Corrupted textures on 2.5.4

true, but I have done this on others and it seems a lot better, inc the 8

Probably need to put in a ticket to just see if it's going to be fixed. Or if that's what we are living with from now on?

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Ok, I put in a ticked on this .bmp.dds and .tga.dds problem. Apparently they have it fixed. Here is what they said in reply to my Support Ticket:

From: Andrey Filin

Hello,

 

"If this is going to be fixed that is great." (he's quoting my question here)

as I know, it's already fixed in the dev's internal DCS version

 

please wait a patch in future releases

 

 

--

Best regards,

Andrey Filin

Eagle Dynamics IT Team

So I would not go off and fix all your liveries.

Last update applied this morning and the issue is still here.

If Andrey Filin said that the issue is fixed in internal, why havn't fixed it for all with this last update ?

Last update applied this morning and the issue is still here.

If Andrey Filin said that the issue is fixed in internal, why havn't fixed it for all with this last update ?

Because the update that you had applied this moring was, for OpenBeta, released last wednesday. Changes for that update were collected and prepared for release a couple of days prior that. So if the fix wasn't in, it wasn't probably quite ready for release back then when they did that.

I still prefer to fix myself, if they are going to the new way it probably won't change what I have done,in effect I'm on the new system now, if they do its easy to go back, even if I have a few skins, I can't fly with a Lego copter

Because the update that you had applied this moring was, for OpenBeta, released last wednesday. Changes for that update were collected and prepared for release a couple of days prior that. So if the fix wasn't in, it wasn't probably quite ready for release back then when they did that.

We are talking about the 2.5.4.26552, right ?

We are talking about the 2.5.4.26552, right ?

Yup - which was released as OpenBeta on the 23rd and as Stable on Friday, 25th.

When he says "please wait a patch in future releases", you shouldn't read that as "please wait a patch in the next release".

Sometimes it takes several releases.

Sometimes it doesn't.

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Now, they have transferred the issue in the release before having fixed it.

Thanks ED !

What about today's release? Did they corrected that? (if anyone had time to test this out?)

What about today's release? Did they corrected that? (if anyone had time to test this out?)

took a quick look at it on the editor.

nothing has changed of course

Sight... OK thanks man.

A few minutes editing the lua's will soon sort it and not too much of an issue to revert if they any change back... As far as I am aware it is only 3rd part skins that are effected...

Then pls show us how to do that .

Removing weapon blk extension fixed some skins and some of them are still buggy.

Many 3rd party skins are different. Some are simplistic made from the supplied templates and others, especially the older ones, are more individually complex.

In simple terms check the description.lua. Files in lines set as 'false' should be in the skin pack and okay.... so concentrate on lines set to 'true' These relate to core files within DCS itself normally C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Bazar\Liveries\???'

Some of these core file names have been changed and this causes the issue.

i.e. uh1_tail_spec.bmp.dds was changed to uh1_tail_spec.dds- and therefore the skin MOD cannot find the correct file. Edit the description.lua to reflect these changes and all should be good.

Note the .dds extension is omitted in the description.lua text so uh1_tail_spec = uh1_tail_spec.dds.

Hope this helps somewhat...

yep, easy fix pilot .dds.bmp should do it

I don't know how to manipulate or fix dds file. So not easy for me. Additionally there is the problem on the 3rd party gauges. So I reverted to 2.5.3

I don't know how to manipulate or fix dds file. So not easy for me. Additionally there is the problem on the 3rd party gauges. So I reverted to 2.5.3

Actually this is more easy to fix than you probably think,take it from me,I was correcting some of mine today.

Go into the folder of the skin,and where you see any file that ends in BMP or TGA rename those three letters to DDS.You will also have to correct the ' Description ' file too,but this is all very simple stuff.

If you scared of messing up,simply make a copy of the skin folder first,you can't go wrong.

mainl if it says false its using a file somewhere else, the true ones are your files, and on the Lua....edited in notepad++ you will see they say for example pilot.........dds.bmp check that with your file pics, edit them(rename just delete 4 spaces .bmp do the same on the Lua save and voila

ooo, worse thing happens you mess em up either copy n paste to desktop for a spare set or re download from user files :)

Thanks thrustvector and Basco1.

hi guys,

many of the skins fixed but still having problems pilot and hardpoint textures.

most of them don't have pilot textures but i guess using some other pilot files

are these files following ones_? i couldn't find bmp files in liveries folder. what should i do?

{"uh1_weapon", 0, "uh1_weapon.bmp", true};
{"pilot_UH1_01", 0, "pilot_UH1_01.bmp", true};
{"pilot_UH1_02", 0, "pilot_UH1_02.bmp", true};

Wow, nothing upsets people more than putting hundreds of hours into skins only to have them corrupted due to them being "cleaned up" for whatever reason. I've got about 100 personal huey skins that I've made, think of how much fun it is for me to go through and re-edit the LUA files, might as well get paid because that is work and not why I enjoy DCS. Really, if they are about to make changes like these it should at least be communicated with the community first so we have a bit of a clue instead of being left to figure it out ourselves.

Now that I have made my opinion clear, why exactly are my skins shiny? I mainly do US Army Huey schemes and they are meant to be FLAT, I mean NO SHINE AT ALL. My uh1_spec.dds is set to be as flat as can be but I'm still seeing unrealistc shine in the sim. Since I only come back to DCS once in a long while to pull my hair out and it's hard to remember what is broken or not broken am I correct in thinking that with the new engine there is almost no way of getting a completely flat finish on the aircraft now?

UPDATE:

The fix for the unrealistic body shine can be found in the thread "Body texture too shiny" in this section, thanks for that fix gentlemen.