Camble Posted March 21, 2024 Posted March 21, 2024 (edited) I'd like to introduce Livery Link, a desktop application for managing custom liveries. I've been working on this for a few months now and although it's still incomplete, there are a few people using it and I think it's in a state where I'm happy to share with the wider community. The primary function is to make it trivial to install liveries (see the video below). In addition to this, it can also automatically share liveries with other people. So far, I loved building this, I really hope you enjoy it! For those interest in the server, I've created a Server Functionality Poll to get a feel for the kind of features people would like to see added. Download Visit https://github.com/Camble/LiveryLink for more information click the download button for the latest version. User Files link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3339586/ See it in use: Key Features Paste in a User Files URL to automatically install a livery The Livery Browser displays your installed liveries with nice thumbnails Plenty of options in case you don't like a specific feature Automatically share and download liveries (with other users of Livery Link) Installation No installation required, extract anywhere you like and run. FAQs Q. How does Livery Sharing work? A. In order to share liveries to other players, they must also have Livery Link, and the server you are flying on must be running Livery Link Server. Q. How do I enable livery sharing? A. Simply install liveries with Livery Link, and use those liveries on a Livery Link enabled server. Q. How do I send liveries to people? A. If you're sporting a livery that was installed with Livery Link, it will be shared automatically as soon as you take off. Q. How do I receive other people's liveries? A. If connected to a Livery Link server and a player shares a custom livery, Livery Link will download and install it automatically. Q. What if I don't want to share liveries? A. This feature can be disabled, or tweaked to your liking. Edited April 11 by Camble 6 1
Rob Mason Posted March 22, 2024 Posted March 22, 2024 Sorry to be a Debby Downer but the first F-16C skin it installed it placed it in the F-15E folder!!!
Camble Posted March 22, 2024 Author Posted March 22, 2024 (edited) On 3/22/2024 at 5:52 PM, Rob Mason said: Sorry to be a Debby Downer but the first F-16C skin it installed it placed it in the F-15E folder!!! I'll check it out. Do you have the user files URL? Was it this? Edited March 29, 2024 by Camble
Rob Mason Posted March 23, 2024 Posted March 23, 2024 Oh yeah it was, what's he done put the wrong Plane in the description file!!! Is it for a Viper or a Mudhen? Bit weird, oh well not your fault then Camble i do apologise, i'll give it another go in that case lol 2
Camble Posted March 25, 2024 Author Posted March 25, 2024 Must just be a typo. I've never encountered that issue until now, but that's just the way it is when working with manual submissions. A future version will have to infer the aircraft type by the file's contents (so we can make use of other hosts like Google drive), but for now we're reliant on which category people upload their liveries to!
Rob Mason Posted March 25, 2024 Posted March 25, 2024 He's fixed it Camble I left him a comment telling him about it, he said he never even noticed it lol. 2
Camble Posted April 7, 2024 Author Posted April 7, 2024 Found and resolved an issue with detecting when DCS was running, if you run DCS as an administrator. Not sure how many people this will affect, but next update fixes this. Probably won't bump this thread on every single new version, just if it feels appropriate. Livery Link automatically updates anyway.
Camble Posted April 19, 2024 Author Posted April 19, 2024 Accidentally introduced a bug into v0.14.4 which meant you'd aways get a "Livery not found" error. This has been fixed in v0.14.5
Camble Posted May 17, 2024 Author Posted May 17, 2024 It's nice to see the number of downloads increase! I'd just like to encourage anyone running into difficulties to give me a shout, either on here, through a Github issue or directly Discord. I'm still actively working on Livery Link and any bugs reported will only help to improve the tool. Thanks! 1
Camble Posted May 22, 2024 Author Posted May 22, 2024 (edited) If you've just bought the F4 Phantom and can't slot in, try removing the Livery Link mod from the Tools menu. It seems Heatblur have bundled a custom lua51.dll with the module, looks like it's for Jester. Livery Link uses this as well, but they seem to be conflicting. I'm working on a fix. Edited May 22, 2024 by Camble 1
Neon Posted May 22, 2024 Posted May 22, 2024 Hey, how does one use or find the Livery Server you were talking about in the post? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Camble Posted May 23, 2024 Author Posted May 23, 2024 8 hours ago, Neon said: Hey, how does one use or find the Livery Server you were talking about in the post? Hey, I haven't released the server app yet. Once I'm happy with everything and go to 1.0, I'll release it separately. There is a pre-release version available on my Patreon. I'm currently running it on my DCS server, so it's possible to see the share functionality working. Just search my name in the DCS server list. 1
Camble Posted May 23, 2024 Author Posted May 23, 2024 Latest version fixes this issue with the F-4E Phantom II. Any problems, give me a shout! https://github.com/Camble/LiveryLink/releases/tag/v0.16.0 1
Camble Posted June 23, 2024 Author Posted June 23, 2024 (edited) I've been working on improving the UI lately. Window is now fully scalable, content will fit to window size Added option to disable "group by aircraft" to display all liveries in a flat collection Edited July 1, 2024 by Camble 1
Camble Posted July 28, 2024 Author Posted July 28, 2024 Latest release adds the ability to drag a livery archive directly onto the Livery Link window to install it. https://github.com/Camble/LiveryLink/releases/tag/v0.18.0 If you already have Livery Link, you don't need to download the latest version. It will update automatically. 1
TFS Posted July 29, 2024 Posted July 29, 2024 Does this allow me to take a aircraft or pilot, and add my own color or pattern in and it will populate in game. Like livery changing made easy? Or is this just sharing and managing existing liveries?
Camble Posted July 29, 2024 Author Posted July 29, 2024 @TFS Just managing and sharing. Existing liveries won't be picked up (I'm working on an import feature), so you'd need to install them using Livery Link. 2
TFS Posted July 29, 2024 Posted July 29, 2024 19 minutes ago, Camble said: @TFS Just managing and sharing. Existing liveries won't be picked up (I'm working on an import feature), so you'd need to install them using Livery Link. Thank you for your response.
Camble Posted July 30, 2024 Author Posted July 30, 2024 Known issue with 0.18.0: "The value cannot be null" error when installing liveries. Workaround is to go into the options and enable "Also install liveries for compatible modules". This will be fixed in the next update. 1
Camble Posted September 3, 2024 Author Posted September 3, 2024 For anyone having issues installing from local files on disk, please do get in touch. It's almost impossible to know what's wrong with a livery when it can't be downloaded from user files and tested. 1
TheSkipjack95 Posted October 12, 2024 Posted October 12, 2024 It just wont launch for me. I extract the zip, click to launch and tell windows to let the program run, but the window never appears. 1
Camble Posted October 12, 2024 Author Posted October 12, 2024 (edited) 7 hours ago, TheSkipjack95 said: It just wont launch for me. I extract the zip, click to launch and tell windows to let the program run, but the window never appears. Do you have .NET 8 installed? If not, you should be prompted to install it, but there's a possibility it didn't. https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-8.0.10-windows-x64-installer Edited October 12, 2024 by Camble
Camble Posted December 2, 2024 Author Posted December 2, 2024 (edited) So I'm fairly happy with how development is going and I think I'd like to release the server in the not too distant future. I may add a UI, as it's just a console application at the moment, but the sharing functionality is there. If any server hosts would like to test or try it out, feel free to contact me either through the forum or on Discord. It would be great to get your feedback and insight. Edited December 2, 2024 by Camble 2
GregP Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 I've been waiting for someone to develop an app exactly like this one for YEARS now, and have been very surprised that no one was doing it. So to come across this now (as I'd taken a break from DCS the past few months) absolutely made my day! This is phenomenal, THANK YOU for creating and sharing this. Two questions so far: 1. Are you planning to add a way to delete skins? 2. I can't get any of Foxtrot1's recent skins to install; when I do the 'install from file' option, I get the error 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object'. Seems he always includes a zip within a zip, so downloading directly from the URL doesn't find the right files. But even when trying to install from the downloaded zip-within-the-zip, I get above error. His skins do include a description.lua, so I'm not sure what else the tool is looking for and can't find, any idea? Even with above issues, I am absolutely loving this - thank you, again.
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