Panavia Tornado [WIP]

Hi all

As you can see by the title I am going to start work on my project which is going to be the Panavia Tornado IDS GR4.

As I am not very experienced with Coding and Textures but alright with 3d modeling I'm going to need a team to finish this project. I might go 3rd Party somehow but I know it isn't as easy as I think.

If you are interested in helping me in this project please PM me I need people that can code, texture and model as I said I'm relatively new to model making in DCS so I'm going to need help :helpsmilie:

Some of the features:

- Full 3d Cockpit with all the systems

- Multiple Liveries

- Amazing Sounds

- FAST PROGRESS lol

- AI

- IDS GR4 Variant

- Possibly ADV and ECR Varients

And much more

At the moment we are going to be shelving the tornado project until further notice. We'll be starting a new aircraft that people have also shown interest in and it will be announced soon. Sorry to disappoint you all that have been looking forward to the tornado but there are factors that complicate it for newer teams like ours to develop. Thanks again to everyone for the support and we will see you all soon!!

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/bzwpTdq

^^ Join to follow the progress closely and to join the team if you can code, 3d model and texture also for early updates!! ^^

If you have any livery ideas and other useful ideas for this project please pm me or reply in this thread also if you can link me to anyone that can help me with the 3rd party license side of things please reply or pm.

I will update this thread often with the progress that is being made.

gonna need serious help with this project so any help will be greatly appreciated

oustanding mate am looking forward to it

cant helop as im useless with coding

a proper cluster despenser is needed for her also as the current loadouts dot have the one the tornado uses

oustanding mate am looking forward to it

cant helop as im useless with coding

alg mate im just happy to have some support :D

a proper cluster despenser is needed for her also as the current loadouts dot have the one the tornado uses

indeed I will definitely try to add it in somehow

I have the cockpit plans somewhere..

I have the cockpit plans somewhere..

Not trying to Nag you or anything lol just if you do find them please send them over it will be much appreciated :thumbup:

Let me check my 3 external 3 gig hard drives...... Might be some time..

Guys, I have some help with this project but I will need more so if you can code, texture, 3d model then please consider joining this project. This project should progress relatively fast since I have a lot of time on my hands so this project won't be half-hearted!!

FIRST UPDATE IN 2-3 DAYS

Hi djokerslam6! I just joined your DCS Tornado project Discord Server.

awesome thank you

Some of the features:

- Full 3d Cockpit with all the systems

- Multiple Liveries

- Amazing Sounds

- FAST PROGRESS lol

- AI

And much more

What do you think with "much more"? :smartass:

Hello there.

Adding the Tornado to DCS would be a true godsend. It's along time I'm hoping in this, you see.

About the 'much more' topic, are you planning to create the IDS and ECR versions both? I'd like also to find in it that TGP and HAD weapon aiming systems implemented well, if possible, also speaking the same of all its weapon systems.

Even if unfortunately I'm not good at programming and all the other skill you need, I'm going to second your project and follow its going.

Also because I think I have some skills in testing, however.

And also in researching I'm not so bad.

Don't know if this can help you in the future, but please accept it and consider me in when the time comes... soon, I hope.

So, a big to you and your initiative.

With best wishes and regards,

Some of the features:

- Full 3d Cockpit with all the systems

- Multiple Liveries

- Amazing Sounds

- FAST PROGRESS lol

- AI

And much more

 

What do you think with "much more"? :smartass:

things like a cluster munitions dispenser which isn't guaranteed also other stuff like possible other variants like the ECR and ADV which is again not guaranteed. I will update this list regularly so watch out!! :)

Hello there.

Adding the Tornado to DCS would be a true godsend. It's along time I'm hoping in this, you see.

About the 'much more' topic, are you planning to create the IDS and ECR versions both? I'd like also to find in it that TGP and HAD weapon aiming systems implemented well, if possible, also speaking the same of all its weapon systems.

Even if unfortunately I'm not good at programming and all the other skill you need, I'm going to second your project and follow its going.

Also because I think I have some skills in testing, however.

And also in researching I'm not so bad.

Don't know if this can help you in the future, but please accept it and consider me in when the time comes... soon, I hope.

So, a big to you and your initiative.

With best wishes and regards,

We are planning to do the IDS GR4 and maybe the >ADV (MAYBE)< versions as we can be a bit more flexible with things (I guess you could say) as to what liveries can be used and also as to what roles it can carry out. We might implement the ECR and ADV versions as an update but it will be along time before that will happen as we are just going to concentrate on the IDS GR4 version which will take a while to produce along with the possibility of going 3rd Party. Join the discord and we can discuss ideas and questions about this project also you can help me with researching on there too! :thumbup: Thank You for the support

Our team is growing good but we still need all the knowledge and help we can get so if you can code, texture or 3d model please join the discord and we will talk from there.

Livery Ideas:

For sure you need to do the MiG Eater from Gulf War 1!!! I know officially its kill was revoked, but it was a very busy airplane during the conflict, over 40 missions.

I am finding conflicting images of what her starboard side actually looked like. I posted one that has the black/gray under the canopy rail, I have seen others without, and since there aren't nose numbers I can't say with any certainty which is correct. Can anyone with real knowledge weigh in here please?

I celebrate your enthusiasm, What are you using for the Flight model ? Especially with the variable geometry? Systems model ? Ground radar and optical systems . What’s your time frame ?

Have you ever produced any kind of mod or module before ? This one is in at the deep end for sure, my experience is limited to skins and that’s work enough. Not to cast doubt but this is a heck of a project, that said if you pull it off I’ll be front of the queue !

I wish you good luck - honestly! Won't be easy with such a complex aircraft like the Tornado is.

I'm gonna be very skeptical here and this is just as constructive criticism and not trying to shut you down, but you're a brand new user, wanting to make a module, and have admitted you know basically nothing about coding, and want to make a full hi-def module?

Sorry, but being realistic, unless your background is in aeronautics, engineering, programming or system design, or you've been involved in making modules and such before/ in other sims, you've got basically no chance.

It takes a team with experienced people on it generally 18+ months (normally more) to bring out a mod with the features you've said you want to have.

I'd suggest you back off a bit, focus on building and animating a quality 3d model, and then follow the guides and release something at the FC3 level first with an SFM and SSM, as a lot of the lua scripting to do that isn't too hard.

That's still a massive job, but at least it's doable as a lot of the tools are available and coding can be fairly minimal.

Once you've done that, then consider building on it by adding a sytems model or constructing an EFM.

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I can only agree with the things Buzzles mentioned two posts above. Having no developer-experience with other modules, it should be really hard. Take a look at other mods and how long it took, to bring those projects to a good end - and those aircraft are a lot simpler than the Tornado:

A-4E: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=173162

I-16: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=133052&highlight=i-16

And they aren't released yet.

As nice as a Tornado for DCS would be, maybe a simpler aircraft would be better to begin with. Take a look at pitkun's project: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=209992

Livery Ideas:

 

For sure you need to do the MiG Eater from Gulf War 1!!! I know officially its kill was revoked, but it was a very busy airplane during the conflict, over 40 missions.

 

I am finding conflicting images of what her starboard side actually looked like. I posted one that has the black/gray under the canopy rail, I have seen others without, and since there aren't nose numbers I can't say with any certainty which is correct. Can anyone with real knowledge weigh in here please?

Robert Yes I can do a MIG Eater livery but that will obviously come later.

Thank You for the support!!!:thumbup:

I celebrate your enthusiasm, What are you using for the Flight model ? Especially with the variable geometry? Systems model ? Ground radar and optical systems . What’s your time frame ?

Have you ever produced any kind of mod or module before ? This one is in at the deep end for sure, my experience is limited to skins and that’s work enough. Not to cast doubt but this is a heck of a project, that said if you pull it off I’ll be front of the queue !

Yes Indeed this is going to be a heck of a project and we are going to try our very best. No, I haven't produced any kind of module before but I have produced many other mods for similar games that require 3dsmax, coding, texturing but as we have a team we have a good chance at pulling this off. If you want you can come and texture for our team seeing that you can do skins. :helpsmilie: :helpsmilie: Thank you for the support!!! :thumbup: