jocko417 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Redoing the number files in the game to correct the fonts (and colours)... Code letters turned out nicely... starting on the serial number characters now. Will update my just released generic Spit skin to include the new numbers and letters soon. It's possible to have different colour combinations so we can look forward to this sort of thing in future: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 BTW, I've requested a change to how the game populates the code letters/serial number in the game so it's more authentic and easier for skin use. Please chime in: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=179508 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Ok, that about does it... The SM in the serial is painted on the skin (443 "Hornet" Sqn, RCAF, used a lot of SM-serialed Spits :)), the 299 is a result of how the game enters serial numbers based on what large code letters are entered. If you use numbers instead of code letters the serial matches them. Any letters used default to a 9. Above is 2I-D of 443 RCAF, the 2 is used as the first digit of the three numbers in the aircraft serial. The next two numbers default to 9 because of the I and D used in the code letters. If I entered code lettes of 45-6, the serial would also include 456. If I entered AB-C, the serial would use 999. We need to get this changed ;) see post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-Rock Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Jocko, this is perfect! I really hope ED consider including this in the core game... BIG improvement :) Virtual Horsemen - Right Wing (P-51) - 2008... Virtual Ultimate Fighters - Lead (P-47) - 2020... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Thanks Rock, please click the link in post #2 above and add your $.02 to get ED to consider changing this :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basco1 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Outstanding Jocko :thumbup:,Rock is right,I hope ED uses this in core game too,this really is,with all respect far superior than the stock version. Are you,could you create both 'A' and 'B' camo schemes for us please ?......BTW,have put my request in too,for what it's worth in post #2's link,gotta support this. Edited December 24, 2016 by Basco1 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 Sahaj 15cm Extension/MFG Crosswind V2 Pedals/Saitek Cessna Trim Wheel & Throttle Quadrants/TrackiR4/Windows 10 Home/Sense of humour,I find it comes in handy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHSubZero Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Is your redo of the numbers and letters finished? looks very good jocko My Mods: DCS User Files Modules owned: EVERY Module :pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Yes, RAF Blank skin now includes new code letter and serial number decals. DL here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2268383/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basco1 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Yes, RAF Blank skin now includes new code letter and serial number decals. DL here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2268383/ This is fantastic Jocko,....any chance you could do the same makeover to a version incorporating Invasion stripes please ? this would be warmly appreciated buddy :thumbup: 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 Sahaj 15cm Extension/MFG Crosswind V2 Pedals/Saitek Cessna Trim Wheel & Throttle Quadrants/TrackiR4/Windows 10 Home/Sense of humour,I find it comes in handy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 I'll see what I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basco1 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Excellent :D 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 Sahaj 15cm Extension/MFG Crosswind V2 Pedals/Saitek Cessna Trim Wheel & Throttle Quadrants/TrackiR4/Windows 10 Home/Sense of humour,I find it comes in handy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHSubZero Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Could you please update the Night Serials.tga file? Since DCS 1.5.6 you should also include the letters from A to Z... Please have a look at the new SpitfireIX_NOMER_2.dds file since DCS 1.5.6 ;) My Mods: DCS User Files Modules owned: EVERY Module :pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Have been on the road, will check it out when I can :) TBear is already working on an invasion stripes blank skin so he can take it from here ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Fenrir Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Hey Jocko! You might remember me as tomtheyak from Il-2 Spitfire skinning days - that damn warping on the roundels!!! - great to see you here old bean. Just curious if you'd still be interested in an invasion marked Spit? I know TBear's done his but I much prefer your colour palette and specular map. In the interim much looking forward to your updated RAF blank; nice of ED to sort out the codes & serials to something more logical and usable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 Hey Jocko! You might remember me as tomtheyak from Il-2 Spitfire skinning days - that damn warping on the roundels!!! - great to see you here old bean. Just curious if you'd still be interested in an invasion marked Spit? I know TBear's done his but I much prefer your colour palette and specular map. In the interim much looking forward to your updated RAF blank; nice of ED to sort out the codes & serials to something more logical and usable! Hi! Yeah, I think the code/serial assignment is still a WIP at the moment... I'm planning a few different liveries, some pilot specific, some generic for mission builders, etc. It's a lovely model to skin, and yes, I still wake up some nights in a cold sweat thinking about the rear fuse mapping on the IL-2 Spit V and IX :cry: I'm taking my time adding various effect/weathering layers to my template right now, won't be really hitting the high gears until we get an official template from ED. As stated earlier I'll probably stick to RCAF schemes initially as this will be a very popular aircraft with skinners of all nationalites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 (edited) Generic Day Fighter livery updated Redid the description.lua and the serial number characters for my Generic Spit skin so the new Tail # assignments should work in the mission builder now. You can populate the code letters and serials by typing a 3 digit code followed by a 5 digit serial, with no spaces in between. In the example below I typed hcgmh831 into the Tail # space in the mission builder... Spitfire Mk.IX MH831, coded HC-G, flown by W/C Hugh Godefroy of Toronto, Ontario, late 1943. You can DL the updated generic Spit skin here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2268383/ In future I may create different serial characters to match the different fonts used. At the moment the serials are based on the "standard" font used by the RAF. I might add the squared off stencil style font seen on many Spits (see my Beurling skin for an example). Edited April 11, 2017 by jocko417 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-Rock Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Great work, Jocko. Thank you! Virtual Horsemen - Right Wing (P-51) - 2008... Virtual Ultimate Fighters - Lead (P-47) - 2020... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) Hi, how to solve it? I take few skins from download section but I see buggy serials: Edited May 7, 2017 by YoYo Webmaster of http://www.yoyosims.pl Win 10 64, i9 9900k, RTX 3090 24Gb OC, RAM 32Gb Corsair Vengeance LED OC@3200MHz,, 3xSSD+2xSSD M.2 NVMe, Predator XB271HU res.2560x1440 27'' G-sync, Sound Blaster Z + 5.1, TiR5, [MSFS, P3Dv5, DCS, RoF, Condor2, IL-2 CoD/BoX] VR fly only: HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonJosh Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Maybe let the box for the code letter completly empty. Gesendet von meinem PLK-L01 mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Maybe let the box for the code letter completly empty. Gesendet von meinem PLK-L01 mit Tapatalk It was empty.... :( Webmaster of http://www.yoyosims.pl Win 10 64, i9 9900k, RTX 3090 24Gb OC, RAM 32Gb Corsair Vengeance LED OC@3200MHz,, 3xSSD+2xSSD M.2 NVMe, Predator XB271HU res.2560x1440 27'' G-sync, Sound Blaster Z + 5.1, TiR5, [MSFS, P3Dv5, DCS, RoF, Condor2, IL-2 CoD/BoX] VR fly only: HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcSummers Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Hi, have these problems too with many skins, were the serialnumber is overlapping the original one, even if sn is empty in the code box.. Its mostly when DECAL has 12 entries instaed of 16 in the lua. files. Dont know wich are the exact files for the SN or for SQN letters. I have to search and compare them. I am not a skinmaker, never made one but with time maybe i can solve it. Nearly solved all skins, have to do 2 more but now i am tierd and going to bed. Edited June 8, 2017 by LcSummers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearsome-13 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Also having the same issue... or the MH is hard coded? I'm trying to recreate MA504, and as far as skins go its not a complex one. I just cant get the MA504 to appear. I can have MH504.... ??? FC3, UH-1, P-51D, Mi-8, A-10C, F-86F, FW 190D9, KA-50, Gazelle, Mig 21, M-2000C, F-5E, Spitfire IX, A/V-8B, F/A-18C, F-14, FW 190A8, F-16C, P-47D NTTR, Normandy, Persian Gulf Virpil: Warbrd, Alpha-R, Mongoose CM-2 throttle, Warbrd rudder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 I'll be looking at this at the end of the week now that the official Spit template has been released. Any problems with the two letter digits of the liveries in question may be due to an outdated description.lua since the new serial number system came into effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearsome-13 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Thanks.. I realize it all comes down to the .lua... Although I did download a more recent spit skin from another user... and used that .lua as a base, but still ended up with an MH hard code. FC3, UH-1, P-51D, Mi-8, A-10C, F-86F, FW 190D9, KA-50, Gazelle, Mig 21, M-2000C, F-5E, Spitfire IX, A/V-8B, F/A-18C, F-14, FW 190A8, F-16C, P-47D NTTR, Normandy, Persian Gulf Virpil: Warbrd, Alpha-R, Mongoose CM-2 throttle, Warbrd rudder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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