BoNidle Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 Just uploaded new versions of these two old favourites to User Files. They are intended for use in for DCS World 1.5 making use of the new graphics engine that finally gives a good natural metal finish. Should be up soon.
Art-J Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 BoNidle's back in the business! They're great, I hope to see some of Your other "oldies" upgraded as well. i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
CHSubZero Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Those are superb! I hope to see also some Marines skins :-) Aviation Livery - Explore Military Aircraft Liveries My Mods: DCS User Files
Skulleader Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 WOW it's incredible and really more realist, congratulation +1 BoNidle if it's possible can you make a little video who show how you make this effect because I want make the same for my textures but I have few problems. I don't know how you can paint some parts as the logo "Huff" and not other parts... I've read this topic but it's not easy for obtain the same result: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=88855 In advance a great thanks, Skull. [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic93192_6.gif[/sIGPIC] My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006748814655 My P-51D's Mod: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=142739 One of my few skins : https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1452845/
BoNidle Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) Thanks lads. I will be re-releasing other Sabres over the coming weeks, hopefully with some new ones too. @Skulleader: Due to the new graphics engine the natural metal effect is not that hard to achieve now. I do not know how experienced in the skinning game you are so excuse me if I tell you what you already know. The first thing you need is the excellent template by Skatezilla, without which none of this would be possible, (all Hail Skatezilla!) which is a PSD file and layered. The layering function is the most important thing needed in a template. You also need a graphics program that works in layers. I use Paint Shop Pro X5 and an old version of Photoshop (Version 7). (I know some people use Gimp but i have never used it so I am unable to offer advice regarding its use) The layers allow different aspects such as noseart to be added without interfering with other detail and also allows the art to be positioned beneath things like panel lines and weathering. The crucial final metal effect is provided by the SPEC layer that I create following the guide you linked to. The most useful part of the post is Robos instructions in point 4. That is what taught me to do it. To get a silver-grey effect to the metal ensure that the base colour is grey, adjust brightness and contrast to taste, which sounds obvious but any hint of blue in the colour I have found gets exaggerated by the graphics engine and the aircraft comes out looking a metallic blue colour. Also you could try creating a layer of pure white to the top layer of your template and then reduce it to 50 and set the Blend Mode for that layer to "Multiply". The white will appear to vanish but I have found that this helps to give the desired reflective effect for metal when you use the eventual saved jpeg to create the SPEC layer at the end of the process. But I should emphasise that I am as much an amateur at this as the rest of us on here. I have just spent a LOT of time refining results through trial and error over the years. I hope this has helped. Cheers, Bo. Edited October 17, 2015 by BoNidle
Esac_mirmidon Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Hi, very talented work there. You and Skate are doing a wonderful research work trying to find how the new metal effects are implemented and the results are very nice. " You must think in russian.." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Windows 7 Home Premium-Intel 2500K OC 4.6-SSD Samsung EVO 860- MSI GTX 1080 - 16G RAM - 1920x1080 27´ Hotas Rhino X-55-MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals -Track IR 4
Azazel Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Heads up. These skins look great but they are causing some kind of conflict with the cockpit textures of other non-BoNiddle f-86f skins in the missions I've made. No idea why, I've tried putting them in other folders in different directories but its only these from BoNidle: Skatezillas work fine. Picture of the glitch attached. Again, this only happens to cockpit of non BoNidle f-86fs. My Rig: EVGA GTX 1070 x 2 | EVGA x58 SLI classified | i7 X 990 CPU | 24 GB RAM | Windows 10 Home 64 bit| Track IR Pro | CH Fighter Stick | CH Throttle | CH Pro Pedals | [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Esac_mirmidon Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 For me all is OK. " You must think in russian.." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Windows 7 Home Premium-Intel 2500K OC 4.6-SSD Samsung EVO 860- MSI GTX 1080 - 16G RAM - 1920x1080 27´ Hotas Rhino X-55-MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals -Track IR 4
zaelu Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 These skins are beautiful but I have two observations: 1. Would it be too much to exclude the cockpit textures from them? They feel like being forced a bit and it wouldn't bother too much if they would have... :) mip maps so the shimmering would not scratch retinas. The difference from a cockpit texture set like Grizzly's weathered to this shimmering simple black is brutal. 2. The main texture is jpg. Any particular reason for this? I think is lower quality than a DDS one. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I5 4670k, 32GB, GTX 1070, Thrustmaster TFRP, G940 Throttle extremely modded with Bodnar 0836X and Bu0836A, Warthog Joystick with F-18 grip, Oculus Rift S - Almost all is made from gifts from friends, the most expensive parts at least
Azazel Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 I wish I knew what I was doing wrong. No matter where I put these they cause a conflict with the "stock" USAF skins and make their cockpits all wacky. Any ideas? My Rig: EVGA GTX 1070 x 2 | EVGA x58 SLI classified | i7 X 990 CPU | 24 GB RAM | Windows 10 Home 64 bit| Track IR Pro | CH Fighter Stick | CH Throttle | CH Pro Pedals | [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
zaelu Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 try to comment out in description.lua the parts that commands the cockpit. example: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I5 4670k, 32GB, GTX 1070, Thrustmaster TFRP, G940 Throttle extremely modded with Bodnar 0836X and Bu0836A, Warthog Joystick with F-18 grip, Oculus Rift S - Almost all is made from gifts from friends, the most expensive parts at least
Esac_mirmidon Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Line 8 also. " You must think in russian.." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Windows 7 Home Premium-Intel 2500K OC 4.6-SSD Samsung EVO 860- MSI GTX 1080 - 16G RAM - 1920x1080 27´ Hotas Rhino X-55-MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals -Track IR 4
zaelu Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 oh, thanks :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I5 4670k, 32GB, GTX 1070, Thrustmaster TFRP, G940 Throttle extremely modded with Bodnar 0836X and Bu0836A, Warthog Joystick with F-18 grip, Oculus Rift S - Almost all is made from gifts from friends, the most expensive parts at least
BoNidle Posted October 21, 2015 Author Posted October 21, 2015 Sorry guys, I ddn't know the RCAF cockpit textures were causing an issue like that. I will stop using them. 1
zaelu Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 It is possible that they don't: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=150331 If you wish to include them could you at least made the textures with "mipmaps"? Also, it might be optimal to create a RCAF cockpit texture pack (including the one that is seen from external) and everyone can choose to use it and the size of each skin pack will go down a bit. I guess even some performance can improve given the fact that for each skin it has to reload the same textures from each skin folder. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I5 4670k, 32GB, GTX 1070, Thrustmaster TFRP, G940 Throttle extremely modded with Bodnar 0836X and Bu0836A, Warthog Joystick with F-18 grip, Oculus Rift S - Almost all is made from gifts from friends, the most expensive parts at least
Azazel Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Tried commenting out some of the RCAF cockpit lines but no dice. The issue isn't with the new skins anyways, its what they do to the stock F-86F cockpits. Go figure. I just removed all of the stock F-86F skins for now and everything seems to be fine now. All of Bo Nidle's work should be stock for this module anyways. They look great! My Rig: EVGA GTX 1070 x 2 | EVGA x58 SLI classified | i7 X 990 CPU | 24 GB RAM | Windows 10 Home 64 bit| Track IR Pro | CH Fighter Stick | CH Throttle | CH Pro Pedals | [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
zaelu Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 If you disable all cockpit texture (not just some) from a skin they can't do anything to stock cockpit. You can see in above example. If you edit out also the line Esac_mirmidon mentioned you will deactivate also the texture that paints black the cockpit from external view. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I5 4670k, 32GB, GTX 1070, Thrustmaster TFRP, G940 Throttle extremely modded with Bodnar 0836X and Bu0836A, Warthog Joystick with F-18 grip, Oculus Rift S - Almost all is made from gifts from friends, the most expensive parts at least
BoNidle Posted October 23, 2015 Author Posted October 23, 2015 Thanks Azazel. If you remove all the lines in the description.lua with the word "cockpit" in them and then re-save it will remove the black instrument panel. It appears to be a bug in the sim, not the cockpit textures themselves, to blame. I am not using them now until the issue gets resolved and then hopefully put them back in as an option. The black panel is perfect for a Korean war era F-86 which is why I used them. My thanks to Zaelu also, for pointing out the jpeg issue. I now save as a DDS, which I should have done to begin with, and improved other saving methods too after taking in your suggestions. (Never too old to learn).
firmek Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 Love the livery but there is an issue with it - the nose numbers are rendered on top. Kind request to help get it fixed. F/A-18, F-16, F-14, M-2000C, A-10C, AV-8B, AJS-37 Viggen, F-5E-3, F-86F, MiG-21bis, MiG-15bis, L-39 Albatros, C-101 Aviojet, P-51D, Spitfire LF Mk. IX, Bf 109 4-K, UH-1H, Mi-8, Ka-50, NTTR, Normandy, Persian Gulf... and not enough time to fully enjoy it all
SkateZilla Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2818080&postcount=116 Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
Chief1942 Posted August 19, 2016 Posted August 19, 2016 Bo_Nidle, What's holding up your updated skins in the User Files? Been checking every day and no sign of the updates as yet. Intel i5-4690K Devil's Canyon, GForce TitanX, ASUS Z-97A MB, 16GB GDDR3 GSkill mem, Samsung SSD X3,Track IR, TM Warthog, MFG Crosswind pedals, Acer XB280HK monitor,GAMETRIX KW-908 JETSEAT
Weedwacker Posted September 19, 2016 Posted September 19, 2016 http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2818080&postcount=116 Thank you!
Basco1 Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Sad.....excellent skins ruined by a daft Bort number :doh:any chance of this getting fixed Bo please ? Chillblast Fusion Cirrus 2 FS Pc/Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake CPU/Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 1070 G1 8GB/Seagate 2TB FireCuda SSHD/16GB DDR4 2133MHz Memory/Asus STRIX Z270F Gaming Motherboard/Corsair Hydro Series H80i GT Liquid Cooler/TM Warthog with MFG 10cm Extension/ Thrustmaster TPR Pendular Rudder Pedals/TrackiR5/Windows 11 Home
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