[zaelu]

ED (Eagle Dynamics, creators of LOCK ON) are working with modders in improving their current game and in producing features to the new DCS Black Shark (still to be released). ED had released tools for someone to convert 3D shapes with animations. Their tool is a 3ds max exporter... plain and simple.

The relation between ED and the Modding community is clearly different than the one Maddox Games started with the IL-2 series. I am sure Oleg had change his mind since then and for SoW will be different story... till then...

The last "creation" of the modders community (from the group called SIM MOD team) is the new model for the A-10a Warthog, which brings the old obsolete model to the level of the Su-25T in details, has new skinning system and damage representation etc.

However modding for Lock On doesn't seems very easy when you look at details. The animations are made by an arguments system that looks different (from 5k altitude, my point of view ), the integration in the game includes some "xml" scripting that fries "my fragile little mind" if I stay too much on it and probably many hidden dangers that I couldn't see from the "public point of view".

My impression is they can't come together (the two games).

PS A french dedicated mod team (heh, they are every where these talented french guys) had made an ADA mod which enables to fly french planes (some new) in Lock On, similar to what the IL-2 modder did at the beginning but, with some heavy modification to the default cockpits.

[riffraffv8]

these are exciting days folks!!!!!
fingers crossed , and hope this works out
as RAF_Magpie says, an exchange of information that would benefit
both camps has got to be a good idea!

[Handy]

i have a hard time believing this but i so badly want to.

[Tigershark]

"Believe It Or Not, It's Just Me" has been playing in my head all day... its such a gay song :oops:


This guy has problems if he's going to great lengths to make a hoax... time could better spent broadening ones music collection...



TS

[Brophmeister]

"Believe It Or Not, It's Just Me" has been playing in my head all day... its such a gay song :oops:
TS

Hey, theres worse music out there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

[RAF_Magpie]

Yeah, Isohunt had that on their homepage on april 1st... wasnt a nice joke hock: go the white man shuffel :lol:

Re; mod teams. - yes there are whole teams for the game, who do work in co-hoots with ED, but there are also those who make and give to the community.

The convertor Jolly found could be just the ticket. At very least, could be a good start towards something that works for us.

[Chaoic16]

Yes and even better, imagine if we ever finally found 3D converter for Il-2. It would even push il-2 modding community into much higher level where there would no longer be any limits to how much aircraf that could be added to il-2. Imagine this.... Many of new added aircrafts, new added items with new models, new ships with their own shape, and the list goes on. This il-2 modding community is really expanding so rapidly and it have yet never failed to cease to surpise me how much this modding community have explored and overcome many of diffcult challenages!

My hat goes out to this mod commuinty, especially Jolly and for now, I cross my finger and hope he find what we have been seeking for. And that is mod converter that we have been desperately needed for Il-2 for long time now. I am so excited to hear the the news about the great possibly of 3D converter methods for Il-2 being discovered!




Chaoic out...

[RAF_Leigh]

hehe just like the CFS series

[urufu_shinjiro]

hehe just like the CFS series

Oh god I hope not, thats what I'd like the mod community to avoid!

[RAF_Magpie]

Yes, and that is what AAA is doing - keeping it clean of all CFS diseases


But I believe Leigh means the ability to add an plethora of new planes with unique meshes...

[Guest]

Hey, theres worse music out there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

Hey i like Disco!!!!!!!!!!!!

Btw this song is the un-official hymn of Grand Theft Auto series,set by the GTA community .

[RAF_Leigh]

Yes, and that is what AAA is doing - keeping it clean of all CFS diseases


But I believe Leigh means the ability to add an plethora of new planes with unique meshes...

yer that but the other one too so ur both right

but keeping it clean is the way to go

[Chaoic16]

I dont understand about what you folks are talking about? CFS mess? and keeping it clean? Please explaina bout CFS mess that all fo you are talking about???

Im getting bit confused here (o.O)!


Chaoic out...

[Tigershark]

So whats Jolly status? Have we figured that video to be a hoax? Talking about it is all is just speculation yet, we need it from a horse's mouth

The comments that user puts on one of his vids, really make it sound as though he himself is doing some editing of sorts... or maybe its just bull

TS

[Guest]

i made a big boo boo Hunin has informed me that lomac has nothing to do with IL2 - my big mistake - sorry