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OK, stick a fork in this 'cause I'm callin it done. Special thanks to @Helles Belle and @BusDriver for their research determining that it probably didn't have letter codes. Also to @Raptorattacker for his "Petrol Spill" graphic. I'm pretty pleased with the weathering and think that it looks the part. Rap's fuel spill Remnants of red doped fabric gunport covering. See Beufighter photo below. Eroded paint on prop blades. This is pretty much what most props looked like when an aircraft came in to our shop for a 100hr or Annual inspection. We would file out the nicks and apply "touch-up" paint. (Actually, we rattle canned the most of the blades but the FAA allows only "touch-up". Otherwise, it has to be done by a certified Prop Repair Station. Blueish exhaust staining. I've seen this effect on high powered planes. I's pretty subtle. I enhanced it here for some drama. More fuel spillage. Pilot with white overalls. The only photo I could find of a N0. 27 Squadron Mossie and there are no letter codes. An example of red doped fabric gun port covering. Submitted to DCS User Files. Links to both... hardcoded letters and Bort letters enabled: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3329548/ https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3329549/

@Helles Belle Thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it. I got this from @BusDriver over at the IL2 forums: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/83276-raf-mossie-letter-codes/#comment-1259150 For this skin, I'm going to leave the code letters off. I'll probably issue another with Bort letters enabled. The sim community is so great! Always someone willing to assist. Salute!

Thanks but I don't see anything for No. 27 (or India either). Interesting website though.

I'm almost done with "Popeye" but I'm trying to find plausible letter codes for it. I've looked but there seems to be numerous letter codes for No. 27 Squadron. What about "A" flight? What I've seen is that "A" would be one of the first 13 letters of the alphabet... (or the first third if there were more than 2 flights... not likely for No. 27 in India though) but which one? How would the letters be arranged? Anyone have pics of any Squadron No. 27 in India? Here's the caption for the photo: "Flight_Lieutenant_A_Torrance_of_'A'_Flight,_No._27_Squadron_RAF,_climbs_into_his_de_Havilland_Mosquito_FB_VI_at_Parashuram,_India,_for_a_sortie_over_Burma,_March_1944."

Thank you! Much appreciated but would this happen to be a colorized version using software? I would think that the Japanese "snake" would have been yellow. The purplish shadow on the pilot's left arm seems strange also. Still, it looks the part but I think I'll go with a different interpretation.

The two skins above are in preparation for doing this next skin depicting this photo of Flight Lieutenant A. Torrance of Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland, known as 'Jock'. I have not been able to locate any other pictures of this aircraft so it will have to be a bit of educated guessing and fiction. I only found one photo of a No. 27 Squadron aircraft, s/n: HJ759. If anyone has any other documentation I would be most appreciative! I decided to make the previous skins as fairly fresh. Jock's skin will be much more beat-up as can be seen in the photo.

Mossie PoUX Cholavarum, India 1945 PoUX in 1945 in Cholavarum close to Madras in India. It wears SEAC two-tone blue markings over an all painted aluminium finish. No. 82 Squadron RAF had Squadron code "UX". The squadron left Bomber Command and relocated to RAF Cholavarum, India in early 1942. The squadron was re-equipped with Mosquitoes in July 1944, but was temporarily grounded due to failures in the wooden structure before commencing ground attack sorties on 19 December. These operations continued until 12 May 1945, when the squadron was withdrawn to India to prepare for the proposed invasion of Malaya. This operation did not occur due to the end of the war, and the squadron was disbanded on 15 March 1946. Problems were found with glue adhesion in the humidity, but it was actually the tropical heat that was the more immediate problem; the Australians did some experiments and found that painting the Mosquito silver reduced the heat inside the wings by a significant amount (appx. by 15 degrees during the daytime). Registration letters are fixed and not selectable. Pilots have white lightweight coveralls. Submitted to User Files. Link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3329485/ Generic CBI Theatre Silver Dope This is a generic version of silver (aluminum) doped Mossies which served in the China / Burma / India (CBI) theatre. Problems were found with glue adhesion in the humidity, but it was actually the tropical heat that was the more immediate problem; the Australians did some experiments and found that painting the Mosquito silver reduced the heat inside the wings by a significant amount (appx. by 15 degrees during the daytime). That’s why many photos appear to show metal Mosquitos. They were simply wooden wonders that had been painted silver. Registration (Bort) letters are selectable. Pilots have lightweight white cotton coveralls. Submitted to User Files. Link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3329487/

This skin has been removed from user files.

Another good question...

I haven't seen an answer to this. The skin that I'm contemplating does have swastikas as kill markings. I'm not going to make any effort though if they are disallowed and don't want to bastardize what was actually applied. I do understand the restrictions due to several countries laws. I just want clarification. I'm also a bit concerned about Bort numbers and would prefer to make a skin true to the aircraft's particular ID numbers. So, is a one-off skin less likely to be selected?

Ahh... thanks, I missed that.

I downloaded and installed the latest version 1.9.0.0 but every time I open KBB it says Update Available. Do you wish to download and install the update? When I click Yes, nothing happens. If I click no it says to run it as Administrator but the troubleshooting guide says to not run as Admin. It does allow me to enter the program though. Do I need to uncheck check for updates in Preferences?

Sorry, I'm still confused. Do I just make the shortcut properties as shown? Target: "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS.exe" --force_enable_VR --force_OpenXR Start in" "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin" What I currently have is: Target: "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe" (so that it checks for updates every time I start DCS) No need to place --force_enable_VR --force_OpenXR in any .cfg or .lua file? And what about using Skatezilla's DCS Updater Utility?

I'd like to set a profile for the stick shaker to warn me of approaching vortex ring state. I can avoid it by watching the rate of descent gauge but it would be nice to have it programmed to give me a buzz as I'm approaching it. Anybody made a profile? I see nothing in cloud. Recommendations as to how to make said profile?

Thank you!

Does this statement still apply to the latest version: 3DmigotoDCS_VR_19.0_openXR? I usually use the Skatezilla GUI to launch the game in either VR On or VR Off. How can I launch DCS as Admin? Also, for JSGME do I just place the folder 3DmigotoDCS_VR_19.0_openXR here: C:\Users\Rick\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\_MODS?

Will updates be posted on the leading page?

Glad it helped!

It was an Openkneeboard json file in the Registry located here: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Khronos\OpenXR\1\ApiLayers\Implicit

Found it. Open Kneeboard was causing the issue. Deleting it and also removing a file it left in the Registry did it.

Went to play in VR today and my openXR says “XrResult failure (XR_ERROR_RUNTIME_FAILURE) Origin: xrcreateinstance(&createinfo, instance.put) I’ve tried rebooting and uninstalling openxr. Never had this issue before, any ideas? On Reddit, someone said: "Have you just installed the NIS (Nvidea Image Scaling) mod? I have the same issue straight after installing NIS, and when I uninstalled NIS, all good again." I don't have NIS activated in either NVidia Control Panel or NVidia GeForce Experience. Anyone have any idea what's causing this?

@Doughguy. This is great work! I share your pain regarding the irritating UV unwraps, especially the wingroot. I notice the use of red primer around some panels, etc. I was wondering if you have any documentation photos of it's use. I've been searching for documentation of field repairs and how they were carried out. Flush patches? Simple "scab" patches? Were they red primered, gray primered or painted to match? Or maybe left bare aluminum? My searches haven't had much success so far. Mostly interested in Luftwaffe but I'm curious about how all of the services accomplished this in the field. Anyone else have input?

I tried a search for this but came up empty... maybe the wrong wordage... anyway, on Enigma server: In Specials > Mi-24P settings, I have it set to Coalition color. When Petrovitch ID's a target it is Enemy=Blue, Unknown=Yellow and Friend=Red. Is this correct? Someone else was claiming that Friends=Blue and Enemy=Red.

Great update... thanks! Can someone explain this: DCS MiG-21bis by Magnitude 3 Adjusted Cockpit 3D file and Livery folder names. NOTE: Users with custom liveries will need to move them to the new location …\Mods\aircraft\MiG-21bis\Liveries\Cockpit_MiG-21bis My custom skins seem to work fine in the old location, C:\Users\Rick\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\MiG-21bis and this folder structure noted above, …\Mods\aircraft\MiG-21bis\Liveries\Cockpit_MiG-21bis doesn't exist in either Saved Games or the Main game folder.