06.04.2008, 09:37
Of course one could do that, but this wouldn't really be "adding new countries" but "replacing existing countries", right?
I think, what Gaston is working at is to figure out how you can add a complete new set of files associated with a new nation without changing existing ones, including national markings. That would be very very nice, indeed, for you could include virtually every nation operating aircraft from 1930-1950 into the game, and even phantastic ones, like e.g. Scotland or Bavaria and stuff.
Well, I think I could contribute making some markings, but it's you that have to figure out how adding them would work, guys! I tried myself in a simple attempt to change the blue shade of the french roundel, but placing them into a PaintSchemes\decals\French folder inside MODS folder did not work, unfortunately. Placing them in "files" also did not bring any new progress. So: mission failed!
I got completely no idea how Il2 applies the "decals" to the planes when rendering. Probably, there is a strange-named file that manages all this. I think so because e.g. the roundels have different names for almost every nation. So, it's not like French roundel is called roundel.tga and German one is called roundel.tga, they have almost all different names.
If this is hard-coded, we can not do much. If not, there must be a file somewhere that tells the prog which roundel to pick for which country.
EDIT: Sorry, this was thought as a reply to the post before Gaston's last post. He posted at the same moment I did!
I think, what Gaston is working at is to figure out how you can add a complete new set of files associated with a new nation without changing existing ones, including national markings. That would be very very nice, indeed, for you could include virtually every nation operating aircraft from 1930-1950 into the game, and even phantastic ones, like e.g. Scotland or Bavaria and stuff.
Well, I think I could contribute making some markings, but it's you that have to figure out how adding them would work, guys! I tried myself in a simple attempt to change the blue shade of the french roundel, but placing them into a PaintSchemes\decals\French folder inside MODS folder did not work, unfortunately. Placing them in "files" also did not bring any new progress. So: mission failed!
I got completely no idea how Il2 applies the "decals" to the planes when rendering. Probably, there is a strange-named file that manages all this. I think so because e.g. the roundels have different names for almost every nation. So, it's not like French roundel is called roundel.tga and German one is called roundel.tga, they have almost all different names.
If this is hard-coded, we can not do much. If not, there must be a file somewhere that tells the prog which roundel to pick for which country.
EDIT: Sorry, this was thought as a reply to the post before Gaston's last post. He posted at the same moment I did!
