F15E's from 494th FS 48FW Operation Inherent Resolve -Immediate Response Force 2019

[Oban]

Something I've been working on over the past 2 days..

[NRG-Vampire]

IMHO you used too vivid colours on the nose-art/tail-stripes however these skins are still look great :thumbup: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3313535/

 

...and plz make some skins with nose-arts of the 391st as well

 

https://theaviationist.com/2019/04/1...and-nose-arts/

[Oban]

IMHO you used too vivid colours on the nose-art/tail-stripes however these skins are still look great :thumbup:

 

Thanks for the feeback, I have them all as a PSD layer, I wanted the reds to look red for the nose art, initially I was using "overlays @75% opacity" but they looked too washed out.

 

For these, I've gone with "normal @75% opacity" easy enough to adjust ..

 

The reds are a tad on the bright side... thanks for the feedback

[NRG-Vampire]

gotcha ...but 1 more: you should change the colours of the seats from gray to black :idea:

 

 

[Oban]

gotcha ...but 1 more: you should change the colours of the seats from gray to black :idea:

 

 

Can be done.. I never noticed that before, it was the template I was using at the time.. good spot

 

Actually, I'm not sure where these are located, as I've looked at the ED base textures and no change, it might be hard coded as part of the cockpit? as there's no mention of "f15e_cokpit.dds" in any of the description.lua's

[NRG-Vampire]

Into the description.lua put this:

 

{"f15e_acesII", DIFFUSE, "a-10_eject_seat 1024", false};

or

{"f15e_acesII", 0, "a-10_eject_seat 1024", false};

 

texture:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.c...files/3311074/

 

:smilewink: cheers

 

[Oban]

Took me a while,but I think I've got it sussed, as I had to rename that texture, and covert it to a DDS, but the air frames I've updated seem to be fine .. massive thanks mate

[NRG-Vampire]

There are some problems with the new 1.1 version:

1. Death Note nose-art is missing. There are Buttercup.

2. Chief tail-stripes need to be clean-red/without text both inside, on the right ouside tail  "Panter One" need to leans forward on the stripe and leans backward on the left vertical stab-stripe.

Edited December 1, 2020 by NRG-Vampire

[Oban]

Damn! Never noticed "Death Note" missing..

I've corrected the "Panther One" as well, I was using a decal sheet, and never noticed it was slanting the wrong way..

V1.12 imminent !!

[Oban]

On 11/29/2020 at 11:16 AM, NRG-Vampire said:

IMHO you used too vivid colours on the nose-art/tail-stripes however these skins are still look great :thumbup: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3313535/

 

...and plz make some skins with nose-arts of the 391st as well

 

https://theaviationist.com/2019/04/1...and-nose-arts/

There's already a full set for 391st but on an F15C, I will ask the author if I can convert those over to the F15E.. his textures are slightly darker than the F15E base I'm using, he's done an awesome job to be honest !!

Take a look

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3311480/

[NRG-Vampire]

I know It will be unusal but i would like to ask 1 more... to be these skins more authentic.

Frankly, Iv never liked (and did not understand the purpose of) those darkenings/shadows on the inside parts of the textures/template of the vertical stabs of the F-15C/E.
I also does not like the dirts on the rudders. (IMHO All the fake shadows on the F-15C/E templates look unreal: moreover on the wing pylons. I guess it wanted to be kind of ambient oclussion but the effectuation has become exaggerated)
Check these photos: so nice: no dirts on the tails. Same clean - both inside/outside surfaces of the stabs.
So would you mind making another version (optionally) the 3 type of stabs totally clean (Blue stripes, Red and Red "Panther One") ?
TY

Edited December 1, 2020 by NRG-Vampire

[Oban]

Yeah, not so sure about the Tails, as I'm using the default texture, and it's pretty well weathered, so it would take a lot of work to clean them up to "Factory finish" I can't promise anything as I'm now starting to prepare to return to the Middle East in the next few weeks, and my time will become limited.

[NRG-Vampire]

Here are the templates: (you don't need to clean them up)
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/texture_templates/f-15e_template/
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/texture_templates/f-15c_template/

 

There are seperated (on/off) layers for weathering/shadows/occlusion (on the tails as well), IIRC.
 

Edited December 1, 2020 by NRG-Vampire

[Oban]

Brilliant, I will try to smash out a full set of "factory finish" variants this week.. no promises mind you, but you have been a great help so again, a huge thanks

[extender72]

Hi,

 

first great job for all skins, really good.

 

second, I wanted to point out a problem that occurs when adding the tanks from the editor, I don't know why but the SIM loads a wrong file, it's not the original, I've never been able to solve it.

The correct file is f15e_ptb.bmp.dds, you can also see it from your screenshots (that file is wrong)

 

Can you fix this DCS error ???

 

Thank you.

 

Cheers,
Michele

Edited December 11, 2020 by extender72

[extender72]

In the latest update, the AF-91-329 "Havoc" skin is missing

[Oban]

58 minutes ago, extender72 said:

In the latest update, the AF-91-329 "Havoc" skin is missing

Still?? I updated the file an hour or so, and made sure "Havoc" is in the RAR file

[extender72]

41 minutes ago, Oban said:

Still?? I updated the file an hour or so, and made sure "Havoc" is in the RAR file

 

Now is OK, thanks