whoa i just drifted by this thread after getting bit by the fly aces high bug again...
You might want to stop complaining and thank skuzzy for taking the time to let your less than amazing texturemaps in the game. not to put to fine a point on it but just about all of them are awful.
devoid of realism and detail and smooth transitions with bad colors and small amounts of research. little attention paid to the variations of the surface of the aircraft. perhaps this is more than could be asked of most though and thats understandable.
but don't try to wrap your sub par skin in indignation over it waiting a year to be in the game. if its taken that long its teribad anyway and no one will use it but you. and yes there are rare exceptions to this but they are rare and ussually don't apply to you.
want your skin to stand out? want to get it in the game? stop sucking and make it amazing.
pack it full of more detail and more vibrant and compelling color schemes of historical significance.
can you see the metal fatigue and stress points in the surface of your aircraft's texturemap?
have you found a way to simulate flush and raised rivets from the pilots perspective in the cockpit? and then drop highlights and shadows around said rivets and fasteners to reinforce this illusion?
have you baked in some shadows and subtle reflections of a bare metal project? did you research the airflow patterns across the fuselage and wings and wrap oil and exhaust stains along these patterns? did you subjectively fade the paint of your aircraft to indicate it is clapped out and war weary, full of dirt, grime, dust scratches dents and dings and stains?
stop with the spam make one amazing skin not eleventhousand bad ones. anything without greebo's name on it can be destroyed imo. its all awful and a waste of ram
so just be thankful.
be thankful that my critical lazer beam eye is not the one deciding if your skin gets in the game at all because if you think you have it bad now you have no idea what an individual like myself would demand to be subjected to your texture maps clogging up my computer.
-yours truly
The Skin Nazi
"NO SKINS FOR YOU ONE YEAR!"
