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Lasken

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Thanks for reply, i was not aware of this template , can you point me in the right direction? My name is Tholf kenneth Lasken , but im considering making a callsign instead 🙂

Lasken

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yes , im aware of the skins , but making a name on the cockpit does require some photoshop skills ? or is there another way ?

also no skin for the harrier there , 

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6 minutes ago, Lasken said:

yes , im aware of the skins , but making a name on the cockpit does require some photoshop skills ? or is there another way ?

also no skin for the harrier there , 

You can also use gimp or something else for free. And putting a name on it is a simple task of typing the name into a textfield, drag it into location and export it.

The paintkit for the Harrier is in the Harrier subforum here: 

 

TKhaos

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On 10/29/2024 at 3:24 PM, Lasken said:

Thanks i will give it a shoot :)much appriciate your help 

Have you managed to do this yourself yet, if not I can do something simple for you on the F/A-18C, name, rank and call sign as haven't got much free time at the moment. Be something like this on the side:

CAPT THOLF K LASKEN
'CALLSIGN'

If you need it done just let me know the rank and callsign you want

Lasken

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Hi thanks for writing me , i havent managed as of yet. And would appriciate a little help . I would like Tuono as call sign. Thanks in addvance 

 

CAPT THOLF K LASKEN
'CALLSIGN' Tuono 

TKhaos

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5 hours ago, Lasken said:

Hi thanks for writing me , i havent managed as of yet. And would appriciate a little help . I would like Tuono as call sign. Thanks in addvance 

 

CAPT THOLF K LASKEN
'CALLSIGN' Tuono 

I've done a quick one, not used to DCS templates but have just noticed the panels have numbers to easier to look for things :lol:

I've used the default F/A-18C Lot 20 template as I've got that module. I've added the name and callsign to both sides of the canopy.

Had a quick look at your profile as it looked a little bare so hopefully got the other couple of bits right, if you don't like any of it I can remove the following easy enough.

  • Added a small flag by the cockpit and on the tail.
  • Added a random number '402' to the front and tail, can change that to a specific number if you want.
  • Added a couple of air force logos along the side, roughly where I saw them in the photos I Googled.
  • Added a matt black panel along the top of the aircraft just to break up the grey

I've added some install instructions just in case you weren't sure, better to have it than not :lol:

Will add the files below, was going to put them online somewhere but zipped up they are small enough to go on here, can delete them after you downloaded them if needed.

 

 

Captain Lasken.zip

Captain Lasken Lo-Vis.zip

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Lasken

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Amazing work 🙂 just what i wanted . Thanks a lot. The Norwegian flags was a nice touch as well;) i just turned captain in the game also , so this will suite me well .

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TKhaos

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9 minutes ago, Lasken said:

Amazing work 🙂 just what i wanted . Thanks a lot. The Norwegian flags was a nice touch as well;) i just turned captain in the game also , so this will suite me well .

No problem

 

 

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Lasken

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On 11/4/2024 at 7:30 PM, TKhaos said:

No problem

 

 

You wouldent be able to help me with two more skins ? i have not been able to do as good a job as you did on my f18 skin . I have also bought the harrier and m2000 . If you dont have time i understand , just liked your work so thought id ask 🙂

TKhaos

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On 11/28/2024 at 3:34 PM, Lasken said:

You wouldent be able to help me with two more skins ? i have not been able to do as good a job as you did on my f18 skin . I have also bought the harrier and m2000 . If you dont have time i understand , just liked your work so thought id ask 🙂

Hi Lasken, I'm a bit tied up with work at the moment but will have a look to see if I can do anything in the next few weeks if I get chance when I'm back home.

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HI Again 🙂 I actually made it myself , i made a deepdive into the gimp software and figured the basic for making the name on cockpit. So now i have made myself a few skins:) But thanks anyway for reply. Just a question for you about the norwegian flag you made one my F18 , did you just import a flag into gimp and put it on the skin?

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2 hours ago, Lasken said:

HI Again 🙂 I actually made it myself , i made a deepdive into the gimp software and figured the basic for making the name on cockpit. So now i have made myself a few skins:) But thanks anyway for reply. Just a question for you about the norwegian flag you made one my F18 , did you just import a flag into gimp and put it on the skin?

That's what I use Gimp, used to be Photoshop until they started the subscription and my suite became outdated. Good that you have had a go though and can do some stuff, Gimp has got a bit of a learning curve but I've always been been able to reproduce anything I could do in Photoshop.

When I do skins I open the base DCS file, well copy of it then create off that. Each bit I add has it's own layer so you can make alterations or switch layers on and off, the F/A-18C had left and right names as separate layers. With the flag I just opened it in Gimp alongside the DCS file I was working on and copied the entire image, switched back to DCS file and pasted as a new layer then resized and positioned it off that.

Always save a working copy of the file in Gimp XCF format, pretty much the same as Photoshop PSD. That way it saves all the layers separately so you can go back and alter things or add new stuff, as soon as you save as DDS is flattens the image to a single layer.

I normally open the DCS DDS file and save straight away as XCF then work off that. Once you have finished or want to test what you have done Export As: DDS for the first time, after that you can just press save as normal. When you save as DDS select MipMaps: Generate MipMaps and Save: All Visible Layers and you don't need to change anything else.

If you want to check in real time what you are doing use the DCS Model Viewer, you load either an EDM or LOD file for the aircraft then select the skin off the list.

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15 hours ago, Lasken said:

HI Again 🙂 I actually made it myself , i made a deepdive into the gimp software and figured the basic for making the name on cockpit. So now i have made myself a few skins:) But thanks anyway for reply. Just a question for you about the norwegian flag you made one my F18 , did you just import a flag into gimp and put it on the skin?

Nice job! I use gimp for all my skins (Foxtrot1 on user files). It is just as capable as photoshop and free. I learned how to use it from youtube. Just be careful because once you learn how to make skins you suddenly want to make a lot. There are some good user created templates for the F-16 and F-18. Check those out.  

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