UPDATE I: Due to low participation count, maximum amount of winners are dropped from 10 to 3, to amp up the stakes. It will return to 10 again once participation exceeds 20 entrees from different users. I apologise for short notice.
UPDATE II: Answers are allowed to be edited until 25th December, but still only limited to one answer.
Ah, I've experienced this one before I got into map-mod-making. What I did was delete the mod from the mod folder, and try to reinstall it again. And if it does not work, delete the mod file, and the Player.log file; restart the Mac, and reinstall the mod again.
Edit: Actually, copy the Player.log file in a word document for safe keeping, then delete the Player.log file.
No, it only happens with your maps. Also, with some of your planes on Mac, like your 757-200 and a340, if the planes starts sinking in the water, the plane be launched fast then the game will crash.
A340 issue: https://youtu.be/VTczUG-dkQ0
Boeing 757 issue: https://youtu.be/9T7CKyY6was
Regarding maps, by missing textures as you have said before, can you send a link to a screenshot, I may have might been able to replicate the issue. And as for the planes, textures seems to work fine on the A340, though I am seeing what you have described as a be launched fast then the game will crash.
A simple, easy, abnormally easy simple remedy against this is for you to remove the Vertical Speed Indicator in the display which can be found under the Disclaimer heading and following this abnormally large link.
And as for the 757-200, I believe it is someone else's work who happened to use the instrument displays I've built, which should also be fixed by the same procedure; since I have no recollection of building a DHL plane.
I'm lost for competence and words, I'm really sorry. My best guess is that Mac is purposefully inhibiting the use of non apple files? Because it is somehow missing access to the Google Cloud Storage? Probably not, and would be ridiculously petty of Apple if such the case. Is it happening to other mods you have downloaded as well or only from specific users?
How you put the comments section button on the description?
I've actually read about this somewhere though I forgot where it was first utilised by a player. In short it works something like this:
[](Destination Link)
- Image Link is straightforward, paste any image link in the space
- Destination Link I called it as such because this is where the user will end up to after clicking or tapping the image.
For it to lead to the comments section, a workaround I've seen used is to permalink a comment which can be done so by pressing on the button beside the Reply button and selecting "Permalink". After that, the link in the address bar, should change and have a '#comment-' and followed by a string of numbers. Copy that link and paste it on the Destination Link.
The 'Comment' Button is actually not part of the Simpleplanes website but rather a custom image, you can use any image you want as a comment button.
I hope this helps
@ren64
why do most of ur maps not work on Mac Jelybaca
Oh dear, I am sorry to hear that. As a person who never had Mac, I couldn't test my maps to function in excellence for Mac. Although can you describe the issue you are experiencing for me? Perhaps it could be a SimpleFix™.
@OrangNormal
Very good but how many part count
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The whole project will sum up to about 3,500 parts give or take, but this plane in particular will be below 800 as I have always done, apart from the Antonov An-225 Antonov Airlines, and Boeing 747-146SR Japan Airlines. Do not worry, all other aspects of the project will be kept mobile friendly to the best of my abilities.
@IranAir747
You’re next project it’s DC-9?
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More or less. The plane presented is a DC-9 though, but it wouldn't just be the DC-9 taking off.
@TankmanNewgrounds
So your DC-9 in the picture is similar to this? https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/3bWK1q/DC-9-40-SAS
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The plane you have sent resembles more of the MD-80, MD-90, or the 717 series than the DC-9 series by the way the fuselage tail tapers. I should warn however that most of the components of the DC-9 presented herein were mostly mutilated from my Douglas DC-8-61 Nationair. Components or Sub-Assemblies such as cockpit panels, instruments, emergency slides, nose sub-assembly, and Funky Tree Formulas to save time on building and more time on refining existing components. Powerplant still pending, should I go for the JT8D, or the CFM LEAP?
@IntelHDGraphics4000
can you make high detail cockpit??
Indeed I could, however that would balloon the part count to personally unreasonable levels for both my device and my target demographics.
_
@Armin83
Excuse me, can you make the Boeing 747 Series 300.
It is a possibility yes, though I am engaged in other projects so it might be a while from today until 2022 to construct a 747-300.
_
@Tanaydwivedi
bro please make flying v
I may eventually build it, but it will take time to scour the internet for its proportionate dimensions and blueprints.
_
@Marcosplane Oh its a collision warning by employing a missile that will never lock, it'll ping and will warn both pilots, but it can never be fired. Not to be mistaken for terrain warning
@Leviatham
is it allowed to request a build of a fictitious plane?
Yes, granted that there is a tangible replica of it, an orthographic view of it on all three sides, or a very thourough, explicit, and detailed description and measurements of it if an orthographic view is unavailable or is nonexistent both on Historical, or Fictional (Treasure Planet and whatnot).
@nomalnormaltheman
i think adding an road would be a grat idea because the road in yeager was really bad and i wanna try to drive from voshkod to rocky urals (please respond)
It was planned to have road systems in this map but roads in unity are in splines and splines aren't really my strong suit. It's actually one of the reasons why my other map is skewed into bug-land.
I mean, traversing the terrain from Voskhod to Rocky Urals is possible albeit requires offroad wheels.
@SyntheticL Your guesses are really close! however I am sorry but it must be a full name including the variant letter or dash series ie Tu-104B or 757-200, otherwise it will be counted wrong, omission of manufacturer/ designer is permissible. I'll update the rules, sorry.
A guide for people participating in the PLANESPOTTING CHALLENGE!.
Not necessarily in this exact fashion, but more or less similarly readable.
List your build and livery request first, then list all your identifications of the ten new planes by their full name.
(ie. Boeing 717-200 or Tupolev Tu-104B, omission of manufacturer/ designer is permissible)
For example:
I am participating in the challenge
My Build and Livery Request is
-Nakajima B5N
-USN livery
The ten planes are:
-De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4B
-Lockheed L-1011-200
-Saab 340B
-Handley Page Halifax Mk.III
-COMAC C919
-Boeing 737
-Rockwell B-1B
-Airbus A320Neo
-Vickers VC10
-Ford Tri Motor
-Blohm and Voss BV238 V
@x3Harrion No I meant a consent from me, I am fine with people copying my planes so long they ask for consent from me and I give consent and I will ask for credit depending on what is copied. To which in this case I never gave out any consents, nor anyone asked me for one, nor will I allow no credit of a copy of this calibre. Anyways, just do not copy, it'll save you loads of bureaucracy.
@x3Harrion
Hey, forgive us for grilling you earlier, sorry about that, plagiarism isn't really condoned in this community often when sighted. But I will forgive you this one time how ever you copied, either from me, or from your friend. Oh and I see you are new player, welcome to Simpleplanes, sorry that the rules are a bit blurry, however the general consensus is to not copy, however for my planes; Plagiarism Bad unless with consent.
@4rtemis
I really liked it however I was finding it hard to pitch up
Well by design, airliners were never meant to have the maneuverability of a fighter jet, so it'll take a longer run in the runway to takeoff, and the inherent inability to climb vertically. If it is feeling too hard to pitch up, I suggest to set trim at -1/2 Setting.
@QantasGuyA330 I could but it may take a while if ever because of a new job, returning to class. And I still need to find an equivalent of it to publish it with. I may or may not build the Il-76 but I'll try.
I have achieved those photos by first pressing F9 to get rid of the UI elements, and then Win+print screen to screenshot it. After that go to photoshop and tweak it. Unfortunately it doesn't really work on mobile.
@Panizon It was in the works alongside the Air Canada A330-300, but the engines and wing assemblies are disappointingly disappointing. So I remodelled it, but kinda been sidetracked among other projects and real life obligations.
There is really no proper or improper way to build an aircraft, there is only what works and what does not work. The difference being that "Proper" implies that there is a golden standard for every builder to follow, which severely lacks in this community, which is a great thing because it can incorporate many building methods and philosophy for each users without arbitrary penalties.
However let's go back to what I meant with 'what works/ doesn't work'. "So what does it mean?" as someone asked. Well it means that regardless of the level of detail and parts put into it, if it lacks functionality, and/or not a lot of people enjoy it due to part count or lack of uniqueness, it does not work. So what works in this case? Well as of now, anything adequately detailed but still is less than 800 parts (or 400 parts if possible) will work, it can work better or worse if its what the community has not seen before, depending if it looks exciting or dull. Anything over 800 parts may work better but its a risky strategy since practically about half of mobile users are now cut of from it due to high part counts. Meme builds work in wondrous fashion, and you may have even seen the purple truck or the plane covered in airbrakes whose popularity skyrocket.
Since I am only accustomed to building airliners, I can only offer you two building methods for wings that I know of: Triangulation, and Single Cast. Triangulation is a higher detailed wing assembly method that employs a numerous amount of triangle shaped fuselages to form an accurately shaped flat bottomed airfoil. But consumes a lot of parts. Single Cast only uses a single fuselage scaled up to form a wing section, it uses less parts, but is less accurate shape wise.
Wing Assemblies are pretty much the only assembly that differs between users and I have two examples of it Triangulation and Single Cast. Fuselages for aircraft does not really change with each user visual wise.
@Panizon Well I didn't expect a lot of people to take note of this particular DC-8 since not a lot of people know the DC-8-71F exists let alone the Airliner Air Transport International, accounting for all factors, I have calculated 19 upvotes would be the peak. And yet every dang time, my calculations are wrong.
@Tang0five I think I know the problem, the fuselage parts are too flush with each other, intersecting when the view is too far, maybe try setting the distance farther from each surface, and in cases of lines and stripes required in the livery, have the corners set to hard instead of circular. I do hope this helps.
I have tried this method on one of the 880, but the results are very displeasing since it still accelerated even at full deployment.
Anyways, try this one;
clamp(PitchAngle, 0, 1.125)
@KLM_747 Woah Qingyu is too making a 757!? Damn we could have timed this better and make it a trio lmao
I would not mind if you tagged me, but I'll likely stumble upon it anyways.
Yeah I could make a mobile friendly variant of your 757, all I need to know is;
- Powerplant (PW2000/ RB211)
- Version (200/300)
- Livery
If its too revealing, ping me in one of my pre-professional builds (everything before my the Tupolev TB3M I built)
@KLM_74
&Jelybaca why you no tag me :( take my upvote
I’m sorry, but also I never teased it other than flying in in MP under a different name, so there’s really no opportunity to tag people. Speaking of tagging, I think it would be rude of me if I tag you on my finished 757-300 while you’re still building yours, it just feels like I’m showing off that I built a 757 faster than you, which is not my type of personality.
@Panizon
Thank you for your compliment regarding this as an amzing build for a 757-, However I do not really get what you meant if this is mobile friendly. Are you astounded that you find it surprisingly mobile friendly? Or that you challenge that its not mobile friendly?
@Viper6
It really is
@Piglin
I'm sorry I didnt quite get what you said
No no no no I am with you, the first DC-8 I built was mediocre according to my standards, and I thought to myself: "This could be wayyy better," Thank you for noticing though. @SouthTunnel2
UPDATE I: Due to low participation count, maximum amount of winners are dropped from 10 to 3, to amp up the stakes. It will return to 10 again once participation exceeds 20 entrees from different users. I apologise for short notice.
UPDATE II: Answers are allowed to be edited until 25th December, but still only limited to one answer.
@ren64
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/838686792780873738/891676479971282984/ScreenShot2021-09-26at11.20.07_pm.png?width=1670&height=1044
Ah, I've experienced this one before I got into map-mod-making. What I did was delete the mod from the mod folder, and try to reinstall it again. And if it does not work, delete the mod file, and the
Player.logfile; restart the Mac, and reinstall the mod again.Edit: Actually, copy the
Player.logfile in a word document for safe keeping, then delete thePlayer.logfile.@ren64
No, it only happens with your maps. Also, with some of your planes on Mac, like your 757-200 and a340, if the planes starts sinking in the water, the plane be launched fast then the game will crash.
A340 issue: https://youtu.be/VTczUG-dkQ0
Boeing 757 issue: https://youtu.be/9T7CKyY6was
Regarding maps, by missing textures as you have said before, can you send a link to a screenshot, I may have might been able to replicate the issue. And as for the planes, textures seems to work fine on the A340, though I am seeing what you have described as a be launched fast then the game will crash.
A simple, easy, abnormally easy simple remedy against this is for you to remove the Vertical Speed Indicator in the display which can be found under the Disclaimer heading and following this abnormally large link.
And as for the 757-200, I believe it is someone else's work who happened to use the instrument displays I've built, which should also be fixed by the same procedure; since I have no recollection of building a DHL plane.
If the crash crashes still, let me know.
If you have a question, just let me know. The car present on some of the photos are from my Top Gear Orbiter project some odd years ago.
@ren64
the textures don't load
Thunder Bay:https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/838686792780873738/889718817180246016/ScreenShot2021-09-21at1.42.08_pm.png
Keewatin shield:https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/838686792780873738/889718962286379008/ScreenShot2021-09-21at1.45.18_pm.png
I'm lost for competence and words, I'm really sorry. My best guess is that Mac is purposefully inhibiting the use of non apple files? Because it is somehow missing access to the Google Cloud Storage? Probably not, and would be ridiculously petty of Apple if such the case. Is it happening to other mods you have downloaded as well or only from specific users?
@OtakuNekoToT
How you put the comments section button on the description?
I've actually read about this somewhere though I forgot where it was first utilised by a player. In short it works something like this:
[](Destination Link)- Image Link is straightforward, paste any image link in the space
- Destination Link I called it as such because this is where the user will end up to after clicking or tapping the image.
For it to lead to the comments section, a workaround I've seen used is to permalink a comment which can be done so by pressing on the button beside the Reply button and selecting "Permalink". After that, the link in the address bar, should change and have a '#comment-' and followed by a string of numbers. Copy that link and paste it on the Destination Link.
The 'Comment' Button is actually not part of the Simpleplanes website but rather a custom image, you can use any image you want as a comment button.
I hope this helps
@ren64
why do most of ur maps not work on Mac Jelybaca
Oh dear, I am sorry to hear that. As a person who never had Mac, I couldn't test my maps to function in excellence for Mac. Although can you describe the issue you are experiencing for me? Perhaps it could be a SimpleFix™.
@OrangNormal
Very good but how many part count
_
The whole project will sum up to about 3,500 parts give or take, but this plane in particular will be below 800 as I have always done, apart from the Antonov An-225 Antonov Airlines, and Boeing 747-146SR Japan Airlines. Do not worry, all other aspects of the project will be kept mobile friendly to the best of my abilities.
@IranAir747
You’re next project it’s DC-9?
_
More or less. The plane presented is a DC-9 though, but it wouldn't just be the DC-9 taking off.
@TankmanNewgrounds
So your DC-9 in the picture is similar to this?
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/3bWK1q/DC-9-40-SAS
_
The plane you have sent resembles more of the MD-80, MD-90, or the 717 series than the DC-9 series by the way the fuselage tail tapers. I should warn however that most of the components of the DC-9 presented herein were mostly mutilated from my Douglas DC-8-61 Nationair. Components or Sub-Assemblies such as cockpit panels, instruments, emergency slides, nose sub-assembly, and Funky Tree Formulas to save time on building and more time on refining existing components. Powerplant still pending, should I go for the JT8D, or the CFM LEAP?
@IntelHDGraphics4000
can you make high detail cockpit??
Indeed I could, however that would balloon the part count to personally unreasonable levels for both my device and my target demographics.
_
@Armin83
Excuse me, can you make the Boeing 747 Series 300.
It is a possibility yes, though I am engaged in other projects so it might be a while from today until 2022 to construct a 747-300.
_
@Tanaydwivedi
bro please make flying v
I may eventually build it, but it will take time to scour the internet for its proportionate dimensions and blueprints.
_
The assembly of the 727 is stunning
My goodness is this excellent. I've pulled the same thing four times, but by far this is ingenious.
@JamesieMcPlanesieThe2st
I dunno, I was absent for three months
@WarHawk95 whoops I'll'o fix that, sorry I was in a rush.
@AsteroidAsteroidTheBook client errors, pretty big ones too...
@Marcosplane Oh its a collision warning by employing a missile that will never lock, it'll ping and will warn both pilots, but it can never be fired. Not to be mistaken for terrain warning
@ben2289
I have already built a Tupolev Tu-144 some months, I'm sure its still in my profile somewhere
@MitchesPlanes I actually have Braniff International assigned to an aircraft and is in progress to completion with this and next week.
@Leviatham
is it allowed to request a build of a fictitious plane?
Yes, granted that there is a tangible replica of it, an orthographic view of it on all three sides, or a very thourough, explicit, and detailed description and measurements of it if an orthographic view is unavailable or is nonexistent both on Historical, or Fictional (Treasure Planet and whatnot).
@nomalnormaltheman
i think adding an road would be a grat idea because the road in yeager was really bad and i wanna try to drive from voshkod to rocky urals (please respond)
It was planned to have road systems in this map but roads in unity are in splines and splines aren't really my strong suit. It's actually one of the reasons why my other map is skewed into bug-land.
I mean, traversing the terrain from Voskhod to Rocky Urals is possible albeit requires offroad wheels.
@SyntheticL Your guesses are really close! however I am sorry but it must be a full name including the variant letter or dash series ie Tu-104B or 757-200, otherwise it will be counted wrong, omission of manufacturer/ designer is permissible. I'll update the rules, sorry.
A guide for people participating in the PLANESPOTTING CHALLENGE!.
Not necessarily in this exact fashion, but more or less similarly readable.
List your build and livery request first, then list all your identifications of the ten new planes by their full name.
(ie. Boeing 717-200 or Tupolev Tu-104B, omission of manufacturer/ designer is permissible)
For example:
@x3Harrion No I meant a consent from me, I am fine with people copying my planes so long they ask for consent from me and I give consent and I will ask for credit depending on what is copied. To which in this case I never gave out any consents, nor anyone asked me for one, nor will I allow no credit of a copy of this calibre. Anyways, just do not copy, it'll save you loads of bureaucracy.
@x3Harrion
Hey, forgive us for grilling you earlier, sorry about that, plagiarism isn't really condoned in this community often when sighted. But I will forgive you this one time how ever you copied, either from me, or from your friend. Oh and I see you are new player, welcome to Simpleplanes, sorry that the rules are a bit blurry, however the general consensus is to not copy, however for my planes; Plagiarism Bad unless with consent.
We are looking forward to see your unique builds.
@x3Harrion
no he posted his version of you plane and said i didn't need to give credit
idk thanks tho i work for like a week on this
Building a completed plane... I see, your alibi is not adding up.
@RedWasNotTheImposter I'm having minor inconveniences publishing a huge part count. And offline obligations.
This is great! much wow!!!1! But I am getting issues with Taxi mode, when reversing and turning, its inverted, please fix that.
Я многоязычный. Вы не можете остановить силу переводчика tge от Google!
@4rtemis
I really liked it however I was finding it hard to pitch up
Well by design, airliners were never meant to have the maneuverability of a fighter jet, so it'll take a longer run in the runway to takeoff, and the inherent inability to climb vertically. If it is feeling too hard to pitch up, I suggest to set trim at -1/2 Setting.
Great build too, we don't see that much airliners of any description in this site.
I swear I've seen those decals before.
@QantasGuyA330 I could but it may take a while if ever because of a new job, returning to class. And I still need to find an equivalent of it to publish it with. I may or may not build the Il-76 but I'll try.
@XAircraftManufacturer
A word of notice however, its a concept plane by UnlistedPlanes. He based it from an MD-11, but never existed in actuality.
@XAircraftManufacturer
What is that weird plane on the 3rd picture with 3 props?
Its a Tupolev Tu-184NK
@Yeetmenflyer
Nevertheless, its rude.
Anyways I forgot to clarify;
Update to 1.9.205 or later
@switdog08 Thank you
@CaptFoxworth19
I have achieved those photos by first pressing F9 to get rid of the UI elements, and then Win+print screen to screenshot it. After that go to photoshop and tweak it. Unfortunately it doesn't really work on mobile.
@Panizon It was in the works alongside the Air Canada A330-300, but the engines and wing assemblies are disappointingly disappointing. So I remodelled it, but kinda been sidetracked among other projects and real life obligations.
There is really no proper or improper way to build an aircraft, there is only what works and what does not work. The difference being that "Proper" implies that there is a golden standard for every builder to follow, which severely lacks in this community, which is a great thing because it can incorporate many building methods and philosophy for each users without arbitrary penalties.
However let's go back to what I meant with 'what works/ doesn't work'. "So what does it mean?" as someone asked. Well it means that regardless of the level of detail and parts put into it, if it lacks functionality, and/or not a lot of people enjoy it due to part count or lack of uniqueness, it does not work. So what works in this case? Well as of now, anything adequately detailed but still is less than 800 parts (or 400 parts if possible) will work, it can work better or worse if its what the community has not seen before, depending if it looks exciting or dull. Anything over 800 parts may work better but its a risky strategy since practically about half of mobile users are now cut of from it due to high part counts. Meme builds work in wondrous fashion, and you may have even seen the purple truck or the plane covered in airbrakes whose popularity skyrocket.
Since I am only accustomed to building airliners, I can only offer you two building methods for wings that I know of: Triangulation, and Single Cast. Triangulation is a higher detailed wing assembly method that employs a numerous amount of triangle shaped fuselages to form an accurately shaped flat bottomed airfoil. But consumes a lot of parts. Single Cast only uses a single fuselage scaled up to form a wing section, it uses less parts, but is less accurate shape wise.
Wing Assemblies are pretty much the only assembly that differs between users and I have two examples of it Triangulation and Single Cast. Fuselages for aircraft does not really change with each user visual wise.
@Panizon Well I didn't expect a lot of people to take note of this particular DC-8 since not a lot of people know the DC-8-71F exists let alone the Airliner Air Transport International, accounting for all factors, I have calculated 19 upvotes would be the peak. And yet every dang time, my calculations are wrong.
@Tang0five I think I know the problem, the fuselage parts are too flush with each other, intersecting when the view is too far, maybe try setting the distance farther from each surface, and in cases of lines and stripes required in the livery, have the corners set to hard instead of circular. I do hope this helps.
@WIZARD2017 Alright will do, thank you.
Oh this is so amazing! 17 parts is a lot to ask for in this detailed display. But is there a way to stop the glitching in the graphics?
I have tried this method on one of the 880, but the results are very displeasing since it still accelerated even at full deployment.
Anyways, try this one;
clamp(PitchAngle, 0, 1.125)
@KLM_747 Woah Qingyu is too making a 757!? Damn we could have timed this better and make it a trio lmao
I would not mind if you tagged me, but I'll likely stumble upon it anyways.
Yeah I could make a mobile friendly variant of your 757, all I need to know is;
- Powerplant (PW2000/ RB211)
- Version (200/300)
- Livery
If its too revealing, ping me in one of my pre-professional builds (everything before my the Tupolev TB3M I built)
@Panizon
oh ok I see, thank you for noticing
@KLM_74
&Jelybaca why you no tag me :( take my upvote
I’m sorry, but also I never teased it other than flying in in MP under a different name, so there’s really no opportunity to tag people. Speaking of tagging, I think it would be rude of me if I tag you on my finished 757-300 while you’re still building yours, it just feels like I’m showing off that I built a 757 faster than you, which is not my type of personality.
@Panizon
Thank you for your compliment regarding this as an amzing build for a 757-, However I do not really get what you meant if this is mobile friendly. Are you astounded that you find it surprisingly mobile friendly? Or that you challenge that its not mobile friendly?
@Viper6
It really is
@Piglin
I'm sorry I didnt quite get what you said
these are some fine memes.
I'll take note @13321892812
Oh, how so @SouthTunnel2 ?
No no no no I am with you, the first DC-8 I built was mediocre according to my standards, and I thought to myself: "This could be wayyy better," Thank you for noticing though. @SouthTunnel2