Hi again!!!
So, after start more or less with the left foot, I think I'm starting to catch it!!!
First before star playing around more with the F16, I started tot study more in detail the model given by the package, in my case the F18.
So for start tried to activate the bombs and after some frustrating ours screwing around with the bomb launcher code finally read something regarding the code not being correct or activated or whatever...
Frustrated looked for some alternative solution and found that someone add already bypassed by "fulling the system" using the machine gun to drop bombs on the B52!! Cool, used his code and I started to drop bombs on my F18 like a crazy Mad Dog!!!
After after cahnged the code to use them as guided as someone sugest and worked fine after a few hours of testing!!
Well but I was not satisfied and think to my self... what about build my very own weapon? Ok Reading here, reding there, and voila!! I noticed from the generous colletion of wepons for me one very important was missing... The mighty AGM-54 Phoenix!!!!
Ok search on the net for some images of dimensions and paint schemes... then how to do it??!! I was thinking on using GMAX... but why to use the A bomb to kill the small ant?!! Google Skecthup should be ok!!
After the 3d model done how to make it FSX compatible? More internet search... and the answer was ModelConverterX Very nice software I must say...
After crating the texture file as DDS and MDL file I was ready to test the model on FSX!
Ok pick up de code from AGM 88 so after take off turn back and soot some targets on the gorund just to see if the model was ok instead of looking for tatrgets in the air... As soon I got tone!! Fire in the Hole!!! But.... wait a minute the missile was leaving the aircraft 90º sideways!!!!
Ok no prblem!! just save the model in skecthup rotated 90º backwards.
But then the flame was not aligned with the missile rear, this one I did not figure out how to correctly adjust so after half hour of trail and error I was able to do it make it right!! (apriciate some one could explain me how make the origin point in Google Skecthup to match with ModelConverterX origin if possible!!) So after this I was able to fire some rounds and have 5 minuts of fun!! Now time to go to slip!!!
In attached is my F18 firing one AGM 54 Phoenix against parked airplane in Tancos AFB in Portugal!! later will transform it to an Air to Air missile to make it more realistic... tomorrow will post more pics and the missile model so every one can use it and have fun with it!!
Chears...
Daniel Isidro