[ART] Viggen engine 3d model

Hello guys, I was flying the Viggen and noticed that the engine bay on the model is rather incomplete and lacking in the details department. It looks kind of crude compared to lets say, the Mig-21.

I know its kind of minor, but are you planning to improve this?

I attached some pics below and a screenshot to compare them.

Thank you.

Hey! My pic! ;)

What is it you find is missing? That screenshot is rather dark.

The nozzle will of course change its appearance depending on the throttle setting and the top reverser plate will only hang down a while after engine shut downs, and the hydraulic pressure bleeds off.

Im talking about the stuff behind the afterburner. Our Viggen has nothing behind it, just a black grey texture. If you look at the real engine, there are blades and other parts behind it.

I repeat, this is a very minor problem, the rest of the model is top quality, so if Heatblur can improve this part a little bit, then it would be perfect.

PS: Nice picture you took there Goblin

Im talking about the stuff behind the afterburner. Our Viggen has nothing behind it, just a black grey texture. If you look at the real engine, there are blades and other parts behind it.

I repeat, this is a very minor problem, the rest of the model is top quality, so if Heatblur can improve this part a little bit, then it would be perfect.

 

PS: Nice picture you took there Goblin

Those blades will be spinning so fast they will look just like a grey blur.

Our Viggen has nothing behind it, just a black grey texture. If you look at the real engine, there are blades and other parts behind it.

Ah! I see. Yes, they could probably put a turbine texture on there.

But as addde says, when running it would be a spinning blur anyway.

Biggest thing I've noticed is the lack of an animated nozzle.

Well... the exhaust is missing... a lot.

You can't even see a turbine there, this part of the aircraft really needs some love.

EDIT: Looks like that's the old model, can anyone confirm if they changed it in the last Viggen patch? I didn't check the exhaust with this new 1.5.6 update.

Those blades will be spinning so fast they will look just like a grey blur.

Sorry but I disagree with you. If you take a look at the su-27, f15, mig21, mig29, etc, to name a few, you will notice they all have fully detailed animated engine nozzles with spinning blades that look far from just grey blur.

I also noticed wheel rotation is off, the animation is too slow. When the plane moves very slowly there is no rotation at all. It looks weird, as if the plane was sliding around.

Maybe they fix this sometime in the future.

Sorry for my english.

I just bought the viggen, and this is the first thing I noticed!

Crap, this module is giving me some MiG-21 vibes (a.k.a. weird bugs that will never be ironed out...)

I just bought the viggen, and this is the first thing I noticed!

Crap, this module is giving me some MiG-21 vibes (a.k.a. weird bugs that will never be ironed out...)

This quite frankly isn't a bug - if you're playing with shadows off you're in a strong minority.

Fixed for next patch.

This quite frankly isn't a bug - if you're playing with shadows off you're in a strong minority.

 

Fixed for next patch.

I'm playing with everything maxed out, but the nozzle is not animated and the inside looks very flat...

apart from that, I take back the MiG-21 vibes comment, this module is a lot of fun and I'm impressed by the A-G radar and the anti-ship missiles, it's awesome!

This quite frankly isn't a bug - if you're playing with shadows off you're in a strong minority.

 

Fixed for next patch.

Regardless though, the nozzle is pretty much empty and is missing details. Things I wouldn't expect to see from HB.

Corrected for the next patch :)

Nice! Thanks.

BTW, I read on the manual at page 65:

Tertiary air hatch The tertiary air hatch provides a small amount of extra thrust at low altitudes by acting a somewhat of a secondary bypass system. Additional air is pulled through the slits and join the compressed air stream. At higher airspeeds this slit is closed by the tertiary air hatch. The hatch opens and closes in about 5 seconds. The hatch is closed if the following requirements are met; » Airspeed is > Mach 0.65 » Landing gear lever position IN » Throttle < zone II afterburner

tried in-game but I don't see any such hatch at the conditions stated in the manual, does it need to be animated or am I doing something wrong?

Corrected for the next patch :)

This was not corrected in the latest patch.

Yep it wasn't.

Sorry - next. I forgot there was one coming so soon. I have not merged the fixes yet.

Sorry - next. I forgot there was one coming so soon. I have not merged the fixes yet.

That's fine Nick. Do you have any pic of the new exhaust btw? I'd love to see one!

Sorry - next. I forgot there was one coming so soon. I have not merged the fixes yet.

Thank you Nicholas.

Hey guys; the art update that was listed in today's changelog was a misnomer because we only pushed code updates for this update. The art fixes will be in the next point patch. Sorry for the confusion.

For reference;

Exterior mirrors now reflect the environment

Fixed various clipping and shine-through issues in exterior (esp. Cockpit)

Sculpted new normal map for exhaust nozzle and area

Sculpted new normal map for exterior exhaust shell

Added RoughMet textures for the exhaust shell

Added static turbine texture for better deep engine detail

thanks for the clarification, waiting anxiously :)

Hey guys; the art update that was listed in today's changelog was a misnomer because we only pushed code updates for this update. The art fixes will be in the next point patch. Sorry for the confusion.

 

For reference;

 

Exterior mirrors now reflect the environment

Fixed various clipping and shine-through issues in exterior (esp. Cockpit)

Sculpted new normal map for exhaust nozzle and area

Sculpted new normal map for exterior exhaust shell

Added RoughMet textures for the exhaust shell

Added static turbine texture for better deep engine detail

Thank you Cobra. Are you planning to animate it at any point or it will just remain static?

What about this?

Tertiary air hatch The tertiary air hatch provides a small amount of extra thrust at low altitudes by acting a somewhat of a secondary bypass system. Additional air is pulled through the slits and join the compressed air stream. At higher airspeeds this slit is closed by the tertiary air hatch. The hatch opens and closes in about 5 seconds. The hatch is closed if the following requirements are met; » Airspeed is > Mach 0.65 » Landing gear lever position IN » Throttle < zone II afterburner

What about this?

 

Tertiary air hatch The tertiary air hatch provides a small amount of extra thrust at low altitudes by acting a somewhat of a secondary bypass system. Additional air is pulled through the slits and join the compressed air stream. At higher airspeeds this slit is closed by the tertiary air hatch. The hatch opens and closes in about 5 seconds. The hatch is closed if the following requirements are met; » Airspeed is > Mach 0.65 » Landing gear lever position IN » Throttle < zone II afterburner

Coming with the RAT in the patch after next.