Mi-8 UN skin not available if country is UN Peacekeeper

[kunterbunt]

I created a mission where you fly as UN, unfortunately there is no UN skin available if you fly as UN. there is one available if you fly as Russian.

Does anybody have any idea if I am doing something wrong?

[Ramsay]

1 hour ago, kunterbunt said:

Does anybody have any idea if I am doing something wrong?

You are doing nothing wrong, the skin's description.lua makes the UN skin available only to Russia.

 

name = "RF UN"
name_ru = "ООН (Россия)"
countries = {"RUS"}

 

You can copy the skin folder

 

"DCS World\Bazar\Liveries\mi-8mt\Russia_UN"

 

to

 

"Saved Games\DCS\_Mods\Skins Mi-8\Liveries\mi-8mt\UN"

 

and edit it's description.lua so the skin uses the United Nations country code "UN" i.e.

 

name = "UN skin"
name_ru = "ООН (Россия)"
countries = {"UN"}

 

or be a default skin* available to all

 

name = "UN skin"
name_ru = "ООН (Россия)"
countries = {}

 

* Note: this has the disadvantage that it'll become the default skin for the all countries without their own skin (rather than the Russian military skin which gets used because there is no other).

 

More detail on country codes can be found here https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/142528-how-to-use-the-same-skin-across-several-countries/?do=findComment&comment=4527200

 

Edited June 12, 2021 by Ramsay

[kunterbunt]

Thanks @Ramsay

I am assuming this will work only for me and not for anybody who wants to use my mission?

I am trying to create simple missions for beginners that still do not have weapon capabilities and using UN faction is very convinent.

Not having a default skin for it not so nice.

[Ramsay]

Just now, kunterbunt said:

I am assuming this will work only for me and not for anybody who wants to use my mission?

Correct.

 

Just now, kunterbunt said:

Not having a default skin for it not so nice.

Agreed