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Offline zinhwk

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Selectable Skins in Mission Mode
« on: March 28, 2017, 12:13:11 AM »
It would be a nice immersion feature to have skins either a) selectable when joining a mission (preferred), b) selectable by the mission creator, or c) have the last skin selected for the aircraft that happens to be used  in the mission remembered from the hangar.

The mission tool is a really neat function used by a few squads in the FSO. It would be cool if we could further distinguish squads in like aircraft. Yeah, yeah we have colored icons... this is more of an ego/screenshot reason.
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Offline BowHTR

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Re: Selectable Skins in Mission Mode
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2017, 05:45:52 AM »
A work around is to have everyone join the mission, then they can go to the hanger and select the plane/loadout and skin then wait on the runway. That's what we always did. Then you can still use the waypoints in the mission but have the skin you want.
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Offline ImADot

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Re: Selectable Skins in Mission Mode
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2017, 06:29:57 AM »
Yeah, if you join the mission but spawn onto the runway before the mission auto-launches you, any skin you chose in the hangar will be used. If you wait for the mission to launch you, you're stuck with the default skin. That's why most squads in FSO who want their own skins will set the mission launch time to be well after the "fields open" time.
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Re: Selectable Skins in Mission Mode
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2017, 01:17:11 PM »
+1 - GREAT idea. Kinda handy when you think of it.
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Re: Selectable Skins in Mission Mode
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2017, 09:34:46 AM »
the next person to use this word-->  immersion WILL be shot. ;)
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Re: Selectable Skins in Mission Mode
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2017, 04:47:30 PM »
As a very regular user of the pickup mission feature I fully support Zinhwk's request.

The pickup mission tool is pretty buggy at the moment and in need of attention.
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Re: Selectable Skins in Mission Mode
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2017, 05:03:42 PM »
Quote from: Dawger on March 29, 2017, 04:47:30 PM
As a very regular user of the pickup mission feature I fully support Zinhwk's request.

The pickup mission tool is pretty buggy at the moment and in need of attention.

Please post details in the bug forum.

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Offline Dawger

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Re: Selectable Skins in Mission Mode
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2017, 05:21:47 PM »
Quote from: hitech on March 29, 2017, 05:03:42 PM
Please post details in the bug forum.

HiTech

i replied to my original post on the subject in the bugs forum so you can see it at the top
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