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Try looking at an image that has a real heat signature greater than ambient. The images are essentially blobs. I believe it's being caused by too much bloom in the shader. At 5.7nm I CANNOT resolve that I'm looking at an F-16 in flight without it being at 90 deg profile image. I believe that it is less sharp an image than were used to but I also believe that the shader bloom is washing out more details than perhaps it should in DCS for a balance of realism vs playability since the MFD screens and images we're using can't display images greater than 1024 resolution as set in the settings (as I understand it, please correct me if I'm wrong)? So it may be a way to achieveing a more "realistic" effect being able to go from an unresolved blurry image to one that has good detail in XR, but because we're using lower resolution already it's hard to make that a effect compelling without making it more blurry to begin with? I could be way off base but seems like it could be part of what's happening.

Thanks for the kind words man.

thank you my friend!

I made this livery originally for private use by the Virtual 57th FW, 36th VFS. I've deemed that it's been long enough in the hangar. I will be releasing this and a few other 36th Paints. This is uploaded and waiting for ED to approve. **I apologize for the low resolution images. Flickr has stopped allowing anyone to even view the images at higher resolutions than 1024. So I'm looking for a new image hosting site.**

You need to change the color space to CYMK then back to RGB. This will fix the problem. It's been known for years.

I'm not sure if it was noticed or not. It's not a texture problem. It's a 3D geometry issue. So everyone will have the issue. It's not a criticism, just an issue. That mod itself is awesome! I really appreciate the efforts to bring it all together! The new pods and tanks are just awesome. My only question is are the tanks supposed to have the line or are they supposed to be smooth over the top? I genuinely don't know. It could be the design. I know the Raptor obviously isn't suppposed to have it. Maybe we can get GD to fix it. I can ask.... Currently I'm just using the old model since it visually is correct. Seems like everything is working correctly?

FYI, unless there is something special about the new F-22A.EDM file, I suggest using the old one from 2021. The normals are now working again in the new file BUT the model is not welded at the centerline and causes a major visual abnormality. The same thing is present with the new LO drop tanks. It causes DCS to render a shadow at a hard line instead of continuous and makes what should be a smooth surface with a hard edge. See images below. IMAGE 1 = Original 2021 EDM. You can see the nose is smooth and there is no line. IMAGE 2 = EFM v.2.1.0 EDM. You can see the hard edge which should not be there.

Can I ask a legitimate question here? I'm not trying to bait anyone, or be a jerk. I'm obviously extremely disappointed with this decision as it's opening an entire host of issues which were clearly not previously thought through. Question: Who exactly is pushing for this encryption of models and textures? Surely it's NOT the devs, right? They should be fully aware that it does not protect your IP. This seems like a knee-jerk reaction by someone else who is completely unaware of how the sim software interacts with the PC hardware. This is literally only causing a problem for legitimate customers and good faith community members. You all know that right? Those tech savvy enough who could do it before are still tech savvy enough to still do it. Please take this as a frustrated but good faith inquiry from a long time supporter, customer, tester, content creator and texture artist. It's become so astonishing to me that it's gone down this road. You will literally KILL livery making for your sim. This is taking a generational step backward. That's not hyperbole. Again, I earnestly plead with ED to reconsider this ineffective IP theft measure, and just walk it back. The livery/texture community will be greatly affected by this over arching policy decision. Why? Because you're making it impractical and extremely painful to down right impossible to continue in this hobby with your future products. And frankly if this is how it's going to be in the future, then I've come to the end of my contributing rope. It's not reasonable and it's down right disrespectful to those who put it so much time FOR FREE to make your community vibrant and diverse with content - to ask them to spend 5x more time on something that will ultimately be much worse in quality. I bought the F-5E and the remastered version. I've purchased most product until now. I have been more than happy to support DCS. This makes me want to completely reconsider my future purchases and support. Respectfully, A long time customer.

I got so carried away, I didn't even think of that! Hopefully we don't have a repeat of the F-5 and being unable to create high quality liveries in a reasonable amount of time and actually can view/edit core textures to make fully custom liveries at the highest quality level possible for the community! It looks phenomenal. Very excited about it. Hopefully we can paint it. It's kind of depressing to think about if it does turn out like the F-5. Finally have the first FF Redfor aircraft and it's the classic I've been waiting for since I saw the discovery wings episode decades ago. My fingers are crossed that it won't be. It would be a real shame.

Thanks man!

I suspect that you didn't enable the alpha transparency and it was converted when you opened those 2 files to take the screenshots. However they look like they're identical.

RELEASED! DL LINK in first post! Enjoy.

Yes sorry, what Wyvern said above. Please post pics of the files open in the editor. We need to compare them.

Soooo nice! I wish ED would officially create F-16 variants. Like I would PAY for it. We need this kind of stuff as official.