Ok, here the outcome of my first attempt in creating modern air unit - F 35 joint strike fighter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-35_Joint_Strike_Fighter). To say the truth, i'd never choose to make modern plane myself, with my current skill at modeling , it's much more difficult ot build comparing to simple WWII aircrafts. In addition those contemporary units don't have this gorgeous and vivid colors as those of 40's that i like so much. But it was requested by GarretSidzaka and i had to give it a try. What has made my task even harder is that there is almost no info and decent pictures of this brand new american plane, i didn't even had proper 3d view. So please don't get too disappointed by this model :),especially by it's texture
So here render ( it looks a little overbrightened, but in game everything is ok),screen and zip archive.

P.S next in line Focke-Wulf 190a

I'd say there's really nothing to be disappointed about.:thumbsup:

You are the Aircraft :king:

Great work nautil.

It's really nice

The library of planes and vehicles is fast growing. I can't wait to see a mod that uses all these units to implement the entire modern armies of some civs as completely made up of unique units.

Now what about ships? Who's going to take that challange? :)

Good job nautil! Now all we need is a bi-plane and we will have four generations of fighters....

That looks quite lovely :goodjob: How about an F-22A next? They're my favorite American fighter besides the F-16, which the game's original fighter is based on.

Good job nautil! Now all we need is a bi-plane and we will have four generations of fighters....

Biplane wiil follow very soon, a british Gladiator, and then ,most probably another biplane - italian Imam Ro37

That looks quite lovely :goodjob: How about an F-22A next? They're my favorite American fighter besides the F-16, which the game's original fighter is based on.

F35 looks vey similar to F22, maybe then i finish my current planes i'll try to change it to look more like the aircraft you asked for.

It looks pretty good, the only thing I see that could be a little off is around the nose of the plane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Joint_Strike_Fighter.jpg

F35 looks vey similar to F22, maybe then i finish my current planes i'll try to change it to look more like the aircraft you asked for.

I guess they do look alot alike. Here are more suggestions for planes:

Fighters
F-4 Phantom
F-86 Sabre
F-117 Nighthawk
F/A-18 Super Hornet
F-22A Raptor
Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker

Bombers
B-1 Lancer
B-52 Stratofortress

Reconaissance
U2 Spyplane
SR-71 Blackbird
E3 Sentry AWACS

Attack
AV-8B Harrier II
A-10 Thunderbolt
AC-130 Gunship

Transport
C-5 Galaxy
C-130 Hercules
V-22 Osprey

that is georgeous thank you thank tou thank you :goodjob: :worship:

going into mod tonite! :goodjob:

i just realized i have no clue how to install a new model as a unit....crap!

can someone help?

If you want this model to override the default jet fighter unit, here's what you do:

Extract the files to the customassest/art/units/jetfighter folder (you'll have to make the folder).
Rename jsf.nif to jetfighter.nif.
Rename f35textural.dds to jetfighter_256.dds.

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.

thats okay for casual users, but i have a mod and a specific unitinfo for f-35
what do i do to make an entire new unit in a mod with this model?

Here's a tutorial. (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=139721)

If you are planning to do F18, here is a little help
It is a 3ds max file that i downloaded from http://www.max-realms.com/modules/wmpdownloads/
you will find other models there as well that are free. you just have to register there.
models just need to be adapted for the civ game and exported accordingly

Anyway, great job:goodjob:

Damn, good choices for that list.

I'd also like to see an F-18 (it's my fav.)

as well as the Suhkoi S37

http://robocat.users.btopenworld.com/Images/s37d.jpg

http://re2.mm-a1.yimg.com/image/380387581

sorry, best pics I could find.

Link (http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws001/combair007.htm)

i figured it out, the shader nif and the normal one are same in art defines

Damn, good choices for that list.

I'd also like to see an F-18 (it's my fav.)

as well as the Suhkoi S37

http://robocat.users.btopenworld.com/Images/s37d.jpg

http://re2.mm-a1.yimg.com/image/380387581

sorry, best pics I could find.

Link (http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws001/combair007.htm)

Thank you, pictures are quite alright. I got very interested in suhoi 37, especially its uncommon airfoil design, i''l certainly attempt to made one. But now i have full list of WWII aircrafts, then i'm done with them i'll start with SU37.

cool beans man

I still remember the 37 back when GiJoe had a plane version from way back when.

That model is beautiful (the F-35). Not bad at all. Ima use it in my mod.

I can't seem to be able to add this model to my mod....I think it might have something to do with it not havin a kfm file or anything :( ....I want it to do the same things as the default jet fighter does.


EDIT: Nevermind, gots it workin :) go go trial and error :P

Really awesome Jet. :goodjob:

I have decided to add these to my mod. I'll give you credit of course. ;)

However, I am getting a small problem. If I spawn one in game I get a health bar that goes right across the entire screen... IDK what causes this. Can you help?

Nvm I got it working... dunno what was causing the problem... Funny thing is I changed the to the jetfighter.kfm and and jetfighter_fx.nif files referrence in the ArtDefines as those two areas I had blank initially, hoping it would fix the problem, and ended up with the jet fighter in game instead. Well... I then removed those two entries and now it's working fine. :p

i love you guys

The F-117 Nighthawk exists, although would be nice with a Soviet Skin as the Mig-39 Ferret E.
Don't even really need to modify it, just add a red star instead of a the USAF Logo.