Help for development of the A330.

Liveries are the last thing on the list for a developer and a realistic timeframe is 6 months or so for a new model, if you know what you are doing.

Building the model is the easy bit, (sorry Pilot boy but eventually you will agree with me), getting it into the sim ( and that is just to look at) will take some effort and systems/flying characteristics etc will take a lot of effort. However.....

The joy of sitting in a Virtual cockpit, especially in VR, that you have designed and built is well worth all the effort. and taking it flying., thats where the fun starts.

Its a long and lonely road for a solo developer but I'm sure he will get there with our encouragement and help.and we are always here to help, though at 67, that may not always be the case with me Yes I really am that old

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though at 67, that may not always be the case with me Yes I really am that old

Completely agree with you Steve, as long as we remain young at heart, that's what counts, age is secondary.

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Likewise:

I consider the bold ones to be essential since 3D airports exist where these aircraft fly and I would appreciate if the aircraft with listed registrations are depicted: I've flown on each example more than 3 times each so they are sentimental to me and I don't think many other users would care about the registration of Delta and KLM A330-300s.

Delta: N805NW for -300

KLM: PH-AKD for -300

Air France

Qantas: Any example with the new livery

Swiss

Eurowings Discover

Condor

Lufthansa

China Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Cathay Pacific

ITA

Virgin Atlantic

TAP

Iberia

Azul

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As I'm supposed to make the liveries, it will be possible when I'll get the liveries kit from Pilot boy

Maybe the XP12 A330 can be used as refrence when developing.

Testing for realism, system structure, etc.

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Likewise:

I consider the bold ones to be essential since 3D airports exist where these aircraft fly and I would appreciate if the aircraft with listed registrations are depicted: I've flown on each example more than 3 times each so they are sentimental to me and I don't think many other users would care about the registration of Delta and KLM A330-300s.

Delta: N805NW for -300

KLM: PH-AKD for -300

Air France

Qantas: Any example with the new livery

Swiss

Eurowings Discover

Condor

Lufthansa

China Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Cathay Pacific

ITA

Virgin Atlantic

TAP

Iberia

Azul

Display More

Yes! Completely agree!

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Maybe the XP12 A330 can be used as refrence when developing.

The Xplane A330 is already used as reference for the modeling which makes it so much easier. Textures and liverys are also similar to the A330 from Xplane.

This may help:

© AIRBUS S.A.S. 2016 - photo by master films / H.GOUSSE | Virtual tour generated by Panotour

Again, please consider my specific Delta and KLM livery suggestions!

I seem to notice that the engine start switches and the fire extinguishing buttons have gaps where additional switches would be placed on the A340 for commonality. Also, the reverse thrust levers are more like Boeings in the sense that they can be pulled back and lifted (see 747/777/787/737s for reference) without moving the actuall throttles, while the A320 has 2 switches that are clicked, then the actual throttles are moved.

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Seeing this outflow of support and enthusiasm for the 330, it would be nice to see it in the sim.

The questions I have for all of you are:

1) Which variant? (200/300/800/900)

2) Which engines? (GE CF6- can be used on 747 too and most common, PW 4000- best sounding, RR Trent 700- less common)

3) Which cockpit variant? I like this one (*same displays as the current A320 in the sim):

Which liveries? I like DELTA N805NW, KLM PH-AKD, SWISS, Qantas, Air France, Lufthansa, Eurowings Discover, Condor, China Airlines, Air Canada, Aer Lingus, Saudia, and Finnair.

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The developers have just brought two excellent planes to Aerofly (Boeing 737-900ER and 737 Max 9). This is not the time to ask for more planes considering that this is very hard and difficult work. Let's at least let them breathe.

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The developers have just brought two excellent planes to Aerofly (Boeing 737-900ER and 737 Max 9). This is not the time to ask for more planes considering that this is very hard and difficult work. Let's at least let them breathe.

Well, please use your two eyeballs and see that there is an outflow of community support and fellow users are creating a model, not the devs. No need to keep on coming back to me to complain.

Please be more careful than this— review things before jumping to conclusions.

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As I said, if you just cut away the fuselage stations that were added for the stretched version and leave a gaping hole in the model you can automatically move all objects in front back to close the gap and everything in the rear forward by just changing a few parameter in the model.tmc for the exporter. You don't actually need a separate model if you do it right. The only downside is perhaps the repaints get a bit more complicated.

I'm new to coding and things like that, so what are the different file types (example: .tmd) and what do they do?

Hi Aerofly Community !

i just found this thread and i must say kudos to Pilot boy and eliozo for attempting to make an A330 for the sim !

if you need reference for the A330 don't hesitate to DM me or tag me in this thread, i'll see what i can do to contribute (i may not be that active on the forums, but i occasionally come here so i'll see your messages). In the meantime, here are some pictures from the flightdeck of an A330-343 (RR Trent 772B engines) i took :

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Here are some previews of the cockpit :

Fusion 360?

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The developers have just brought two excellent planes to Aerofly (Boeing 737-900ER and 737 Max 9). This is not the time to ask for more planes considering that this is very hard and difficult work. Let's at least let them breathe.

If it's not a new plane it will be something else. Not sure they take time to breath.

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Hi Aerofly Community !

i just found this thread and i must say kudos to Pilot boy and eliozo for attempting to make an A330 for the sim !

if you need reference for the A330 don't hesitate to DM me or tag me in this thread, i'll see what i can do to contribute (i may not be that active on the forums, but i occasionally come here so i'll see your messages).

What happened to your A320 liveries? Are they still on hold?

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What happened to your A320 liveries? Are they still on hold?

Hi,

I still haven't found a solution to get a correct livery preview image for the liveries, so yeah they are on hold indefinitely

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Thanks. Your pictures are beautiful.

What kind of timeframe are we looking at for physics and sound creation?

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What kind of timeframe are we looking at for physics and sound creation?

As larrylynx said. Making an aircraft takes a long, long time. He said about 6 months and I think the A330 will also take this amount of time or even longer. Just having a model isn't going to work. Developer teams for the MSFS are much bigger and really know how to model, do textures, animate the objects, code systems, etc... and they need over a year to make an aircraft.

So to conclude: I have no idea when the physics/sounds will be ready. But don't be impatient. This isn't a project which is complete in 2 weeks. Maybe we can finish earlier but I don't think so. When more people help the project might finish before Aerofly FS 5. (Ok, a little overexaggerated)

If someone wants to help us in this early phase, please DM me or eliozo . We would really appreciate it!