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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:05 pm
by dbcunnz
Welcome to the NZFF November 2012 Flightsim Screenshot Competition

This month's rules are as follows (Please read them).

If you have any queries about the rules please PM me for clarification before posting your entry.


1) The screenshot image must consist of a screen captured from a Flight Simulator program (FS2004, FSX or P3D) and the position of the shot must be from somewhere within the New Zealand territory.

2) Some editing is allowed (if you know how to do it.) Additional images - either screenshots or a very small amount of "real" images can be added - but the biggest majority of the image should always be of a Flight sim screen capture.

3) The images must be jpg and size must be at least 1024 pixels wide and no wider than 1280 pixels -- A good free resizing program can be found at http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDownload.htm
Faststone resize how to http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17934&hl=
3a) No frames or txt to be left on the image. Please keep a high resolution version saved on your computer; the admin may request it from you at the end of the month to convert into a site banner!

4) Images can be submitted from November 1st until midnight 30th November 2012, with only one entry of a single image per member.
You can change your image anytime up until 1 hour before the closing time.
To change use the edit button at the bottom of your post, just delete the old one and replace it with a new one
If you post comments using the quote or reply button please edit out all images from your reply or quote.

5) Soon after the competition ends, a poll will open for members to decide who has the best image, and then the winner will have a cropped version of their image appear in the NZFF banner as well as receiving the prize for the month.

6) This month's theme: “Oh Bugger That Wasn't supposed to Happenâ€￾ (Please state Aircraft details and over what part of New Zealand the image was taken)

I ask all members to please patronize all our very generous prize sponsors.
We have an excellent prize for this month’s competition very generously donated by A2A Simulations


The voting will take place after the competition closes at the end of the month and the winner with the highest vote will get the prize and have their image placed in the NZFF Banner for the month.

For this months competition the prize winner can pick a download product of their choice from A2A Simulations

Thank you this month’s prize sponsor A2A Simulations.

PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:15 pm
by Yob
yea thanks for posting this competition, i will be certainly posting a screen shot.

PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:27 pm
by Ian Warren
Yob wrote:
QUOTE (Yob @ Nov 2 2012,9:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
yea thanks for posting this competition, i will be certainly posting a screen shot.

biggrin.gif YOB , can't wait , hey welcome to NZFF cool.gif

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:50 pm
by Adamski
I thought I'd better copyright this one quick ...



Brendon Deere's Spit gets off the ground at Ardmore ... with ballast! Yes - I know ... true story ... and there was only one of them [her]!

A2A Spitfire : PV270 repaint by Yours Truly : ORBX NZNI : REXE/OD

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:00 pm
by Ian Warren
Adam , damn strange , looks like Photobucket is playing up , no image showing , i posted a screen in another thread this morning and dose not show up ?


EDIT: no what happened some buggers boot slapped me in the face like a wet fish ... just as i heard the roar of a Merlin ohmy.gif ...... tongue.gif Did'nt see a bloody thing

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:09 pm
by dbcunnz
Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 3 2012,6:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Adam , damn strange , looks like Photobucket is playing up , no image showing , i posted a screen in another thread this morning and dose not show up ?

No problems here I can see the pic fine

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:09 pm
by Adamski
Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 3 2012,6:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Adam , damn strange , looks like Photobucket is playing up , no image showing , i posted a screen in another thread this morning and dose not show up ?

Well ... it was slow for me when uploading. I wonder whether the hurricane damage took out a lot of New York servers and traffic is being re-routed. Either that, or it's our typical cr@p Kiwi connection to the rest of the world. The pic (above) shows fine for me (and did when posting).

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:15 pm
by dbcunnz
Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Nov 3 2012,6:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well ... it was slow for me when uploading. I wonder whether the hurricane damage took out a lot of New York servers and traffic is being re-routed. Either that, or it's our typical cr@p Kiwi connection to the rest of the world. The pic (above) shows fine for me (and did when posting).

Ian has been having problems with Photobucket for a couple of weeks now

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:46 pm
by wildmanfiveone
Im having problems with photobucket today aswell. I cant see most of the pics on here today sad.gif

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:54 pm
by Splitpin
dry.gif same here .... since their "upgrade" its been shite. Looking for somewhere else to go ...... but i have over 3,000 pics on that site sad.gif

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:23 pm
by Ian Warren
OH ! NUTS I mean wheel nuts , I lost my Trolleys , If only had Splitpins tongue.gif “Oh Bugger That Wasn't supposed to Happenâ€￾

Now where is my wheely bin biggrin.gif ............ This is for Alister , he mentioned a lack of passenger aircraft just of recent biggrin.gif

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:33 pm
by scaber
Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 4 2012,9:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
OH ! NUTS I mean wheel nuts , I lost my Trolleys , If only had Splitpins tongue.gif "Oh Bugger That Wasn't supposed to Happen"
Now where is my wheely bin biggrin.gif ............ This is for Alister , he mentioned a lack of passenger aircraft just of recent biggrin.gif


Bloody good show Ian, now we need the follow up - ie the landing sequence!!

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:22 pm
by Ian Warren
scaber wrote:
QUOTE (scaber @ Nov 5 2012,2:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
now we need the follow up - ie the landing sequence!!

Hmm ... not a bad idea cool.gif ... a little wing waggle to get rid of them last there wheels .... Now were is INTERNATIONAL RESCUE !

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:29 pm
by AlisterC
Ian you crack me up biggrin.gif
That's nicely done.

However, can I just put this out there, maybe this needs a new topic (feel free to move it). I think this theme is a bit on the tough side for flight sim. It's not like damage is modelled in the most part, unless you go for payware, so I feel the topic is a bit difficult/ restrictive this month. I know you can post a nice screenshot and say "oops, captain drops coffee on his lap" for a title, but really, options I feel are limited with this theme? Oviously if you have the paintshop skills you can do what Ian did, but I know I couldn't do that. Or is it just me?
(no disrespect intended, just sayin..)

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:44 pm
by dbcunnz
AlisterC wrote:
QUOTE (AlisterC @ Nov 5 2012,5:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ian you crack me up biggrin.gif
That's nicely done.

However, can I just put this out there, maybe this needs a new topic (feel free to move it). I think this theme is a bit on the tough side for flight sim. It's not like damage is modelled in the most part, unless you go for payware, so I feel the topic is a bit difficult/ restrictive this month. I know you can post a nice screenshot and say "oops, captain drops coffee on his lap" for a title, but really, options I feel are limited with this theme? Oviously if you have the paintshop skills you can do what Ian did, but I know I couldn't do that. Or is it just me?
(no disrespect intended, just sayin..)

There are still plenty of oops that wasn't supposed to happen even for people with just the default flight sim just a little imagination is needed examples are not making it over trees at the end of the runway, connecting a fence on a low approach, over shooting the runway and I'm sure there are plenty more

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:45 pm
by Ian Warren
Thanks Matey winkyy.gif , Alister , far as the idea is concerned i am dang excited about it .. thinks thinking outside the PC box .. I'm only here to do this as an idea making maker .. the stirring stick for the pot of lets hope some brilliant artworks cool.gif

Al , Doug got in before my posting (no disrespect intended, just sayin..) .. i'm the idea maker rolleyes.gif

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 5:06 pm
by Charl
scaber wrote:
QUOTE (scaber @ Nov 5 2012,2:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Bloody good show Ian, now we need the follow up - ie the landing sequence!!
It's my understanding that was the landing sequence, second bounce... and one of the better ones!
The Wing Commander is not used to being perched up there in the sky on landing, he thought he had 50 ft to go....

Alister: do you not have FS9 any more??
That grand flight simulator can model damage of every degree if you just get it right.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 5:14 pm
by Adamski
Some ideas:

1) If you're any good with FSrecorder (or similar) you could set up a "near miss" scenario.
2) A "wheels up" landing.
3) Ditching.
4) Some FS aircraft model engine fire(s).
5) Some A2A aircraft model collapsed or partially retracted gear.
6) A glider in a thunderstorm (!).

I'm sure there are more ...

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 5:29 pm
by Ian Warren
Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Nov 5 2012,6:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's my understanding that was the landing sequence, second bounce... and one of the better ones!

This is were i may require 'INTERNATIONAL RESCUE' after-all .. this was a takeoff , just the dang wheels fell off .. just Nutty biggrin.gif

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Nov 5 2012,6:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
1) If you're any good with FSrecorder (or similar) you could set up a "near miss" scenario.
2) A "wheels up" landing.
3) Ditching.
4) Some FS aircraft model engine fire(s).
5) Some A2A aircraft model collapsed or partially retracted gear.
6) A glider in a thunderstorm (!).

A great list ... maybe my bucket list laugh.gif

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:02 pm
by AlisterC
Ok, I concede there are some ideas out there I didn't originally think of. smile.gif
Case closed, look forward to seeing some outside of the box shots. (Yes Charl, I'm still a 50% FS9.1 guy!) winkyy.gif