Desert Skins!

[ChillNG]

Just a heads up as I hadn't seen it in the patch notes but just stumbled upon by accident...looks like we now have desert skins for ground vehicles, US ones at least - I've seen skins for Humvee, Abrams and Bradleys!

[Rudel_chw]

Nice, but I already use these skins for western vehicles:

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3307516/?sphrase_id=4832208

 

and these for Eastern ones;

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3307500/?sphrase_id=4832208

 

:thumbup:

[sirrah]

Just a heads up as I hadn't seen it in the patch notes but just stumbled upon by accident...looks like we now have desert skins for ground vehicles, US ones at least - I've seen skins for Humvee, Abrams and Bradleys!

 

Wow, haven't seen it myself yet, but that's great!

Good to see this stuff in implemented in the core game

 

(these mods all look very nice, until they break DCS due to some update :P. Also it's a pita having to find out you need to go and search for all kind of mods before you can play a user made mission)

[Rudel_chw]

(these mods all look very nice, until they break DCS due to some update :P.

 

Maybe it's me, but I don't think that a Skin is a Mod .. also, I can't remember if I have had ever a vehicle skin break DCS, in the worst case the skin simply doesn't load properly.

 

Also it's a pita having to find out you need to go and search for all kind of mods before you can play a user made mission)

 

Not having a skin does not prevent you from loading a user made mission, at the most you will see a default skin instead of the one the mission author meant.

 

 

[shagrat]

Nice, but I already use these skins for western vehicles:

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3307516/?sphrase_id=4832208

 

and these for Eastern ones;

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3307500/?sphrase_id=4832208

 

:thumbup:

How do you use these in Multiplayer missions?

[Rudel_chw]

How do you use these in Multiplayer missions?

 

I dont fly MP, I like to study my aircrafts alone :)

 

 

[=52d= Skip]

How do you use these in Multiplayer missions?

 

Just like your standard Airplane Skin; Mission Designer has to select them and everyone that has them sees them.

[sirrah]

Maybe it's me, but I don't think that a Skin is a Mod .. also, I can't remember if I have had ever a vehicle skin break DCS, in the worst case the skin simply doesn't load properly.

You're probably right. I guess I'm a bit negative minded when it comes to user made addons/changes as I had to cleanup/repair a bit too often. (can't recall any skins to be the cause though)

 

Not having a skin does not prevent you from loading a user made mission, at the most you will see a default skin instead of the one the mission author meant.

Oh, my bad, I didn't know that

 

[shagrat]

 

Just like your standard Airplane Skin; Mission Designer has to select them and everyone that has them sees them.

So unlike "standard" aircraft liveries, these need to be downloaded and installed by everyone joining the server. That's why public servers and many squadrons omit these, as it puts an additional obstacle on users, especially ones not happy modding their DCS...

 

I would like to either add custom liveries into the miz file, or even better add as much as possible into DCS itself.

[Rudel_chw]

... it puts an additional obstacle on users, especially ones not happy modding their DCS...

 

It still seems strange to me, that saving a custom skin on my Saved Games folder is considered by some users as modding :(

 

I would like to either add custom liveries into the miz file ...

 

Yes, I'd love it if DCS implemented that :thumbup:

 

or even better add as much as possible into DCS itself.

 

Nooo .. we already have so many users complaining about the size that a DCS install requires, it doesn't seem like a practical alternative.

Best regards,

 

 

Eduardo