Introduction:

Included with this updated version (2.1) of my Thunderbolt are a new set of animation scripts for the thrust dampers, atmosphere wings and thruster jets. This makes animation of these items very quick and easy in the case of the wings and dampers, and removes the need to animate the thrusters. Unfortunately It is still impossible to access lights in layout with LScript so you will have to animate these yourself, however the animated cones make an ideal template, saving hours of tedious work. Complete instructions and a tutorial for their use can be found in the instructions section.

Additionally, I have fixed the annoying loading problems that occurred in the original version. So now the scene files will load correctly irrespective of where your Newtek directory is located (but only if you use the standard Newtek File structure). Modelling improvements are minimal, the only thing I found that could be improved was the addition of a cross member in the lateral and vertical attitude jet nozzles. Perhaps I'm just not looking hard enough.

The model itself I am sure everyone has seen before, there are plenty of them out there. The gun pod decoration is fairly non-standard, early 'Maiden' style, as an ode to one of my favourite illustrators - Derek Riggs.

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Enjoy

Nick Lee