User Files Livery Requests

[Cydrych]

Sniper_1-1 I've decided to take on the request and make some have glass Colorado skins. They'll probably be finished in a couple weeks. I'll make a post in the F-16 livery sub forum when I'm about to upload them so stay tuned. 

-Foxtrot1

[Wing]

Please add more AFRC liveries, like the 93FS Makos for example to the core. Thanks!

[twistking]

This is not a bug, but still a "problem" that dampens the perceived quality of the module.

The quality of the official USAF liveries is not great, both aesthetically (i accept, that this is partly on the USAF, not ED) and technically (i'm not an texture artist, so can't put my fingers on it, but subjectively the material don't look quite right).

I think my concerns get somewhat legitimated by ED's own PR team, who NEVER use any of the official liveries in their trailers and social media posts. From what i can tell, they mostly use user-made USAF liveries. Even @Wags's youtube videos often use community skins for -i think- obvious reasons.

From what i can tell, this is not the case with any other ED module. I hope the official livery selection can be revisited and improved where necessary.

 

Edited February 9 by twistking

[Delta134]

There is/was an initiative by ED to add liveries for the US and some other countries a little over a year ago. Sadly they've gone radio silent on this.

 

Edited February 9 by Delta134

[twistking]

On 2/9/2025 at 2:35 PM, twistking said:

This is not a bug, but still a "problem" that dampens the perceived quality of the module.

The quality of the official USAF liveries is not great, both aesthetically (i accept, that this is partly on the USAF, not ED) and technically (i'm not an texture artist, so can't put my fingers on it, but subjectively the material don't look quite right).

I think my concerns get somewhat legitimated by ED's own PR team, who NEVER use any of the official liveries in their trailers and social media posts. From what i can tell, they mostly use user-made USAF liveries. Even @Wags's youtube videos often use community skins for -i think- obvious reasons.

From what i can tell, this is not the case with any other ED module. I hope the official livery selection can be revisited and improved where necessary.

 

@NineLine Did you merge those threads? If you thought my "bug report" was not objective enough, you could just have moved it to the wishlist section.
My post was mainly about the quality of the texture/material work of official liveries, not necessarily about having more liveries and not at all about user liveries.

[Woogey]

On 3/13/2022 at 4:04 PM, Fulcrumkiller31 said:

F-16N VF-126 would be awesome!

I have started this paint this morning

[C2705]

Germany, Hahn Air base 50th TFW

I think these would be fitting for the upcoming Germany Cold war map.

 

[Wing]

Just wanted to bump this, and bring some awareness to @Mach3DS's liveries and @Baxter's v57th. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mach3DS/apply/

These are hands down some of the, if not the best liveries to date for the DCS F-16C. He’s honestly one of the best livery artists in the community. The external sheetmetal work, reflection/roughmet, to even the inlet details are spot-on, with countless little touches that really bring authenticity to the jet.

On top of that, his Haveglass finish is hands-down the best shade we’ve seen so far IMO. nothing else even comes close in capturing that look. It’s clear that years of refinement and attention to detail have gone into his work, and it really elevates the DCS experience for all of us flying the Viper in the community.
@Wags @NineLine @BIGNEWY please consider eventually for core along side the other talented artist community members. Thanks!!

Edited 5 hours ago by Wing

[Mach3DS]

1 hour ago, Wing said:

Just wanted to bump this, and bring some awareness to @Mach3DS's liveries and @Baxter's v57th. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mach3DS/apply/

These are hands down some of the, if not the best liveries to date for the DCS F-16C. He’s honestly one of the best livery artists in the community. The external sheetmetal work, reflection/roughmet, to even the inlet details are spot-on, with countless little touches that really bring authenticity to the jet.

On top of that, his Haveglass finish is hands-down the best shade we’ve seen so far IMO. nothing else even comes close in capturing that look. It’s clear that years of refinement and attention to detail have gone into his work, and it really elevates the DCS experience for all of us flying the Viper in the community.
@Wags @NineLine @BIGNEWY please consider eventually for core along side the other talented artist community members. Thanks!!

Thanks for the kind words man.