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Tutorial. Airfield Plates for beginners - kevinp - 30.05.2010

This is a step by step guide for map builders who wish to make their own customized plates.

http://www.gamefront.com/files/23339885/airfield+plates+tutorial.rar
or
http://www.4shared.com/file/ylh3Kj7p/Airfield_Plates_Tutorial.html
or
http://www.mediafire.com/?9xhhvw7mcg70v7s

- KG64_Cnopicilin - 30.05.2010

Guaranteed to be easy to use and all steps are well explained.

- spitfire13 - 30.05.2010

i was one of the guys to beta test it and it was one of the easyest toutorials to follow.... thanks again kevinp

Re: Tutorial. Airfield Plates for beginners - Uzin - 30.05.2010

kevinp Wrote:This is for map builders who wish to make their own customized plates.

http://www.filefront.com/16594833/Airfield-Plate-Tutorial.rar/

Much, much thanks, Kevinp !
Just one remark: wouldn't it be possible to make pdf files with black and red text on white background ?
Like other yours tutorial I like so much. The reason is the easier printing of the tutorials on paper.

Tutorial colour - kevinp - 30.05.2010

I didn't think people would want to print it. I have a wide screen so it's easy to have the tutorial open on one side while I have some other window open on the other side. I think it would be too difficult to change the colours now but I will take your suggestion into consideration for any future tutorials.

Re: Tutorial colour - Uzin - 31.05.2010

kevinp Wrote:I didn't think people would want to print it. I have a wide screen so it's easy to have the tutorial open on one side while I have some other window open on the other side. I think it would be too difficult to change the colours now but I will take your suggestion into consideration for any future tutorials.

Thank you very much.
You see, I have only 17" monitor, and , similarly as others, printed your former tutorials for frequenmt use and study.

- socorrista22198 - 31.05.2010

Wow this is very useful, lot of thanks!

Re: Tutorial. Airfield Plates for beginners - beckorinho - 20.06.2010

Hi kevinp,

many thanks for this great and easy to understand tutorial! Much appreciated!

But one small request: could you (or someone else) please reupload the "Buggy_Buggy_IL2_Exporter" plugin for Gmax? The link to the old AAA thread you provided in the pdf obviously isn't working anymore.

Thanks in advance,

beckorinho

Re: Tutorial. Airfield Plates for beginners - Deutschmark - 20.06.2010

Very nice tutorial.
You become a Sticky Smile

Deutschmark

Re: Tutorial. Airfield Plates for beginners - kevinp - 20.06.2010

I just updated the tutorial with a new link for the Buggy Buggy IL2 Exporter.

Re: Tutorial. Airfield Plates for beginners - beckorinho - 21.06.2010

Thanks buddy!!!

Re: Tutorial. Airfield Plates for beginners - Uzin - 29.11.2010

@KevinP:
Only nowadays i started to learn your tutorial, tried it several times, but cannot see the first plate I created on any map. Would you be so kind and have a look at it, please ? Here it is :

//Export from: IL2 Export V2.5 by Fatduck
//Filename: Plane01.msh

[Common]
NumBones 0
FramesType Single
NumFrames 1

[LOD]
500

[Materials]
../plate0

[FaceGroups]
4 2
0 0 4 0 2 0

[Vertices_Frame0]
-19.9938 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
-19.9938 -40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
20.0062 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
20.0062 -40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
//4 verts

[MaterialMapping]
7.76052e-005 -1.19209e-007
7.73668e-005 1.0
0.500078 0.0
0.500077 1.0
//4 UVs

[Faces]
0 1 2
3 2 1
//2 faces

[LOD1_Materials]
../plate1

[LOD1_FaceGroups]


[LOD1_Vertices_Frame0]


[LOD1_MaterialMapping]


[LOD1_Faces]


[LOD2_Materials]
../plate2

[LOD2_FaceGroups]


[LOD2_Vertices_Frame0]


[LOD2_MaterialMapping]


[LOD2_Faces]


[LOD3_Materials]
../plate3

[LOD3_FaceGroups]


[LOD3_Vertices_Frame0]


[LOD3_MaterialMapping]


[LOD3_Faces]


; eof

EDIT:
On page 26 you have :
[Materials]
../plate0

while on page 28 there is:

[Materials]
..\plate0


with backslash. I tried both versions, but the plate refuses to appear on the map opened in MapBuilder.

Re: Tutorial. Airfield Plates for beginners - bigans - 30.12.2012

Is it possible to create a single plate airfield by a photo reconnaissance of the WWII time?

Re: Tutorial. Airfield Plates for beginners - kevinp - 30.12.2012

Hi bigans

Yes it is possible.
DaveOD06 has done a few of these for his Marshall islands map. I helped him to get started but he should be an expert by now. Check it out-

http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,15762.0.html

Re: Tutorial. Airfield Plates for beginners - bigans - 07.01.2013

Thank you Kevinp!