Jimmy G's Commercial Aerospace pack Development (Very Early WIP) (First Mod)

[jarratt51]

Backed up by some friends, I've had an idea for a cool mod. When making aircraft, I am annoyed by the small size and underpower/unrealism of the engines. I do alot my Ksp based around Commercial flying using the Kerbinside mod. I've started work on a potential pack, adding new engines and commercial linking parts

I've used Gmax to whip up some ideal models. I've started off with a KSP replica of a Boeing 777 engine, desinged for bigger aircraft, Hoping to include animations and a reverser feature.

Feel free to post thoughts and suggestions as this is my first mod, and I need to know where to take this next.

(Model Not to Scale Yet)

thanks alot

-James

[Eskandare]

I love seeing that you use Kerbin Side. I can't wait to see what you've got coming.

[jarratt51]

Cheers

Update:

Added Alpha textures for engine, as well as a smooth modifier

thanks

-James

[Lindy]

looking good, and looking forward to tring a working model!

[jarratt51]

looking good, and looking forward to tring a working model!

Cheers It will be a while until I get a good stable result, but the feedback is definitely motivation

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UPDATE

Done the textures. I need to get 3dmax working so I can export it (This was created in Gmax). Need to read up on how the animations work too

thanks

-James

[Dilin]

Can't wait for some nice looking replicas using these!

[Midnight Jade]

You mentioned only engines, but you said you like commercial flight in general so I'll make the suggestion anyway...

There's something I've also been annoyed for a long time. It's landing gear for big planes. We have amazing options for fighter-sized craft and medium-sized airplanes, which come in B9, or the even greater Adjustable Landing Gears by BahamutoD. But there's nothing adequate for BIG airplanes, like landing gears for a 747, or for cargo planes. I always end up having to use hover wheels and it just looks ridiculous... Resizing said gears forcefully works (rescaleFactor, or creating a TweakScale for it), but they just don't look "right" for the size of these airplanes. Landing gears for these things look completely different and tougher.

Would you perhaps be interested in creating landing gears like that? Just a suggestion.

[jarratt51]

I totally agree with you. Since this is my first mod development will be slow, after these engine I will focus on stuff like widened fuselages and eventually gear to suit them

Cheers for the suggestion

To give an idea of the engine size, I'm thinking of having a 1.5m diameter one and a 2m diameter one to replicate b777s.

-James

Edited December 31, 2014 by jarratt51

[jarratt51]

Unfortunately 3dsmax is heavily playing up. Although I built this in Gmax, I need to use 3dsmax to export it, so the mod may be slightly delayed

-James

[Lindy]

I'll be patient...

[jarratt51]

Cheers

Is there anyway I can export gmax to blender or straight to a unity file with animations and uv mapping?

I'll get 3dmax working, maybe that time has come where I wipe my entire pc clean and start fresh (keeping the engine don't worry )

-James

Edited January 1, 2015 by jarratt51

[jarratt51]

Whilst copying my files for back (all 983gb of it) for when I reset my pc, which will hopefully do many good things including making 3dmax work ,

I thought I'd make a cool livery

Me and My friend (Jules/Firebreather) are collaberating for this mod, he's thinking of creating some cockpits.

Edited January 1, 2015 by jarratt51

[jarratt51]

How about this ?

-James

[spike52656]

Nice! Could you make landing gear like this which has multiple sets of wheels?

[jarratt51]

I have reformatted my PC, and I have copied the files across. Exporting from Gmax to 3dsmax wasn't as easy as I thought, so some remodeling is taking place. Feel free to request any fictional KSP airline textures that I can include, or any features

-James

Edited January 3, 2015 by jarratt51

[jarratt51]

Complete model rework in 3dsmax:

-James

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Update :

added the engine textures in easyjeb liver for the 1.5m engine (based on the a320's engines)

Please leave suggestions and requests

-James

[Thesonicgalaxy]

Mmmmm, Excited. I'll be patient for this work of art

[jarratt51]

Update:

Added animations and improved textures

I am going to attach the texture file, so you can create some textures which may be included in the final upload

https://www./?6311mmjn9dpb46d

-James

[Alexonaut]

Man, I've been looking everywhere for a commercial aerospace mod. Great work!

[RobotsAndSpaceships]

I do like the spiral texture on it.

[CamJK]

Feel free to request any fictional KSP airline textures that I can include

For a kerbal versin of united Airlines, you could do KerbNited Skyways (I know i just put kerbal an united together then changed airlines to skyways but is sounds cool SO WHO CARES)

[jarratt51]

For a kerbal versin of united Airlines, you could do KerbNited Skyways (I know i just put kerbal an united together then changed airlines to skyways but is sounds cool SO WHO CARES)

Sorry I haven't been keeping on top of this project for a while, I've been heavily revising for GSCEs. A standardisation would be quite good. I'm thinking of creating a b737-100/200 style engine low in the tech tree, in Kerbal United airways. I'm just wondering if anyone would like to go ahead and make some livery ideas in GIMP or photoshop which I can be inspired from

Edited March 15, 2015 by jarratt51

[CamJK]

I'm just wondering if anyone would like to go ahead and make some livery ideas in GIMP or photoshop which I can be inspired from

Sure, I will whip up a few then PM them to you if you dont mind, but if you cant for some reason acces your PMs then I make them publicly visible right here on the forum.

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just one thing though, it will be in something like MS Paint or Paint.NET because my Photoshop skills are rubbish and i cant get GIMP to work on windows 8.1

[jarratt51]

Sure, I will whip up a few then PM them to you if you dont mind, but if you cant for some reason acces your PMs then I make them publicly visible right here on the forum.

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just one thing though, it will be in something like MS Paint or Paint.NET because my Photoshop skills are rubbish and i cant get GIMP to work on windows 8.1

cool, look forward to it

[jonrd463]

More fictitious airlines:

Kerbirates

Aeroflop

Kerbinental

Aer Minmus

Delta V Airlines