[_1SMV_Gitano]

Thanks for the kind words and the useful advices guys!!!

actually i haven't yet checked all textures so there is plenty of room for improvements. I have some other projects in mind so stay tuned.

by the way, i use Git_xxxx.ini as prefix for selfmade maps... :wink:

[elephant]

I find all this map enhancing frenzy exiting...
Could you please organise your finished maps in self installing mods, if possible and post them along with sample photos to the Mods Download section because it's a kind of chaos right now for the less experienced. :?

Thanks

PS The nightfighter project is Brilliant, although nocturnal! 8)

[spud]

Is moving (copy and paste?) single pixels the only way, or can you paint it on?

I tried and it's not working. :/

tater

[lowfighter]

With gimp painting is also not working for one single reason: when painting the program smoothens the edges of the paint, that is place colours which are not understand by the gameengine.
Copy-paste, not necesarilly with single pixels, if you want to place a large forest, copy large blocks of forest already existing (on the map in work or on another map) and then paste them. If you paste sqaure blocks at the end you have to round them to make look more natural, also because if the border forest-field is straight, then you'll notice an artefact (depends on the color of the ground texture too how easy is the artefact visible, for example on Kurland winter the artefact is perfectly visible because the forest is green on a white background).

[spud]

In other words, make sure to turn anti aliasing off.

Do you know the RGB values for the forest color? Seems like the easy way would be to make a new color in the palate that is exactly the right one, then just paint it (with anti-aliasing off).

tater

[Bee]

Quick question to the cartographers, are the Burma tga's and load.ini available? I haven't been able to extract those ones sucessfully yet.

[lowfighter]

The easiest way is to use the color selection tool to pick the color from a place you already know there's forest (besides the rgb values there are some other parameters which I don't understand because i'm the noobest of the noobs in image processing hehe). For forest R=G=B=24 and gimp gives me also a parameter called "value" equal to 9.

[lowfighter]

Quick question to the cartographers, are the Burma tga's and load.ini available? I haven't been able to extract those ones sucessfully yet.

I think they are located in the maps12p.sfs, at least I found there the load.ini:

[MAP]
ColorMap = map_c.tga
HeightMap = map_h.tga
SmallMap = map_M.tga
TypeMap = map_T.tga
FarMap = map_F.tga
ReflMap = map_R.tga

[LIGHT]
LandLight = LandLight.mat
CloudShadows = CloudShadows.mat

[MAP2D]
ed_m01.tga
ed_m02.tga

[WORLDPOS]
CAMOUFLAGE = SUMMER
MONTH=5
DECLIN = 12
PRESSURE = 745
TEMPERATURE = 25

[CUBE]
Down = Cube_bott.tga
East = Cube_right.tga
North = Cube_front.tga
South = Cube_back.tga
Up = Cube_top.tga
West = Cube_left.tga

[static]
actors.static
[text]
texts.txt

[WOOD]
Wood0 = forest/summer/Jungle0Burma.tga
Wood1 = forest/summer/Jungle1.tga
Wood2 = forest/summer/Jungle2.tga
Wood3 = forest/summer/Jungle3.tga
Wood4 = forest/summer/Jungle4.tga


WoodMask2 = forest/summer/JForestMask.tga
WoodMask3 = forest/summer/JForestMask2.tga
WoodMiniMasks = forest/summer/MiniMask.tga
SideWood = forest/summer/ForestSide.tga

[APPENDIX]
HighClouds = Clouds256.tga
HighCloudsNoise = CloudsNoise.tga
// CloudsMap = CloudMap4x4km.tga
Moon = Moon\Moon0000.tga
ShadeNoise = land/Noise.tga
; ShadeNoise = land/SandNoise.tga
WaterNoise = water/WaterNoise.tga
WaterNoiseAnimStart = Water/Animated/WaterNoise00.tga
ForestNoise= forest/summer/ListForestNoise.tga
BeachFoam = water/Foam.tga
BeachSurf = water/BeachSurf.tga
;BeachFoam = water/PacificFoam_.tga
;BeachSurf = water/PacificBeachSurf.tga
BeachLand = water/RiverLand.tga
; CoastBumpNoise = water/CoastBumpNoiseDimas.tga

Tree0 = Trees\AlteredBush9a.tga
TreeLightMask = Trees\LightM256.tga

[WATER]
Water = water/Water.tga

[ROADS]
Rail = land/summer/Rail
Road = land/summer/Road
Highway = land/summer/Highway

[FIELDS]
LowLand0 = land/Pacific/burmascrub.tga
LowLand1 = land/summer/LowLand_2.tga
LowLand2 = land/summer/bottommount.tga
LowLand3 = land/Pacific/JungleKT.tga,2
MidLand0 = land/summer/midland.tga
MidLand1 = land/Pacific/burmascrub.tga
MidLand2 = land/Pacific/fields_kevtungatt2.tga
MidLand3 = land/summer/grnd/fields_sand3.tga
Mount0 = land/summer/bottommount.tga
Mount1 = land/summer/grnd/GRND_04gr.tga
Mount2 =
Mount3 =
Country0 = land/summer/burmavillage.tga
Country1 = land/summer/burmavillage.tga
Country2 = land/Pacific/burmatrib1.tga
Country3 = land/summer/bigcountry.tga
City0 = land/Pacific/fields_Imphal.tga
City1 = land/Pacific/field_Clay.tga
City2 = land/Pacific/field5_burma.tga
City3 = land/summer/factory.tga
AirField0= land/summer/fields_airfieldBurma.tga
AirField1= land/Pacific/Imphal_af_new.tga,-2
AirField2=
AirField3=
;Wood0 = forest/summer/forestGr.tga
;Wood0 = forest/summer/JungleGr.tga
Wood0 = forest/summer/JungleKTABurma.tga
Wood1 =
;Wood2 = forest/summer/forestfar.tga
Wood2 = forest/summer/JungleFarBurma.tga
Wood3 =
Water0 = water/water.tga
Water1 = water/water.tga
Water2 = water/CoastLine.tga
Water3 = land/summer/grnd/fields_sand3.tga
;Water3 = water/Beach.tga

[deSAD]

About *.tga, that cant't be opened ... One guy find "tweak" to do that For this you need use (The link is inoperative) "Splash Screen Changing" mod, but instead splash screen use *.tga, which you want opened And in time, when game is loading, this *.tga will be display as splash screen! You need press PrintScreen, exit from game, load any graphical editor end paste new object from clipboard - and you get picture, which you wont!

P.S.
Of course, picture size will be distort, but, i don't think, what is big trouble

P.P.S.
Many *.tga (Wood*.tga, for example) have *.tgb files with same name, which preferable for using, because they have highest resolution

P.P.P.S.
Sorry my poor English :roll:

[Bee]

Holy Crap! hock:

Such simple logic. I can hardly type for laughing. And to think we've all been banging our heads together for the last few weeks trying to use all kinds of sophisticated software to prise the buggers open

Here's the elusive basicelements.tga from the GUI:

(The link is inoperative) Feathered_IV/il2fb2007-11-1220-16-47-25.jpg

Jeeze, if you thought there were some mods around before, you won't beleive what you're gonna see next!

[deSAD]

And one question from me :roll: Somebody find a way to change airfield textures on "moded" maps :?:

[Bee]

So far not yet, deSAD. But I am sure that it will be possible soon.

Anyone know what happened to FlyBy Shooter? I need him to re-skin the 109's cockpits for me

[lowfighter]

Beautiful find :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

About changing airfield textures, do you mean changing textures of the runways, parking places etc or the texture of the filed surrounding the runways and so on?
With the invention you posted it might be possible to modify the runway etc textures too!

[deSAD]

Beautiful find :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

Yeah, i know

About changing airfield textures, do you mean changing textures of the runways, parking places etc

Yes, it is © :roll:

... or the texture of the filed surrounding the runways and so on?

No, no, i know about that - AirField0(1,2,3) in load.ini

With the invention you posted it might be possible to modify the runway etc textures too!

Yes, but, if that textures will be changed, i think, they be changed for ALL maps But i need change these textures only for ONE map! For exampe, i need change "green" textures on default map of Kiev to "brown" textures, like on default map of North-Weast Europe ... understand me? :oops: I want obtain my own city not only in summer, but also in autumn, and, in ideal, in winter and spring

[sparty72]

So far not yet, deSAD. But I am sure that it will be possible soon.

Anyone know what happened to FlyBy Shooter? I need him to re-skin the 109's cockpits for me

Darren aint far away ( Net Conn withholding) but wether he will want o get involved is another question...that i cant answer for him

Regards

Sparty