Author Topic: Oh my god!!!! Custom Skins for planes!! (Read 1051 times)

Kweassa · « **on:** October 03, 2002, 06:56:19 PM »

New Terrain Editor, including custom skinning for planes and all objects within the game, has arrived!!!

This is the most terrific news I have ever heard for last 6 months!!

Hey Twin Engined Devs, you'll probably get to see your olive-drab P-38s in the CT!

You want the P-47s in 56th colors? No sweat !

We can expect some of those skin/Terrain editing wizards to release some terrific CT schemes!

I'm so happy my blood pressure dropped by 30!

Wilbus · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2002, 07:32:04 PM »

Just checked it out some, too late to do anything now but I noticed you can skin everything, not just the out plane but EVERYTHING

Gonna see if I can start changing instruments to metric tomorrow, might not get historical accurate as it needs to work with the needle, but hopefully it is dooable

Sandman · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2002, 07:39:50 PM »

Wow... excellent way to implement custom skins. Tie it to the terrain.

I look forward to seeing it.

Raubvogel · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2002, 08:29:31 PM »

So basically the new skins are all included in the terrain file, so there will be a larger dnload? (not squeaking, just askin dammit)

Kweassa · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2002, 08:31:38 PM »

Wilbus, I found out that you really can change the instruments to meteric!!

Well, actually, what you can do is change the templates of the guages.. and everything!

Gear lights, oil guage, speed guage, tachometer, altiemeter.. everythiiiiiinggg!!!! WooooW!!

We might not be able to have a completely historic cockpit, but I think we'll be able to spiff it up a lot!!

Some of the templates for the Bf109E-4

wow!

Kweassa · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2002, 08:38:54 PM »

Raub, theoretiocally, I don't think so.

If I'm understanding this correctly, up to now, every new terrain included the templates for the objects except that those were all "AH-Standard". New terrians with templates edited will have the same number of BMPs except its different from "AH Standard".

Therefore, I don't think it means a bigger download for new terrains!

ps) The good news is, template editing is seperate from terrain editing.. which would mean people will be able to make templates even though they don't know much about terrain editing.

A load off TE wizards if there are some people who can mak great skins, eh?

Dux · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2002, 08:58:00 PM »

This took 5 minutes to do... with a little more effort, some nice stuff can be done.

FDutchmn · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2002, 09:12:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Kweassa
Wilbus, I found out that you really can change the instruments to meteric!! Well, actually, what you can do is change the templates of the guages.. and everything!

Gear lights, oil guage, speed guage, tachometer, altiemeter.. everythiiiiiinggg!!!! WooooW!!

We might not be able to have a completely historic cockpit, but I think we'll be able to spiff it up a lot!!

Some of the templates for the Bf109E-4 wow!

Ah, just to clarify my understanding... the gauges are common to all planes or are they specific to the plane? Just wondering if I change the gauge to metric, will the American planes go metric too?

seems to be specific to the plane as implied in your post...

Kweassa · « **Reply #8 on:** October 03, 2002, 09:15:16 PM »

FD, it's specific to all planes.

All the plane textures include their own guages!

SC-Sp00k · « **Reply #9 on:** October 03, 2002, 09:21:04 PM »

Can u see other peoples skins online or just your own?

Kweassa · « **Reply #10 on:** October 03, 2002, 09:35:05 PM »

Spook, the customized skins are embedded with the terrain.

You can't just make your own skins. However, the "AH Standard" textures can totally be modified as a part of the terrain. Thus, I'm pretty sure the MA will remain the same, but if the CT or SEA features, for example, something like the Eastern Front, the planes will be skinned in Winter camouflage, and everybody will fly in that scheme. This would mean others will be seen that way too.

The textures can be edited separately from the terrain once it is saved into BMPs via terrain editor, thus, this would give a chance for people interested in making new plane schemes to try their hand at it, and submit it to the map-makers.

culero · « **Reply #11 on:** October 03, 2002, 09:51:18 PM »

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Originally posted by Kweassa
Spook, the customized skins are embedded with the terrain.

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The textures can be edited separately from the terrain once it is saved into BMPs via terrain editor, thus, this would give a chance for people interested in making new plane schemes to try their hand at it, and submit it to the map-makers.

Sounds like a VERY worthy feature applicable to scenario use!

culero

SC-Sp00k · « **Reply #12 on:** October 03, 2002, 11:56:08 PM »

Thanks for the info Kweasa

Wotan · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 2002, 02:29:46 AM »

Anyone working on making templates?

Nefarious · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 2002, 02:34:20 AM »

Yes Wotan thats what I want to know...