMC versions...
Overall though I like the new look for this bird and it fills a hole we had in FAF Korea with no flyable D versions with adquate shapes and skins...
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Sun Mar 2 13:55:34 2008 |
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NOW that look MUCH, MUCH BETTER than orginial F/A-18C/D. Each time i watched F/A-18 in tv back there in 1990s, flying Hornets in FA never felt like flying actual hornet.
Now with new shape, i can finally feel like flying actual Hornet in FA, so I would say, bloody exellent job!
Eagle out... _________________ FAF / FA-2 Beta Tester
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Sun Mar 2 22:52:29 2008 |
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Thanks Eagle! I am really trying to make these new birds as close to the real thing as I can with the limited number of polygons I am forced to work with...
BTW I forgot to mention that I also removed the nose art, tail art, and roundel polygons and embedded the insignia and squadron tailart in the skin. I think this is vastly superior to the cartoonish look of default FA...
CAG out... _________________ CAG Hotshot
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Mon Mar 3 4:16:57 2008 |
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Yay!
In no uncertain terms, the default insignia had overstayed their welcome. _________________

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Tue Mar 4 23:15:06 2008 |
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Yep its out of date, and this new (and much better solution in my opinion) of removing the insignia polygons from the new shapes, means that I dont have to worry about altering any default tail or nose art or roundels...
Of course, this means that all FAF aircraft will always have a single insignia, but since FAF has always been a theater based add on to FA, it makes since, as each theater will have the appropiate aircraft and weapons to match the appropiate airforces represented, so if you want to fly a different airforce, you simply load the proper theater to match it...
CAG out... _________________ CAG Hotshot
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Wed Mar 5 3:51:35 2008 |
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You did a great job indeed with this too, CAG - I'm going to appreciate that craft. _________________
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Wed Mar 5 6:11:57 2008 |
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Jackal,
I have also improved the shape and skins on the Eurofighter Typhoon and added Italian nationality to FAF Korea as well (with both F-16s and Typhoons represented)!
So you should be able to have alot of fun with those!
CAG out... _________________ CAG Hotshot
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Wed Mar 5 12:26:19 2008 |
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Thanks a lot for this update, CAG!
I just can't await to get back in the beta testers' team soon! _________________
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Sun Mar 9 7:06:48 2008 |
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Very nice CAG! When will we see pics of the F-18 E/Fs?  _________________
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Mon Mar 24 0:33:20 2008 |
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CAG,
YOU NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME.  _________________
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Mon Mar 24 23:02:59 2008 |
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Thanks guys! I am trying real hard to make FAF Korea something really really special!
Now if we could just get everything to work together at the same time!  _________________ CAG Hotshot
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Tue Mar 25 20:12:53 2008 |
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I cant wait to fly these birds CAG! Good work!  _________________
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Thu Mar 27 15:30:00 2008 |
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Hopefully you wont have to wait to much longer...
CAG out... _________________ CAG Hotshot
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Thu Mar 27 15:36:06 2008 |
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Sweet Hornet CAG! You did a nice job on those wingtip rails! I just can not imagine why EA didnt do this good a job from the start! _________________
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Sun Nov 30 17:52:09 2008 |
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See this string for further screenshots of full length flap shape edits and finalizing the wingtip rails and seperating them from the flaps and wings...
http://vnfawing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=29070#29070 _________________ CAG Hotshot
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