#4285419 - 08/06/16 07:19 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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Good first choice Lou - I grew up a few miles from Croydon and as a kid played in Beddington park
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#4285425 - 08/06/16 07:49 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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. OK, so, every time I delve into one of these WOFF projects I am quickly struck by just how much time and effort the devs have had to put into this sim over the years. Even a relatively simple task like properly placing an aerodrome into the landscape takes far longer than anyone might first imagine. Keep in mind this process involves no model work of any kind as it is nothing more than entering a single line of text in the global layer file. However, that single line of text requires that you first research and find the precise latitude and longitude for the aerodrome you wish to add. Once that is accomplished you create the new line of text using these coordinates, then enter in your best guess at what the elevation of the new drome should be, after which you jump into the sim above the newly-placed aerodrome and see how it initially fits with the surrounding landscape. Unless you are living a truly blessed life it will not fit well. That elevation guess you took will be off, anywhere from a little to a lot, and thus will need to be adjusted to match that of the countryside surrounding the drome. After you have the elevation sorted out you could just call the thing done as it will work fine, but if you want it to really fit in nicely you will need to rotate the aerodrome to better mesh with the fields adjacent to it, and move it about slightly until it connects with one of the nearby country lanes or highways. This can be quite tedious, especially if you're an AR type. So, how long does this entire process take for an aerodrome you may ask? For me it is currently averaging about 30 to 45 minutes, and given that I have sixty-some aerodromes on my list - well - you can do the math. Here is an example of a properly fitted drome. It is Beddington as seen looking north towards London, and it sits directly on the west side of the main road between Purley and Croydon. Later in the war Waddon aerodrome would be built on the other side of the road, and in 1919 the two would be merged and become Croydon aerodrome. And here is a view from the cockpit. Notice how I have lined up one of the roads coming from the aerodrome with the lane across from it. This is just one of the madnesses I suffer. Ah well - back to it! . I can relate to what you have said Lou!! Oh yeah!! Then if you are AR enough, the next step would be historically populating the field with the necessary structures provided you do your historical research and find all the info you need!! .....
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#4285451 - 08/06/16 11:47 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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Oh the madness Lou! Your madness is more talented the any ability I have. You have more in your little finger than I in my whole soul. I look at you and the other talented gentlemen at this forum and marvel at the talent you people have. I am a lucky person to see all that you and the rest do. I am very lucky that the talented people at OBD gave you talented artists such a very fine canvas to paint on. I am fortunate to get to use all the pretties you and the talented others make. Thank you all very much! John
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#4285458 - 08/07/16 12:16 AM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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I for one know it is nice to have others appreciate and benefit from the efforts of all the modders. We have a GREAT membership on this forum!
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#4285514 - 08/07/16 10:46 AM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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Thanks again Gents for the kudos and the encouragement, it all serves to keep my spirits high on this little project.
Dej, thank you for your offer Sir, I will always take any information offered regarding the subject of WWI aviation. For now I am only placing the already available generic British aerodromes in the needed locations. However, once this task is completed I may well start knocking out a few of the particular facilities themselves at which point plans and photos would be invaluable.
By the way all, last night as I was attempting to place one of the training school locations in Scotland I discovered the northern edge of the WOFF world. I literally hit the wall at the 55th parallel, you cannot go beyond it despite being able to look far off to the north. Apparently, out there be monsters. So it looks like Redcar will be the northernmost of the dromes I am adding in this project.
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#4286048 - 08/09/16 02:18 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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. Here is a quick update on this project for you folks who are following it. I have about fifteen dromes left to get properly aligned and fitted into the WOFF landscape. Once these are done I may do the same with the existing WOFF dromes in England as there are not that many and it would be nice to see them all fitting snugly into their surroundings. The following is the amended list of aerodromes with the northernmost few that are "beyond the edge" eliminated and several others added in, (which I discovered in my ongoing research): 1. Andover 2. Beaulieu (East Boldre) 3. Beddington 4. Beverley 5. Bicester 6. Boscombe Down (Red House Farm) 7. Calshot 8. Castle Bromwich 9. Catterick 10. Chattis Hill 11. Cranwell 12. Doncaster 13. Driffield (Eastburn) 14. Duxford 15. Eastbourne 16. Easton-on-the-Hill (Collyweston) 17. Fairlop 18. Feltwell 19. Fowlmere 20. Gosport (Fort Grange) 21. Harlaxton 22. Harling Road (Roudham) 23. Hooton Park 24. Hucknall 25. Lake Down 26. Lee-on-Solent 27. London Colney 28. Lopcombe Corner (Hollom Down) 29. Narborough 30. Newmarket (Rowley Mile) 31. Northolt 32. Old Sarum (Ford Farm) 33. Redcar 34. Rendcombe 35. Scampton (Brattleby) 36. Scopwick (Digby) 37. Shawbury 38. Shoreham 39. Shotwick 40. South Carlton 41. Spitalgate 42. Stamford (Wittering) 43. Tadcaster (Bramham Moor) 44. Tern Hill 45. Thetford 46. Throwley 47. Upwood 48. Waddington 49. Waddon 50. Weston-on-the-Green 51. Witney 52. Wyton 53. Yatesbury Also, other aerodromes used for training that are already in WOFF are: Biggin Hill, Eastchurch, Hounslow, Netheravon, Rochford, Sutton’s Farm. And here is a map I knocked together showing the location of all the above dromes, (right-click on the image and open it in a new window as it is quite large): Later all. .
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#4286107 - 08/09/16 06:15 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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. I literally hit the wall at the 55th parallel, you cannot go beyond it despite being able to look far off to the north. Apparently, out there be monsters. So it looks like Redcar will be the northernmost of the dromes I am adding in this project.
. Hi Lou, did you try to change coords value of upper left map corner in file "mapdata.xml"? Maybe that would be solution. Change "N55" to higher value. <Map Image="map\alt_low.bmp">
<UpperLeft Lat="N55" Lon="W7 4.5"/>
<LowerRight Lat="N41" Lon="E14 4.5"/>
</Map> EDIT: It seems that above value are used just for in-flight map?
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#4286117 - 08/09/16 06:48 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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JJJ65, I believe there is more to it than that. Also, while you can look off into the distance it appears to be a wasteland devoid of the usual in-sim features.
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#4286160 - 08/09/16 10:10 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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OOOOH, so the world may actually be flat in the sim world, contrary to Pythagorus theorem, which it appears doesn't apply here!
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#4286329 - 08/10/16 03:30 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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Well of course the sim world is flat and it will stay that way until you have a round monitor, or more precisely an oblate spheroid monitor.
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#4286862 - 08/12/16 12:53 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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. Good morning all. A quick update before I hit the road again. I have only three aerodromes left to fit into the landscape, but I took a short break from that to begin sorting out a large general-service-style hangar to use in the additional generic aerodromes I am putting together for this project. As I am not a model builder I have to work with what is currently available. So, after an intitial repaint of one of the stock CFS3 hangars, and some clever placement of a few additional smaller sheds, here is what I have so far: (right-click on images and open in new tabs to view them full size) Still some fine tuning to be done but once completed it should suffice in bringing a bit more diversity and historically-based atmosphere to the whole affair. Later. .
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#4287461 - 08/14/16 06:46 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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Just added some updated screenshots to my above post, for those interested in how things are progressing.
Cheers!
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#4287462 - 08/14/16 06:48 PM
Re: Speaking of aerodromes, I am currently adding more in Britain
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Just added some updated screenshots to my above post, for those interested in how things are progressing.
Cheers!
. Wow! Amazing stuff Lou. What an incredible gift to the community! Well done to you sir. It all looks incredible.
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