[Fryslanboy]

thank you, they are very nice :wink:

[miker8]

...eh, Straswa I installed the mod in the MODS folder but it doesn't show up in the game, objects list, fmb ectr.. so I opened your file, confusing cose there is no skin1o.tgb file :?: and according to Mrjolly's texturesfile there should be ,next to the missing tgb ,..more files in the last folder, another thing which puzzels me is that this is [ correct me when I'm wrong...] not the way to get a seperate slot for the ships , just look at the structure of the shipspack2 mods of Charly...

btw, am I the only one who isn't able to get these mods working...if so ,the problem is entirely me to blame and I aplogise.

[Fryslanboy]

...eh, Straswa I installed the mod in the MODS folder but it doesn't show up in the game, objects list, fmb ectr.. so I opened your file, confusing cose there is no skin1o.tgb file :?: and according to Mrjolly's texturesfile there should be ,next to the missing tgb ,..more files in the last folder, another thing which puzzels me is that this is [ correct me when I'm wrong...] not the way to get a seperate slot for the ships , just look at the structure of the shipspack2 mods of Charly...

btw, am I the only one who isn't able to get these mods working...if so ,the problem is entirely me to blame and I aplogise.

I Have this problem too Miker8 :wink: , it's very strange

[straswa]

Sorry about that. I looked into it and noticed that yes, I am missing the tgb files.

I'll get that fixed up right away.


Anyone else having issues?

Edit: Lex class and US Generic CV skins now have their tgb. I've updated the download links.

[miker8]

...and again its a NO GO :???: .... 1 ; sry m8 you messed up the files .. 2 ; even when you didn't mess up the files , then only the shipskinners could get this to work cose the structure of your mod is incomplete :wink:

plz Straswa correct it and complete the mod properly cose looking at the views the il2 community is verry interested

[EoW_WhamO_CO]

i kinda got it working, but it involves sinking the ship, and even then only 1/3 of the textures will show up.

[EoW_WhamO_CO]

anything happening?

[straswa]

Sorry about the continued issues. I'll have another look at the file setup and see how I can fix it.

Again, sorry to those who are having difficulties.

[F22-Raptor-2006]

straswa, the part where u converted the tgb file i understand but afther u changed the skin1o.tgb file into a skin1o.tga file and edit it bij photoshop...than what do you do with the edited skin1o.tga file?..

In photoshop when the .psd file is open click save as select targa .tga and in the filename write for example skin1o.tgb then it will work if i've remembered correctly as that's how you can change default skins on planes.

[EoW_WhamO_CO]

any news?

[straswa]

Sorry for the major delay and for all the continued issues. I'll take the links down to see to see what I can do to fix them.

:oops: Sorry guys. Like I said, I am still very new to skinning and the way files are set up for IL2.

Links removed until further notice.

[saunders1953]

Just a kindly Bump!

[sturmomaster]

cool skins,
But where did you found the original skins to change it?

[straswa]

Again, I apoligize for the major delay. Busy holidays.

This project is far from dead. I plan to keep working on it.

As for where I got the original skins to modify in Photoshop, I downloaded them from the IL2 skin downloads section and then converted them using the special tool also found there.

Still messing with the file setup, so please bear with me.


Happy New Year!

[-)-MAILMAN-]

Generic= BLUE?!?!?! idk lol

It is actually historical. The USN painted their CV's a medium blue to help them blend into the ocean. It made them harder targets for Vals and Judys.

This may be true, but there were only two Lexington Class Carriers built. USS Lexington CV2 and USS Saratoga CV3. I don't know what Oleg's thinking was when he made the Generic Carrier a Lexington Class since both are already represented in the game. Kind of a strange choice of ship class.

CV2 USS Lexington. This is the version prior to April 1942 with the 8" guns. In April 1942 these were removed and replaced with quad 1" "Chicago Piano" gun batteries for better AA and was the configuration she had when sunk at Coral Sea.

CV3 USS Saratoga. This is the version after a refit and repair in Bremerton Washington after being torpedoed. Her 8" guns were removed and replaced by 5" twin dual purpose gun turrets for improved AA defense which had become the standard for all USN Fleet Carriers. I can't remember if the flight deck was revised to make it more of a rectangle shape near the bow.

Generic Carrier is just a no markings version of the USS Saratoga already in the game. It would have been better to make this carrier a generic Essex Class or make it one of the Yorktown Class preferably USS Enerprise since she survived the war.

Anyhow my $0.02 worth.