WIP Sq 340 CLostermann 1944 Spit

[snowsniper]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Clostermann

 

Squadron 602 in 1944

 

(still WIP)

improved exhaust pipe

revisited RAF colours

 

 

hope we will see nice historical skins ;-)

 

you can download the skin V2 2 post below N°6

 

and put it inside here

DCS World\Bazar\Liveries\SpitfireLFMkIX

 

 

FINAL PACKAGE "FFL N°1" is released on DCS USER FILES with 2 aircrafts : CLOSTERMANN V3 and LOMBAERT V2.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2268445/

Edited December 22, 2016 by snowsniper

[ivo]

Thank very good it ia possible the version without strips?

[YoYo]

Like it, thx.

[DonJosh]

thx your skin is a blast!

 

[snowsniper]

After some test, defaut spec and bump is quite better than my experiments...

Have to be updateted in the description lua. Delete line 2 and 3 and keep only the dif file

[snowsniper]

V2 is done.

clean texture because of clean template achieved ;-)

 

@Ivo that one is without strips.

 

 

: BE AWARE RAF COLOURS can be very different on 12:00 and 09:00 or 17:00 because of light sun / clouds : try it in the modelviewer to see what i mean. ;-)

clostermannV2.rar

Edited December 18, 2016 by snowsniper

[diditopgun]

Merci !

[DonJosh]

thx dude

[robmason64]

Snowsniper excellent skin except your upper wing 20mm gun blisters and the cannon housings are still black as though there are still invasion stripes, I could be wrong but is this correct, still love it though.

[snowsniper]

Thanks for the kind words and the "bug" report.

I'll check it asap.

[golani79]

Is the official template out already?

[snowsniper]

Is the official template out already?

 

not yet. it's mine

but check your mail box.

[Wine]

Hi Snowsniper,

 

I have a question,

Did you encounter any trouble getting your custom skin appear in the game ?

 

I can't figure out how to get it right,

I keep having trouble when I edit one of the original 'description' files with notepad to add my own skin files.

( I only added some reg. names & numbers to the skin )

And they do appear in the game when I duplicate an existing livery folder, but the disadvantage is that I have the same livery name displaying multiple times in the mission editor when creating a mission.

 

Thx in advance for reply ...

[snowsniper]

no, easy :

copy paste an existing folder in your bazar liveries folders, you wanna tweak add your own dds file inside this new one

rename it

then go into description.lua

and change the name at the bottom

 

example of a description.lua

name = "RAF, Sq602 FFL Clostermann V2"

name_ru = "RAF, Sq602 FFL Clostermann V2"

countries = {"UK","FRA"}

 

for sure you'll see your new liverie with the new name you give it

Edited December 21, 2016 by snowsniper

[Wine]

Thanks,

 

It is the usual way indeed.

I will dl your skin and edit your description for my skins when I get home from work and give it a go.

[Wine]

Thanks,

 

It is the usual way indeed.

I will dl your skin and edit your description for my skins when I get home from work and give it a go.

 

It seems that Notepad on my PC does not work like it should.

I fixed your "description" file on my laptop and it worked out fine.

 

Thanks :pilotfly:

 

[Art-J]

It seems that Notepad on my PC does not work like it should.

I fixed your "description" file on my laptop and it worked out fine.

 

Do Yourself a favour and install a freeware Notepad++ application. It allows editing any text file without messing up the lines and coding, as standard Windows notepad often does. It's the first choice tool for safe editing of any .lua files in this sim.

[Wine]

Thanks Art-J, I will do so.

 

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[DonJosh]

wine, when did you release your skins? :)

[snowsniper]

new one for the FFL package

 

raphael lombaert skin

FFL - winter 1944

 

[snowsniper]

here is the skin (wip)

lombaert.rar

[VH-Rock]

Great work, Snowsniper! Anywhere we can get your template from? :)

[snowsniper]

released

 

thanks for all the kind words.

 

final release is on DCS user files and will be available soon.

 

It's the first package of 2 aircrafts from FFL (forces françaises libres ) in Spring 1944.

 

final package has been deeply reworked. ( clostermanV3 and lombaertV2)

 

1) BUMP normal maps

 

- integrated some "paint" texture in one layer

- integrated some bump in metal plate in a second layer ( make it more realistic in my mind)

- and last layer is defaut rivet and lines

 

I found a script for the gimp who gives a nice help for Normal bump files. in this post the pdf file will show you what we can do with the Bump NM files. http://registry.gimp.org/node/69

 

2) Specular have been reworked only the exhaust pipe.

my experiment so far show that blue and green are mat rendered ,red is the "white reflect" slider, and yellow pink are reflective. be aware that the Bump file can interact with reflectiv aspect

 

3) DIF files have been reworked, with more attention to details and historical aspect. ( except roundel size, just saw other post :-( )

 

hope you'll like this release. first one of a lot for this jewel I hope;-)

somefunwithBUMP_NM_files.pdf

Edited December 21, 2016 by snowsniper

[snowsniper]

here is the final release

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2268445/

[VH-Rock]

Great work bud :)