Got a few questions, hoping someone can help.

[smickums]

let me start out by saying i'm sure someone has asked this before, i'm just not sure how to phrase what i'm looking for so finding the information is a little bit tough.

is there a way to remove "late activation" client aircraft from the select role screen before they are actually active?

is there a way to have "mod" aircraft in your server without every single client needing to have those aircraft installed?

is there a way to have "server skins" - where liveries are available in server without each individual client needing to have them pre-installed?

 anyways thanks to anyone who can help answer my questions!

[razo+r]

20 minutes ago, smickums said:

is there a way to have "mod" aircraft in your server without every single client needing to have those aircraft installed?

Open the .miz file with something like winrar and edit the mission.lua. Quote out the "required modules ..." lines.

Anyone who doesn't have the mods will see a Su-27 with missing textures as the mod.

20 minutes ago, smickums said:

is there a way to have "server skins" - where liveries are available in server without each individual client needing to have them pre-installed?

Not that I know.

[smickums]

thanks! by missing textures... do you mean like RGB random ass looking colors?

 

[razo+r]

No. DCS has a specific texture that it assigns to objects if the intended texture to be used is not found. That "missing texture"-texture is basically a digital green camo, like this: 

Edited January 19, 2023 by razo+r

[Grimes]

For anything using custom liveries that aren't installed locally that player simply sees whatever is the default livery for that country. Ever play online and see an F-18 with VFA-37 livery that has literally every single location for a tail number being used? That person is using a livery you don't have. The Green camo missing texture only shows up if absolutely no textures are found or the textures for the loaded livery can't be found. Hence its for missing textures.