Help please - pilot and name patches

[jsr9597]

I'd like to place a squadron patch and name tag on a pilot for various aircraft...how do I do this? Would really appreciate some help from someone.

Dave

[m0j0NL]

Hi Jsr

 

Not sure which file you need for all planes, but using as an example, for the F-16 its the Pilot_F16_patch.dds file.

 

I`m assuming you have access to photoshop, which ive used for the following tutorial:

 

Open the DDS file, and you`ll see the following:

 

 

Open the Patch/Nametag you wish to add:

 

 

The way I work is as follows, i select the surrounding area, and delete it (make sure you unlocked the layer so you are left with a empty background)

 

 

 

Paste your Patch in the DDS file, and resize it you your liking:

 

 

Then reselect the file (I use the quick selection tool with sample all layers ticked off)

 

 

Then go to the channels window, untick all and tick the Alpha 1 channel:

 

 

You should see something like this:

 

 

Now fill the selected bit with white, invert the selection and fill the white bits you don`t want to see with black till your left with something like this:

 

 

Then renable all channels, and untick the alpha 1 channel, save the file as a DDS, move it to the folder of the livery you want the patches/nametag to appear in, and be sure you have the line: {"pilot_F16_patch", 0 ,"pilot_F16_patch",false}; added to the description.lua of the livery you want this to appear in.

 

Hope this helps :thumbup: