NRG-Vampire

WOW ! I must share these images: what are just awesome IMHO ! Easy-P is working on this 707 skin: nice reflections and chrome effect, excellent windows/doors and auxiliary - suction relief - engine intake doors placements Great work https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/6951499

Well, I don’t want to look for reasons, however I would have a couple of "theories" for that, nonetheless you can/should upload those skins elsewhere also. Mediafire maybe ? TY

...and still not in the User Files

Nice job

Here are the templates: (you don't need to clean them up) https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/texture_templates/f-15e_template/ https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/texture_templates/f-15c_template/ There are seperated (on/off) layers for weathering/shadows/occlusion (on the tails as well), IIRC.

I know It will be unusal but i would like to ask 1 more... to be these skins more authentic. Frankly, Iv never liked (and did not understand the purpose of) those darkenings/shadows on the inside parts of the textures/template of the vertical stabs of the F-15C/E. I also does not like the dirts on the rudders. (IMHO All the fake shadows on the F-15C/E templates look unreal: moreover on the wing pylons. I guess it wanted to be kind of ambient oclussion but the effectuation has become exaggerated) Check these photos: so nice: no dirts on the tails. Same clean - both inside/outside surfaces of the stabs. So would you mind making another version (optionally) the 3 type of stabs totally clean (Blue stripes, Red and Red "Panther One") ? TY

There are some problems with the new 1.1 version: 1. Death Note nose-art is missing. There are Buttercup. 2. Chief tail-stripes need to be clean-red/without text both inside, on the right ouside tail "Panter One" need to leans forward on the stripe and leans backward on the left vertical stab-stripe.

Into the description.lua put this: {"f15e_acesII", DIFFUSE, "a-10_eject_seat 1024", false}; or {"f15e_acesII", 0, "a-10_eject_seat 1024", false}; texture: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.c...files/3311074/ :smilewink: cheers

gotcha ...but 1 more: you should change the colours of the seats from gray to black :idea:

IMHO you used too vivid colours on the nose-art/tail-stripes however these skins are still look great :thumbup: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3313535/ ...and plz make some skins with nose-arts of the 391st as well https://theaviationist.com/2019/04/1...and-nose-arts/

There is 1 more new (barely-visible) airfield in Turkey (under the VOR/DME textures) : Gaziantep/Oguzeli :smilewink:

:smilewink: FYI : this decade will end in 45 days :yes:

Monster patch is coming. That's all what we know today, unfortunately. No unequivocal signs of presence of F-14A and/or the Forrestal in the next patch. ...but hopefully there will be.

DCS does not use bumpmaps. Those are all normal-maps. Bumpmaps are greyish. Normalmaps are purple-ish or ocher-yellowish if it's inverted.

Nice job ! Unfortunately DCS requires more and more resources so good optimization is key (omission of unnecessary/not visible texture details) I know few people will be whining (how DDS is the best/suitable for DCS) but some of my friends do a lot of "downgrade" of textures. non-alpha-DDS to JPG: High-res JPGs without noticeable visual changes but less disk+memory usage and faster loading time. Strange, but textures without mipmaps looks better usually as well. I am not sure if it's DCS or the GFX card releated but with mipmap usage the lower-resolution mipmap textures will be on/switches onto the polygons too early / too close to the camera - what is disappointing. for example 4K/8K non-alpha DDS to high-quality-same-resolution 4K or 8K conversion to JPG (F-16, F-14, JF-17 and huge map texture files) brings significant performance increase. :idea:

making those longer variants (from/based on the basic shorter LAU-68/131 3D models: re-vertexing, re-UVW-maping, re-texturing) takes/needs only a few minutes for an experienced 3D modeler however: i would be curious what are the advantages of those extended length launchers ...maybe: increased stability and safety ? (for rockets in the tubes) increased muzzle/tube leaving velocity ? (increased launching pressure) increased accuracy ? (only for unguided or for guided rocket variants as well) ??? btw: would be nice to get the longer/larger LAU-61 G/A Digital Rocket Launcher as well, which allows using mixed rockets/warheads

Couple years old bug on all maps (since 2.0 came out). :( 1st time when you load a map into ME trees disappear when zoom in. After you run a mission and go back to ME trees will be OK when zoom in.

I support the proposal (add old models to new countries) so... ▲ Let me summarize this by a quick cut (toward to ED programmers) Easiest way would be a single (or forced-new) line to privilege the line countries = {} in the skin/livery description.lua (to come over the restriction of db_countries.lua) x4mpl: Bazar\Liveries\su-17m4\shap limanskoye ab|\description.lua livery = { } name = "shap limanskoye ab" name_ru = "АБ Лиманское (827-й ОРАП)" id = 2 countries = { "UKR", "IRQ", "YEM", "SYR" } or as a new lua command in description.lua skin-files: new_countries = { "IRQ", "YEM", "SYR" }

Thank You ! It works now. Installed: NET desktop dev., Desktop Dev. C++ and Game Dev. C++ however it costs 3Gb on my HDD. My PS also able to visualize BC7 files - same as MS VS. BTW: would you mind recommending me a REALLY quick BC7 viewer, with pressing only one key (4xmpl arrows or page up/down) to see next/previous BC7 file(s) in a folder ..or thumbnails viewer/PLUGIN ? TY

Strange. Im confused. It starts with: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe BTW: thanks for the help

I tried that but doesnt work unfortunately. CTRL+O opens DDSs by XnView :cry:

Thanks but MS VS does not open files to me. When I try to open DSS files it runs other viewers 4xmpl ignite XnView for dds files and that brings/shows the same/usual motley BC7 compression. What I am doing wrong ? :cry:

Wonderful :thumbsup: I love it :wub: I have known Isoko's FSX artistry for a long time :music_whistling: ..maybe a link to download ? :cheer3nc: TY :bounce: