lee1hy Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) In response to many requests, i started the F/A-18C skin project. I tried not to make hornet skin. Navy is very few livery and low VIS and F / A-18C have great textures and already great skins by users, there is few paint scheme. long time ago I tried improving hornet, but it failed I looked at the hornet once again. Finally found the problem and improved it Stock Hornet is great, but has no contrast ratio. This makes the plane look like a plastic light-weight object. So I did Heavy-AO for hornet. DIFF AO layer and ROUGHMET AO (red) have been enhanced. GREEN channels have been adjusted to the current F-16 level. result is successful and the aircraft feels very heavy-weight. Of course, NORMAL was also newly created. ok talk too much lets see pics (reshade) Heavy dirt compare stock (no reshade ) Edited April 26, 2020 by lee1hy 1 creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonJosh Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 wow the last picture can be a real photo, stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 pics is this working? linked from blog creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.J.S Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 These certainly have a much more authentic feel. Always prefer a skin that looks like its got a few hard hours under its belt, not something that looks like its on its first day trip to the boat! Alien desktop PC, Intel i7-8700 CPU@3.20GHz 6 Core, Nvidia GTX 1070, 16GB RAM. TM Warthog stick and Throttles. Saitek ProFlight pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisedByWolves Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Damn nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsky Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Stock Hornet is great, but has no contrast ratio. This makes the plane look like a plastic light-weight object. Spot on. This looks terrific. Can't wait to put my hands on it! Dima | My DCS uploads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_mu110_ Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Great work, I agree the last image is pretty indistinguishable from an actual photo. I can't tell from any of the pictures, have you also gotten rid of the pylon shadows that are present when you have a clean wing? Check out my skins and mods on the User Files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 These certainly have a much more authentic feel. Always prefer a skin that looks like its got a few hard hours under its belt, not something that looks like its on its first day trip to the boat! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: results are very good. Damn nice! :thumbup::thumbup: Spot on. This looks terrific. Can't wait to put my hands on it! Is true :thumbup::music_whistling: Great work, I agree the last image is pretty indistinguishable from an actual photo. I can't tell from any of the pictures, have you also gotten rid of the pylon shadows that are present when you have a clean wing? Are you referring to the pylon arounding shadow on the under wing? You will need to remove the shadow from Roughmet's AO :book: creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fagulha Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 What a great work. It will be a dream come true in VR. Very eager to try. Thank you so much for doing this to the Hornet, my fav. Best regards, F. - "Don't be John Wayne in the Break if you´re going to be Jerry Lewis on the Ball". About carrier ops: "The younger pilots are still quite capable of holding their heads forward against the forces. The older ones have been doing this too long and know better; sore necks make for poor sleep.' PC: I7 4790K 4.6ghz | 32GB RAM | Zotac GTX 1080Ti 11Gb DDR5x | Water cooler NZXT AIO Kraken x53 | 3.5TB (x4 SSD´s) | Valve Index| Andre´s JeatSeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 VFC-12 converted This is will be my first hornet livery Sorry about not VFA, i will next time make VFA skin creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dali Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 wow, but you could tone it down a bit...some nations take great care about their planes :) ED! HIRE THIS MAN! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) wow, but you could tone it down a bit...some nations take great care about their planes :) ED! HIRE THIS MAN! Yes there are great already "down a bit" ED stock texture VFA pics Edited May 2, 2020 by lee1hy creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsky Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Yes there are great already "down a bit" ED stock texture Guess he meant your roughmet paired with clean livery. We already have the "kinda weathered" but plasticky textures from ED. Soon we will have your dirty masterpiece :smilewink: I guess the next logical step is to make a properly enhanced clean skin=) Dima | My DCS uploads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Guess he meant your roughmet paired with clean livery. We already have the "kinda weathered" but plasticky textures from ED. Soon we will have your dirty masterpiece :smilewink: I guess the next logical step is to make a properly enhanced clean skin=) +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dali Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Guess he meant your roughmet paired with clean livery. We already have the "kinda weathered" but plasticky textures from ED. Soon we will have your dirty masterpiece :smilewink: I guess the next logical step is to make a properly enhanced clean skin=) yes :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fagulha Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Guess he meant your roughmet paired with clean livery. We already have the "kinda weathered" but plasticky textures from ED. Soon we will have your dirty masterpiece :smilewink: I guess the next logical step is to make a properly enhanced clean skin=) +1! :) - "Don't be John Wayne in the Break if you´re going to be Jerry Lewis on the Ball". About carrier ops: "The younger pilots are still quite capable of holding their heads forward against the forces. The older ones have been doing this too long and know better; sore necks make for poor sleep.' PC: I7 4790K 4.6ghz | 32GB RAM | Zotac GTX 1080Ti 11Gb DDR5x | Water cooler NZXT AIO Kraken x53 | 3.5TB (x4 SSD´s) | Valve Index| Andre´s JeatSeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 Oh..i can understand now.........ok i will try creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) I HAVTE NAVY , THIS navy color is really difficult :joystick::joystick: my try no rehsade Edited May 4, 2020 by lee1hy creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 pics reshade on creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honez Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Is there a link to d/l it or did I miss that somewhere in the post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsky Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I HAVTE NAVY , THIS navy color is really difficult :joystick::joystick: Haha I totally feel you! This color looks different on each photo of Hornet :lol: But I think you've almost nailed it on the last two pics - it should be bright, not dark. Dima | My DCS uploads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) Is there a link to d/l it or did I miss that somewhere in the post? Down below Haha I totally feel you! This color looks different on each photo of Hornet :lol: But I think you've almost nailed it on the last two pics - it should be bright, not dark. My thoughts on the DCS skins 1. stock texture is great, but the bright roughmet and bright texture levels on the dirt layer are odd to see. so get rid off 2d fake dirt 2. Photoreal is super awesome , but its too strong texture looks strange. combination of photo texture and game graphics is odd My purpose is to see a good combination of roughet and texture level in game graphic more suitable fit for current DCS This is my PDS download link I want livery to study rather than instant enjoy. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FlpnNGzqdTdBJMJKrvRq1iEX5jmJOSoe Edited May 5, 2020 by lee1hy creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fagulha Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 lee1hy, It looks awesome! thank you and keep up. Eager to see future navy Hornet liveries :) - "Don't be John Wayne in the Break if you´re going to be Jerry Lewis on the Ball". About carrier ops: "The younger pilots are still quite capable of holding their heads forward against the forces. The older ones have been doing this too long and know better; sore necks make for poor sleep.' PC: I7 4790K 4.6ghz | 32GB RAM | Zotac GTX 1080Ti 11Gb DDR5x | Water cooler NZXT AIO Kraken x53 | 3.5TB (x4 SSD´s) | Valve Index| Andre´s JeatSeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 lee1hy, It looks awesome! thank you and keep up. Eager to see future navy Hornet liveries :) :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: fixed side pixtel shadow In the final version I will delete or clean up the diff AO https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GuK0bQv3Cg81quTvkPcSsygGotKRtMtI creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonJosh Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 wow Lee1hy what happen?! Did ED tell you rework all of their products?! :D you workin on the F16, F18 and F5.... stunning work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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