The unofficial JF-17 paintkit

[cookiemonste]

 

Hello! this is Version 3.0 of the Unofficial JF-17 Template, made by Kerbo, Cookiemonster and Megalax to use put the sample skin folder in \DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\ChinaAssetPack\Liveries\JF-17\ and edit the PSDs with your desired changes, overwrite the files in the sample skin. the Sample skin is simply to provide a lua and folder structure template to make life easier for you Changelog: -added UVs -Fixed issues with wing and added back the Main 07 due to confusion on intended usage -added roughmet template (thanks to Megalax) -redone sample skin to be a default camo -redid weathering -tanks included in the sample livery -bort numbers now enabled by default, to disable replace all instances of "jf-17_numbers01" with "empty" Enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zk9ZKQ5XoITwYmfwZgOr3wbj1M0oKf1n?usp=sharing

Edited July 1, 2021 by cookiemonste

[Mike_Romeo]

Looks very promissing. Cant wait to try it out. Btw, is your template based on my clean skin ? Xd

Edited December 23, 2020 by Mike_Romeo

[cookiemonste]

Yes and no.

I've gotten the panels and rivets mainly through the  roughmet.
But some bits were extracted via your clearn skin. But you will see, its featured as well.

[cookiemonste]

The paintkit is live!

[uboats]

good job, i've pinned it until official one ready

[Kerbo 416]

I am glad you guys like it! 

[fl0w]

Great work guys! Glad to see the recognition.

[Baco]

Thanks a lo mate!!! much better than using the clear skins... 

[cookiemonste]

I have uploaded the wrong file, thats fixed.

[killkenny1]

Very nice! Now I need to learn how to make a livery. Have some ideas for a personal JF-17 livery

[Kerbo 416]

On 12/30/2020 at 3:13 PM, killkenny1 said:

Very nice! Now I need to learn how to make a livery. Have some ideas for a personal JF-17 livery

I invite you to the Livery artwork group, we can help you learn how to make liveries, and i can help you with the template if you encounter anything

https://discord.gg/yH2PgqzSCx

Edited April 8, 2022 by Kerbo 416

[Kerbo 416]

hello! 

we've updated the Template, V 2.0 is out and includes among other stuff:

- improved weathering

- AO

- improved stencils

-included tanks into the sample skin

-custom and updated roughmets to go along with the weathering

- and a (still very WIP) Roughmet template

 

another change we made is we merged both wings into a single file, Wing R should be exported as Main 06 and Wing L should be exported as Main 07 we recommend using the sample skin folder as the base of your livery and just overwriting the files as needed to fix a couple of bugs encountered If you have any issues with the template or want help with it feel free to ping me!

 

Expect another (maybe even bigger!) update in the coming weeks as community contributions become added to the template,

 

anyway here's the download link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zk9ZKQ5XoITwYmfwZgOr3wbj1M0oKf1n?usp=sharing Best of luck and happy skinning!

Edited April 20, 2023 by Kerbo 416

[sadjad-vosoul]

BOth of you guys are my LOVES 

[Kerbo 416]

2 hours ago, sadjad-vosoul said:

BOth of you guys are my LOVES 

you too my man!

[DHesquire]

Is there any guidance on how to translate between the wings?  Right wing comes up fine but I can only get left to be some weird mirror so all the text is backwards.  Flipping and rotating various ways just misaligns the template...

 

 

This is what I get with the 'correct' flip - the orientation is wrong and doesn't read correctly into the model

[Kerbo 416]

On 2/13/2021 at 8:59 PM, DHesquire said:

Is there any guidance on how to translate between the wings?  Right wing comes up fine but I can only get left to be some weird mirror so all the text is backwards.  Flipping and rotating various ways just misaligns the template...

 

 

This is what I get with the 'correct' flip - the orientation is wrong and doesn't read correctly into the model

yep this one is our fault sorry, main 06 has to be flipped vertically

[TJTAS]

Would it be possible to get a description of which aircraft parts are on which template please?.

[Kerbo 416]

On 2/18/2021 at 12:54 AM, TJTAS said:

Would it be possible to get a description of which aircraft parts are on which template please?.

Main 01: Cockpit and surrounding areas
Main 02: top middle fuselage 

main 03: top back fuselage
Main 04: bottom front fuselage 
Main 05: Bottom Rear fuselage

Main 06: Right Wing
Main 07: Left wing
Main 08: Rudder
Main 09: Tail and pylons
 

[Kerbo 416]

On 2/13/2021 at 8:59 PM, DHesquire said:

Is there any guidance on how to translate between the wings?  Right wing comes up fine but I can only get left to be some weird mirror so all the text is backwards.  Flipping and rotating various ways just misaligns the template...

 

 

This is what I get with the 'correct' flip - the orientation is wrong and doesn't read correctly into the model

updated template with correct flip

[TJTAS]

12 hours ago, Kerbo 416 said:

Main 01: Cockpit and surrounding areas
Main 02: top middle fuselage 

main 03: top back fuselage
Main 04: bottom front fuselage 
Main 05: Bottom Rear fuselage

Main 06: Right Wing
Main 07: Left wing
Main 08: Rudder
Main 09: Tail and pylons
 

Thank you!!

 

[TJTAS]

On 2/21/2021 at 3:09 AM, Kerbo 416 said:

updated template with correct flip

No you flipped it wrong... Well it needs to be rotated 180 degrees

 

[Kerbo 416]

On 2/23/2021 at 1:09 AM, TJTAS said:

No you flipped it wrong... Well it needs to be rotated 180 degrees

 

yep we see that, to be fixed with next update

[Kerbo 416]

a little teaser of next update

Edited April 21, 2021 by Kerbo 416

[Mike_Romeo]

No way....... Dont tell my you used the Modelview grid option to make that.....

[Kerbo 416]

4 minutes ago, Mike_Romeo said:

No way....... Dont tell my you used the Modelview grid option to make that.....

no, it was using @Etten CSV converter to props to him for allowing us to advance our paintkit