Gazelle Skin Thread

I can check exactly what i did in the lua file after work, but until then, try the following:

An example

{"Mat: SA342_Camou_ADT_11", 0, "SA342_Camou_RAF_11.dds", false},

=

{"material name in the 3d file",0,"texture file name", false} (false = use local file)

To find the material name in the 3d file, open the sa342l.edm(?) with some kind of decent text editor (I use Programmer's Notepad), and search for the file name of the texture from the ZIP that you have changed. Most likely, you'll find the file name with a "Mat: " (with space after colon), "Mat:" (no space after colon) or "Tex: " prefix. Copy this text string to the first part of the lua. IIRC, the material name of the optical sight was identical to the zip texture file name, with a "Mat:" (no space) prefix.

Here's an example: I searched for "SA342_V2_Weapons_Optics" (the texture with the optical sight), and found the following in the 3d file:

As you can see, the material name is listed a few characters before the texture file name. I then typed the following into my description.lua:

{"Mat:SA342_V2_Weapons_Optics", 0, "SA342_V2_Weapons_Optics.dds", false},

The flare launchers seem to be part of addons_2, so here the lua entry would be something like this:

{"Mat: SA342_ADT_Addons_2", 0, "your_file_name.dds", false},

It works great,

thank you very much drPhibes!

@ Sleipner- Thanks Sleipner, happy landings to you too !

Hey strut, take care. Hope we will talk now and then in the 229th maybe?

Just pm me there or here if you like ;)

Yugoslavian Skin inbound:

Great, thank you! :thumbup:

hey

where do people find the photoshop files for the heat cover, filter, weapon hardpoint and the pilot?

when i try to download the folder in userfiles im missing those files.

Not been released... Hope they do...

I did a hack and slash on them...

There are no PS files for that (yet; although I hope polychop will release them later on). You'll have to get the file you want from \DCS World\CoreMods\aircraft\SA342\Textures\SA342.zip and edit it the hard(-ish) way by converting the part of the image you want to edit to monochrome, play around with the curves to get a decent white background (with enough contrast for rivets and other details to show up), than add a color layer over this and use the multiply blending mode.

Yup... hack 'n' slash..

New upgrade of desert storm and cav scouts skins inbound for "M" and "L" versions.

FR and UK now 2 different packs.

FR Pack:http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1948642/

UK Pack: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1993709/

US Pack:http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1948651/

There are no PS files for that (yet; although I hope polychop will release them later on). You'll have to get the file you want from \DCS World\CoreMods\aircraft\SA342\Textures\SA342.zip and edit it the hard(-ish) way by converting the part of the image you want to edit to monochrome, play around with the curves to get a decent white background (with enough contrast for rivets and other details to show up), than add a color layer over this and use the multiply blending mode.

Dr Phibes, have you released the RAF Training scheme for the L model yet, and if so where?

Edit: Disregard I've found it in 1.54 Beta. Thanks for a great skin. Well deserved Rep added :)

A US Marine Corps fantasy skin for HMLA-167, for those of us who need our Cobra fix any way we can get it. :D

Now that is really good looking Home Fries! Probably will be my default skin!

@Sleipner: Awesome skins! The French Pack's download link seems to be still pointing to v3. though...

@Sleipner: Awesome skins! The French Pack's download link seems to be still pointing to v3. though...

Thank you! problem corrected.

Sorry for the desagrement.

@Fragger, > yugoslav Gazelles were not in such saturated colors, plus, you are missing serial on both sides of tail.

http://media.tangosix.rs/2013/10/2.-Hi-42-12708-Hera.jpg

this picture is too light in colors, correct ones are in between yours and this one.

Currently I don't have much time... Can someone please do for me at least one of those Swiss Gazelles?

Those 4 were the only Gazelles registered in Switzerland...

Bump! Anyone for this?

or any of these

http://forces.tv/13441903

Are there "specular" textures that can be manipulated? I would like to make the Gazelle represent a modern US Army helo drab with absolutely no shine at all.

A US Marine Corps fantasy skin for HMLA-167, for those of us who need our Cobra fix any way we can get it. :D

Home Fries, are you going to release this skin? Looks really good in that scheme.

Are there "specular" textures that can be manipulated? I would like to make the Gazelle represent a modern US Army helo drab with absolutely no shine at all.

If the model has specular to it, you can indeed make your own, in the case of the Gazelle yes there is, you can simply start from your layered PSD file to create your own to get matt effect on some part and less matt on others, like decals etc..

1- In the description lua file, copy the string of the normal texture you want to modify the Specular, for exemple the tail part of the livery « Germany Fictional » would be the « {"Mat: SA342_Camou_ADT_2", 0, "SA342_Camou_GER_2.dds", false}, » Then paste it under the Texture string, but in the string, replace the « 0 » in the middle of the two name strings in between brackets, for a « 2 », « 0 » being the Textures layer if i can say so, and the « 2 » is the Specular layer.

2- Then replace the file name at the end for your Specular file name, usualy the same as the Texture one, but adding at the end something like « _Spec » just to make it easy to see what is normal and Specular chanel.

So the Normal String would look like:

{"Mat: SA342_Camou_ADT_1", 0, "SA342_Camou_GER_1.dds", false},

And the specular string below it would look like:

{"Mat: SA342_Camou_ADT_2", 2, "SA342_Camou_GER_2_SPEC.dds", false},

If you want to make a quick test to see if it works and load, simply make your Specular test with 100% White on the RED channel, 100% Black on the Green Channel and 100% White on the blue Channel.

If you don't know much about speculars, unless it changed since i've done some, channel are use as:

R: Reflection depth: (Black) = None, (White) = Yes

G: Specular: (Black) = Really bright, (White) = Not Bright at all

B: Matt/Gloss: (White) = Matt, (White) = Gloss

Usualy, the GREEN channel would be inverted from RED Channel.

Hope it helps.

Thanks Doum76 I'll give that a try.