Help with skins!

[JEFX]

I have a problem with Russian Aircraft's skins.

I posted the problem on the BUGS forum but did not solve my problem.

Here is a pic :

 

 

here is the link :

http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?p=337441#post337441

 

If anyone has an idea, thanks in advance.

 

 

JEFX

[brewber19]

Hi Jex,

 

Try PMing a guy called Deadman or 44th_Deadman (I think), he's pretty clued up on skins and is very likely to have virgin versions of the nomera files....or a better clue of how to help.

 

Sorry I can't help, its months since I did any skinning and I'm at my work PC atm :(

 

Good luck ;)

[JEFX]

Thanks Brewber19

 

I followed your suggestion and PMed Deadman.

 

 

JEFX

[Arbitrator]

just go get the original nomera.tga file thats it. either by reinstallation or asking other people to send it to you.

[JEFX]

Arbitrator

 

Yes, you are right.

I am wondering : originally, is there only one file nomera.tga or is there also those 2 other files (nomera-red.tga and nomera-su.tga)?

 

Or were those added during some skin instal?

 

 

ANYBODY has the original nomera-tga file and could send it to me by email please?

my address is

rivestjATmusique.umontreal.ca (replace AT by @)

 

 

thanks many times

 

 

JEFX

[Arbitrator]

check your email, originally just one.

[Deadman]

Hi guys the Nomera file is NOT the only TGA that controls Numbers I need to know which aircraft it is affecting and which skins

[Alfa]

Moved thread..

 

Jefx,

 

The problem you are having is not a bug(issue with game code), but clearly a mod issue so I have moved your topic here :) .

 

Anyway, the Su-33 numbering/national marking is controlled by two files - the nomera.tga and nomera-red.tga(for alternate red numbering).

 

Most mods that change the nature of the numbering/markings on the Su-33 just involve edited alpha channel mask in those textures - either to change the appearance of the numbers or to delete them, so fixing the problem would be a simple matter of replacing those two texture files with the original ones.

 

However, a few mods take a different(better) approach, which involves editing the Su-33.cmd shape file with a hex editor to change the texture reference inside the model, so that it will load custom named textures - the advantage of this approach is that all other aircraft using the nomera.tga and nomera-red.tga will be unaffected by the mod. If you have installed such a mod at one point, getting hold of the original textures will not solve the problem - you will also need to get hold of the original Su-33.cmd file.

 

Finally a tip concerning modding targa files - when editing these make sure to save the file with the "uncompressed" option checked. I don't think this is the problem in your case(since you say you downloaded the mods), but if the "compressed" option is checked, the result will look similar to your screenshot.

[JEFX]

Thanks to all of you

 

(What a great community!)

 

 

Deadman: It was all Russian AC that were affected (SU-27, SU-33 and SU-25)

 

Alpha : Thanks. I had an original su-33.cmd file somewhere and I retrieved it.

 

Arbitrator: Thanks for your email, your nomera.tga original file pasted in on top of retrieving my old su-33.cmd file as said by Alpha DID IT!

 

 

Thanks to you all!

 

 

 

JEFX