Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Fencer51 on January 25, 2012, 10:04:18 PM
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Changed the default skins of the P-47D-25 and Spitfire I.
Do the game a favor and get rid of the default P-51B and P-51D skins
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Do the game a favor and get rid of the default P-51B and P-51D skins
Agreed, maybe choose a newer chosen skin from the expanded roster instead?
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Ditzy Rebel :aok
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Any explanation WHY the change on those 2 skins [p47/spit]? Simply age? Quality? Or was it felt that the skins didn't represent those models? Other reasons?
Just curious.
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The reason is as follows: Cactus and I helped out Superfly and Waffle in producing bump and spec maps for as many default skins as possible before the new version came out. I decided to concentrate on P-47s and Spits as they are the oldest of my default skins and I wanted to improve the basic skins at the same time.
However Nomde did the original D-25 and Spit Mk I skins and he isn't around now. As I can't use his templates it was much quicker for me to produce new skins for those aircraft and use modified bump and spec maps from other versions of those planes. Producing bump maps and spec maps for his skins would have meant me creating copies of his panel and rivet lines and so on and I didn't fancy that. I'd guess the original default skins will be available as player skins in the next skins update.
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Ahhhh... Makes perfect sense. Hadn't thought of that.
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Nomde has a large number of skins for the P-47, mostly 56th FG, it would be great to see a few rotated out or refreshed, they are very very old. The only skin I've seen added for the D11 in 5 years is rogerdee's lovely 35th FG skin, which like all the bare metal skins belong on late model D21/D23 Razorbacks. A much needed and highly produced addition, which as of yet does not exist in the game.
Even the beautiful O.D. Sleepy Time Gal skin you made is a D15 model with under wing pylons.