19.06.2011, 16:08
Strange there is no text document in this one. May be it was made as a separate download, or this is my own copy of the post; HERE IS THAT TEXT COPY:
[MOD] Better Airfields (Improved textures) posting.php?mode=quote&p=248568Dear All,
after having suffered a lot the poor quality of the airfiled textures provided in the IL-2, that mainly while you are in ground makes you see something totally unreal, I started to wonder a solution.
A topic I created in this forum and a research made me understand that nothing better had been created, so I started to manipulate create images with PhotoPaint, convert them with GIMP, etc., etc until reaching the results below.
What I MODded: 4 of the stock textures included with IL-2 (Desert, Ground, GroundWinter and Pac_Gr) plus one texture provided for airfields in Cannon Channel Map (BitumenEarth).
In which way: I twiced the linear resolution of them, making the _512.tga that originally were 512x512 pixels to 1024x1024 pixels. Created new shapes (instead of the fiber like originals) that are more logical and real, added a center guide line and some paths at the start/end of the track, used detailed fill textures, etc.
To install just copy the folder inside the .rar to your MOD folder. Enjoy and tell me about any possible improvements.
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?d1jzm5njmiy
[MOD] Better Airfields (Improved textures) posting.php?mode=quote&p=248568Dear All,
after having suffered a lot the poor quality of the airfiled textures provided in the IL-2, that mainly while you are in ground makes you see something totally unreal, I started to wonder a solution.
A topic I created in this forum and a research made me understand that nothing better had been created, so I started to manipulate create images with PhotoPaint, convert them with GIMP, etc., etc until reaching the results below.
What I MODded: 4 of the stock textures included with IL-2 (Desert, Ground, GroundWinter and Pac_Gr) plus one texture provided for airfields in Cannon Channel Map (BitumenEarth).
In which way: I twiced the linear resolution of them, making the _512.tga that originally were 512x512 pixels to 1024x1024 pixels. Created new shapes (instead of the fiber like originals) that are more logical and real, added a center guide line and some paths at the start/end of the track, used detailed fill textures, etc.
To install just copy the folder inside the .rar to your MOD folder. Enjoy and tell me about any possible improvements.
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?d1jzm5njmiy