Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: hitech on April 22, 2022, 11:59:31 AM
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https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,405135.0.html
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Wow whatta bonanza! Thank you Hitech!
EDIT: They don't appear to be coming down yet. I've tried renaming the skins.res file, and a new version doesn't get created.
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Thanks Hitech.
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Yeah something isnt right here. I downloaded the p38s as a bunch and installed them in the folder. Skins the arena dont show up, nor do red colored names indicating new skins.
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Yeah something isnt right here. I downloaded the p38s as a bunch and installed them in the folder. Skins the arena dont show up, nor do red colored names indicating new skins.
Just a thought here., if youhaven't looked already...go right click on a particular skin that should be showing up in game, right-click on it in the folder and click on properties and make sure "read only box" isn't checked, if so un-check it....
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Thanks for doing that Hitech.
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There are some awesome looking skins in the new skins batch release!
Great job and thanks for your time and effort, AH skinners! 👍
<SALUTE>
TC
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There are some awesome looking skins in the new skins batch release!
Great job and thanks for your time and effort, AH skinners! 👍
<SALUTE>
TC
Agreed! I haven't seen any skins come down yet, even though I've gone online 4-5 times since the skin batch release announcement. My skins.res file is dated 3/3/2022, which is the date of the previous release. If I rename the skins.res file to something else, a new one is NOT created, and no skins are available but the default. There should be a new skin.res file every time a batch of skins is released.
It seems like the game doesn't know there are new skins to be downloaded...
Has anyone else seen the new skins in game?
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They were still not showing up later last night when I popped in.
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Maybe I missed it.. But the 41 Sqn RAF Spitfire Mk IX by Greebo, has no markings whatsoever...?
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The 41 Squadron Spitfire modelled actually had no painted markings apart from the airframe code. It was a lightweight special, modified to prevent the Luftwaffe's high-flying Ju 86 reconnaissance aircraft from photographing Alexandria and the Suez Canal. To reach the 40,000 ft altitude these planes operated at not just the paint but all the MGs, armour and even the radio were stripped out. An interception involved flying wing with a second lightweight Spit fitted with a radio but no cannons. This would use ground control guidance to get to within visual range of the target and then the cannon-armed Spit would climb to firing range. A Ju 86 was intercepted but not brought down after the cannons froze. However realising these aircraft were now vulnerable the Luftwaffe stopped sending Ju 86s to Egypt.
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The 41 Squadron Spitfire modelled actually had no painted markings apart from the airframe code. It was a lightweight special, modified to prevent the Luftwaffe's high-flying Ju 86 reconnaissance aircraft from photographing Alexandria and the Suez Canal. To reach the 40,000 ft altitude these planes operated at not just the paint but all the MGs, armour and even the radio were stripped out. An interception involved flying wing with a second lightweight Spit fitted with a radio but no cannons. This would use ground control guidance to get to within visual range of the target and then the cannon-armed Spit would climb to firing range. A Ju 86 was intercepted but not brought down after the cannons froze. However realising these aircraft were now vulnerable the Luftwaffe stopped sending Ju 86s to Egypt.
Thanks Greebo, somehow I missed all of that... cheers
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Greebo or FTJR, hav eyou guys been able to view the new skins in game? I think there is a problem - they are not downloading, and do not show up in the skin selection list if downloaded manually...
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Yeah, new skins are not showing at all and adoptions need to be downloaded manually in game to work.
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I've PM'd Hitech about it, guess he must have missed a step somewhere.
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Thank you, Greebo.
Interesting that so few people seemed to notice, or care.
With regard to the 41 Sqdn Spitfire, it's a real looker - great metal texture. Wonder what the ceiling for this aircraft would be in AH, if you took an air start and only 25% fuel, maybe a slipper tank, fired off all the ammo and just climbed till it won't go any higher...
EDIT: I just performed this experiment with 25% fuel and a slipper tank. I had reached 39,100 ft when I finally ran out of fuel. My all-up weight according to the E6B computer was 6450 lbs at the end, and I was still climbing at 250fpm. I think if I'd been able to strip out the armor and radio weight, 40,000 ft is achievable...
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Yesterday I was able to d/l one of the spit5 skins (from here) and have it also show up in the hangar list red, then normal after d/l. It wouldn't hold/stick and would re d/l each time I logged on. Tried d/l 38j skins with no luck at all.
Today, all the updated skins show up red in hangar and I clicked on each from there to manually d/l them.
The auto updater never kicked in at all.
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Hitech reckons he has fixed the problem, please try it again guys.
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It's working now. Thanks!
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:aok