F/A-18C Lot 20 Template Questions / Help

[luft]

{"pilot_F5_FP", 0, "Pilot_f18_fp", false};

 

You are great SkateZilla, Thank you very much

[SkateZilla]

You are great SkateZilla, Thank you very much

 

Keep in Mind, the texture is NOT the same as the External Model Pilot Texture.

[luft]

Keep in Mind, the texture is NOT the same as the External Model Pilot Texture.

 

I knew it, I just lacked the data of the line that had to be written in the description.lua :D:D:D

 

 

Thanks Again

[Fallen_907]

Nevermind, I got it figured out :)

 

Hey there, I am trying to add the LAU 115C's to my livery, I was able to get the BRU 33's to successfully add on.

To further clarify None of the Aim-9's doubles, or the Aim-7's LAU-115's are using the texture referenced below, using the following for the BRU_33 worked fine in the description.lua

 

{"BRU_33", 0 ,"104th_BRU_33_diff",false};

{"BRU_33", ROUGHNESS_METALLIC ,"BRU_33_DIF_RoughMet",false};

 

 

I have this in my Description.Lua, did I mess something up?

{"LAU_115C", 0 ,"104th_LAU_115C_DIFF",false};

{"LAU_115C", ROUGHNESS_METALLIC ,"104th_LAU_115C_DIFF_roughmet",false};

 

Also Tried, to no avail

{"LAU_115", 0 ,"104th_LAU_115C_DIFF",false};

{"LAU_115", ROUGHNESS_METALLIC ,"104th_LAU_115C_DIFF_roughmet",false};

Edited July 29, 2018 by Fallen_907
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[boo_n_817]

Nose on F/A-18C Template

 

I'm just about finished with my new livery for my F/A-18C but I can't find the nose on either template! Can someone please point it out to me or give me a general idea where it is.

 

 

Thank you!!

[BoNidle]

Its on the Diff_1 template and its painted white on this image from my "Ambush 07" and circled in green on the right side of the image.

 

 

 

Hope that helps.

[BoNidle]

A tip for finding things is to create a layer divided into four colours e.g. red, yellow, blue, green.

 

 

Save it as usual and view in the model viewer. Note which colour the part you want is now painted, go back into the template and search that area.

 

 

If you still cannot find it then subdivide that colored area into four again, save, review and repeat as necessary until you narrow it right down.

Edited August 6, 2018 by BoNidle

[boo_n_817]

I never would have guessed that was the nose without you pointing it out! :) And great idea for finding parts in the future.

Thank you very much for your help.!

[BoNidle]

No problem, glad to assist.

 

 

Be warned that the nose will distort areas painted on it, so you may have to distort the edges of painted areas to compensate and allow the distortion caused by the nose model to pull it straight again.....if that makes sense?

 

 

A handy tip: The first layer on both the Diff_1 and the Diff_2 templates is called "Mesh" and shows the construction layout of the 3d model. I duplicated this layer on both templates and then renamed them to "Black Mesh" and "White Mesh".

 

On "Black mesh" I changed the layer quality to "Difference" which made the layer transparent but the mesh lines became black making the model layout easy to see when painting on the layers below so making the connection of demarcation lines of colours easier to work out.

 

On "White mesh" I changed the layer quality to "Screen" which did the same thing but changed the lines to a white colour.

 

The contrast in colour is useful when painting light or dark colours respectively.

 

It was very useful on my "Ambush 07", "Fights On" and the "Black and white VMFA-115 Silver Eagles" Skins.

Edited August 6, 2018 by BoNidle

[Ala12Rv-watermanpc]

Hi guys, not sure if this is the correct place to ask this but here I go...I made a texture mod for the cockpit (I mean the internal cockpit, not the external one) and created 2 new roughmets that are non existent in the official textures rar of the hornet...I want to make my cockpit selectable from the DCS cockpit menu so I want to create a cockpit "skin"...everything works except the 2 new roughmets I created for these 2 textures:

 

-f18c_cpt-glass_hud.dds--->f18c_cpt-glass_hud_RoughMet.dds

-f18c_cpt-glass_refl.dds---->f18c_cpt-glass_refl_RoughMet.dds

 

I added the following lines to the description.lua in order to make DCS to load them:

 

{"f18c_cpt-glass_full", 0, "f18c_cpt-glass_refl", false};

{"f18c_cpt-hudl", 0, "f18c_cpt-glass_refl", false};

{"f18c_cpt-glass_full", ROUGHNESS_METALLIC , "f18c_cpt-glass_refl_RoughMet", false};

{"f18c_cpt-hudl", ROUGHNESS_METALLIC , "f18c_cpt-glass_refl_RoughMet", false};

{"f18c_cpt-glass_hud_edge", ROUGHNESS_METALLIC , "f18c_cpt-glass_hud_RoughMet", false};

 

However, DCS doesnt load the new created roughmets once in game...anyone knows why?, maybe there are some more arguments missing I need to call?

 

thanks!!

[SkateZilla]

RoughMets need to be enabled, by having the Default Texture w/ RoughMets.

 

IF Default Textures do not have roughmet's, that channel is disabled.

[Ala12Rv-watermanpc]

RoughMets need to be enabled, by having the Default Texture w/ RoughMets.

 

IF Default Textures do not have roughmet's, that channel is disabled.

 

Oh man, I suspected that, so no way to make them work I guess :( ...hope ED to add these as they are important to get reflections on HUD and hud projector among other things.

 

Thanks Skate!

[Ala12Rv-watermanpc]

Thinking again about what you posted Skate I have the feeling that maybe you meant that roughmets maps wont work "at all"...thats not what I meant...the roughmets are working fine but only when loaded from the original cockpit texture rar file (dropping them into this rar file)...

 

what I want is to be able to create a "skin" for the cockpit inside the liveries subfolder of the cockpit folder...the problem is that doing so, and even after calling the roughmets with the arguments aforementioned, these 2 files (roughmets) wont work for my cockpit "skin".

 

Hope its clearer now...

 

 

thanks!

[SkateZilla]

Thats what I meant, unless the Default Textures have RoughMets, the channel is disabled.

 

You can enable them by making RoughMets for the default textures and adding them to the Textures Zip, then Make New ones for your Cockpit Livery, but You'd fail IC.

[Ala12Rv-watermanpc]

Thats what I meant, unless the Default Textures have RoughMets, the channel is disabled.

 

You can enable them by making RoughMets for the default textures and adding them to the Textures Zip, then Make New ones for your Cockpit Livery, but You'd fail IC.

 

Ok skate!, thanks a lot for your help :), hope ED can add these files in the future to make glass material.

 

Bye!

[Buckeye]

Thats what I meant, unless the Default Textures have RoughMets, the channel is disabled.

 

You can enable them by making RoughMets for the default textures and adding them to the Textures Zip, then Make New ones for your Cockpit Livery, but You'd fail IC.

 

 

 

Any thoughts on whether ED would add the glass material as an optional alternate to the default textures? Not sure if you’ve personally had a chance to use waterman’s mod or not, but despite how much I loved the Hornet cockpit texturing from day 1...he somehow managed to improve upon it by a good margin with his mod. Really solid work and at least having the option to use it in game, while passing IC, would be a huge win for everyone.

 

 

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[Ala12Rv-Muscat]

You are great SkateZilla, Thank you very much

Luft podrias compartir el archivo del visor customizado?gracias

[flanker0ne]

It is possible, by adding a code line in the description.lua of a livery, to force a Code Number??

Edited October 21, 2018 by flanker0ne

[TigersharkBAS]

No...but you can force numbers in the Mission Editor (if the skin supports the dynamic boat numbers).

 

Why do you need to do it in the Lua?

[Sawamura]

I'm messing about with the numbers on the vertical stabilizer. Is it possible to have the Finnland/Switzerland numbers location on an USA jet? Or is the location of the numbers bound to an argument that only changes with the country?

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks a lot for tips in advance. :)

[chokko]

Hi - i've got same problem as post 125. Tried referring to the second texture in each of the Vert Stabliser bort number areas..but i still see the default "bull" logo appearing at bottom of my new logo. I'm using the description.lua from the OP

 

--Texture Map 1

{"f18c1", 0, "f18c_ww_1_dif", false};

--Texture Map 2

{"f18c2", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

-- U.S. Navy -- Vertical Stabilizer

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_R_100", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_R_10", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_R_01", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_L_100", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_L_10", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_L_01", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

 

What have i done wrong (or not done at all) ?

 

Edit: I hadn't done the Kuwait etc lines (assumed i only needed to do USA if only going to use this livery on USA for example)

Edited November 11, 2018 by chokko

[Sawamura]

Hi - i've got same problem as post 125. Tried referring to the second texture in each of the Vert Stabliser bort number areas..but i still see the default "bull" logo appearing at bottom of my new logo. I'm using the description.lua from the OP

 

--Texture Map 1

{"f18c1", 0, "f18c_ww_1_dif", false};

--Texture Map 2

{"f18c2", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

-- U.S. Navy -- Vertical Stabilizer

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_R_100", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_R_10", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_R_01", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_L_100", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_L_10", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_L_01", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

 

What have i done wrong (or not done at all) ?

 

Edit: I hadn't done the Kuwait etc lines (assumed i only needed to do USA if only going to use this livery on USA for example)

 

My first suspicion is that something is odd with the spectacle files. Are you using default, so:

 

{"f18c1", ROUGHNESS_METALLIC ,"F18C_1_DIF_RoughMet",true};

 

?

[SkateZilla]

Hi - i've got same problem as post 125. Tried referring to the second texture in each of the Vert Stabliser bort number areas..but i still see the default "bull" logo appearing at bottom of my new logo. I'm using the description.lua from the OP

 

--Texture Map 1

{"f18c1", 0, "f18c_ww_1_dif", false};

--Texture Map 2

{"f18c2", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

-- U.S. Navy -- Vertical Stabilizer

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_R_100", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_R_10", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_R_01", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_L_100", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_L_10", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

{"F18C_BORT_NUMBER_KIL_L_01", 0, "f18c_ww_2_dif", false};

 

What have i done wrong (or not done at all) ?

 

Edit: I hadn't done the Kuwait etc lines (assumed i only needed to do USA if only going to use this livery on USA for example)

 

you have to change Kuwait and Finland Lines to the New Diffuse texture as well.

[Ala12Rv-watermanpc]

Is it possible to edit the green color of the instruments lights in the cockpit (I mean for the F1 camera)?, if so, where are files/textures to do so...I cant figure it out...

 

 

thanks!!

[Porkchopper]

Hello All,

 

I'm actually a graphic designer by trade but new to DCS and skinning and I am attempting to make my very first skin. I have the Hornet PSD template but it only has very limited markings and beyond the obvious stuff, I'm having trouble figuring out what should go where. Does anyone have a PSD of a skin they've done or even a transparent PNG that I could add as a gude layer?

 

I want to do a fully painted top/spine and I'd like to skin the drop tanks too. I am having an especially hard time with getting oriented on the FPU file.

 

I'm doing a fictional Jamaican / Rastafarian Squadron (The Wailers) and will be happy to share the skin and give credit for any help.

 

 

Thanks!

Edited December 8, 2018 by Porkchopper
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