28.08.2008, 09:58
Thanks John... a very worthwhile (and honest 
) warning
As for doing this with other aircraft...yes there is huge scope...however since this I made the Tankpack, have been working on some other things also and have got a huge commitment to SEOW coming up so my time really is quite limited.
However I really am prepared to give anyone that wished to take something like this onboard as much help as I am able.
i) look throught the wonderful P47 cockpit thread, its a good start. Poncho, Freddie and Avala are masters.
ii) Download the TGA converter
iii) Download the SFS extractor and find the original files of the aircraft that you want to convert (or
the substitute cockpit.) Then extract them and keep them ALL together in the same folder.
iv) Convert all TGA's with converter.
v) Put files in correct folder in Files/3do/Cockpits/xxxx
v) Start playing around with TGA's in photoshop.
Read VPmedias tutorial on Alpha's.
Download the matrix params tool and play around with HIM file editing.
If you want to go really deep, get the 3d mesh converter and suitable 3d studio max at some point you will need it.
vi) Open il2 often and view your handy work.
Happy to look at the Java to create separate cockpit folder once you have made good progress (and so are a number of others also I would imagine).
PM me :-)
(but please not with requests....)
) warning As for doing this with other aircraft...yes there is huge scope...however since this I made the Tankpack, have been working on some other things also and have got a huge commitment to SEOW coming up so my time really is quite limited.
However I really am prepared to give anyone that wished to take something like this onboard as much help as I am able.
i) look throught the wonderful P47 cockpit thread, its a good start. Poncho, Freddie and Avala are masters.
ii) Download the TGA converter
iii) Download the SFS extractor and find the original files of the aircraft that you want to convert (or
the substitute cockpit.) Then extract them and keep them ALL together in the same folder.
iv) Convert all TGA's with converter.
v) Put files in correct folder in Files/3do/Cockpits/xxxx
v) Start playing around with TGA's in photoshop.
Read VPmedias tutorial on Alpha's.
Download the matrix params tool and play around with HIM file editing.
If you want to go really deep, get the 3d mesh converter and suitable 3d studio max at some point you will need it.
vi) Open il2 often and view your handy work.
Happy to look at the Java to create separate cockpit folder once you have made good progress (and so are a number of others also I would imagine).
PM me :-)
(but please not with requests....)