On Friday 07 December 2007 14:40:34 gerard robin wrote: > Making the 3D model "shape" is the easiest (5% of the work, more or less 24 > hours of work, but very complicated shape) > There is a lot of stuff to do: > =>the cockpit must completed (versus the A10, Alexy has spent so many time > to do it) > =>the 3D model is missing a lot of details (maybe the user did notice it, > but the author knows it) > =>An improvement of the texture, and probably some variants > =>the FDM which not right, close to the real one, must be done fully
All very true - and this doesn't even really mention all the various systems that might be involved - electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, radars, weapons etc. I agree that we need a better indication of "state of completion" for the models on the downloads page, but as far as I can see it will have to be a very basic overview. I'm not a fan of simplistic "star" ratings, but if the stars are for degree of completion and every star has a well-defined meaning, the idea might well have some merit (merely as a rough indication of what to expect). Stars for artistic competence and brilliance of execution should be avoided, I think. We have some stunning models and I personally make a point of mentioning my appreciation to the authors of such, but making any kind of comments on models which might be discouraging to modellers who are still developing their skills would be counter-productive I think. Cheers, AJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
