SUPERFLY said:That is the way they are going to stay. It's not a mistake. It's done to conserve download sizes, and also to fit in with video memory requirements in the game while maintain good quality. If we did another texture for the other wings of the, for example, that would double the video memory requirement and the download size.
I think we're talking past each other.......
I understand about the hardware limitations. However, HTC has already standardized all exterior plane parts on 2 files of the same size for all planes. So whether the plane is camo or not, it still forces the system to handle 2 files of the same size.
So you've got these 2 files for each plane. The only question is how you divide up the area into parts for the exterior surfaces. With camo planes, you need more parts but with monochrome planes, you can get by with mirroring and thus use fewer parts. This means each part for a monochrome plane can be bigger than for a camo plane, and thus have more detail on it. But this precludes you ever putting camo on a monochrome plane, because the necessary parts do not exist.
This is what I wish you'd change. Sure, the silver P51D is beautiful, but IMHO the smaller parts on the camo spits and FWs make equally beautiful planes. Especially at the distances we see them at in the game. I mean, who but a skin artist ever does a lot of close-up walkarounds drooling on the rivets? IOW, to me there is NOT a quality issue here.
So PLEASE consider redoing the arrangement of parts for the monochrome planes. Dispense with mirroring, at least on the upper surfaces, and give us the same parts for each plane whether its stock skin is camo or not. That way, we'd be able to put camo on planes that come silver or blue overall, and thus GREATLY increase the variety in the skins available to the players. And the only cost of doing this would be a slight loss of detail on the stock monochrome planes, that nobody would notice in flight.
If you can't swing separate lower wing surfaces under the hardware constraints, I understand. It's only really an issue for a few early-war planes anyway. I can do without separate parts for spit cannon fairings if you cant squeeze them into some unused corner. But PLEASE let us have both upper wings, both upper stabilizers, and at least 1 separate lower stabilizer for all planes.
Thanks for listening to my rant.
