UH-1H RAAF 7 RAN Skins

[Helles Belle]

I just posted these up.

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3303428/

 

They are pretty much finished.

 

Got sick of the horrible supplied template so started fixing it.

Still a bit of a way to go with it yet.

 

Still working on the RAAF Rescue to try and improve the Aluminium finish.

If anyones got some tips for the Spec colour it would be appreciated.

[Helles Belle]

Sorry, title should say "& RAN'

(there's not 7 RAN skins):prop:

[thrustvector]

thanks Helles, I was after the navy and the rescue ones, very nice

[Helles Belle]

thanks Helles, I was after the navy and the rescue ones, very nice

 

No worries. :thumbup:

[Helles Belle]

Obviously there is a problem with shiny skins on the Huey.

 

When viewing the aircraft in Model Viewer 2 the tail looks shiny aluminium just like the front half.

 

But when in game the tail comes out matte.

 

I've tried messing around with things & the lua appears right.

 

:helpsmilie:

[Strut]

I love your work and detail on these Helles Belles, Il have a look and play around with the spec files when i get a chance to. So far Ive had a look in MV2 and they look pretty good, just some shiny patches etc. Il get back to you asap.

[Helles Belle]

I love your work and detail on these Helles Belles, Il have a look and play around with the spec files when i get a chance to. So far Ive had a look in MV2 and they look pretty good, just some shiny patches etc. Il get back to you asap.

 

Hey Strut,

 

Thanks for the kind words.

 

The shiny body and matte tail have me stumped.

I've tried several things to no avail.

 

They show up OK in MV2 but the game has the tail matte in every skin, including the game provided ones. The body is showing up nice in the game as polished aluminium though.

 

I've made a few changes to what I've posted. I'll get around to putting up the changes as soon as I can (might be a week or so). It's just minor cosmetic stuff etc.

 

:thumbup:

[Helles Belle]

I've narrowed the matte tail problem down to being associated with whether or not the weapon mounts are fitted.

 

If the mounts are fitted the reflection of the shiny tail works as per expected along with the body.

It doesn't matter if weapons are fitted to the mounts.

 

When the mounts aren't fitted the tail defaults to a matte tail.

As can be seen in the link.

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3799193#post3799193

 

In the mean time, here's a snippet of whats coming out of the paint shop in the near future (along with some other friends)

[Strut]

Ok thats interesting and handy to know, not sure how to get a fix for that, il do some research. Thats a nice skin of the ARDU chopper. Nice work mate, keep at it.

[Robert31178]

I really enjoy this pack, and since ED broke the Huey skins I use these instead of our squad skins until stuff is fixed.

 

Thank you for the awesome Huey paints!!!

 

~Rob

[Helles Belle]

Thanks Rob, good to hear they are getting some use.

 

These ones should be approved soon

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=232609

 

Next up is a visit to Long Tan

[Helles Belle]

Ready for dowload.

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3303572/

 

Also up now are the Long Tan Hueys

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3303573/

 

The RAN, RAAF Rescue & others also went through a makeover.

 

The is also another colour problem, this time with the pilot skins.

It's most noticeable with the RAAF Rescue hi-vis life jackets.

They are meant to be orange in the game. The door gunners show up correctly.

But the pilot & co-pilot appear washed out.

 

This also happens with the blue UN pilots.

I have checked with the game supplied skins such as the Spanish UN huey & it does the same thing.

[Robert31178]

Did you solve the silvering problem??

[Helles Belle]

Gday Rob,

 

No, I haven't been able to find it yet.

 

It's not a problem, as much, if you have a skin that is all matte, such as the olive drab or camo skins.

 

But, I'd really like to do more skins that are bare aluminium or some commercial hueys that have shiny polished paint.

 

The dull tail & shiny body only happens when the weapons mounts are NOT loaded which is what I want for a commercial paint or the RAAF Rescue bare aluminium for instance.

 

I thought it may be something simple, such as a problem with my lua but it affects all skins, including the game supplied ones.

 

It's a shame, as the RAAF Rescue spec has been redone & it's come out pretty good, but only if you load the weapons mounts or put some gunners on the side.

 

The pilots vest are something that is also affected on all skins.

In model viewer they look fine, but for some reason they get washed out in the game.

And again it's affecting even the game supplied ones such as the Spanish UN.

 

Cheers

[Strut]

Gday Helles Belle and Rob, I have tried playing around with spec files and colours as such with no joy, I might be wrong but I think its stems from the moddeling stage. Sorry I cant help, hopefully ED will pick up on it, theres been enough posts about it.

[Helles Belle]

** Matte tail when no weapons loaded **

 

SOLVED (I think)

 

Open ab-212.lods.json (the original file - some people may have already modified it or deleted it)

 

In civ_uh1_tail_dam

Change the specAdd value to the red highlighted value below.

(the original value is 1.0)

 

"civ_uh1_tail_dam": {

"reflMult": 0.5,

"reflAdd": 0.64999997615814208984,

"specMult": -0.5,

"specAdd": 0.54000002145767211914,

"specSelect": 0,

"albedoLevel": 0.20000000298023223877,

"albedoContrast": 0.94999998807907104492

 

As far as i can tell it works with all weapons etc.

 

Now all I have to do is figure out how to fix the pilots vests/uniforms.

[Helles Belle]

Now that I found that & have some time I'll work on these.

 

RAAF Rescue VH-VAB

ARRS 301st 02486

Fictional Pirate Air

[Strut]

Good find and work around mate, im gunna mod the json accordingly, thanks !!

[ElementLT]

nice pack of skins here! Love seeing the Huey dressed nice!