A-4E VA-204 RiverRattlers Skins Inbound

[Bananimal]

Howdy folks!

 

Almost done with these. Looking for the tail hook, compressor blades and tailpipe textures to make corrections to them. After that they are done. There are 11 Bicentennial schemes and 11 Atkron 204 emblem schemes. All with correct serial numbers. XO's name is accurate. The rest are fictitious.There' are simply very few photos of these birds.

 

VA-204 flew the A-4L, so these are semi-historical.....:thumbup:

 

DOWNLOAD HERE: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3302666/

Edited November 25, 2018 by Bananimal

[javelina1]

Very nice work!

[Bananimal]

Anyone know what to put in the description.lua file to call specific textures locally? I have no idea why the devs for this mod packed everything away in separate texture.zip files other than saving a little bit of space? It makes painting the mod an absolute horror and is totally unnecessary. Hooks, wheels struts etc. should all be on the top and bottom psd files. What should have taken 1.5 days to paint has turned into 6 days, 3 of which (26 hours) were fixing the horrid UV stretching for the snake on the comms hump.:cry:

 

Hook, tailpipe, photograph on the dash, I need to call these textures locally with the "false" operator. The thing is, I don't know what to put in the XXXXXXs in the below entry to call the specific texture files I need. I scoured the lua files for references to the texture files and there are none. I don't see how these textures are getting called anywhere and what they are called for that matter.

 

  {"XXXXXX", 0, "fus_front", false};

[MPalmer]

  {"XXXXXX", 0, "fus_front", false};

 

For the Cockpit photo I used:

{"Photograph", 0, "lookatthisphotograph", false};

--end

Which is in the "Mods\aircraft\A-4E-C\Cockpit\Textures\lookatthisphotograph.png

 

Edit: it is 1024x1024

[Bananimal]

Thanks MPalmer,

 

So in the place of the XXXXX I can put whatever I like?

[Sport]

Thanks MPalmer,

 

So in the place of the XXXXX I can put whatever I like?

 

Yes... you're just telling DCS the name of the file you're replacing "fus_front" with, I believe

[Bananimal]

Awesome, I'll give it a go. Thanks.

[MPalmer]

Here's the naming convention for the Shape file "A-4E-C" followed by the "Cockpit_A-4E"

 

-- rename it to description.lua

livery =

{

--[[

uncomment lines for customized dds/tga/bmp files

--]]

--{"Top", 0, "fus_top_v494", true};

--{"Top", 2, "fus_top_v494_spec", true};

--{"Top", 12, "fus_top_v494_spec", true};

--{"Bottom", 0, "fus_bot_v472", true};

--{"Bottom", 2, "fus_bot_v472_spec", true};

--{"Bottom", 12, "fus_bot_v472_spec", true};

--{"Gear and metal", 0, "fus_bot_v472", true};

--{"Gear Bay", 0, "details1cockpitwheelshardpoints", true};

--{"Front", 0, "fus_front", true};

--{"cockpitWheelHardpoints", 0, "details1cockpitwheelshardpoints", true};

--{"REDBRGT", 0, "navlite_red_alpha", true};

--{"REDOFF", 0, "navlite_red_alpha", true};

--{"WHTBRGT", 0, "navlite_white_alpha", true};

--{"WHTOFF", 0, "navlite_white_alpha", true};

--{"REDDIM", 0, "navlite_red_alpha", true};

--{"GLASS", 0, "a4_glass", true};

--{"GRNDIM", 0, "navlite_green_alpha", true};

--{"Cockpit", 0, "fus_bot_v472", true};

--{"glass", 0, "a4_glass", true};

--{"glass", 12, "a4_glass", true};

--{"Shiny Chrome", 0, "uvmapshuffer", true};

--{"Huffer", 0, "uvmapshuffer", true};

--{"Huffer", 2, "uvmapshuffer-spec", true};

--{"Huffer", 12, "uvmapshuffer-spec", true};

--{"self-illum", 0, "uvmapshuffer", true};

--{"Aluminum w/ Diffuse", 0, "uvmapshuffer", true};

--{"flaps_100", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"flaps_010", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"flaps_001", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"tail_001", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"tail_010", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"tail_100", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"tail_aggressor_010", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"tail_aggressor_001", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"wing_001", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"wing_010", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"wing_100", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"rudder_001", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"rudder_010", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"rudder_100", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"nose_100", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"nose_010", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"nose_001", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"nose_aggressor_001", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"nose_aggressor_010", 0, "a4e_bort_black", true};

--{"fazeFan", 0, "high-speed-fan", true};

--{"GRNOFF", 0, "navlite_green_alpha", true};

--{"GRNBRGT", 0, "navlite_green_alpha", true};

--{"Pilot", 0, "a4e_pilot", true};

--{"skin", 0, "a4e_pilot", true};

}

----== below part is not required for cockpit livery ==----

--[[ name your own skin in default language (en)

meanwhile, you can also name the skin in more than one languages,

replace xx by [ru, cn, cs, de, es, fr, or it] ]]

name = ""

--name_xx = ""

--[[ assign the countries

if you want no country limitation,

then comment out below line]]

countries = {""}

 

 

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cockpit_A-4E

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-- rename it to description.lua

livery =

{

--[[

uncomment lines for customized dds/tga/bmp files

--]]

--{"rear canopy frame", 0, "canopy_rear", true};

--{"Canopy Glass", 0, "canopy_glass", true};

--{"Canopy Glass", 1, "a4_glass_norm", true};

--{"Mirror Rims and Headrest Lever", 0, "canopy_rear", true};

--{"Cockpit Mirrors", 0, "a4e_mirrors", true};

--{"glass", 0, "a4_glass", true};

--{"glass", 12, "a4_glass", true};

--{"INST3", 0, "a-4e_instr_bckgd_3", true};

--{"Instrument Panel", 0, "inst_panel", true};

--{"INST2", 0, "a-4e_instr_bckgd_2", true};

--{"INSTDET1", 0, "a-4e_instr_details_1", true};

--{"Switches and knobs", 0, "cockpit_switchesknobs", true};

--{"Canopy Cloth Lining", 0, "canopy_cloth", true};

--{"need_bl", 0, "black", true};

--{"need_wh", 0, "white", true};

--{"INST1", 0, "a-4e_instr_bckgd_1", true};

--{"stick pedals", 0, "stick_pedals", true};

--{"ins_case", 0, "ins_case", true};

--{"stb_att1", 0, "stb_att1", true};

--{"glareshield", 0, "cockpit_glareshield", true};

--{"Ejection Seat", 0, "ejection_seat", true};

--{"cockpit wall objects", 0, "cockpit_wall_objects", true};

--{"Cockpit rear and bottom walls", 0, "cockpit_backandfloor", true};

--{"BOARDS1", 0, "a-4e_boards_1", true};

--{"Glass", 0, "a4_glass", true};

--{"Glass", 12, "a4_glass", true};

--{"ins_in", 0, "inst_in", true};

--{"BASP_scl", 0, "basp_scl", true};

--{"GearOFF", 0, "a-4e_instr_bckgd_3", true};

--{"GearON", 0, "a-4e_instr_bckgd_3", true};

--{"GearON", 8, "a-4e_instr_bckgd_3", true};

--{"glassClear", 0, "a4e_glass_clear", true};

--{"glassClear", 12, "a4e_glass_clear", true};

--{"Cockpit front and side walls", 0, "cockpit_walls", true};

--{"front canopy frame", 0, "a4e_cockpit_canopyframe", true};

--{"LIGHTOFF", 0, "a-4e_lights_1", true};

--{"LIGHTON", 0, "a-4e_lights_1", true};

--{"radarMarking", 0, "a-4e_radar_scale", true};

--{"glassRed", 0, "a4e_glass_red", true};

--{"LIGHTAoA", 0, "a-4e_lights_1", true};

--{"DCS Standard", 0, "a-4e_instr_details_1", true};

--{"Photograph", 0, "lookatthisphotograph", true};

--{"Instrument Glass", 0, "inst_glass", true};

--{"Instrument Glass", 12, "inst_glass", true};

--{"cockpit liner", 0, "a4e_cockpit_liner", true};

}

----== below part is not required for cockpit livery ==----

--[[ name your own skin in default language (en)

meanwhile, you can also name the skin in more than one languages,

replace xx by [ru, cn, cs, de, es, fr, or it] ]]

name = ""

--name_xx = ""

--[[ assign the countries

if you want no country limitation,

then comment out below line]]

countries = {""}

[Bananimal]

Thank you.

[Baco]

Bananimal do you have a pdf template for the Drop tanks that I may borrow?

Sorry for being so direct jaja but I am desperate to be able to paint my own tanks.

[Bananimal]

I didn't use a template. Just painted on top of the DDS file.

[Robert31178]

Do we know if the A-4 will eventually have it's own thread in the liveries section?

 

~Rob

[Bananimal]

They're ready for download. See first post in this thread for the download link.

[Sport]

Looks good dude, great work, yet again.