@Thunderhawk lol Yea, I did indeed try that. Even mentioned it in the post you replied to :}
Heck, I even played around with it MORE last night, after posting this and finding out the dimensions were wrong. Increased the wings to the proper width, set the height taller (only by making the Gear taller for better ground clearance), and moved the canards further forward, back, up, down.
And indeed, as mentioned in my main post, made sure to try every possible combination of Wing Type (Symmetric, Semi-Symmetric, Flat Bottom) on main wings and the canards. Not just that but even the various segments of each wing (the back is technically 4 wings, 2 main big wings and then two itty bitty ones to make the curved tip).. It took a long time, but ultimately I had to give up as I was making zero progress :\
@Thunderhawk Yea I did... a lot
I forgot to mention, but there's a thin, rectangular piece of Fuselage colored bright red that's positioned roughly between the root's leading edge (mid-plane) that I set its Mass scale to 5, or maybe even 10. I spent a long time moving it around, to put the CoM higher than CoL, on the same level as CoL, forward, behind.
Unstable, was the common result. :(
(There's also 2000lbs worth of deadweight in the top two fuselage parts of the landing gear, just to push the CoM forward and to try and solve that weird issue of it wanting to Yaw all over the runway while taking off; removing that weight makes it Yaw even worse)
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Heck, I even played around with it MORE last night, after posting this and finding out the dimensions were wrong. Increased the wings to the proper width, set the height taller (only by making the Gear taller for better ground clearance), and moved the canards further forward, back, up, down.
Granted, it did take off slightly sooner, just before reaching the warning stripes instead of after bouncing off the grass... lol But its overall flight performance was worse. (Still liked producing more lift when flowing upside-down... I'm almost certain the key to the problem is somehow related to that...)
The only "fix" I have left in my bag of tricks would be to add hidden VTOL Thrusters. Only reason I am reluctant to do that is because it is a real plane that shouldn't need that level of cheap tricks to get it flying well! lol
Clearly I have done something wrong that is simply outside my level of expertise to find and resolve... which is fine, I can accept that fact. :P
@Sadboye12 hah Nopers. Huax had kindly answered (and solved) my question that I --albeit mistakenly-- thought was similar to his own... So I wanted to return the favor by trying to find some folk who may be able to answer their question... ^_^
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Hopefully, then, your A ? B = C comment is indeed in relation to Huax's situation and not mine. lol
Thanks for responding!
There's more to it than this, and I don't have the knowledge yet to fully address what you're experiencing; however, I have been able to solve this in my own builds by adjusting the CoM (red dot). On jets with CoT at the rear, seems that having the CoM a bit forward of the CoL is ideal (a "bubble" in length in front of seems sufficient).
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But too much weight towards the front, or too far to the front, will cause it to oscillate (wiggle) like that.
Another cheap trick is to make two small "canards", but then hide them INSIDE the plane somewhere near the nose. I had to do that on my "QueSST" plane in order to get it to fly better.
Hiding them inside the body won't ruin the looks, but will help counteract some of SP's physics issues.
@Huax Either I'm a complete idiot, or the Input entry was definitely NOT there when I originally added them... O_O
I went to add your code just now, and lo and behold, there was "Input" already there, with None set....
I feel like I'm losing my mind lol
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Either way... Thank you! :)
@Captain247 No no, nothing like that. But you bring up a valid point. I should've quoted his comment to indicate what specifically I was replying to. When I was writing that, I wasn't actually aware that Walvis is also who made the video... <_> lol
I'll edit my post to include the comment. My bad!
@Skyplayz @HadesHadestheWeeb To clarify, I believe Hades means "need 100" points (number to the left of our names), not 100 followers. :)
As I can say for certain that you don't need that many followers, since people with only 5 followers has been able to spotlight something of mine. heh
*grumbles* Note to Self: do not upvote before submitting comments, as said typed text will be lost due to the page freshing... :\
This kind of sounds like the question I was asking myself yesterday!
In my case I was needing to have it so performing an action would toggle a Beacon. Specifically, if the Landing Gear is down the beacon is On, and if the gear is up the beacon is Off. (whether it's relevant, I was specifically using LandingGear input, not GearUp or GearDown since that's beyond me currently.)
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My only worry is that FunkyTrees may not even be able to define whether an AG is Enabled or Disabled... <_>
Here I was, thinking you were asking about the Nose Cone and I'm like... *facepalm*
Then I read what KoR said and was like... "Aaah, that pointy thing!" Then I realized, that I thought it was to help reduce the bow shock when breaking the sound barrier, and was like *facepalm at myself* :( lol
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...TIL... :D
"Quite literally, yes. Pirating is still very much not legal and morally wrong, especially when you are stealing from an indie studio."
Pirating is stealing with the intention to redistribute and somehow profit from (either trade what you have or outright exchange for money). Conventionally speaking, this involves hijacking and direct harm of one or more innocent individuals (ie holding up a semi truck driver and stealing his goods, or a cargo vessel at sea, etc).
However...
Downloading something that you have to buy, for your own use, but without paying for it, is only theft/stealing. It's still wrong, and still very illegal, subjecting you to whatever your countries criminal codes are, same as if you took something physically from a retail store.
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Granted, in the digital age that last part about Piracy is thankfully not exactly an issue anymore, though one could still easily say it is by pointing out the times when people have managed to obtain copies of something early because of a human error (either a slip up that allowed access for just-long-enough, or a system that has crappy security [firewall, logins, etc; missing critical patches, or software is deprecated entirely] which was simple to bypass), which such a situation could indeed cost them their job all because of digital pirate's actions.
I am NOT saying I condone it. Nor am I making excuses for anyone. Simply that the media has mislabeled it and it's kinda like labeling a person that stole a Blu-Ray Player the same as someone that stole someone's Child.
One is a person with questionable morals who has done something wrong, able to come back from the path they've strayed down...
The other, is a person with either no morals or they're completely twisted, who has done something very bad, crossing a line you cannot come back from.
(admittedly, that's a very extreme comparison, since I'd argue you could come back to the right side after a single act of piracy so long as you didn't irreparably harm anyone)
... "Well, that escalated quickly..." :}
TL;DR -
Don't steal SimplePlanes! It's worth the money to buy it, even in 2021, even with its remaining bugs and shortcomings/annoyances!
Here's my unlisted variant if anyone's interested. It's only the Red Engine, but I made a number of specific tweaks to the Nozzles for a slightly improved "shock diamond" effect (this could also be done to the Blue Engine since it has the same inner row of nozzles.) https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/5JYCcl/Custom-Afterburner-Engine-Mk-F
Thanks @MarbleXLazuli :)
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Thanks @pbirb You'll have to slap yours on and see how well it works (You'll probably want to mark the CoM first, just in case, as I imagine the weight difference between our engines will be rather different and in turn may alter its flight characteristics if it shifts too much.)
Looks great!
I'm on a Parts-Cutting-Mission to see where I can cut them back yet retain the style and function. Already managed to cut each engine by 12 :D (Will edit this to include further findings) 1) Savings: 12 Parts (each engine), Location: Nozzles
The inner and outer flaps of the nozzles are both constructed with 2 parts each, except the inner row is straight only tapering down, unlike the outer ones which curve down at the tips. So I removed the small extra tip part of each inner flat, adding the length back to the main piece (making it 1.575) and setting its end dimensions to what the small piece's was (0.04x0.35). 2) Savings: 1 to 5 Parts (each), Location: Main Fuselage
If you remove the outer layers of fuselage and make the front Fuselage Intake 6.25 in length (painting Primary to that semi-flat dark gray) you can replace all the exterior fuselage parts. However, the small back ring would need to have its attachments all changed from those pieces, to that Intake. Since that was being done, might as well remove the forward central shaft that some of the VTOL nozzles are connected to, moving them over to the other one (in my notes that should be [for Red] ID 567's attachments moving over to ID 518)
GRANTED... That does ssssslightly change the view from the rear when looking into the engine while it's off, so alternatively ... If you kept the -outer- most ring that the hinged rotates are connected to and moved the -inner- rings to that. Then extended the outer's length so maybe 1.5ish, shortening the Intake to 4.75, you'd still remove 4 parts and retain the rear-look.
I mirror @CDRxavier 's sentiments lol I can get the map to load once, maybe twice, but every time the poor thing explodes. Even with its fuselage (ie the great pyramid) health set to 100E+20 :(
BTW the "once or twice", after that, SP is like "Go home, you're drunk. C'mon... give me your keys, we're not doing this anymore." :P (This is on a more than capable PC, too!)
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I mean geeze... All I wanted to do was attach a matching scale 50,50,1 jet with an absurd amount of power to the bottom of that nice orange circle and make the pretty pyramid fly.... *takes his ball and goes home* ... stupid Unity engine... never lets me have any fun... all the real game engines let the other kids do absurd things, like Gary's Mod or <lacks another example>.... I WISH THEY WERE MY GAME ENGINE!! *sniff*
I must say, you nailed the likeness again.
If you happen to have a 1950s, or even 1960s Corvette made already, that'd save me a bunch of time since I wouldn't have to make that, for an absurd Flying Vette Fighter I was wanting to create... lol
@Sadboye12 It's not an amazing giant walking spider-beast, or beautiful flying moth... BUT, I did get to use what you taught me on it, with the glowing glass. :D
Granted, this project was mostly done by the time I learned that, so it was only minor touches incorporated here. Still, the night vision effect on the scope eyepiece wouldn't have turned out as great without it! (toggled via AG3; otherwise it's hidden)
@Thunderhawk hah Thanks :) I wanted to use buttons and lights, and then thought about how the countermeasure part has that perfect "Number Pad" look to it.
I tried to use everything in the most obscure way I could think of. So the most "normal" thing on there, in terms of doing what it originally was intended, is probably the "scope camera" on the front! (honorable mention to the propellers functioning as itty bitty fans, since both are designed to move air)
@pbirb Here's what I had also made same time as you were making your engine :)
@MAHADI or @SledDriver Was this by any chance either of your creations? I had downloaded lots of stuff by you two, when I joined a number of years ago, due to the amazing work you did. Which is why my mind immediately goes to either of you being who could've created it...
Or perhaps either of you might know who had made the original that I based this on...? (The engine pods are done in a slightly unconventional way, compared to everyone else: they use 6 axially-overlapping fuselage pieces to make the circular housing, instead of a single one set to"circle" shape. That stands out for me. It was also before "LandingGear" input was added, as it had used VTOL and AG2 to raise the landing gear.) EDIT: Beginning of the file, containing the original name -
<Aircraft name="Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (USAF)" url="FA1pKa" theme="Custom" size="17.60421,5.777977,32.92536" boundsMin="-8.802105,1.720855,-16.46268" xmlVersion="6">
@pbirb Yea, I'm limited despite there being more than ample "power" to go faster, as I feel like SP has a coded limitation on that. 750-760MPH regardless of altitude. Very strange. While that is technically > Mach 1 at 12K/ft altitude, I'm just... thinking there's something I'm missing on why that's the limit.
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Although, I did witness the game not knowing what to do with the propellers once you dial things up past "Absurd" lmao My twin hub design (8 blades each), when I set the Max Input to 5, when looking at my plane flying from the side, the engine was displaying basically 3 'rings' spinning... Because the larger diameter hub assembly was wobbling so violently it was appearing as 2 individual hubs hahah
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I also didn't get to upload it this evening like I"d hoped due to chasing a stupid auto-roll issue. It's all done now at least and will go up tomorrow, but for now I sleep!
NNnnooooo LMAO
I just made one of these, too! :P
Of course, yours is legitimately way more involved than mine, since you went full custom and I just strapped 2 prop-hubs to a JE90 (I think).
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Then again, we might've went for slightly different systems? Mine's the Ultra-High Bypass Fan variant which doesn't have (as far as I know) adjustable blade pitch and so I set my props to have a high fixed pitch.
Either way, you'll see it here in a few minutes after I upload my "Alternate Reality" plane I equipped with mine... :} EDIT: Oh, nice, I'm your first updoot! High five... o/⁺\o
Man that thing flies nice :O lol
I got it up to Mach 3.84 (2630mph) at 30,000ft and Mach 2.05 (1560mph) at 1500ft.
Changes I made: hanged the nose top/bottom to "Fuselage-Inlet-1" instead (and re-attached their points), then moved the chaff/flare launchers and insignia closer to the wings since they had a large gap, then swapped those round wing inlets near the cockpit, to the square version with 0.5 Height scale and nudged towards the wings and a slight nudge towards the main fuselage. Though I anticipate they did nothing, since it looks like my drag is 2811 now :}
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I definitely need to figure out that flight control system! Boy that's nice...
I get what he's saying, frankly.
Basically, it'd be nice if every part in the menu system could just be configured in a setting file, to personalize the order they appear in.
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Furthermore, it'd be nice if each engine just allowed you to define it's power and scale, without the need for XML editing (be it in actual file, or via Overdrive mod). That way we can use it as we see fit: either as a proper engine with more or less power in a bigger or smaller diameter or as a tiny detail part that has no power, such as some of us do. :)
Personally, my OWN gripe with the menu system is that the built-in "Fine Tuner" and the "Attachments Editor" buttons aren't available in the main menu, as it's annoying having to always click on the "Move Menu" first.
I also don't even use the built-in Fine Tuner, partly for that reason, but also because it lacks the Scale ability of the actual Mod :P I use the absolute crap out of the Attachment Editor though, so just being able to customize the menu system would be handy there as well since it'd let me put its button out on the designer screen, always there for me to click!
There's two ways you can type that out....
The first way, to just make it so the underscores properly show up, is to type it like this: https://mortalengines.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal\_Engines\_Wiki
(Note the backslashes in front of each underscore, that 'disables' the text formatting)
OR, to make it into a clickable link as I did: [https://mortalengines.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal\_Engines\_Wiki](https://mortalengines.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal_Engines_Wiki)
EITHER WAY, the underscores need to be disabled ("escaped") for the first part! As... I just now found out for myself :D
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Which doesn't specifically have to be like that. The first part in the brackets can be any text you want. For example: [Mortal Instruments Wiki](https://mortalengines.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal_Engines_Wiki)
Will produce: Mortal Instruments Wiki
In other words: [text](link) (I apologize if you knew this already! lol)
Didn't crash my computer, though it did send the Cockpit flying at 74,000MPH ;)
@7VCKretrovoid There's only 3 parts connected to the Cockpit, is my guess. The rest are just part of the "build" due to simply existing in the designer heh (as to not limit folk for what they can create and upload, is my assumption)
@Hawker180hurricane I'm nnnnoooooot sure this is going to happen..... lol
At least not in the context of having it be flyable <_> It looks fine and all, and like I can get it flying sorta, but in my efforts to get it flying properly, it breaks the laws of Unity-Physics whereby sending the plane rocketing at a few hundred thousand MPHs. That is if it's only that slow. Sometimes it tried to enter another dimension, at which point SP said "NNNnnopEE! This isn't what I signed up for, I'm out!" and crashes.
EDIT:* Ok, it's done, this is the best I can do, and if this is still too big for the airport (this is 1/16th scale), then I can make it smaller, but it'll only be a static model! I refuse to try and get anything smaller to try and fly! lmao https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/yahqD1/Kicking-Fish-MicroRC-Mk-II
@11qazxc lol If it makes you feel any better, I can indeed claim that I upvoted it for the actual creation OF the image (the 'tech'), and not the image subject! Though, I do suspect you're right... :P
(srsly, too, I have no idea who that is, as the only anime I've really ever gotten into was Ghost in the Shell, specifically the GiG series.)
@ChiChiWerx Hopefully you approve of the work! :}
To reduce the drag so much, I disabled calculateDrag on a lot of the things that were rather unnecessarily/unrealistically being calculated, such as the USAF roundels, tail-fin decorations, and a ton of internal components that were still being calculated despite.... being, well, internal! I also disabled it on all the hard-points simply to help remove some of its tendency to roll, since for some reason the physics engine refuses to considered mirrored parts as having the same drag profile... *epic-shrug* It can be lowered a bit further if the wing's leading edges are removed, but that wouldn't have been right! And disabling drag on them seemed to result in them wanting to flail about during maneuvers, which just looked horrible >_> (rather the opposite effect one would expect...)
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I had to leave the Input "Max" at 5 it seemed, in order to get a 'smooth' animation on the exhaust and to keep that those beautiful mach diamonds! Though, I did re-orient the thruster nozzles inside the vectoring unit so that they looked a bit better *(I think in an update, it must've changed how they auto-orient so they looked weird), and THEN I angled them so the 4 corners focused on a center point, which resulted in a great cone shape just as I had hoped.
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Oh, and I fixed one that was inverted when using AG7 and VTOL, as well as set their max angle at 45deg instead of 90. Not that I'm too sure of the purpose of using their rotation for additional pitch?
Which on that note, I'm also not sure the point of the two inner-most thrusters being assigned to "brake", given when you apply brake it throttles down, and renders them facing forward (ie reverse thrust) pointless it seems? Nevertheless, I left all of that as-is, and chalked it up to there being a reason that I was simply not understanding! :D
Looks great! CJ's really do lend themselves to be recreated in SP very well, thanks to being A) really boxy for the most part or using simple lines/angles B) that hood, which arguably is the defining feature of Jeep CJs (or similar, like the old Toyota Land Cruisers).
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My only minor critique? It's missing the rollbar :P
I believe in terms of airplanes and racecars, it's called "Speedtape", "Hurricane Tape" "200MPH Tape", "500MPH Tape", etc. Since, those are designed for temporary repairs that can stick to their intended surface, even at speed. Since it doesn't do much good by falling off at 30,000ft lol
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I also recently learned that even the name of "Duct Tape" is a bit of a misnomer and that it's preferred that it NOT be used on HVAC ducting, or that it be called Duct Tape due to that. The tape for HVAC Ducting with high-temp adhesive didn't even roll out (pun intended) until the late 70s, even though the tape we know and love had been around with the nickname of Duck Tape for decades prior.
NASA has kept it in their bag of "Things Astronauts Need Just In Case" basically as long as there have been Astronauts! Though they call it simply "Gray Tape", which is more apt.
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A common phrase my friends would use in reference to it, which I won't repeat here but won't be hard to figure out, was "If you can't Duck-it, ___-it!"
In other words, if what you're trying to fix is so incredibly broken that even Duck Tape can't temporarily fix it... then it's not worth the time and throw it away/move on! :P
@ChiChiWerx No apology needed, I appreciate you taking the time to drop some knowledge :D It may not have been entirely related to what I had asked, BUT it was still valuable info you shared nonetheless! After all, my entire goal of this post was to learn about stuff, particularly in relation to them fffunky, funky trees haha
@ChiChiWerx " I usually use AoA to extend SBs"
What does SB mean in this context? (I might've missed what it's referencing, sorry...)
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Also, I think the AoA you're referring to might be physics engine related, whereas what I was asking about (and edensk replying to) is an XML entry that's part of Wing surfaces. It's default is 0, and I've also tried changing it to no observable effect on performance or flight behavior. Which seems to be corroborated by what was listed in the SImpleCheats document. Granted, the document is old and updates have undoubtedly been released which might have changed it to having some impact. Similarly, it could be as you're pointing out and requires actual direct use through input scripting, and only then does it do anything... *shrug* heh
Still, that's very handy info to have, thank you! :D
Yea, what's the challenge exactly? <_>
IA, or AI?
If AI, then Artificial Intelligence? Sounds difficult to pull off in SP heh
Or "Anti-Insurgency"? Granted, I don't know what that might entail, but it seems easier, at least for me... lol
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If "IA", then uh... I have no guesses what it could be... :}
EDIT: Oooh, you mean modify one of the default files in the AircraftDesigns folder, such as __aiEscortEnemy__.xml or __aiOpponentRacecar__.xml?
I wonder if someone could make a 3D Plotter using Winches, connected to powered Resizable Wheel trollies which are mounted on a giant Fuselage box. Then have the Winch cables connected to a comparatively muuuch smaller box in the middle, which houses various different guns, configured that way, but with their own Tracer colors, each set to an Action Group to be toggled as needed.
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Then, through control inputs like Pitch and Roll, control the winches, thereby moving the plotter around on a huge X/Y grid. As you move, to a new point, you fire a shot with whatever color you've configured, and.... now you're drawing pixel art! :P
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May need to set the bullets to zero velocity, so they stay where they are shot from, and make this entire contraption (the frame) able to move, so that once you're done drawing, you can relocate the plotter and see what you've made.... :} [/batcrapcrazy-idea]
@Something5353 [Note: This post is entirely predicated on the notion that you play on a PC or Mac.] Depending on your computer's graphic's chip maker is (AMD, nVidia, or Intel are who make the actual chips), you can probably create a game profile for SP and limit its framerate (FPS) that way.
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I know AMD can, at least on Windows, though it might take further behind-the-scenes tweaking to accomplish it, since it's profile only lets me set the framerate to a minimum of 30FPS (and editing the file all of these profiles is stored in, is a bit of a task, which even then whether or not it abides by setting it to "18" is an unknown!)
However... As I typed that, there MIGHT be another way.... I don't know how likely it is to work, though.
If you go in and edit your Settings file in notepad, which is in the folder that has the "AircraftDesigns" folder (also the Mods folder if you have any installed), you can tell it what framerate to run at (... in theory, if it works that way).
Mine for example is: targetFramerate="65"
You'd want to set it to: targetFramerate="18"
Save the file and load up SP then. (Technically, I suspect Android will have a similar "Settings.xml" and have the same data in it, since mine on Windows has Phone related settings, like Gyro sensor and Touch Controls)*
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Technically there's other methods to try and you can do it from the same settings file, It requires changing the Refresh Rate to 18 (the number in "Resolution" following the @ symbol; ie mine is 65Hz as defined by "1920x1080@65") and then setting "VSyncEnabled" to True. That too, should force --in theory at least heh-- the game to run at 18FPS. But even then, I am even less confident it'd acciomplish what we want! The other would be using something like "ReShade", which I imagine would have a similar framerate limiting ability... But I digress... Getting ahead of myself!
Try that out first heh If ypu need help let me know.
@Sadboye12 "setting it to -100 transparency will make the glass glow"
Brilliant... I don't know enough about the finer details (ie: value limits) relating to XML modding. Clearly I just need to go back to my roots: Trial and Error, throwing caution to the wind! :P
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Huge thanks for sharing that secret! I would probably never have figure it out to set it to a negative value haha [Also, as someone who is also a "Sadboye", I suggest not giving it any more control over you than it already has, or any more recognition through means like making it your username... Nay, instead I think you should try to spite it, say by changing it to something like Gladboye12! Of course.... that's all predicated on it not being your actual name... lol :}
Which, if it is then, uh... ignore this and hey-look-there's-a-squirrel!
_*smoke-bomb*_]
Smol Airport needs a Smol Plane!
Although, that might actually be much smaller than what I made... I know I had issues scaling it down that small, so I have no idea if going even smaller scale would continue to 'function' with Unity's Physics engine.
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That being said, I am willing to try 1/4-scaling my 1/4 scale, if you want? lol
@LunchBox
A giant mechanical SNEK! (snake)
With individual body segments :D
(Here's a good starting point you could base the design on)
@Thunderhawk lol Yea, I did indeed try that. Even mentioned it in the post you replied to :}
And indeed, as mentioned in my main post, made sure to try every possible combination of Wing Type (Symmetric, Semi-Symmetric, Flat Bottom) on main wings and the canards. Not just that but even the various segments of each wing (the back is technically 4 wings, 2 main big wings and then two itty bitty ones to make the curved tip).. It took a long time, but ultimately I had to give up as I was making zero progress :\
+1@Thunderhawk Yea I did... a lot
I forgot to mention, but there's a thin, rectangular piece of Fuselage colored bright red that's positioned roughly between the root's leading edge (mid-plane) that I set its Mass scale to 5, or maybe even 10. I spent a long time moving it around, to put the CoM higher than CoL, on the same level as CoL, forward, behind.
Unstable, was the common result. :(
(There's also 2000lbs worth of deadweight in the top two fuselage parts of the landing gear, just to push the CoM forward and to try and solve that weird issue of it wanting to Yaw all over the runway while taking off; removing that weight makes it Yaw even worse)
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Heck, I even played around with it MORE last night, after posting this and finding out the dimensions were wrong. Increased the wings to the proper width, set the height taller (only by making the Gear taller for better ground clearance), and moved the canards further forward, back, up, down.
Granted, it did take off slightly sooner, just before reaching the warning stripes instead of after bouncing off the grass... lol But its overall flight performance was worse. (Still liked producing more lift when flowing upside-down... I'm almost certain the key to the problem is somehow related to that...)
The only "fix" I have left in my bag of tricks would be to add hidden VTOL Thrusters. Only reason I am reluctant to do that is because it is a real plane that shouldn't need that level of cheap tricks to get it flying well! lol
+1Clearly I have done something wrong that is simply outside my level of expertise to find and resolve... which is fine, I can accept that fact. :P
You'll probably see it regardless, but I'll tag you just in case:
@SnoWFLakE0s
@Sadboye12 hah Nopers. Huax had kindly answered (and solved) my question that I --albeit mistakenly-- thought was similar to his own... So I wanted to return the favor by trying to find some folk who may be able to answer their question... ^_^
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Hopefully, then, your
A ? B = Ccomment is indeed in relation to Huax's situation and not mine. lolThanks for responding!
@edensk or @Sadboye12 Do either of you gurus happen to know the answer to Huax's question/issue? :}
+1There's more to it than this, and I don't have the knowledge yet to fully address what you're experiencing; however, I have been able to solve this in my own builds by adjusting the CoM (red dot). On jets with CoT at the rear, seems that having the CoM a bit forward of the CoL is ideal (a "bubble" in length in front of seems sufficient).
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But too much weight towards the front, or too far to the front, will cause it to oscillate (wiggle) like that.
Another cheap trick is to make two small "canards", but then hide them INSIDE the plane somewhere near the nose. I had to do that on my "QueSST" plane in order to get it to fly better.
Hiding them inside the body won't ruin the looks, but will help counteract some of SP's physics issues.
@Huax Either I'm a complete idiot, or the Input entry was definitely NOT there when I originally added them... O_O
I went to add your code just now, and lo and behold, there was "Input" already there, with None set....
I feel like I'm losing my mind lol
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Either way... Thank you! :)
@CheetoPumkinEater1 Glad you liked it!
A feather in my cap :)
I'm not a musician, but I definitely appreciate your attention to detail!
+1@Captain247 No no, nothing like that. But you bring up a valid point. I should've quoted his comment to indicate what specifically I was replying to. When I was writing that, I wasn't actually aware that Walvis is also who made the video... <_> lol
+1I'll edit my post to include the comment. My bad!
@Skyplayz @HadesHadestheWeeb To clarify, I believe Hades means "need 100" points (number to the left of our names), not 100 followers. :)
As I can say for certain that you don't need that many followers, since people with only 5 followers has been able to spotlight something of mine. heh
*grumbles* Note to Self: do not upvote before submitting comments, as said typed text will be lost due to the page freshing... :\
This kind of sounds like the question I was asking myself yesterday!
In my case I was needing to have it so performing an action would toggle a Beacon. Specifically, if the Landing Gear is down the beacon is On, and if the gear is up the beacon is Off. (whether it's relevant, I was specifically using
LandingGearinput, notGearUporGearDownsince that's beyond me currently.).
My only worry is that FunkyTrees may not even be able to define whether an AG is
EnabledorDisabled... <_>Here I was, thinking you were asking about the Nose Cone and I'm like... *facepalm*
Then I read what KoR said and was like... "Aaah, that pointy thing!"
Then I realized, that I thought it was to help reduce the bow shock when breaking the sound barrier, and was like *facepalm at myself* :( lol
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...TIL... :D
@edensk Osmosis???
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shrugging-intensifies* lol@Walvis I'd just like to clarify a misnomer regarding your comment...
Pirating is stealing with the intention to redistribute and somehow profit from (either trade what you have or outright exchange for money). Conventionally speaking, this involves hijacking and direct harm of one or more innocent individuals (ie holding up a semi truck driver and stealing his goods, or a cargo vessel at sea, etc).
However...
Downloading something that you have to buy, for your own use, but without paying for it, is only theft/stealing. It's still wrong, and still very illegal, subjecting you to whatever your countries criminal codes are, same as if you took something physically from a retail store.
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Granted, in the digital age that last part about Piracy is thankfully not exactly an issue anymore, though one could still easily say it is by pointing out the times when people have managed to obtain copies of something early because of a human error (either a slip up that allowed access for just-long-enough, or a system that has crappy security [firewall, logins, etc; missing critical patches, or software is deprecated entirely] which was simple to bypass), which such a situation could indeed cost them their job all because of digital pirate's actions.
I am NOT saying I condone it. Nor am I making excuses for anyone. Simply that the media has mislabeled it and it's kinda like labeling a person that stole a Blu-Ray Player the same as someone that stole someone's Child.
One is a person with questionable morals who has done something wrong, able to come back from the path they've strayed down...
The other, is a person with either no morals or they're completely twisted, who has done something very bad, crossing a line you cannot come back from.
(admittedly, that's a very extreme comparison, since I'd argue you could come back to the right side after a single act of piracy so long as you didn't irreparably harm anyone)
... "Well, that escalated quickly..." :}
TL;DR -
Don't steal SimplePlanes! It's worth the money to buy it, even in 2021, even with its remaining bugs and shortcomings/annoyances!
Just saying...
+2That third Blueprint Image is....... strangely artistic and soothing to look at???
Maybe it's just me... heh
Any words I could think of would not do this justice, so I will not even try, and just give you the upvote you deserve instead! :)
Here's my unlisted variant if anyone's interested. It's only the Red Engine, but I made a number of specific tweaks to the Nozzles for a slightly improved "shock diamond" effect (this could also be done to the Blue Engine since it has the same inner row of nozzles.)
+1https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/5JYCcl/Custom-Afterburner-Engine-Mk-F
Thanks @MarbleXLazuli :)
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Thanks @pbirb You'll have to slap yours on and see how well it works (You'll probably want to mark the CoM first, just in case, as I imagine the weight difference between our engines will be rather different and in turn may alter its flight characteristics if it shifts too much.)
Looks great!
+1I'm on a Parts-Cutting-Mission to see where I can cut them back yet retain the style and function. Already managed to cut each engine by 12 :D (Will edit this to include further findings)
1) Savings: 12 Parts (each engine), Location: Nozzles
The inner and outer flaps of the nozzles are both constructed with 2 parts each, except the inner row is straight only tapering down, unlike the outer ones which curve down at the tips. So I removed the small extra tip part of each inner flat, adding the length back to the main piece (making it 1.575) and setting its end dimensions to what the small piece's was (0.04x0.35).
2) Savings: 1 to 5 Parts (each), Location: Main Fuselage
If you remove the outer layers of fuselage and make the front Fuselage Intake 6.25 in length (painting Primary to that semi-flat dark gray) you can replace all the exterior fuselage parts. However, the small back ring would need to have its attachments all changed from those pieces, to that Intake. Since that was being done, might as well remove the forward central shaft that some of the VTOL nozzles are connected to, moving them over to the other one (in my notes that should be [for Red] ID 567's attachments moving over to ID 518)
GRANTED... That does ssssslightly change the view from the rear when looking into the engine while it's off, so alternatively ... If you kept the -outer- most ring that the hinged rotates are connected to and moved the -inner- rings to that. Then extended the outer's length so maybe 1.5ish, shortening the Intake to 4.75, you'd still remove 4 parts and retain the rear-look.
Your detail work is superb on all of your builds! The skull is very impressive on this one :D
I mirror @CDRxavier 's sentiments lol I can get the map to load once, maybe twice, but every time the poor thing explodes. Even with its fuselage (ie the great pyramid) health set to 100E+20 :(
BTW the "once or twice", after that, SP is like "Go home, you're drunk. C'mon... give me your keys, we're not doing this anymore." :P (This is on a more than capable PC, too!)
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I mean geeze... All I wanted to do was attach a matching scale 50,50,1 jet with an absurd amount of power to the bottom of that nice orange circle and make the pretty pyramid fly....
*takes his ball and goes home*... stupid Unity engine... never lets me have any fun... all the real game engines let the other kids do absurd things, like Gary's Mod or <lacks another example>.... I WISH THEY WERE MY GAME ENGINE!!
*sniff*I must say, you nailed the likeness again.
If you happen to have a 1950s, or even 1960s Corvette made already, that'd save me a bunch of time since I wouldn't have to make that, for an absurd Flying Vette Fighter I was wanting to create... lol
Thanks @MAHADI
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@SpiritusRaptor Are you able to confirm whether this is your work I modified?
Thanks @Thunderhawk :D
@Sadboye12 It's not an amazing giant walking spider-beast, or beautiful flying moth... BUT, I did get to use what you taught me on it, with the glowing glass. :D
+1Granted, this project was mostly done by the time I learned that, so it was only minor touches incorporated here. Still, the night vision effect on the scope eyepiece wouldn't have turned out as great without it! (toggled via AG3; otherwise it's hidden)
@Thunderhawk hah Thanks :) I wanted to use buttons and lights, and then thought about how the countermeasure part has that perfect "Number Pad" look to it.
+1I tried to use everything in the most obscure way I could think of. So the most "normal" thing on there, in terms of doing what it originally was intended, is probably the "scope camera" on the front! (honorable mention to the propellers functioning as itty bitty fans, since both are designed to move air)
@pbirb Here's what I had also made same time as you were making your engine :)
@MAHADI or @SledDriver Was this by any chance either of your creations? I had downloaded lots of stuff by you two, when I joined a number of years ago, due to the amazing work you did. Which is why my mind immediately goes to either of you being who could've created it...
Or perhaps either of you might know who had made the original that I based this on...?
(The engine pods are done in a slightly unconventional way, compared to everyone else: they use 6 axially-overlapping fuselage pieces to make the circular housing, instead of a single one set to"circle" shape. That stands out for me. It was also before "LandingGear" input was added, as it had used VTOL and AG2 to raise the landing gear.)
EDIT: Beginning of the file, containing the original name -
<Aircraft name="Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (USAF)" url="FA1pKa" theme="Custom" size="17.60421,5.777977,32.92536" boundsMin="-8.802105,1.720855,-16.46268" xmlVersion="6">
@pbirb Yea, I'm limited despite there being more than ample "power" to go faster, as I feel like SP has a coded limitation on that. 750-760MPH regardless of altitude. Very strange. While that is technically > Mach 1 at 12K/ft altitude, I'm just... thinking there's something I'm missing on why that's the limit.
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Although, I did witness the game not knowing what to do with the propellers once you dial things up past "Absurd" lmao My twin hub design (8 blades each), when I set the Max Input to 5, when looking at my plane flying from the side, the engine was displaying basically 3 'rings' spinning... Because the larger diameter hub assembly was wobbling so violently it was appearing as 2 individual hubs hahah
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I also didn't get to upload it this evening like I"d hoped due to chasing a stupid auto-roll issue. It's all done now at least and will go up tomorrow, but for now I sleep!
NNnnooooo LMAO
+2I just made one of these, too! :P
Of course, yours is legitimately way more involved than mine, since you went full custom and I just strapped 2 prop-hubs to a JE90 (I think).
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Then again, we might've went for slightly different systems? Mine's the Ultra-High Bypass Fan variant which doesn't have (as far as I know) adjustable blade pitch and so I set my props to have a high fixed pitch.
Either way, you'll see it here in a few minutes after I upload my "Alternate Reality" plane I equipped with mine... :}
EDIT: Oh, nice, I'm your first updoot! High five... o/⁺\o
Man that thing flies nice :O lol
I got it up to Mach 3.84 (2630mph) at 30,000ft and Mach 2.05 (1560mph) at 1500ft.
Changes I made: hanged the nose top/bottom to "Fuselage-Inlet-1" instead (and re-attached their points), then moved the chaff/flare launchers and insignia closer to the wings since they had a large gap, then swapped those round wing inlets near the cockpit, to the square version with 0.5 Height scale and nudged towards the wings and a slight nudge towards the main fuselage. Though I anticipate they did nothing, since it looks like my drag is 2811 now :}
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I definitely need to figure out that flight control system! Boy that's nice...
I get what he's saying, frankly.
Basically, it'd be nice if every part in the menu system could just be configured in a setting file, to personalize the order they appear in.
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Furthermore, it'd be nice if each engine just allowed you to define it's power and scale, without the need for XML editing (be it in actual file, or via Overdrive mod). That way we can use it as we see fit: either as a proper engine with more or less power in a bigger or smaller diameter or as a tiny detail part that has no power, such as some of us do. :)
Personally, my OWN gripe with the menu system is that the built-in "Fine Tuner" and the "Attachments Editor" buttons aren't available in the main menu, as it's annoying having to always click on the "Move Menu" first.
I also don't even use the built-in Fine Tuner, partly for that reason, but also because it lacks the Scale ability of the actual Mod :P I use the absolute crap out of the Attachment Editor though, so just being able to customize the menu system would be handy there as well since it'd let me put its button out on the designer screen, always there for me to click!
Here's the fix for your link:
!https://mortalengines.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal_Engines_Wiki
There's two ways you can type that out....
+1The first way, to just make it so the underscores properly show up, is to type it like this:
https://mortalengines.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal\_Engines\_Wiki(Note the backslashes in front of each underscore, that 'disables' the text formatting)
OR, to make it into a clickable link as I did:
[https://mortalengines.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal\_Engines\_Wiki](https://mortalengines.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal_Engines_Wiki)EITHER WAY, the underscores need to be disabled ("escaped") for the first part! As... I just now found out for myself :D
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Which doesn't specifically have to be like that. The first part in the brackets can be any text you want. For example:
[Mortal Instruments Wiki](https://mortalengines.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal_Engines_Wiki)Will produce: Mortal Instruments Wiki
In other words:
[text](link)(I apologize if you knew this already! lol)
Oooh, and it appears as though it makes waffles as well! :D
Didn't crash my computer, though it did send the Cockpit flying at 74,000MPH ;)
@7VCKretrovoid There's only 3 parts connected to the Cockpit, is my guess. The rest are just part of the "build" due to simply existing in the designer heh
(as to not limit folk for what they can create and upload, is my assumption)
Thanks @IndonesianMan :)
@Hawker180hurricane I'm nnnnoooooot sure this is going to happen..... lol
At least not in the context of having it be flyable <_> It looks fine and all, and like I can get it flying sorta, but in my efforts to get it flying properly, it breaks the laws of Unity-Physics whereby sending the plane rocketing at a few hundred thousand MPHs. That is if it's only that slow. Sometimes it tried to enter another dimension, at which point SP said "NNNnnopEE! This isn't what I signed up for, I'm out!" and crashes.
EDIT:* Ok, it's done, this is the best I can do, and if this is still too big for the airport (this is 1/16th scale), then I can make it smaller, but it'll only be a static model! I refuse to try and get anything smaller to try and fly! lmao
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/yahqD1/Kicking-Fish-MicroRC-Mk-II
Thanks @Clutch :D
@11qazxc lol If it makes you feel any better, I can indeed claim that I upvoted it for the actual creation OF the image (the 'tech'), and not the image subject! Though, I do suspect you're right... :P
+1(srsly, too, I have no idea who that is, as the only anime I've really ever gotten into was Ghost in the Shell, specifically the GiG series.)
@ChiChiWerx Hopefully you approve of the work! :}
To reduce the drag so much, I disabled
calculateDragon a lot of the things that were rather unnecessarily/unrealistically being calculated, such as the USAF roundels, tail-fin decorations, and a ton of internal components that were still being calculated despite.... being, well, internal! I also disabled it on all the hard-points simply to help remove some of its tendency to roll, since for some reason the physics engine refuses to considered mirrored parts as having the same drag profile... *epic-shrug* It can be lowered a bit further if the wing's leading edges are removed, but that wouldn't have been right! And disabling drag on them seemed to result in them wanting to flail about during maneuvers, which just looked horrible >_> (rather the opposite effect one would expect...).
I had to leave the Input "Max" at 5 it seemed, in order to get a 'smooth' animation on the exhaust and to keep that those beautiful mach diamonds! Though, I did re-orient the thruster nozzles inside the vectoring unit so that they looked a bit better *(I think in an update, it must've changed how they auto-orient so they looked weird), and THEN I angled them so the 4 corners focused on a center point, which resulted in a great cone shape just as I had hoped.
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Oh, and I fixed one that was inverted when using AG7 and VTOL, as well as set their max angle at 45deg instead of 90. Not that I'm too sure of the purpose of using their rotation for additional pitch?
Which on that note, I'm also not sure the point of the two inner-most thrusters being assigned to "brake", given when you apply brake it throttles down, and renders them facing forward (ie reverse thrust) pointless it seems? Nevertheless, I left all of that as-is, and chalked it up to there being a reason that I was simply not understanding! :D
Looks great! CJ's really do lend themselves to be recreated in SP very well, thanks to being A) really boxy for the most part or using simple lines/angles B) that hood, which arguably is the defining feature of Jeep CJs (or similar, like the old Toyota Land Cruisers).
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My only minor critique? It's missing the rollbar :P
I believe in terms of airplanes and racecars, it's called "Speedtape", "Hurricane Tape" "200MPH Tape", "500MPH Tape", etc. Since, those are designed for temporary repairs that can stick to their intended surface, even at speed. Since it doesn't do much good by falling off at 30,000ft lol
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I also recently learned that even the name of "Duct Tape" is a bit of a misnomer and that it's preferred that it NOT be used on HVAC ducting, or that it be called Duct Tape due to that. The tape for HVAC Ducting with high-temp adhesive didn't even roll out (pun intended) until the late 70s, even though the tape we know and love had been around with the nickname of Duck Tape for decades prior.
NASA has kept it in their bag of "Things Astronauts Need Just In Case" basically as long as there have been Astronauts! Though they call it simply "Gray Tape", which is more apt.
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A common phrase my friends would use in reference to it, which I won't repeat here but won't be hard to figure out, was "If you can't Duck-it, ___-it!"
In other words, if what you're trying to fix is so incredibly broken that even Duck Tape can't temporarily fix it... then it's not worth the time and throw it away/move on! :P
@ChiChiWerx No apology needed, I appreciate you taking the time to drop some knowledge :D It may not have been entirely related to what I had asked, BUT it was still valuable info you shared nonetheless! After all, my entire goal of this post was to learn about stuff, particularly in relation to them fffunky, funky trees haha
Gotcha. Thanks :)
@ChiChiWerx " I usually use AoA to extend SBs"
What does SB mean in this context? (I might've missed what it's referencing, sorry...)
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Also, I think the AoA you're referring to might be physics engine related, whereas what I was asking about (and edensk replying to) is an XML entry that's part of Wing surfaces. It's default is 0, and I've also tried changing it to no observable effect on performance or flight behavior. Which seems to be corroborated by what was listed in the SImpleCheats document. Granted, the document is old and updates have undoubtedly been released which might have changed it to having some impact. Similarly, it could be as you're pointing out and requires actual direct use through input scripting, and only then does it do anything... *shrug* heh
Still, that's very handy info to have, thank you! :D
Yea, what's the challenge exactly? <_>
IA, or AI?
If AI, then Artificial Intelligence? Sounds difficult to pull off in SP heh
Or "Anti-Insurgency"? Granted, I don't know what that might entail, but it seems easier, at least for me... lol
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If "IA", then uh... I have no guesses what it could be... :}
EDIT: Oooh, you mean modify one of the default files in the AircraftDesigns folder, such as
+1__aiEscortEnemy__.xmlor__aiOpponentRacecar__.xml?I wonder if someone could make a 3D Plotter using Winches, connected to powered Resizable Wheel trollies which are mounted on a giant Fuselage box. Then have the Winch cables connected to a comparatively muuuch smaller box in the middle, which houses various different guns, configured that way, but with their own Tracer colors, each set to an Action Group to be toggled as needed.
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Then, through control inputs like Pitch and Roll, control the winches, thereby moving the plotter around on a huge X/Y grid. As you move, to a new point, you fire a shot with whatever color you've configured, and.... now you're drawing pixel art! :P
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May need to set the bullets to zero velocity, so they stay where they are shot from, and make this entire contraption (the frame) able to move, so that once you're done drawing, you can relocate the plotter and see what you've made.... :}
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@Something5353 [Note: This post is entirely predicated on the notion that you play on a PC or Mac.] Depending on your computer's graphic's chip maker is (AMD, nVidia, or Intel are who make the actual chips), you can probably create a game profile for SP and limit its framerate (FPS) that way.
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I know AMD can, at least on Windows, though it might take further behind-the-scenes tweaking to accomplish it, since it's profile only lets me set the framerate to a minimum of 30FPS (and editing the file all of these profiles is stored in, is a bit of a task, which even then whether or not it abides by setting it to "18" is an unknown!)
However... As I typed that, there MIGHT be another way.... I don't know how likely it is to work, though.
+1If you go in and edit your
Settingsfile in notepad, which is in the folder that has the "AircraftDesigns" folder (also the Mods folder if you have any installed), you can tell it what framerate to run at (... in theory, if it works that way).Mine for example is: targetFramerate="65"
You'd want to set it to: targetFramerate="18"
Save the file and load up SP then. (Technically, I suspect Android will have a similar "Settings.xml" and have the same data in it, since mine on Windows has Phone related settings, like Gyro sensor and Touch Controls)*
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Technically there's other methods to try and you can do it from the same settings file, It requires changing the Refresh Rate to 18 (the number in "Resolution" following the @ symbol; ie mine is 65Hz as defined by "
1920x1080@65") and then setting "VSyncEnabled" toTrue. That too, should force --in theory at least heh-- the game to run at 18FPS. But even then, I am even less confident it'd acciomplish what we want! The other would be using something like "ReShade", which I imagine would have a similar framerate limiting ability... But I digress... Getting ahead of myself!Try that out first heh If ypu need help let me know.
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+2setting it to -100 transparency will make the glass glow"Brilliant... I don't know enough about the finer details (ie: value limits) relating to XML modding. Clearly I just need to go back to my roots: Trial and Error, throwing caution to the wind! :P
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Huge thanks for sharing that secret! I would probably never have figure it out to set it to a negative value haha
[Also, as someone who is also a "Sadboye", I suggest not giving it any more control over you than it already has, or any more recognition through means like making it your username... Nay, instead I think you should try to spite it, say by changing it to something like Gladboye12! Of course.... that's all predicated on it not being your actual name... lol :}
Which, if it is then, uh... ignore this and hey-look-there's-a-squirrel!
_*smoke-bomb*_]
Smol Airport needs a Smol Plane!
+1Although, that might actually be much smaller than what I made... I know I had issues scaling it down that small, so I have no idea if going even smaller scale would continue to 'function' with Unity's Physics engine.
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That being said, I am willing to try 1/4-scaling my 1/4 scale, if you want? lol