[everclear]

Hi.
Has anyone noticed that all the planes look as if they were made out of anodized aluminum? What I mean is the skins look like they're a transparent glaze over bare metal - nothing is "mat". Is there any way to change that without changing the lighting settings for the rest of the objects?
Thanks,
-d

[Reap]

In your mod folder rename plane shine mod put a "-" without astericks in front of planeshine.....................?

[skyomish]

And just where would one FIND that folder ?????
Take a picture and post it please.

[Skunkmeister]

No need for pictures, its in the mods folder, named Avala_planeshine2

[F4U-1_Corsair]

well, Ironically, many aircraft parts, expecially the skin, were made from anodized aluminum.

[Bobbo]

I don't think the issue is the shine so much as Il-2 does a lousy job on shadows.

[GeneralPsycho]

I don't think the issue is the shine so much as Il-2 does a lousy job on shadows.

Well, when you think about it, it is a Directx 8 game not fancy Directx10

[gumball360]

Just another reason to look forward to SoW!

The lighting and shading effects in the early pics look fantastic.

[Murph]

It's not even optimized for DirectX, it's meant to be played in OpenGL.

[everclear]

No need for pictures, its in the mods folder, named Avala_planeshine2

Hi -
No such folder in *my* MODS. If you can tell me where to get it (or which mod it came with), it would probably help me to figure out how to deal with the "shiny" thing.
thanks,
-d

[everclear]

well, Ironically, many aircraft parts, expecially the skin, were made from anodized aluminum.

As fun as irony may be, I just don't think there's much here. The first part is a guess on my part. Sure, anodizing was around since the mid-20's, and even used on some seaplanes & aluminum boats, improved corrosion resistance (as in *sea water*). Was used on small parts, like control doo-dads (some aluminum parts on engines, in sights & vernier dials & stuff, funky little parts), but I really doubted that anyone (axis or allies) bothered to actually anodize *the skin*. Considering that the gear had to be turned out cheap & fast, and the silly things were painted to boot (yep, they had self-etching primers back then, though I doubt even those were used much - aluminum corrodes up to a certain thickness in air, and then it's pretty much sealed, though acids and electrolysis with other metals is a pain - one which anodizing wouldn't help a whole bunch - end of tangent). I somehow doubt that, as the factories were cranking out planes at full tilt, they chose to slow things down to a crawl by setting up anodizing baths, acid, electricity, controlled temp, *time*, etc. I even doubt that the aluminum skins were prepped any more than a quick wash & scrub before the paint went on (or didn't). As always, I could be dead wrong, but this is just common-sense stuff. It's not like they were pimpin' the planes out - the things just had to fly & last a few years.
Finally, this is WW2, and there was still as much canvas & wood as there was aluminum. Wood's good stuff. And the plane I really dig, the Ho-229 (called Go-229 here), while a twin-jet delta, is pretty much a wooden plane. A tubular space frame in the center, but the wings are mostly wood, skinned with plywood. Painted in flat paint. And my, does it *shine*. And... I want it *not* to. Not complaining, this is the 'purtiest sim, just wish i could make shiny planes shiny, and dull planes dull.
-d