Good News about the flicker!

[skwasjer]

Originally Posted by ZeeWolf

That is true but also mention the fact that once properly
sized you need to do a negative one scale (-1) on the
X axis to both flip the faces and mirror the prototype.
And do this process on newly created models only.

-ZeeWolf

This depends on the (3D studio-)export settings and (S3D-)import settings. With the right combination of settings, no flip is needed.

On the flickering, are we talking Z-fighting here? Because some flicker issues can also be related to the texture minification and magnification filter that the GFX card is told to use (per material/texture). I've seen crazy flickerings just because of this myself. The next S3D will allow setting these parameters (per material).

[sergbuto]

Yes, those are usually when looking at a ship from larger distances. However, Hood had a flickering problem even at close-up viewing, if I remember correctly.