Helles Belle Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Re-posted from AI thread. I've started working on the B-17G skin in the hope one day it will have people actually flying in it. What I'm hoping to achieve is a (newer) more natural aluminium finish than the stock standard game finish. I know people will argue that is what they looked like. But at the moment they really do look like they have come out of the factory with a coat of dull, worn out gull grey. The problem I'm having is the skin in Model Viewer 2 is not like that in game. I vaguely remember there being something mentioned that it may be a problem with the lack of a roughmet file but I can't confirm this. I'm using diffuse, spec & norm file & have them all selected correctly in the description.lua I've played around with different RGB on both the spec & norm file and while it sometimes has disasterous effects I just can't quite get it to give a more shiny aluminium appearance. It almost appears that there is another file somewhere overiding the spec & normal file when in game. Any ideas will be appreciated. :confused: Model Viewer 2: very close to the final finish I'm looking for. What it looks like in game: boring non-reflective gull grey Edited April 5, 2020 by Helles Belle Send lawyers, guns and money......... for the …. has hit the fan. Windows 10 Home 64-bit | CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor | RAM: Corsair 32.0GB Dual-Channel | MOBO: ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (AM4) | GPU: MSI G271CQP on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | SSD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB & Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB for Gaming CH Fightersick - Pro Throttle - Pro Pedals | Thrustmaster MFD Cougar x 3 | Buddy Fox A-10C UFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHSubZero Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Are you working with Roughness Metalic files or Specular files? The B-17G, correct me when I'm wrong, only supports specular files ATM My Mods: DCS User Files Modules owned: EVERY Module :pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helles Belle Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 Gday sub, I think that’s the problem. It appears model viewer looks at both but the game only looks at spec. Hence the difference in the same files as shown in pics in post one. Hopefully they can change that (and put people in there while they’re at it) Send lawyers, guns and money......... for the …. has hit the fan. Windows 10 Home 64-bit | CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor | RAM: Corsair 32.0GB Dual-Channel | MOBO: ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (AM4) | GPU: MSI G271CQP on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | SSD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB & Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB for Gaming CH Fightersick - Pro Throttle - Pro Pedals | Thrustmaster MFD Cougar x 3 | Buddy Fox A-10C UFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey45 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 what dose the description lua say.? The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helles Belle Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 livery = { {"B17G_Fuzelage_1", 0 ,"B-17G_Fuzelage_1_D",false}; {"B17G_Fuzelage_1", 1 ,"B-17G_Fuzelage_1_N",false}; {"B17G_Fuzelage_1", 2 ,"B-17G_Fuzelage_1_S",false}; {"B17G_Fuzelage_2", 0 ,"B-17G_Fuzelage_2_D",false}; {"B17G_Fuzelage_2", 1 ,"B-17G_Fuzelage_2_N",false}; {"B17G_Fuzelage_2", 2 ,"B-17G_Fuzelage_2_S",false}; {"B17G_Wing_Left", 0 ,"B-17G_Wing_Left_D",false}; {"B17G_Wing_Left", 1 ,"B-17G_Wing_Left_N",false}; {"B17G_Wing_Left", 2 ,"B-17G_Wing_Left_S",false}; {"B17G_Wing_Right", 0 ,"B-17G_Wing_Rigth_D",false}; {"B17G_Wing_Right", 1 ,"B-17G_Wing_Rigth_N",false}; {"B17G_Wing_Right", 2 ,"B-17G_Wing_Rigth_S",false}; {"B_17G_ROTOR", 0, "B_17G_ROTOR_black_D", false}; {"B_17G_ROTOR", 1, "b_17g_rotor_n", true}; {"B_17G_ROTOR", 2, "B_17G_ROTOR_black_S", false}; {"B-17G_RotorBlured", 0, "B_17G_RotorBlured_black_D",false}; {"B-17G_RotorBlured", 2, "B_17G_RotorBlured_black_S",false}; } name = "Naughty Nance 306th BG" Send lawyers, guns and money......... for the …. has hit the fan. Windows 10 Home 64-bit | CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor | RAM: Corsair 32.0GB Dual-Channel | MOBO: ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (AM4) | GPU: MSI G271CQP on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | SSD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB & Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB for Gaming CH Fightersick - Pro Throttle - Pro Pedals | Thrustmaster MFD Cougar x 3 | Buddy Fox A-10C UFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrassEm Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I feel your pain Helles Belle, That is as good as it gets at the moment. What looks good in modelviewer2 doesn't carry over to the sim. It will happen eventually though. www.brass-em.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helles Belle Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 Thanks brassem, It’d be great to see some of the AI WWII given some lovin’. I’d love to do more with the B-17, I have to make the psd files smaller and work on a few other things with it. But at the moment the size is killing me time wise. Send lawyers, guns and money......... for the …. has hit the fan. Windows 10 Home 64-bit | CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor | RAM: Corsair 32.0GB Dual-Channel | MOBO: ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (AM4) | GPU: MSI G271CQP on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | SSD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB & Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB for Gaming CH Fightersick - Pro Throttle - Pro Pedals | Thrustmaster MFD Cougar x 3 | Buddy Fox A-10C UFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRG-Vampire Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Try to use ROUGHMET (13), instead of SPECULAR (2) for your texture maps in the description.lua file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHSubZero Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Try to use ROUGHMET (13), instead of SPECULAR (2) for your texture maps in the description.lua file. I think this does not work because the model itself is not supporting RoughMet, isn't it? My Mods: DCS User Files Modules owned: EVERY Module :pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Guys look at the Sticky at the top of the forum. Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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