crazyeddie

I have passed your concerns on to cpdkobra and blacklibrary already, they should respond soon. I am not part of the model construction/conversion process, I know nothing about any of that. I am not sure you could call me part of any team as such, I do things mostly for myself and am happy to pass them on to other 'teams' if they find them useful. These Mods (CAM and MAM) are essentially just eye candy items to add to the game and the quality is not intended to be up to that of a Core Mod aircraft as I understand it. Your expectations may be a bit too high, but they will help you I'm sure. I have always found bump files to be a pain in the ass, but I do like what you did with your Mod, very interesting and very useful. Sorry I did not really understand what you were doing to start with, but I'm with you now.

Okay, your right, I didnt understand what you were saying, sorry. This is well beyond my area of expertise, I know nothing about 3dmax, I dont own or have access to it, I just make up skins and livery packs from what I am given to work with. I have asked the guys who made/converted this model to look at your posts and respond. PS - Thank you for your link, I had not seen that, I will use it in future if I can.

None of my Liveries change the stock MAM_C5_Galaxy_B.dds file, they all use the same file that is in the Main Textures folder, as you can see from the description files in each Livery, the attribute is set to 'true'. {"MAM_C5_Galaxy", 1, "MAM_C5_Galaxy_B",true}, I didnt create that file, it was created by the guys making the model, in 3dmax, and I learned long ago not to mess with bump files too much, the outcomes are never quite what you want, especially with older models such as this. If you change the attributes of that file it will make things appear very differently on the flying model, which is what you appear to have done. So my next question is why are you changing that file to make it darker, I don't understand what you are trying to achieve by that ? Can you explain what it is you are trying to do and I might be able to advise another option, but changing the stock bump file isnt going to be high on my list of recommendations.

I dont use the standard RoughMet textures, they appear far too bright for my taste, so I create a RoughMet from the basic skin and tone that down(or up) to adjust the glare, its not really a bug as such. If you use my Liveries as they are in the latest update that should not be an issue.

faghula - check your inbox.

Be aware, we are reworking the C5 skins to make the lettering and tail codes clearer, which includes a new edm, so dont try to do anything with the existing skins until we caught up with that bit of work, then you wont have to redo it all again. It wont be a long wait, its almost done.

Noted ... Will do it when finished with the C5 update.

Done with Orion liveries for now, the following will be added at the next update. Canada x 3, Germany, Japan, Iran, Chile, Australia and Norway. Off to redo the whole C5 again, we might be able to make that look a lot better in respect of the badges and writing on the airframe, but it will take time.

Fictional P8's and MRTT's, not accurate but handy to have parked around your airfield if you like eye candy. The RAF P8 is based on what I think the RAF will paint them when they get them into 120 Sqn service, which might be complete borrocks of course !!

Ooops, that's not supposed to be there !!!!!!!!! It's not available yet, A330, painted up as RAF Voyager. Its something Black Library and Kobra are working on for the Civil Air Mod, I got an early preview to do that skin. No harm in telling you, I also did some fictional skins for RAF/USN P8's based on the B737 and a couple of MRTT skins for Canada and German based on the A320, those will be released in due course. They buy them and convert them, I just paint them, if I can. They are just eye candy of course, no functional refuel capability.

Norway

lo siento, I dont have any way to add weathering, I'm using VERY old software and it just does not do it justice, it ends up looking a mess, but I'm happy for anyone else to add to my skins as they wish.

flyingscotsman - try sending me a link to the page instead Jock, I might be able to open it and see for myself ... My family are frae Montrose and I served in Arbroath for 6 years with the 45th of foot. PS: Is it the one with The Saint outline painted on the tail - I can do that I think.

I will send these on to BlackLibrary for inclusion in next update. RCAF Grey/Blue Chile Iran (Early)

Yes, I can do that one Rudel, will get it added in due course.

There is a blank grey/white skin in the pack that could be used for Iran, just add the decals. Unfortunately I cant paint a modern camo scheme for Iran, the model uses strips of texture for the undercarriage doors from the upper airframe and whatever colour that bit is will be the same for the doors, so it looks stupid. Thats why I have kept to single colours for that model. Iran uses both skin variations, so you can have one, but not the other. I'll make the grey/white and get it added to the next update.

Okay, I see what you mean now. Sadly its quite hard to get that quality of detail on that model, the texture file size dictates how good or bad the decal image will be. In the C5 case its a 4096 x 4096 file covering the whole aircraft so detail is lost when you squeeze that big an airframe onto that small a texture file. In the newer game models you have the same file sizes (or bigger) but each one covers just one bit of the aircraft, many texture file making up the whole aircraft, and a high standard of detail follows. In this case once I had shrunk the badge or letters to fit the 4096 size the detail suffered. My old software struggles with 4096 as it is, anything bigger and it wont run. I will have another look at it but I don't think I can make that any better, sorry.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'cleaned up' - the insignia are quite dull compared to the other writing/numbers etc on the airframes/wings, that's how they are in real life on most images I found. Send me an image of what it is you are after and I'll try to meet your request.

I believe it was a legally adapted FSX Mod, converted by Markindel, it came as an attached refuelling combo with a Durance Class Support ship, with full permissions from the original FSX makers. I have no idea who that was. He then separated the 2 ships and released both as unique units. The Mod was removed by ED some time ago, and Markindel no longer makes Mods for the community as far as I am aware. Various other people have done things with the 2 ships for their own use, but as far as I am aware ED do not want it used in the game and that is why it does not appear on any download facilities associated with ED. I do not know who now owns the 3dmax files associated with this Mod. I do not make mods for the site any more, and I do not pass on any that I use without the owners permission.

That dip is completely accurate, I served in HMS Hermes with 845 NACS when she was an LPH.

CrazyEddie here - Please do not PM for this model, its not mine to share, you need to contact the guys who made it.

If memory serves me right the driver of the Bell 47 sits in the port side seat (left hand seat facing forward), he certainly did in our Sioux's. The right hand seat had the controls removed and was used by the Observer. I might be wrong for the US versions, its a VERY old memory !!!!!!!

Link broken.

x 2, that's really nice work, well done.

Night Illumination of buildings is on permanently throughout the day ... see image. Can this be corrected to reflect actual daylight/nightime.