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Any way to merge skin folders in Il-2? - BlackScorpy - 19.12.2009
Hello there. I guess I'm not the only person who has had the problem of a HUGE Paintschemes folder. I haven't kept my Skins folder up to date for ages, nearly nothing added since the modding started - yet the folder is nearly 10 GB.
I'm one of those folks who don't care that much about the specifics behind certain skins - if it fits the plane and looks nice, it goes inside the folder. Thus some planes I got have the same skins in each folder - if a new version is added, I simply select all skins the previous versions had and add them to the new plane's folder.
Now, the issue. I have 2, 3 if you add the original clean install (which is backed up on an external HD) installs of Il-2. Furthermore, the modded versions have quite a few folders for what's basically the same plane.
Lets use the Bf 109 as an example - a plane which I love to fly and which has had numerous versions in the game since the beginning, with only minor changes in the skin templates (my idea of "different" skin-wise is Emils vs Friedrichs). I counted 39 Bf 109 skin folders (missing few versions actually, such as K-6, need to check that) on my UP install. The later, up-to-date skin folders contain over 290 MB of skins. 39 times 290, you do the maths. When using a laptop for a helluva lot of games, all my personal works and SLR photography, you get the idea - I need to constantly make decisions of what to remove and what to keep on my HD.
Would it be possible to make the skin folders to point to a single folder? I've seen it done with some programs (which refuse to run unless in a specific file location), but would it work with Il-2? Or is the only way just to either modify the files themselves (something I'm a complete newbie at) or to built a Frankenlaptop?
Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Scorpy.
- skyomish - 19.12.2009
Get HSFX-V4.1 paint folder 2.2GB
- zaelu - 20.12.2009
skyomish Wrote:Get HSFX-V4.1 paint folder 2.2GB
What is that folder? :? :???:
- BlackScorpy - 21.12.2009
skyomish Wrote:Get HSFX-V4.1 paint folder 2.2GB
You know, I'd like to also know that... says nothing to me. Have tried HSFX (at Uni) but due to commonality with my friends and limited space I'd rather stick to my current main install. If it's a skin pack, it's no use for me...
- Spinnetti - 21.12.2009
skyomish Wrote:Get HSFX-V4.1 paint folder 2.2GB
So, how does this answer the question? Basically, the question is, what would it take to be able to use alias so you can have a single copy of a skin, and point a number of plane variants at it... I have the same question/hope, but seems that would be in Java somewhere?