RaTzo Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I am working on a skin for the Virtual Snowbirds and nearing completion. However, I've run in to a problem. Many of the dds diffuse files are broken in the install package and or the skins provided. I've managed to find copies in the various folders that work but I cannot get the MB33_HGU55.dds MB339_AMI-K2B.dds and MB339_pilot_AMI-T85 There may be others that I need but these are the ones I've identified. I'm an experienced skinner and have not run into this problem with DDS files before. They appear to work in game. Using the nvidia plugin. I have created skins for almost every aircraft (AI and flyable) and never had this problem before. Thanks for any help! F-14B, A-10C,F-18C Lot 20, F-16C, UH-1H, SA342, Spitfire LF Mk IX, F-15C, Mig-29, Supercarrier, Nevada, Persian Gulf i9 9900k 5.0GHz, 32GB RAM, 1080Ti, Rift S, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind pedals, Dual Monitors 4K & 1080 Every Day, Someone Uses Cute Krispy Snacks [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I am working on a skin for the Virtual Snowbirds and nearing completion. However, I've run in to a problem. Many of the dds diffuse files are broken in the install package and or the skins provided. I've managed to find copies in the various folders that work but I cannot get the MB33_HGU55.dds MB339_AMI-K2B.dds and MB339_pilot_AMI-T85 There may be others that I need but these are the ones I've identified. I'm an experienced skinner and have not run into this problem with DDS files before. They appear to work in game. Using the nvidia plugin. I have created skins for almost every aircraft (AI and flyable) and never had this problem before. Thanks for any help! They aren't broken, simply they are compressed in a format that the old Nvidia Plugin can't handle: BC-7. You can read and work with them using this plugin for PS: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-texture-works-plugin ACER Predator Orion 9000: W10H | Intel i9-7900X OC@4.5Ghz | 8x16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport | Sapphire GTX1080TI | Intel 900P 480GB | Intel 600P 256GB | HP EX950 1TB | Seagate Firecuda 2TB ACER Predator XB281HK: 28" TN G-SYNC 4K@60hz ThrustMaster Warthog Hotas, TPR, MFD Cougar Pack, HP Reverb Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaTzo Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 They aren't broken, simply they are compressed in a format that the old Nvidia Plugin can't handle: BC-7. You can read and work with them using this plugin for PS: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-texture-works-plugin Will give it a go. I have only recently (Jan) moved to Windows and started using he nvidia plugin instead of the inel. Hope this solves it. Thanks F-14B, A-10C,F-18C Lot 20, F-16C, UH-1H, SA342, Spitfire LF Mk IX, F-15C, Mig-29, Supercarrier, Nevada, Persian Gulf i9 9900k 5.0GHz, 32GB RAM, 1080Ti, Rift S, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind pedals, Dual Monitors 4K & 1080 Every Day, Someone Uses Cute Krispy Snacks [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaTzo Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Works. Of course. LOL I should have just used the Intel one. Funny how it hasn't been a problem and I've been working on the 18, 14, and the 16. Anyway, thanks for the help! F-14B, A-10C,F-18C Lot 20, F-16C, UH-1H, SA342, Spitfire LF Mk IX, F-15C, Mig-29, Supercarrier, Nevada, Persian Gulf i9 9900k 5.0GHz, 32GB RAM, 1080Ti, Rift S, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind pedals, Dual Monitors 4K & 1080 Every Day, Someone Uses Cute Krispy Snacks [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) Works. Of course. LOL I should have just used the Intel one. Funny how it hasn't been a problem and I've been working on the 18, 14, and the 16. Anyway, thanks for the help! We have used BC-7 to preserve quality and crispness (and have exactly the same disk footprint of DXT-5). I don't know why official modules still use a format surclassed like DXT-5 when the engine is able to handle a better one...:music_whistling: BTW, really nice skin...ah ah Snowbirds… I know Canadians are dreaming of M-345 Snowbirds Team;) Edited March 10, 2020 by Automan typo ACER Predator Orion 9000: W10H | Intel i9-7900X OC@4.5Ghz | 8x16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport | Sapphire GTX1080TI | Intel 900P 480GB | Intel 600P 256GB | HP EX950 1TB | Seagate Firecuda 2TB ACER Predator XB281HK: 28" TN G-SYNC 4K@60hz ThrustMaster Warthog Hotas, TPR, MFD Cougar Pack, HP Reverb Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaTzo Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 We have used BC-7 to preserve quality and crispness (and have exactly the same disk footprint of DXT-5). I don't know why official modules still use a format surclassed like DXT-5 when the engine is able to handle a better one...:music_whistling: BTW, really nice skin...ah ah Snowbirds… I know Canadians are dreaming of M-345 Snowbirds Team;) There is a team using your aircraft now. Friends of a friend of mine. Is there a way to put bort numbers on the tail? I'm not seeing it in any of the description files. Thanks! I haven't flown this yet but it's exactly what we need. An actual trainer. F-14B, A-10C,F-18C Lot 20, F-16C, UH-1H, SA342, Spitfire LF Mk IX, F-15C, Mig-29, Supercarrier, Nevada, Persian Gulf i9 9900k 5.0GHz, 32GB RAM, 1080Ti, Rift S, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind pedals, Dual Monitors 4K & 1080 Every Day, Someone Uses Cute Krispy Snacks [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 There is a team using your aircraft now. Friends of a friend of mine. Is there a way to put bort numbers on the tail? I'm not seeing it in any of the description files. Thanks! I haven't flown this yet but it's exactly what we need. An actual trainer. We don't used bort, but the main texture have decal layer enabled. Make a 4K trasparent tga (you can compress RLE to save a lot of disk space) and put this line in description.lua {"main", DECAL,"*name_of_your_decal*", false}, ACER Predator Orion 9000: W10H | Intel i9-7900X OC@4.5Ghz | 8x16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport | Sapphire GTX1080TI | Intel 900P 480GB | Intel 600P 256GB | HP EX950 1TB | Seagate Firecuda 2TB ACER Predator XB281HK: 28" TN G-SYNC 4K@60hz ThrustMaster Warthog Hotas, TPR, MFD Cougar Pack, HP Reverb Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaTzo Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Thank you very much for the help. She's all but done now. Just have to complete the decals for SB 3 -9 later and then I'll put it up. F-14B, A-10C,F-18C Lot 20, F-16C, UH-1H, SA342, Spitfire LF Mk IX, F-15C, Mig-29, Supercarrier, Nevada, Persian Gulf i9 9900k 5.0GHz, 32GB RAM, 1080Ti, Rift S, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind pedals, Dual Monitors 4K & 1080 Every Day, Someone Uses Cute Krispy Snacks [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaltokri Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Amazing skin :thumbup: SYSTEM: Mainboard MSI MEG X570 | CPU Ryzen 7 5800X @ 4.5 GHz | RAM 64 GB @ 3200 MHz | GPU GIGABYTE RTX 4090 | 1 TB SSD | Win 10 x64 DEVICES: ASUS 27" LCD | TrackIR 5 | LukeClip | Quest 3 | PointCTRL | Virpil HOTAS | MFG Crosswind | TableMount MonsterTech MODULES: To much to list. But I stopped buying more, because of too much bugs in e.g. A-10C(II). @ED: Fix the bugs and I spend money on modules again. Promised. PROJECTS: OpenFlightSchool: DE / EN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiratexCore Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Thank you very much for the help. She's all but done now. Just have to complete the decals for SB 3 -9 later and then I'll put it up. Wow that's a really good looking skin, nice work man. :thumbup: Purchased: FC3 | CA | M2000C | F-5E | C-101 | Mig-21bis | AV-8B NA | L-39 | F-14 | UH-1H | Mi-24P | F-16C | F/A-18C | F1 | MB-339 | F-4E Maps: Caucasus | Persian Gulf | Syria | Marianas Comp Specs: i7 13700k, 32gb 3200mhz DDR4, RTX 2070 Super 8gb, 2tb P5 Plus NVME Peripherals: Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2597 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 So am I the only one with a floating wing pylon in 2.6? Like one is attached, the other is ~20 feet above the plane? All good pre-patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaTzo Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Amazing skin :thumbup: Wow that's a really good looking skin, nice work man. :thumbup: Thank you both for the encouragement. The skin is up in the user file section. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3308365/ I was also asked to make a skin for the Golden Centennaires so that is in progress now. F-14B, A-10C,F-18C Lot 20, F-16C, UH-1H, SA342, Spitfire LF Mk IX, F-15C, Mig-29, Supercarrier, Nevada, Persian Gulf i9 9900k 5.0GHz, 32GB RAM, 1080Ti, Rift S, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind pedals, Dual Monitors 4K & 1080 Every Day, Someone Uses Cute Krispy Snacks [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 So am I the only one with a floating wing pylon in 2.6? Like one is attached, the other is ~20 feet above the plane? All good pre-patch If you're speaking of wingtips and you are using our latest 2.0.1 this behaviour should not occur, since the tip models are inside the same edm of the aicraft governed by visibility argument: in one word they are visible in the right place, or they are not visible at all Put a screenshot here ACER Predator Orion 9000: W10H | Intel i9-7900X OC@4.5Ghz | 8x16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport | Sapphire GTX1080TI | Intel 900P 480GB | Intel 600P 256GB | HP EX950 1TB | Seagate Firecuda 2TB ACER Predator XB281HK: 28" TN G-SYNC 4K@60hz ThrustMaster Warthog Hotas, TPR, MFD Cougar Pack, HP Reverb Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR Ripcord Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) Crashes with MB-339 Getting constant crashes with the MB-339, Either it freezes while in cockpit or completely crashes DCS while flying. Stable 2.5.5. Latest MB-339. Log at the link... https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-GQQtaRo9IQnHmhQWuJzpaOUxaZSYVM9 Edited March 13, 2020 by [GR] Ripcord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6S.Duke Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Ripcord;4244433']Getting constant crashes with the MB-339' date=' Either it freezes while in cockpit or completely crashes DCS while flying. Stable 2.5.5. Latest MB-339. Log file attached.[/quote']Please attach the log Frecce Tricolori Virtuali - EFM coder MB339 EFM Coder Frecce Tricolori Virtuali [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR Ripcord Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Please attach the log Frecce Tricolori Virtuali - EFM coder Log at the link in my last post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Ripcord;4244433']Getting constant crashes with the MB-339, Either it freezes while in cockpit or completely crashes DCS while flying. Stable 2.5.5. Latest MB-339. Log at the link... https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-GQQtaRo9IQnHmhQWuJzpaOUxaZSYVM9 Hi Ripcord, I've analysed the crashlog: this is a crash of your graphic card during rendering of terrain, not directly correlated to MB-339. 2020-03-13 13:44:39.188 ERROR DX11BACKEND: DX device removed. Reason: 0x887A0005 2020-03-13 13:44:41.707 WARNING LOG: 475 duplicate message(s) skipped. 2020-03-13 13:44:41.707 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create vertex buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED 2020-03-13 13:44:41.707 ERROR DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `false && "failed to create vertex buffer"` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11BufferManager.cpp:370 2020-03-13 13:44:41.712 ERROR DX11BACKEND: DX device removed. Reason: 0x887A0005 2020-03-13 13:44:42.291 WARNING LOG: 107 duplicate message(s) skipped. 2020-03-13 13:44:42.291 ERROR DX11BACKEND: failed to create structed buffer. Reason: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED 2020-03-13 13:44:42.291 ERROR DX11BACKEND: CreateShaderResourceView FAILED. Reason: E_INVALIDARG 2020-03-13 13:44:42.294 ERROR DX11BACKEND: DX device removed. Reason: 0x887A0005 2020-03-13 13:44:42.302 INFO EDCORE: try to write dump information 2020-03-13 13:44:42.303 INFO EDCORE: # -------------- 20200313-134442 -------------- 2020-03-13 13:44:42.304 INFO EDCORE: DCS/2.5.5.41371 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.18363) 2020-03-13 13:44:42.305 INFO EDCORE: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\d3d11.dll 2020-03-13 13:44:42.306 INFO EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 93F1F4F0 00:00000000 2020-03-13 13:44:42.307 INFO EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;F:\DCS World Stable\bin', symOptions: 534, UserName: 'Jon' 2020-03-13 13:44:42.308 INFO EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.18363 () 0x100-0x1 2020-03-13 13:44:42.550 INFO EDCORE: 0x000000000011F4F0 (d3d11): CreateDirect3D11SurfaceFromDXGISurface + 0xD4F0 2020-03-13 13:44:42.551 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000000058B5 (dx11backend): RenderAPI::DX11Renderer::getBufferManager + 0xC85 2020-03-13 13:44:42.552 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000071760 (edterrainGraphics41): edtg41::TerrainRenderable::dump + 0x64FA0 2020-03-13 13:44:42.553 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000000BFF23 (edterrainGraphics41): createInstancerRenderable + 0x32033 2020-03-13 13:44:42.554 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000000298D3 (edCore): ed::thread::hardware_concurrency + 0x8E3 2020-03-13 13:44:42.555 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000020697 (edCore): ed::make_main_thread_tasks + 0x17 2020-03-13 13:44:42.555 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000005856A5 (DCS): (function-name not available) + 0x0 2020-03-13 13:44:42.555 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000556994 (DCS): (function-name not available) + 0x0 2020-03-13 13:44:42.555 INFO EDCORE: 0x00000000001C8FBF (DCS): (function-name not available) + 0x0 2020-03-13 13:44:42.555 INFO EDCORE: 0x000000000073B946 (DCS): (function-name not available) + 0x0 2020-03-13 13:44:42.555 INFO EDCORE: 0x0000000000017BD4 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14 2020-03-13 13:44:42.555 INFO EDCORE: 0x000000000006CED1 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x21 2020-03-13 13:44:42.760 INFO EDCORE: Minidump created. Take a look at those discussions https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3992429 https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=265166 ACER Predator Orion 9000: W10H | Intel i9-7900X OC@4.5Ghz | 8x16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport | Sapphire GTX1080TI | Intel 900P 480GB | Intel 600P 256GB | HP EX950 1TB | Seagate Firecuda 2TB ACER Predator XB281HK: 28" TN G-SYNC 4K@60hz ThrustMaster Warthog Hotas, TPR, MFD Cougar Pack, HP Reverb Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR Ripcord Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Thanks for the info, It's odd because I absolutely get no other crashes other than when I try to use the MB-339 module. It seems to work the first time and then when I go to load up a subsequent mission it will crash. I will reload the GPU drivers clean and if it continues then I will just avoid using the 339 until later versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Ripcord;4244830']Thanks for the info' date=' It's odd because I absolutely get no other crashes other than when I try to use the MB-339 module. It seems to work the first time and then when I go to load up a subsequent mission it will crash. I will reload the GPU drivers clean and if it continues then I will just avoid using the 339 until later versions[/quote'] The main texture of the 339, along its normal map and roughmet, are 8K in resolution: this maybe a reason why it could stress a bit your gpu. Moreover this can be worst in multiplayer environment, since still we don't implemented LODs for the model. I also have a lot of crashes in open beta, but it's another history because they aren't related to d3d11.dll. Even if you have a powerful RTX2080ti, I would suggest to lowering graphics settings to see if crash point is reached. ACER Predator Orion 9000: W10H | Intel i9-7900X OC@4.5Ghz | 8x16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport | Sapphire GTX1080TI | Intel 900P 480GB | Intel 600P 256GB | HP EX950 1TB | Seagate Firecuda 2TB ACER Predator XB281HK: 28" TN G-SYNC 4K@60hz ThrustMaster Warthog Hotas, TPR, MFD Cougar Pack, HP Reverb Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redshark Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I have installed this great MOD,but I have tried all missions and to edit mission by myself ,but enter mission, MAP userinterface , just can F2 to view external view ,F1 useless ,can't enter cockpit ,why? anyone can help me ,thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beppe_goodoldrebel Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I have installed this great MOD,but I have tried all missions and to edit mission by myself ,but enter mission, MAP userinterface , just can F2 to view external view ,F1 useless ,can't enter cockpit ,why? anyone can help me ,thanks ! Make sure the aircraft you want to use is set as "Player". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redshark Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Yes ,I have set to player, the quick mission is same ,enter mission is map interface ,can't enter cockpit ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6S.Duke Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Yes ,I have set to player, the quick mission is same ,enter mission is map interface ,can't enter cockpit !Attach your dcs.log here Frecce Tricolori Virtuali - EFM coder MB339 EFM Coder Frecce Tricolori Virtuali [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redshark Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 LOG FILEdcs.rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 LOG FILE 2020-03-15 09:22:06.701 ERROR EDCORE: LoadLibrary failed for D:\用户目录\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods/aircraft/MB-339PAN/bin/MB339.dll: (126) 找�到指定的模�。 2020-03-15 09:22:06.702 ERROR SECURITYCONTROL: Failed to load D:\用户目录\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods/aircraft/MB-339PAN/bin/MB339.dll: (126) 找�到指定的模�。 DLL is not loaded. You must move your Saved Games out of the directory with special characters (for example you can move in the root of D: ) ACER Predator Orion 9000: W10H | Intel i9-7900X OC@4.5Ghz | 8x16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport | Sapphire GTX1080TI | Intel 900P 480GB | Intel 600P 256GB | HP EX950 1TB | Seagate Firecuda 2TB ACER Predator XB281HK: 28" TN G-SYNC 4K@60hz ThrustMaster Warthog Hotas, TPR, MFD Cougar Pack, HP Reverb Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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