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Diamond Twin Star DA42 - Progress!

spotlope said:
No sir, my first thought was "damn, that's some good looking tarmac texturing. Wonder what add-on he's using?" Scenery design; it's a sickness I tell ya.
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I'm that sick, that I even can name you the scenery just by looking at the ground texture (which I tried to recreate) ;) Flightzone Portland! There you have it :D

And Bill, thanks for the update on the DA42!
 
spotlope said:
I have a confession to make. What was my first thought when I saw your lovely in-progress shot above? Was it "oh wow, look at that gorgeous mesh" (it is), or "nice paint job" (oh, yeah!), even "geez, Bill's a really good people modeler" (you are!)... was it any of those things?

No sir, my first thought was "damn, that's some good looking tarmac texturing. Wonder what add-on he's using?" Scenery design; it's a sickness I tell ya.

Seriously though, beautiful work, Bill. I'm really looking forward to this release.
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LMAO!!! I guess that's the difference between aircraft guys and scenery guys. I thought the same thing as you. The asphalt and taxiline paint got my attention.
 
Jeffrey Stähli said:
I'm that sick, that I even can name you the scenery just by looking at the ground texture (which I tried to recreate) ;) Flightzone Portland! There you have it :D

And Bill, thanks for the update on the DA42!
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Good guess, but nope... that can't be FZP since I don't have it installed (actually, I don't own a copy at all)... ;)
 
Being in little ol' NZ, means our seasons are a bit out of whack lol.
So when you say by the end of your summer for release... would that be about September?
Looking forward to flying this model, as this is our primary Multi-engine trainer at the flying school I go to. We own about 6 of them.
In regards to paint schemes, would you be willing to take any requests for alternative ones?
Loving the screenshots thus far... :)
 
n4gix said:
I've been working on the DA42 between higher priority tasks as time allows. Right now, there's a lot of small interior parts to be modeled, mapped and textured.

The DA42 is third in line for release at the moment, but no "target date" has been set as of yet. "Sometime this summer" is about as firm as jello, but it's the best we can provide at this time.

1. Citation X v2.0 for FSX
2. CJ1+ v2.0 for FS9 and FSX
3. DA42 v1.0 for FS9 and FSX
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Hi there any updates on this project?
Haven't heard much lately
Looking forward to buying the finished product!! :)
 
Unfortunately, everything in the pipeline has been pushed forward by several months. We are still hopeful to get the CJ1+ released in time for the Holidays, but the DA42 is now pushed forward to the first quarter of 2010. :(
 
Demon said:
Hey Jim,

thumbs up, great work. Professional work should be payed :) Will there be a FSX version ?!
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Separate packages for FS9 and FSX will be available. That's part of the reason for the delay. Creating two complete packages takes approximately twice as long... :eek:
 
I love eaglesoft, and my favorite GA aircraft is the DA42, i have previously owned the abacus da42, *sigh*

im just wondering, is there a date for the release of this DA42 yet?

regards

liam
 
"In two weeks from an unspecified date...." of course, that's my speculation.


liamr685 said:
I love eaglesoft, and my favorite GA aircraft is the DA42, i have previously owned the abacus da42, *sigh*

im just wondering, is there a date for the release of this DA42 yet?

regards

liam
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Honestly, no. As a general rule-of-thumb, it's rather pointless to ask any developer for a "projected release date," as very few of us are silly enough to paint ourselves into a corner...

...and then have to explain the inevitable delays! :duck:
 
So we are still clinging on the "first quarter of 2010" estimation?

fair play

i was just wondering cos i co-run a flightsim and teamspeak server and were starting a flying club that meet every week and we decide on an event to do, hops etc etc and my aircraft of choice are the DA20-A1 and DA42, but the server is up 24/7 so any1 is free to join and fly anything, anywhere and join are planned events.

Regards

Liam

Ps if you want the IP just message me, as public advertising aint allowed haha
 
liamr685 said:
So we are still clinging on the "first quarter of 2010" estimation?
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It's still within the realm of possibility. The main problem is that a large majority of my productive time is spent waiting on someone else to get off the pot...

Fortunately, I have so many projects in-process at simultaneously that I'm still getting stuff done, but my biggest nightmare is the possibility that two or more WIPs will get "unstuck" at the same time, and I'll wind up buried in the deluge of incoming "stuff."
 
just a quick question...

are we allowed to see any preview shots of the 2D panel please, fi there are any?

ive re downloaded the abacus DA42 to keep me happy-ish untill the eaglesoft one is released, and the only accurate and good thing about the abacus da42 is the 2d panel, everything else is just, well, ill leave it to the imagination ;)

regards

Liam
 
liamr685 said:
just a quick question...

are we allowed to see any preview shots of the 2D panel please, fi there are any?
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Here is one at 33MO - Leaming Field. Note that this is still a WIP (see the red R icon?)...

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Here is a shot of the 3D panel as I fly an ILS approach to Rwy 27 at 33MO:

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ok now ive had a full glance at it, i cant see a nav>Gps button, there might be 1, i may not be spotting it haha, will there be 1 so it follows a default fs made flightplan?, this if you know of course....

regards

Liam
 
liamr685 said:
ok now ive had a full glance at it, i cant see a nav>Gps button, there might be 1, i may not be spotting it haha, will there be 1 so it follows a default fs made flightplan?, this if you know of course....
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The CDI softkey on the PFD cycles between NAV1, NAV2 and GPS navigation.
 
Ok, cheers, i really cant wait for this to be released, and if it hasnt already, id be more than happy to help beta test it :D

regards

Liam
 
May i ask...

any news on this addon at all? since i last bugged you ;)

anything like news about it

estimated release date

more screenshots etc etc....

im really looking forward to this addon :D

Liam
 
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