Ka-50 skin questions

[Slayer]

I'm trying to create a new skin, based off one of the skins included in the game but I'm having problems with a few things I can't seem to get a grasp on.

 

There are several skins in C:\Eagle Dynamics\Ka-50\Bazar\World that don't show up in my mission editor for use. Specificly:

1) Ka-50_Fictional_USMC_Grey_Scheme

2) Ka-50_Fictional_Turkey_Scheme

3) Ka-50_Fictional_Desert1_Scheme

 

Why don't these show up in the list in the ME?

 

EDIT: I found these if I select Turkey as the country, but shouldn't the Fictional Desert1 go under Russian? USMC skin under Turkey???

 

In addition, in the ME there are Russian skins I can use but I cannot seem to locate them because they are not in the same directory as the other skins and I have no idea where to locate them:

 

Standard

Standard(faded)

Demo paint scheme # 22 "Black Shark"

Demo Paint scheme #024

Demo Paint scheme "Werewolf"

 

I want to make a skin based on the "Black Shark" scheme

 

Any help is appreciated thanks

Edited January 17, 2009 by Slayer

[Slayer]

Noone knows how to get at these skins?

[X32Wright]

.cdds looks like 'compressed .dds' files. The .dds is a 'DirectDrawSurface' file. The compressed version is not directly accessible via plugins to GIMP or Photoshop but would need a command line program form nVidia or ATI.

 

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/texture_tools.html

 

The regular nVidia Photoshop plugin only opens .dds files:

 

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/photoshop_dds_plugins.html#downloads

 

Here is the paint.net plugin:

 

http://www.dmashton.co.uk/articles/dds-support-for-paintnet/

 

GIMP plugin for .dds

 

http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/

 

Although most 3D programs now can handle .dds directly the 2D programs havent done so 'natively'. You can try this:

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb219744(VS.85).aspx

 

Please keep in mind that the .cdds is a guess on my part because thats the only most sensible file format that is directly going to be used in the game that is compressed and can be handled by both nVidia and ATI GPU's.

Edited January 19, 2009 by X32Wright

[Slayer]

Thanks. I'll dig into these and see if I can find what I'm looking for.:thumbup: