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Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 14:04
by AfterDune
Epic highlight is epic. And this is just the tip of the iceberg ;) .

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 14:05
by Stemplus
Can that gear down - gear up indicator be put into every jet in PR? Also, are the instruments working as you intented in the old highlights/DEV Blogs??

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 14:28
by Mineral
he stated in the OP:
rhino wrote:This also included making a 3D, working cockpit since [R-DEV]mosquill had been experimenting with the concept on a small scale using the vBF2 Havok and shown some promising results.
This helicopter series was going to be the main test bed for implementing this idea into PR, but as we found out later during the export process, this concept was a no-go since there was a limit on the amount of moving parts you can have on a vehicle, which was especially a problem for this chopper due to its moving landing gear etc, as well as many other complications so while we don't have a working cockpit, it is still nicely detailed.

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 14:52
by Rhino
Stemplus wrote:Can that gear down - gear up indicator be put into every jet in PR?
Its possible yes but it requires them to be modelled into the cockpit model.

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 16:31
by torenico
TAKE MY SOUL, YOU DESERVE IT.

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 17:55
by Spuz36
Very slick! Love the detail with the various munitions as well. Crazy to see custom models for missiles that will be visible for only a few seconds, then gone :P (unless perched on the outside of the choppa).

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 18:19
by Rhino
Spuz36 wrote:Crazy to see custom models for missiles that will be visible for only a few seconds, then gone :P (unless perched on the outside of the choppa).
hehe, well they are pretty quick and easy to make and more optimized than our current missiles, + they look cool in screenshots :mrgreen:

But you can actually see and notice them ingame if you look hard enough, even when flying though the air at pretty high speeds :)

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 18:51
by torenico
Well it kinda sucks that in the online once they're fired, they don't come back, even if you rearm they won't be back.



Unless it has been fixed

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 18:59
by Rhino
torenico wrote:Well it kinda sucks that in the online once they're fired, they don't come back, even if you rearm they won't be back.
These aren't dummy weapons, like missiles/bombs on the wings of a jet, they are the projectiles that are fired, since the HJ-8 is loaded inside a tube, which stays with the aircraft once fired (although in reality its hollowed out after firing more or less afaik, which it isn't ingame since it would have been too many tris for little gain that no one would have noticed) and the rocket pods are pretty much the same story, just with multiple rockets in them.

These are instead projectiles, which you see when they are fired:
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And no, sorry we can't fix the dummy weapons not coming back after reloading problem, BF2 engine bug.

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 19:05
by The_MDexs
That's cool looking

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 20:10
by doop-de-doo
Quayzee o.o

The tension is building pretty fast. ZOMG XD

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-05 21:55
by Phoenixo_Idaho
Mon Panther !


Thanks Rhino for all your great work !

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-06 02:54
by tankninja1
Mother of God only thing worse than 14 90mm rockets would be 8 127mm rockets, well at least in terms of unguided rockets.

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-06 04:05
by richyrich55
[R-DEV]Rhino wrote:lol, you wouldn't happen to be a hot girl would you? :D

bahaha, you wish big guy ;)


p.s. is it weird that I just downloaded the Rhinocerous5.0 trial? hahaha

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-06 22:29
by Mouthpiece
For this, I'm gonna learn to fly. Excellent job.

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-06 23:50
by K_Rivers
it is an awesome chopper

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-07 04:23
by [F|H]Zackyx
good job

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-07 10:16
by RazoR41
Nice work, i am looking forward to v1.0! :D

Re: Zhi-9 & Panther Helicopter Series

Posted: 2013-03-08 02:13
by Felix
question: Is it possible to use the FLIR cam on the french version?