Texac Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 The external textures created by Eagle Dynamics for their F-16 Viper seem to have been left in an unfinished state since Early Access release. Which means details, as well as a somewhat realistic or authentic weathering pattern are absent next to many other things. I spent a lot of work in the past to improve and add up all these small details to the external textures. Overall I added many missing panels, rivets, holes, exhausts, vents, seams, lights and other details to the whole aircraft. Too long and finicky to list all the changes in detail. So below is a short list of the main changes and improvements so far. Added missing panels, rivets as well as holes and exhausts to the bottom fuselage Added more detail to the engine exhaust Added dirt, scratches and leaked oil to the airbrakes mechanism Reworked all rivets and added rivets on the top fuselage (rivet counter) Added textures to the M61 gun Added sealant to the canopy frame, RWR and AIFF antennas - Added new cockpit textures (Currently a sort of WIP placeholder. They are a custom mix of textures made by watermanpc and wolfthrower) So far I reworked the main fuselage, some parts of the tail, all pylons and the fuel tanks. The wings will be overhauled as well with new rivets, etc. WIP preview screens. Compared to the "default" livery by ED (before). Sealant around the RWR antenna Static discharge mounts New engine exhaust. The gas residue on the inside of the nozzles is not final and may vary, can be lighter. Textures for the M61 gun Textures for the internal air refueling door Panels and rivets on the belly near the tailhook Sealant around the AIFF antennas and rivets on the canopy New rivets on the aft fuselage Sealant around the canopy and the AIFF antennas. New rivets and details to the main top fuselage. Close up of the refueling door with new rivets and deeper seams. Complete overview of the main fuselage. Notice the tail (hollywood) lights. My favorite so far, the sealant around the canopy. 30 10 - My Skins/Liveries - Improved F-16C Texture Template • Texac on YouTube •
2IAE-CrashBG Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 These just bring it to life. Well done! [sIGPIC]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/46crash/crahshig.png[/sIGPIC] Bulgarian DCS Community
fagulha Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 Thank you for your work to the community, outstanding work so far and looking promising. I always do my walkaround in VR to check details so i´m eager to see the result when you finish. Keep up and thank you once again for your outstanding work. F. About carrier ops: "The younger pilots are still quite capable of holding their heads forward against the forces. The older ones have been doing this too long and know better; sore necks make for poor sleep.' PC: 14th I7 14700KF 5.6ghz | 64GB RAM DDR5 5200 CL40 XMP | Gigabyte RTX 4080 Super Aero OC 16 GB RAM GDDR6X | Thermalright Notte 360 RGB | PSU Thermaltake Though Power GF A3 Snow 1050W ATX 3.0 / 1 WD SN770 1TB M.2 NVME + 1 SSD M.2 2TB + 2x SSD SATA 500GB + 1 Samsung 990 PRO 4TB M.2 NVME (DCS only) | Valve Index| Andre´s JeatSeat.
NRG-Vampire Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 OMG ! Another masterpiece of texture-arts Must be a few-dozens of workhours on those, right ?
Texac Posted October 12, 2022 Author Posted October 12, 2022 Thanks everyone! 4 hours ago, fagulha said: Thank you for your work to the community, outstanding work so far and looking promising. I always do my walkaround in VR to check details so i´m eager to see the result when you finish. This is the idea behind it. Getting the model/textures as detailed as it can be so that even up close it looks authentic. Especially when you might want to walk around the aircraft for a pre-flight check, maybe? 2 hours ago, NRG-Vampire said: Must be a few-dozens of workhours on those, right ? Yes, the first of such improvements I started to add years ago and in the last weeks/months I have been adding a lot more improvements. It will still take some time and work until I can call it finished as a template. 2 - My Skins/Liveries - Improved F-16C Texture Template • Texac on YouTube •
Roughmaster Posted October 21, 2022 Posted October 21, 2022 Great work, nice to see these details! I'll have to add some more I guess. I agree with you on the canopy seal, I loved it too when adding it! 1
Nightstorm Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 Awesome work. These are looking fantastic.
fagulha Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 Hi all, @Texac doing the same for the forgotten Hornet it´s planned in the future? Thank you in advance, F. About carrier ops: "The younger pilots are still quite capable of holding their heads forward against the forces. The older ones have been doing this too long and know better; sore necks make for poor sleep.' PC: 14th I7 14700KF 5.6ghz | 64GB RAM DDR5 5200 CL40 XMP | Gigabyte RTX 4080 Super Aero OC 16 GB RAM GDDR6X | Thermalright Notte 360 RGB | PSU Thermaltake Though Power GF A3 Snow 1050W ATX 3.0 / 1 WD SN770 1TB M.2 NVME + 1 SSD M.2 2TB + 2x SSD SATA 500GB + 1 Samsung 990 PRO 4TB M.2 NVME (DCS only) | Valve Index| Andre´s JeatSeat.
Texac Posted November 17, 2022 Author Posted November 17, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 9:02 PM, fagulha said: @Texac doing the same for the forgotten Hornet it´s planned in the future? No, this is not planned. Completely new set of rivets for the wings. Some rivets are smaller, others bigger. Quite the difference. 4 1 - My Skins/Liveries - Improved F-16C Texture Template • Texac on YouTube •
fagulha Posted November 17, 2022 Posted November 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Texac said: No, this is not planned. Ok thank you. Awesome work as always. Keep up. About carrier ops: "The younger pilots are still quite capable of holding their heads forward against the forces. The older ones have been doing this too long and know better; sore necks make for poor sleep.' PC: 14th I7 14700KF 5.6ghz | 64GB RAM DDR5 5200 CL40 XMP | Gigabyte RTX 4080 Super Aero OC 16 GB RAM GDDR6X | Thermalright Notte 360 RGB | PSU Thermaltake Though Power GF A3 Snow 1050W ATX 3.0 / 1 WD SN770 1TB M.2 NVME + 1 SSD M.2 2TB + 2x SSD SATA 500GB + 1 Samsung 990 PRO 4TB M.2 NVME (DCS only) | Valve Index| Andre´s JeatSeat.
CarloVecchi Posted December 22, 2022 Posted December 22, 2022 Holy cow... A real peace of art @Texac Really looking forward to this!
Texac Posted January 2, 2023 Author Posted January 2, 2023 Thanks everyone! Both wing textures are now completely reworked to an appropriate level. That includes all the new rivets from above as well as new horizontal stabilizers. All that's left to do is reworking and improving the tail texture. After that I'm starting to call it completed so I can start making some actual liveries. You can faintly spot the new rivets. I added these since weathering and leaks sometimes start to build up from those rivets. Comparison shot of the main fuselage and wing between the default and my improved textures. 3 1 - My Skins/Liveries - Improved F-16C Texture Template • Texac on YouTube •
PunchOut Posted January 6, 2023 Posted January 6, 2023 epic work! will you be releasing this as a new 'template' for us to enjoy with our own skins? Rig: intel i9-9900kf @ 1.21 gigawatts of electricity | Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro | EVGA 1080 Ti SC2 Gaming
Texac Posted January 7, 2023 Author Posted January 7, 2023 16 hours ago, PunchOut said: epic work! will you be releasing this as a new 'template' for us to enjoy with our own skins? Thanks! It probably will be difficult to handle for most, because to get all of the above improvements, other textures are needed which are not included inside the original template. I always had this in mind from the beginning. But I haven't decided on how the template will look like, to be more user friendly, and when and if I can release it. 1 - My Skins/Liveries - Improved F-16C Texture Template • Texac on YouTube •
Texac Posted January 9, 2023 Author Posted January 9, 2023 Now the tail is reworked as well with new rivets, seams and panel lines. I have some comparison shots. But I wanted to finally take some pictures in game. I also added scratches and dirt to the canopy. 9 1 - My Skins/Liveries - Improved F-16C Texture Template • Texac on YouTube •
ebabil Posted January 10, 2023 Posted January 10, 2023 looking great man. can we use addon liveries with this mod or they are obsolete with this? FC3 | UH-1 | Mi-8 | A-10C II | F/A-18 | Ka-50 III | F-14 | F-16 | AH-64 | Mi-24 | F-5 | F-15E| F-4| Tornado Persian Gulf | Nevada | Syria | NS-430 | Supercarrier // Wishlist: CH-53 | UH-60 Youtube MS FFB2 - TM Warthog - CH Pro Pedals - Trackir 5
Texac Posted January 10, 2023 Author Posted January 10, 2023 16 hours ago, whisky.actual said: Looking awesome mate! Thanks a lot! 4 hours ago, ebabil said: looking great man. can we use addon liveries with this mod or they are obsolete with this? Thanks! What do you mean by addon liveries? These textures act as a new base template. If you want other liveries to include the same improvements, they need to be reworked by their authors, with my permission or credit to use my textures. - My Skins/Liveries - Improved F-16C Texture Template • Texac on YouTube •
ebabil Posted January 10, 2023 Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) I mean, there are default and user skins installed already. Are these will remain non improved and only this skin will work as upgraded? Most importantly, is it available to download? Edited January 10, 2023 by ebabil FC3 | UH-1 | Mi-8 | A-10C II | F/A-18 | Ka-50 III | F-14 | F-16 | AH-64 | Mi-24 | F-5 | F-15E| F-4| Tornado Persian Gulf | Nevada | Syria | NS-430 | Supercarrier // Wishlist: CH-53 | UH-60 Youtube MS FFB2 - TM Warthog - CH Pro Pedals - Trackir 5
Texac Posted January 10, 2023 Author Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) Any other skins not done by me need to be reworked by their authors, in order to include the improvements. Which means user made skins and default skins need to be reworked. If not, they will continue to work just fine as you know them. I will release these new improved textures with some of my existing skins in the coming few weeks. Edited January 10, 2023 by Texac 4 - My Skins/Liveries - Improved F-16C Texture Template • Texac on YouTube •
Texac Posted January 11, 2023 Author Posted January 11, 2023 There is not much to see on the tail, except that you can now make out screws and rivets, so the differences lay in the details. You can see the new canopy scratches, an actual textured pitot tube, rivets on the front canopy frame, sealant around the canopy and AIFF as well as RWR antennas. 7 - My Skins/Liveries - Improved F-16C Texture Template • Texac on YouTube •
Carbon715 Posted January 14, 2023 Posted January 14, 2023 As a Viper Crew Chief with an intimate relationship with this jet for years and ongoing, I appreciate your attention to detail regarding this reskin. While not perfect, it's pretty dang close. 3
sandboxcode Posted January 14, 2023 Posted January 14, 2023 Looks awesome. Looking forward to the full release. Love the all the other skins you've made like the Super Viper!!!
JG27_Arklight Posted January 14, 2023 Posted January 14, 2023 Holy crap. That's amazing work. Ark ------------------ Windows 10 Pro x64 9900K @ 5ghz Gigabyte Aorus Master Z390 32GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB CAS 14 EVGA RTX 2080 Ti Ultra XC2 256gb Samsung 869 Pro (Boot Drive) 1TB - Samsung 970 EVO Plus Seasoninc 1000w Titanium Ultra PSU 34" ASUS PG348
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