Templet for the S3 Viking?

[uscstaylor]

Can someone point me to a template please Id like to do some skinning for this plane. Thanks

[joey45]

I very much doubt there ever will be. Model is too old... But I could be wrong..

 

 

You might have to make one.

[Lenux]

S3 Viking?

where did you get this mod from?

Thank you

[razo+r]

He meant probably the ingame model

[uscstaylor]

Yeah Im talking about looking for the texture file for the S3 Viking. I want to paint some skins for it!

[gospadin]

try running uboats' tool on the .edm to get the texture filename, then find that file in the texture zips in Bazar/World or similar.

 

it won't have an unwrap wireframe, but you should (through trial and error) be able to figure out the major panel boundaries

[SkateZilla]

I'll see if I cant export UVW Coordinates to a template tonight,

 

Should be simple considering the resolution and Poly Count of the AI Model.

 

However, You'd have to re-draw panel lines and decales, because the base textures are crazy low res and blurry.

[uscstaylor]

Thanks Skate that would be awesome I'm dying to do some skins for this well deserved aircraft. I'll look for schematics of the aircraft today and see if I can find some good planes with paneling on them.

Edited September 1, 2016 by uscstaylor

[uscstaylor]

Well that didn't take long...lol

[uscstaylor]

another more simplified

 

[uscstaylor]

One of the skins I want to do

[SkateZilla]

Quicker than I thought, as it's literally just one map.

 

Attached Zip,

-PSD w/ Original texture Layer, and UVW Lines Layer Overlay.

-Premade .lua w/ Single texture line and Template name

 

To use a Livery Make a new folder in /DCS World/Bazar/Liveries/S-3B/ or /S-3Br/

 

 

There is no Normal or Specular Maps,

 

 

You'd Have to re-draw the panel lines, dirt, etc, as there are no other layers to sample from.

 

Prolly for the best, as teh original Texture is 512x512 and blurry,

 

I Upsampled it to 1024 to have better clarity w/ the UWV Lines.

 

I might do a few in my free time.

Edited May 4, 2018 by SkateZilla

[uscstaylor]

Where is the file Skate? I dont see it. Heres another set of paints Id like to get done..

[SkateZilla]

Sorry, forgot to attach, its attached to post now.

[uscstaylor]

lol Thanks Brotha

I wanna try to make a nice template for this and then do the skins. If anyone else would like to help out or assist in anyway please jump in its great to have the community do things together. Im working but as soon as I get home Im gonna start working on this. Im sure Ill have questions Skate.. Thanks for the start!

Edited September 1, 2016 by uscstaylor

[uscstaylor]

Hey Skate

I m not sure how to get it in the game. I made it to a DDS file and named folder S-3B. Then I placed your description file and the skin into the folder and placed it liveries. When I go to check in mission editor to see skin its orange and its not my skin. Weird, Can you please explain to me on how to get skin into game....Also your description file looks different then the standard tankers version. Thanks

 

PS Im just looking to test the progress of my skin. Got most of the panel lines done but I just need to check the work..

Edited September 2, 2016 by uscstaylor

[SkateZilla]

Hey Skate

I m not sure how to get it in the game. I made it to a DDS file and named folder S-3B. Then I placed your description file and the skin into the folder and placed it liveries. When I go to check in mission editor to see skin its orange and its not my skin. Weird, Can you please explain to me on how to get skin into game....Also your description file looks different then the standard tankers version. Thanks

 

PS Im just looking to test the progress of my skin. Got most of the panel lines done but I just need to check the work..

 

 

Create a new livery folder in /Bazar/Liveries/S-3B/

 

ie:

/Bazar/Liveries/S-3B/uscstaylor/

 

inside that folder place the description.lua and DDS Texture File.

 

Make sure the description.lua calls for the correct texture file:

livery = 
{
   {"texture S3-OKRAS.bmp f2 g0", 0, "[b]<YOUR FILENAME HERE>[/b].dds", false};
}
name = "S-3B TEMPLATE" --[[ Can Change the name to anything you want]]

countries = {"USA"}

[uscstaylor]

Here Skate I did exactly as you said. I cant figure out why its not showing. I just want to see some screens so I can get an idea what needs to be fixed. Maybe its the way I saved it as a DDS file. I use DXTbmp to save the file as a DXT5 DDS fils. Should it be saved as DXT1 with no alpha?

 

Anyway please take a look and see what you can figure out. thanks man

 

https://www.mediafire.com/?sgalh2xpak9w2u6

 

[SkateZilla]

you dont need the <> brackets around the filename...

livery = 
{
   {"texture S3-OKRAS.bmp f2 g0", 0, "S3_VS29.dds", false};
}
name = "S-3 VS-29" --[[ Can Change the name to anything you want]]

countries = {"USA"}

 

 

 

And Make sure file path is:

/DCS World/Bazar/Liveries/s-3b/S3_VS29/

[uscstaylor]

Thanks Skate I let ya know how I make out..

[uscstaylor]

OK Gents

A Big Thanks to Skatezilla for getting me this Template to work with. As for the template because its only one layer. It's very limited to being able to skin the tail. Unfortunately If I place a symbol or letter on the left side of the tail it will reverse on the other side. I will continue to work with this template and get out some skins for this aircraft. Here is the 1st one for this week. I will try to get a small pack together so we can have a nice choice of skins. If anyone would like to have a copy of my template, just PM me.

 

I would love to see what some others can do with it!

 

VS-30 DiamondCutters

https://www.mediafire.com/?7dty67mrdcdqu9q

 

Install: Please drag the folder here:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Bazar\Liveries

 

Some Screens of the S-3 Viking with new Panel lines...

 

 

And here's the new skin

 

Edited September 3, 2016 by uscstaylor

[uscstaylor]

Here's the 2nd skin in the pack. I will make a small package with all of them for the S3B Viking when Im done. Hang in there!

 

Edited September 4, 2016 by uscstaylor

[bjsracer]

Good job :)

[uscstaylor]

VS-28 Gamblers

[Oesau]

Great stuff - good to see some different skins for this a/c type