Mi-8MTV2 Liveries Problem

[Nialfb]

Am I being daft, or what?

I downloaded some liveries for my newly acquired Mi-8MTV2 and put them in my liveries folder ...

C:\Users\*my folder*\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\Mi-8MTV2

I got the name Mi-8MTV2 directly from the main DCS folder to make sure I got the spelling and case correct ...

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\aircraft

I went into mission editor but the new liveries weren't there, I just had the original two liveries available. I thought initially it might be a DCS version issue so I deleted the the livery files and only downloaded those for version 2.8.8 but I got the same thing.

I'm now thinking it may be a country thing in the LUA file. For instance, in one of the US airforce liveries there is a line in the LUA file -

name = "USAF Flat Gray"
countries = {}

I assume countries = {} means there is no restriction on the countires selected in the misssion editor?

Anyway, if anyone has any ideas it would be good to hear from you.

 

BTW, yes, before anyone asks, I did unzip the livery files - see image attached

Regards

Nial

Edited September 9, 2023 by Nialfb

[Emble]

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think the liveries folder's name has to be shortened to mi-8mt rather than the full name. So C:\Users\USER\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\mi-8mt instead of mi-8mtv2. Hope this helps!

Edited September 9, 2023 by Emble

[Art-J]

^ What he said. I tend to place liveries in Bazar rather than Saved Games, but It doesn't matter. I can confirm, however, that "mi-8mt" folder name works OK for me. 

Edited September 9, 2023 by Art-J

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, Nialfb said:

Anyway, if anyone has any ideas it would be good to hear from you.

 

The correct folder name is "Mi-8mt", like this:

 

[Nialfb]

Thanks guys, I'll give it a go

[Nialfb]

Thanks, changing the folder name worked great

I thought that the folder name in saved games/liveries had to be the exactly the same as the folder name for the plane MOD in the main Eagle Dynamics folder. If the names are different, how do we know that? I looked through some of the lua files but there isn't any clue in those.

[Rudel_chw]

2 hours ago, Nialfb said:

If the names are different, how do we know that? I looked through some of the lua files but there isn't any clue in those.

 

Hi, check here:

 

 

[Nialfb]

3 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

Hi, check here:

 

 

Perfect! Thanks for that, it will save me hours of head scratching!