Skin Installation

[conrex1]

Hi,

 

I'm sure this is on the forums somewhere but everything I've found and tried doesn't work and I'm giving up hope!

 

Can someone please explain how to install skins to aircraft in 2.5?

 

I've tried creating a 'Liveries' folder in DCS folder under 'User', 'Saved Games' and creating an aircraft folder with exactly the same name as the DCS, mod, aircraft file.

 

Also does JSMSE still work and does it work for 2.5 because that's the only way people seem to explain it differently by but to my knowledge it doesn't exist now?

 

Thank you

[cthulhu68]

Some skins only work when you select certain country they represent. You can open description LUA and down at bottom you'll see a line that starts countries= and lists country/countries skin works with.

 

You can add any country you want by opening file with Notepad++ and adding it to list like this ( "RUS")

[conrex1]

Some skins only work when you select certain country they represent. You can open description LUA and down at bottom you'll see a line that starts countries= and lists country/countries skin works with.

 

You can add any country you want by opening file with Notepad++ and adding it to list like this ( "RUS")

 

Thank you for your reply. on the one I'm trying with the MI-8 the LUA file says 'countries = {"UK"}' but still no luck :(

[311Gryphon]

I would also like to have some guidance on where to put the folders/files in 2.5. I remember struggling with certain modules in 1.5 due to them being put in different locations but I generally had luck with A-10C, UH-1H, and all the FC3 aircraft. I'm wanting to make some new ones in 2.5 but can't seem to find the right location.

[311Gryphon]

So it looks like there are still the same ways to install in 2.5 but I'm currently trying out this method which seems like it might work and be a good way to not have to worry about updating as much.

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=174462

[Vladislav2Gimloo]

That works very well. I personally use it for a long time, and it's reliable, specifically because I have about 11G skin patches in a single folder for all DCS versions I use.

 

Just follow the instructions given by "SkateZilla"

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https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=174462

[311Gryphon]

Yeah that's the other benefit of it. One file location for all your skins no matter how many versions of DCS you're running. Although now that 2.5 is working I shouldn't need multiple versions. I did try Skate's method last night and it worked beautifully. Including getting the F-86F Sabre skins working which I've never been able to do in the past no matter how many different ways I tried it.

[Dingo_Bob]

@conrex1 Check the aircraft name in Liveries folder for the module you want to add to

 

so dcs\mods\aircraft\liveries or dcs\coremods\aircraft\liveries

 

example the Sabre module folder is \aircraft\F86 but he liveries folder is \liveries\F86F Sabre

 

so in saved games folder create a liveries\f86f sabre folder and add the new livery there

 

also make sure the livery you've extracted hasn't extracted into a second subfolder, this can sometimes happen

so you end up with F86f sabre\NEWlivery\NEWlivery\all the textures files,

when it should be just F86f sabre\NEWlivery\all the textures files

Edited February 27, 2018 by Dingo_Bob

[Scotch75]

Hey Folks,

 

Slightly off topic in that I am still using the legacy versions not 2.5ob, I have thought why a lot of the skins are not selectable.

 

For example, I wanted to apply Strut's notional RAAF A10-C livery in TTI (single player offline). "Australia" is listed in the Allies section in the mission but the skin is not available in the drop down list.

 

I did a search as I know this skin was included in the core game. I found it in the "..../Bazar/......." part of the file directory (can't remember the exact path - not at my computer). So there is another location for skins/liveries......

 

Yet, still not selectable. Is this just a repository to copy and paste skins from?

 

Cheers!

 

Dave

 

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[Scotch75]

Hey Folks,

 

Slightly off topic in that I am still using the legacy versions not 2.5ob, I have thought why a lot of the skins are not selectable.

 

For example, I wanted to apply Strut's notional RAAF A10-C livery in TTI (single player offline). "Australia" is listed in the Allies section in the mission but the skin is not available in the drop down list.

 

I did a search as I know this skin was included in the core game. I found it in the "..../Bazar/......." part of the file directory (can't remember the exact path - not at my computer). So there is another location for skins/liveries......

 

Yet, still not selectable. Is this just a repository to copy and paste skins from?

 

Cheers!

 

Dave

 

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Ok, so I managed to get this notional RAAF default skin selectable by adding ....{USA} to the description.lua after reading some related posts.

 

However, I thought it still would have shown up because "Australia" is listed in Blue forces in the mission.

 

Does anyone know why I would have had to edit the .lua to get this Australian skin to be selectable?

 

There are a lot more skins in the ...../Bazar/Liveries/A10-C folder that are not showing up in the select list even though their respective "countries" are listed in the mission parameters.

 

Cheers!

 

Dave

 

 

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