Final Update prior to V2 release
Final Update prior to V2 release...
The Facility has been trimmed from 40mg's to 28mg's. Removal of the unused textures which arn't required as they will be included in the cargo pack. A simple mesh material edit to give the external top,front and back doors the same same appearance as the facilities exterior. A few replacement scenario files. However. there will be reduntant files left from the first release. Textures that are stored in a redundant folder. This makes the update untidy, which I never enjoy the thought of.
I have taken time think and have made the decision to remove the display screens. I find that some displays malfunction, displaying fractal art. It is unfortunate and distracting, but until the issue is resolved, I cannot garrentee proper function. On the bright side, it makes the cargo more universal in use, within the environment.
There will be two downloads for the cargo pack, one will be more manageable for the average user with an acceptable standard of graphics. I use this pack and I can have a full cargo payload aboard the XR5 without it affecting my longer flight plans in the environment. If you want to see if your CPU/GPU is up to spec and worth the money, then another download containing twice the resolution on the textures will also be available.
I'll have to put a "Not for low spec PCs" on the hi-res download. I have to be careful when I get greedy now, but someone who wants to smell burnt silicon, may want them. I
I consider my pc setup in the medium user range.
My machine specs... (Mine ran full cargo layout .scn at Standard res)
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual
Core Processor 4800+
2.51GHz 3.50GB of RAM
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB
Windows XP Pro
SP3
Swift-Nicks Test machine... (This ran full cargo layout .scn at hi-res)
Intel(R) Coral(TM)2 QuadCPU
Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
2.40GHz 3.25GB of RAM
Geforce 9600GT 512MB
Windows XP Pro
SP3
I only have to do promotional pics, page discriptions and pack the release files. I am very nervous about release. I don't think people ever stop worrying if those files are ok, in order and the decisions made which alter the orginal plans are the right ones. How many others mentally picture "crossed Fingers" when they hit the addon upload tab.
Release day...
TUESDAY :thumbup: