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#2264336 - 07/21/07 09:33 AM High Res Cockpits?  
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As an original RB3d owner I am getting back into it after a 3 year absence.

Really amazed by all the downloads improving terrain, sky, the UOPS, plane skins, etc, etc. Very impressive especially with the game cranked up on my new computer.

That being said there is one area of the game that the UOP's I have tried apparently are not touching and that is the cockpit. Quite a shocker after seeing how beautiful the rest of the game can be.

Anyone know of any "high-res" cockpits?

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#2264890 - 07/22/07 02:44 AM Re: High Res Cockpits? [Re: U-Schultz]  
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Cockpits have been improved in the Promised Land/Full Canvas Jacket, the Western Front, the Hell's Angels and I think the Revenge of the Jastas patches, as far as which instruments would normally have been available in various aircraft and a generally more realistic appearance. The only exception is that where clocks had been removed in the cause of realism, players asked to have them back. You have to have your Instruments preference set to Authentic to see the realistic cockpits.

As regards higher resolution cockpits, my understanding, according to Pat Wilson, builder of the Western Front Patch, is that the modeling in RB does not allow a higher resolution in the cockpits.

S!


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#2265207 - 07/22/07 09:08 AM Re: High Res Cockpits? [Re: Birdbrain]  
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Well, that would explain it then...too bad!

Thanks for the information.

S!

#2265812 - 07/23/07 04:19 AM Re: High Res Cockpits? [Re: U-Schultz]  
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The cockpit bitmaps are limited to something like 320x?, I think.


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#2265868 - 07/23/07 06:54 AM Re: High Res Cockpits? [Re: Birdbrain]  
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Cockpits are really where RB should be thoroughly improved also in my opinion.

About HiRez, sure there are limits to size of bitmaps composing F1 view; perhaps some chance there is for F2, being a 3D (virtual cockpit), thus should benefit of property of bmps in RB to "fit" to wireframe model, like already done by some modder with HiRez external textures. I tried with just one... getting weird mirrored view \:\(

Anyway, many improvements could be done, also remaining LoRez: first, getting movable control surfaces, second correcting upper wing and its struts position in respect of cockpit, often too forth.

GB


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