Apache Longbow (DI) - New Cockpit Art!

[@pinfox4117]

INSANE work, never thought I'd see di's apache modded to have a (debatably) better cockpit graphic Say, is there a possibility in the cards to mod falcon 3.0? I remember the demo cockpit/pallete looked much more better and clean than what we got in the retail release.

[@pixelwings821]

Thanks for the kind words! If I have learned anything by now, it is that anything is possible! If we are dedicated :) Interesting, I will have to look up those early preview shots. What bothers me most about Falcon 3.0 is that it has only 1 MFD, but unsure how much I can do with that.

[@Daimo83]

@@pixelwings821 The F18 has two MFD panel, perhaps that could be a starting point...

[@pixelwings821]

@@Daimo83 Ah good point, I forgot that exists. It can be for graphics, though it will probably be tightly integrated to the core plane avionic code.

[@Daimo83]

@@pixelwings821 After what you did to F19 you're the cut and shut mod man! I have faith!

[@Daimo83]

Incredible work, it's perfect! Where can we download?

[@pixelwings821]

My website lags a bit behind the modding lately, but DI Apache and the mod will be the next page I make there -with download :)

[@Daimo83]

@@pixelwings821 I'm looking forward to it! Thanks.

[@rinsatomi9527]

Damn, always great to see these classic games being kept alive! Think you could do it to A-10 Cuba! next?

[@pixelwings821]

A-10 Cuba, interesting sim -what would you most like to see modded in it? Atm, I have some others that needs finishing, also some previous requests to look into, but maybe in the future :)

[@rinsatomi9527]

@@pixelwings821 Its developer, Eric Parker, actually took a flight model from a mainframe and scaled it down so that it could be run on home computers of the time. The result was a smooth, natural-feeling flight simulation that felt like nothing else at the time, and like nothing to this day dare I say. I don't know if you played it at your time; it's quite possibly my favorite game, period. That said, I don't know what could be feasible in terms of modding. I'd love to fly some of the other aircraft the game has such as the F-16 or Mig-29. I've actually looked into learning decompilation tools so I could, say, give it a high-resolution mode or come up with a mission editor, but it's a massive undertaking for somebody who's not a real programmer. Sorry for rambling ;)

[@pixelwings821]

@@rinsatomi9527 Cool, I didn't know that about it. But yes indeed, I did play the demo of it when it came out, unfortunately never the full version. Yeah, to give it higher resolution and things like that, I'd say you need to decompile it or find the source code. While I have been able to change a lot including certain mechanics by hex editing in various games, those more advanced features are beyond me as well atm. But, we can always learn ;)