Hi.
Cannot find the new default skin mod by Vpmedia. I've installed UI 1.1 and need to set the default skins, so that I dont get the old and boring skins, set by Oleg and company...
DK-nme
VPmedia has removed all his work from AAA later a conflict with a strange rule here about forbidding links to other websites... :?
It's a pity.
It's actually fairly easy to make your own default skins. In a nutshell, all you need are sets of 4 .tga files (one renamed .tgb, but it's still a tga) with alpha channels. The 4 files are different sizes for different LODs. The alpha channels are for transparency. These files would go into a folder structure something like this:
\MODS\-name of mod-\3do\Plane\-name of plane, including nationality-\-season-
example:
\MODS\B17F\3do\Plane\B-17F(USA)\summer
Let me know if you want a full explanation of how to do all this.
Actually BomberBoy I would love a detailed explanation. If I get it right for one a/c I am sure I can do the rest.
So lets say I want to replace the Bf109 F2s.
I take the blank skin I want as default from a bmp file, then save as tga?
Step by step if you have time, (I am a virgin....)
Belay that! Combination of what you said and vpmedias files - it works! Thanks.
I would actually very much like to hear how this works - I think I understand everything but the specifics of the filenaming scheme (i.e. are the seasons and nations abbreviated a certain way, etc.) and the .tga/.tgb bit), and for me to just play around with things until it works is very dangerous. If you could enlighten me, BomberBoy (or anyone else), that would be much appreciated.
The reason being, Filefront closes today, and I'm not sure I'll be able to get vpmedia's skin mod in time due to my terrible connection at home. Or, alternately, if someone could up the skin mod to another site somehow, that would be just as grand (but knowing the *.tga trick would still be nice).
Many thanks in advance.
OK guys, it's extremely simple... I'm assuming you already have the skinmod installed, so this is just for making new defaults-
start the game, and go to QMB. then, select the plane you want, and set the skin you want to be its default.
Then, alt+tab out of the game
Go to your Il2 game folder, and go to "paintschemes", and then "cache". inside will be a bunch of .mat files and folders. find the folder with the name of the plane you want to change.
open it, and there will be 4 files: "skin1o.tgb, skin1o.tga, skin1p.tga, and skin1q.tga"
copy all 4 files
go to your MODS folder, and find your skinmod folder. open it- go to 3do, then plane, and then find the plane folder you want to change. *note- some planes have more than one folder, with (multi1) or a nationality abbreviation after the plane name. The nationality ones will only change the default skin for that specific country. The (multi1) changes the skin for all other nationality.
Inside each of these folders, there will be any of 3 folders: "summer, desert, and winter"
"summer" changes the skin for european and any other "summer" maps
"desert" changes the skin for pacific and any other "desert" maps
"winter" changes the skin for winter maps
paste the four files from the "cache" folder into whichever folder you want, depending on your preference.
Hope that helps!
as far as I'm aware the AAA UI already includes the skinmod ->
(The link is inoperative)
therefore I did not uploaded it again as a single install...
there are a bunch of premade skinpacks at my filefront page but gimme a little time and I will unify them into one single pack which will upgrade up to a 100 types and will be easier to install and requires no additional interactions by the user
cheers
