ED Team BIGNEWY Posted April 12, 2022 ED Team Share Posted April 12, 2022 DCS: AH-64D Livery Competition Using the official template found here, we are holding a DCS: AH-64D livery contest. The top ten submissions will have their skins integrated into DCS world and their name will also be included in the official manual. Here are some of the requirements and details: The skin must be created using this template. The livery must be based on current or historic schemes from any AH-64 variant. The livery must be associated with one of the countries currently present in DCS. Here are instructions for saving textures with MIP levels using NVIDIA Texture Tools for Adobe Photoshop. After submitting your file to User Files, please post in the DCS: AH-64D Skin Competition forum topic with a screenshot and link to your file from the ED user files. The contest will run until the 29th of May. All ten winners will receive a free copy of DCS: AH-64D, or any other Eagle Dynamics module, that can be also given as a gift to any DCS account. 5 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainstay Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Based on heavily weathered AH-64A workhorse pictures i bring you this livery. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321702/ To install navigate to C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\AH-64D\Liveries\AH-64D_BLK_II\ Unrar/unzip the folder in there and voila your good to go. Enjoy 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqil Huseynov Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321584/ (Based on the main Mi-24 pattern used Azerbaijan and Ukranian Air force) Bugs fixed. Fuel tank and patch added. the file has been added to the DCS userfile site. - 04/28/2022 Edited May 25, 2022 by Aqil Huseynov Bugs fixed. Fuel tank and patch added. the file has been added to the DCS userfile site. - 04/28/2022 25 Azerbaijan Air Force Skins - Instagram - Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Sorry for the question. Some countries does not employ AH-64D, such as mine (Italy), is it still possible to add a skin in the competition to allow these countries to have a default one w/o the US markings? I'm asking cause one of the rules is "The livery must be based on current or historic schemes from any AH-64 variant." Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted April 15, 2022 Author ED Team Share Posted April 15, 2022 1 minute ago, chromium said: Sorry for the question. Some countries does not employ AH-64D, such as mine (Italy), is it still possible to add a skin in the competition to allow these countries to have a default one w/o the US markings? I'm asking cause one of the rules is "The livery must be based on current or historic schemes from any AH-64 variant." you can still add your entry, what we are looking for is liveries that are real world like and not complete fantasy ones. thanks 1 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZedTank Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) Israel - IAF - 113th Hornet Squadron https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321097/ Edited April 15, 2022 by ZedTank Separated posts 30 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZedTank Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 JGSDF - 1st Combat Helicopter Corps https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321446/ 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZedTank Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 RNLAF - 301 Squadron Redskins - Display Team 2014 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321099/ 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester986 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 I know you're look for real world liveries but I'd really like to see a USMC livery for flying off the Tarawa. I know those already a good one in user files. Unfortunately the vast majority of real ones are just OD green with a different unit patch on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishFatty Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 57 minutes ago, ZedTank said: RNLAF - 301 Squadron Redskins - Display Team 2014 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321099/ This is the one I was going to do. You did it beautifully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZedTank Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 1 hour ago, IrishFatty said: This is the one I was going to do. You did it beautifully. Thanks, sorry for for doing it first, but there are some other varients you can do, they are all awesome Australian - 1st Aviation Regimen https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321098/ 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZedTank Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Spanish - BHELA-1 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321187/ 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Nice work ZedTank. Maybe if I get interested enough into the Apache (I got the module, haven't touched it yet) I'll download a few of yours. 1 LOMAC Section| | Gaming Resume (PDF) | Gallery | Flanker2.51 Storage Site | Also known as Flanker562 back in the day... Steam ID EricJ562 | DCS: A-10A/C Pilot | DCS: Su-25T Pilot | Texture Artist "...parade ground soldiers always felt that way (contempt) about killers in uniform." -Counting The Cost, Hammer's Slammers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ule_1 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Thanks, sorry for for doing it first, but there are some other varients you can do, they are all awesome Australian - 1st Aviation Regimen https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321098/Nice! That’s what I was thinking of doing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team Raptor9 Posted April 16, 2022 ED Team Share Posted April 16, 2022 Not to rain on anyone's parade, but you all realize that the second criteria in the contest is the livery must be of a current or historic AH-64 paint scheme? From reading the OP by BigNewy, it is my understanding that liveries of countries or services that have never operated the AH-64 don't qualify. Don't get me wrong, these liveries are awesome-looking, but not all fit the criteria for the contest. 6 Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqil Huseynov Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 I think you mean Azerbaijan. Because I don't understand what other country you're using the "all" sentence for here (like politic) BIGNEWY knows about it and they let me participate in the competition, it's okay to worry. Azerbaijan Air Force Skins - Instagram - Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalax Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 40 minutes ago, Raptor9 said: Not to rain on anyone's parade 9 Megalax's Livery Studio My Liveries in the User Files I'll stick a maple leaf on anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team Raptor9 Posted April 16, 2022 ED Team Share Posted April 16, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Aqil Huseynov said: I think you mean Azerbaijan. Because I don't understand what other country you're using the "all" sentence for here (like politic) BIGNEWY knows about it and they let me participate in the competition, it's okay to worry. I didn't mean just Azerbaijan. Others, like Australia (although they are getting AH-64's in the future), Spain, France, Marines (assuming USMC) never existed. I wasn't saying anything against the liveries, they are all very well done, but I was simply trying to clarify. Edited April 16, 2022 by Raptor9 7 Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalax Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 32 minutes ago, Raptor9 said: but I was simply trying to clarify. You're also not ED team. BN did clarify in his second post that they want real world like liveries. To me that means no anime, neon, or beans. 3 1 Megalax's Livery Studio My Liveries in the User Files I'll stick a maple leaf on anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team Raptor9 Posted April 16, 2022 ED Team Share Posted April 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Megalax said: You're also not ED team. BN did clarify in his second post that they want real world like liveries. To me that means no anime, neon, or beans. Alright, calm down. I never said I was ED team, and I wasn't targeting you or anyone in particular. I missed that little nugget, I was only trying to help. 5 Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted April 16, 2022 Author ED Team Share Posted April 16, 2022 Keep the liveries coming, some nice ones already in the thread. thanks 1 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopper Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Megalax said: You're also not ED team. BN did clarify in his second post that they want real world like liveries. To me that means no anime, neon, or beans. Calm down. BigNewy did a bad job of conveying the requirements and his second post hardly helped things. It needed clarification and Raptor9 clarified it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[.ID] Jupiter Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 (edited) Hello everyone, This is my skin from Indonesian Army Aviation Command - 11th Squadron/Serbu. and i would like to submit and participate in this livery competition. note: This skin based on real livery from current Indonesian Army's AH-64E "Apache Guardian" Version. Enjoy! https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321867/ latest update 4/20/2022: - remove excessive dirt on aircraft - missing texture fixed - Correction on pilot patch Based on real aircraft: Edited April 20, 2022 by [.ID] Jupiter link update 21 1 DCS World Repainter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorBrasil Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/15/2022 at 11:15 AM, Mainstay said: Based on heavily weathered AH-64A workhorse pictures i bring you this livery. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321702/ To install navigate to C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\AH-64D\Liveries\AH-64D_BLK_II\ Unrar/unzip the folder in there and voila your good to go. Enjoy Did you use the original template to make this skin? I ask because the file size in relation to the others is very low. I would love to see you win to have this skin inside the DCS. Good luck! On 4/12/2022 at 4:11 PM, BIGNEWY said: Here are some of the requirements and details: The skin must be created using this template. The livery must be based on current or historic schemes from any AH-64 variant. The livery must be associated with one of the countries currently present in DCS. Here are instructions for saving textures with MIP levels using NVIDIA Texture Tools for Adobe Photoshop. After submitting your file to User Files, please post in the DCS: AH-64D Skin Competition forum topic with a screenshot and link to your file from the ED user files. The contest will run until the 29th of May. All ten winners will receive a free copy of DCS: AH-64D, or any other Eagle Dynamics module, that can be also given as a gift to any DCS account. 2 |Motherboard|: Asus TUF Gaming X570-PLUS, |WaterCooler|: Corsair H115i Pro, |CPU|: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, |RAM|: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200MHz DDR4, |SSD|: Kingston A2000 500GB M.2 NVMe, |SSD|: Kingston 2.5´ 480GB UV400 SATA III, |SSHD|: Seagate Híbrido 2TB 7200RPM SATA III, |GPU|: MSI Gaming 980Ti, |Monitor|: LG UltraWide 34UM68, |Joystick 1|: Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog, |Joystick 2|: T.Flight Rudder Pedals, |Head Motion|: TrackIr 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainstay Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, ThorBrasil said: Did you use the original template to make this skin? I ask because the file size in relation to the others is very low. I would love to see you win to have this skin inside the DCS. Good luck! Hey Thorbrasil. Yes I used the original template from ED, saved everything in DXT5 + 8BBP + mipmaps. Filesize is probably because compression of winrar. When you extract the folder it’s much larger. Thank you for your kind words Edited April 17, 2022 by Mainstay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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