MarkoBarthel

Hello,

Really sad news for all VS/VSF and Canvas Knight fans. I realized that John Marcolongo known as Deutschmark as passed away in last year. So I'm really shocked about this. John passed away after an long illness. I will miss our conversations and his help advice in game development. Rest in Peace my friend.

Here is a statement from his site Allaircraftsimulations.
"Hello my friends,
I would like to inform you that my long-time friend and musical colleague John Marcolongo has passed away after a long illness. His best friend and yours truly accompanied him during his final hours and he left us in our arms. To all who knew him, let us remember him as we knew him. Now he rocks with Dio and Jimi. Take care, my old friend.

Lasst uns gemeinsam Johns Leben und seine Musik feiern und uns an die schönen Momente erinnern, die wir mit ihm teilen durften.

Das Forum wird weiter bestehen, und seine beste Freundin wird die Geschäfte übernehmen. Weitere Informationen werde ich euch bald zukommen lassen.

In tiefer Trauer,
Nicole Weichert"

My condolences to John's family and all of his friends for the great loss.

For all fans of his work, I will leave the Canvas Knight section and all of his models online in the download area as long as I can.

Regards
Marko

I had little time over the Xmas holidays to do some work on the A346. Corrected cargo bays, added new wings and a bit more work on the engines. Currently I'm working to get the mid section of the fuselage right. Next things to come are the landing gear and all the flaps and slats for the wings with all the animation works.

Hello, you need to contact the creator of the model you want to modify. Please do not modify an existing model without permission of the creator.

Aside from that, I have no experience with Sketchup.

 

Hello, thank you for your interest in Across the Seas. I'm working hard on the first new alpha release of the UE version of the sim. Most of the core parts are done. The conversion of the sim to Unreal was really challenging. I had to recreate the core of the sim completely.

Only a few points are the showstoppers for a release, like the selection menu and physics balancing of the watercraft behavior. You can find new pics of the current status here.

Overview of port of Calais.



 

Todays work, first tests of the Ocean Star model in Across the Seas. Need to finish the interior and to rework the exterior texture set.







Regards
Marko

Sneak peak of the status of Across the Seas. The Unreal Engine version coming along very nicely. Most of the basic things like the menu structure and graphics features are done. The watercraft physics needs a little bit more tweaking for a first release. But I'm quite happy with the physics so far. I'm still amazed of the look and the performance of the water and the weather engine in UE compared to these things in Unity. In the newest internal build of Across the Seas I have also added FSR3 to the engine.

Otherwise the UE version of Across the Seas runes natively in DX12 with UE features like Lumen, Nanite for 3d meshes, an basic implementation of Metasounds and also support of Raytracing effects for glass and metal surfaces and reflections.

Marko

Dear Hangsim community,

really sad news for the community, Ilan Papini passed away last Friday after an accident with his plane. 

Thanks to Ilan for all his passion he has dedicated to the community. Rest in Peace Ilan and my condolences to his family about the terrible lose.




Regards
Marko

As a little side project, I have made the decision to reopen my Airbus A340-600 project. But after switching from Prepar3D to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, the Airbus is currently only in active development for MSFS 2020.

I have reworked the entire fuselage to get a better visual result...and of course the original model was very old. Currently I work on the last steps of the fuselage, with modeling the cargo and a low poly cabin space. Right after that, I will start with the rework of the landing gear and the wings.

Note: However the priority is still the development of Across the Seas.

Regards

Marko

Foggy departure.

Hey. Yes of course, new updates are around the corner.

Hello, thank you. Yes, UE5 gives a lot more potential for the development of the sim as Unity. The main reason for me to change to UE5, was the 64bit (large world coordinates) support and all the cool stuff which you can use like Metahuman and the Quixel library. And I really like the graphics itself in UE.

And yes, I will also release an free Alpha version of the UE based version of Across the Seas. Most of the things are done. The code base of the UE version is a complete rewrite in UE's Blueprint System and C++. So currently showstoppers for a release are the vehicle and start point selection system. Unfortunately, I'm a little bit behind my timeline, but I'm working hard to get the first public version ready for the release.

Hello and thanks for buying the Firefighting Boat. I will take a look in VSF and check it. Do you have a screenshot of the issue in VSF?

Regards
Marko

The new foggy weather preset.

Hello and Welcome here!

Calais harbor, view from Agile bridge.



Marko

Agile is done for the Unreal version of Across the Seas.

Marko

The weather engine is almost complete for the sim in Unreal. Fly-through clouds with cloud shadows are done. Also different weather states with weather fx like rain and snow. Only missing thing is the real weather option.

Marko

First test with submarines in Across the Seas and Unreal.



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Just trying out Ultra Dynamic Sky asset in UE5.1. Clouds and weather effects are working fine so far.





Marko

FGS Puma inbound Calais, Unreal Engine 5.1.