There is already a mod, where you see that the pilot is dead from the outside, so this shouldn
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Definately possible but it would take a huge amount of time and effort, as you would have to make the edit to every single aircraft. Probably with a bit of fancy coding, you could get an alternative alpha layer to appear over the canopy that shows oil and/or bullets. Another option is have a model that appears (much like the Gore) when oil is triggered.
An oil slick overlay on the whole aircraft rather than just the canopy would be excellent, but it'd likely involve an inordinate amount of time and effort to achieve... both external canopy damage and oil slicks are something that I'd love to see in the game but to be honest I can live without them. By all means, though, if anyone's feeling up to it...
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Why couldn't we just alter the damage skin mask to include the oil slick (Shadowing) and the holes in the canopy (another mask for the damage skin)?
It would all just be changing, adding to the existing damage mask layer.
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It'd look a bit odd if you had a massive slick streaking down the length of your plane but no actual oil leak...