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General Forums => Terrain Editor => Topic started by: Bullethead on May 04, 2003, 07:28:05 PM

Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: Bullethead on May 04, 2003, 07:28:05 PM: OK, I've got my silver B26 as far as I feel like taking it. The lower wings and stabilizer use a different zoom factor than the upper sides, and I can't make the bottom look quite as good as the top, but I'm happy with it.

Other known problem: There's only 1 nacelle side so I couldn't put anti-glare paint on the inside surfaces.

(http://people.delphiforums.com/jtweller/B26inwork.jpg)

This plane is "Missouri Mule II", which flew with the 598th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group, based at Dreux, France, in September 1944.

Please let me know what you think.

If anybody's building a Western Europe map, I'd be honored if you put this skin in there. Let me know if you want it.
Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: BenDover on May 04, 2003, 07:53:39 PM: did they use that paint sceme during D-day?
Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: Bullethead on May 04, 2003, 09:04:28 PM: Quote
Originally posted by BenDover
did they use that paint sceme during D-day?

As far as I can tell they did. Of course, at that time pretty much all US squadrons had a mix of green planes, silver planes, and some that were partly both, so there really weren't standardized squadron total paint schemes. All that was standard were the letter codes and things like the yellow stripe on the tail. I have no idea if this particular plane had been around since June, but I figure it's likely.
Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: Kevin14 on May 05, 2003, 02:52:03 PM: Looks a little too white to me, but hey, better than anything I can do
Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: Bullethead on May 05, 2003, 03:42:43 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Kevin14
Looks a little too white to me, but hey, better than anything I can do

It kinda depends on how the light hits it. From some angles, it looks more metalic than from others. I eyedroppered the colors I used for the aluminum from the stock P47D30 and P51D skins, however, so I figure that's the best I can get it :).
Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: BenDover on May 05, 2003, 04:29:32 PM: i've seen some1 make a silver colour, can't remember who though
Title: Re: How Does This Look?
Post by: MwDOODY on May 06, 2003, 06:13:30 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Bullethead
OK, I've got my silver B26 as far as I feel like taking it.

would be cool in pangia,,
Title: Re: Re: How Does This Look?
Post by: Bullethead on May 06, 2003, 11:08:07 PM: Quote
Originally posted by MwDOODY
would be cool in pangia,,

Thanks, man :D

Here's my email (jtweller@earthlink.net). Can't do attachments off the profile thing here it seems. Drop me a line and I'll send the skin files to you. Feel free to touch it up if you think it needs work, too. That goes for everybody.

BTW, here's a link (http://people.delphiforums.com/jtweller/BuffTarg.zip) to a simple map with this skin in it, in case you want to try before you buy. It's also got my P51B cum A36A skin on it.

{edit} D'OH!! Why didn't I just upload the friggin' skin files? Well, I have now. Here (http://people.delphiforums.com/jtweller/BHsilverB26.zip) they are.
Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: BenDover on May 07, 2003, 11:10:36 AM: cum?
Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: Bullethead on May 08, 2003, 11:06:39 PM: Quote
Originally posted by BenDover
cum?

It's Latin, I think :). Anyway, it's an A36 skin for the P51B.
Title: Skin
Post by: Kanawa on May 24, 2003, 10:39:07 PM: Cool skin Bullethead !
I run a H2H room with ceurope map on a regular basis. I'd love to use it. How so I do that?
Btw...since you are a senior could you help me with my post?
Thanks!
André
Title: B26
Post by: 327thBS on May 25, 2003, 01:26:47 PM: thats a very nice skin, and i would also like to c that skin in the battel for Europe ! :D
Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: cobra427 on May 29, 2003, 12:47:17 PM: i made the other silver b26 .... had a nekkid woman as the nose art.....:D
Title: Pangia WAnts you!!!
Post by: MwDOODY on May 30, 2003, 12:53:04 AM: To send me that plane!!
afrakes@insightbb.com
Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: cobra427 on May 30, 2003, 04:59:29 AM: mine??? dont have it anymore my pc got wiped out
Title: Re: Pangia WAnts you!!!
Post by: Bullethead on May 31, 2003, 05:45:38 PM: Quote
Originally posted by MwDOODY
To send me that plane!!
afrakes@insightbb.com

On the way email. Glad you like it ;)

Thanks everybody else for the positive comments. I'm just getting into this skin thing so need the encouragement ;)
Title: Re: Pangia WAnts you!!!
Post by: Bullethead on May 31, 2003, 05:46:38 PM: double post deleted
Title: Re: Skin
Post by: Bullethead on May 31, 2003, 05:54:15 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Kanawa
Cool skin Bullethead !
I run a H2H room with ceurope map on a regular basis. I'd love to use it. How so I do that?
Btw...since you are a senior could you help me with my post?
Thanks!
André

Thanks for the positive comments ;)

To use a skin, it seems necessary that it be built into the map itself. When you make a map, you'll have a folder like this:

AH Editor/terrains/yourmap

Create a sub-folder AH Editor/terrains/yourmap/texsrc and put the .bmp files for the skin in the new texsrc sub-folder. Get the skin files from the link in my post above. Then open the map in the editor and select File/Build. This incorporates the skin into the yourmap.res file so it's there when you use that map.

It doesn't appear that you can just reskin planes yourself on existing maps, and have them only visible to you. The only way I know is the above, which makes the skins visible to all players. I guess this is a cheat control, so you can't make the nme planes all day-glo orange or whatever, so you can see them easier.
Title: How Does This Look?
Post by: Diamax on June 10, 2003, 04:55:58 PM: Hello Bullethead!!

At one point you said that you need encouragement!!!??
I think you're way beyond that, the skin you made is very beautiful and doesn't look like you're a begginer. However all thumbs up!!!

Myself I'm not even a beginner and just opened the editor today... and I'm trouble, cannot figure things out... I think I am the one that would need encouragement LOL :) .

Keep it up!!!
Title: Re: How Does This Look?
Post by: Tilt on June 10, 2003, 06:19:12 PM: Quote

This plane is "Missouri Mule II", which flew with the 598th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group, based at Dreux, France, in September 1944.

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Where was it in Dec 44?.........