VZ_342 Posted February 7 Posted February 7 (edited) 7 hours ago, dSAF Dancer said: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/upload/iblock/b2a/9yoy6dd67ant4eeg6uubso8aj4h13am1/F-5-E3_Template.rar is the template link also returning a 404 error for others? Yes, checked just now (Friday @ 0550Z) Edited February 7 by VZ_342 Z 1
dSAF Dancer Posted February 7 Posted February 7 3 hours ago, VZ_342 said: 10 hours ago, dSAF Dancer said: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/upload/iblock/b2a/9yoy6dd67ant4eeg6uubso8aj4h13am1/F-5-E3_Template.rar is the template link also returning a 404 error for others? Expand Yes, checked just now (Friday @ 0550Z) There is a new working link, see the pinned template thread in this forum (the link on the main website download section however isn't fixed yet) 1 Louis|Dancer, founding member of the digital Swiss Air Force, a group of enthusiasts trying to imitate everything that has to do with Swiss military aviation in dcs. If you want to join us, contact us on dSAF.ch my rusty pc: msi gtx1080ti / ryzen 5 5600x / ga-ab350 gaming motherboard / 32gb ram / samsung odyssey+ / warthog
Trooper117 Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Well, at least there is a response... I'm assuming that all future planes will be in the same boat. As to older aircraft, will they remain the same, or will they get the same treatment?, after all they don't want them being pilfered as well. 1
II.JG1_Vonrd Posted February 17 Posted February 17 Checking in to keep this important topic alive. @NineLine, any news? 1 1
hinapilot Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Hey, new liveries maker here. I'm trying to make sense of this thread, can we actually do liveries now even if the MV model is not available? Say I just want to put a simple recolor on the Paint Kit Template provided in the Downloads for now and see that in game, where would I put the DDS I create? In E:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\F-5E\Liveries\F-5E-3\MyLivery ? And then how do I make my livery appear in the Mission Editor selector? Do I need to append a description from an old description.lua or do I just put the new one provided? Or do I need to create a new folder that matches the name in the description so: E:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\F-5E\Liveries\F-5E3\MyLivery And if I'm doing this, what should the folder structure and content be so that my livery appears in the Mission Editor selector (if that's at all how it works)? Cheers 1
Santus Posted February 18 Posted February 18 (edited) There is no way currently to place a new livery in the game since even the folder structure is unknown/encrypted @hinapilot Edited February 18 by Santus 1 1 - Livery Catalog - Youtube channel
waterman Posted February 18 Posted February 18 (edited) On 2/19/2025 at 1:21 AM, Santus said: There is no way currently to place a new livery in the game since even the folder structure is unknown/encrypted "Interllectual property" The issue as i see it is ED has unresolved Interllectual property legal matters still pending. Also accusations that Models have been stolen and sold on by pirates. To combat this it looks like Skinning and the new encrypted EDM files are now restricted to authorised ED staff only. Theres no detail so far if its only new or infact all ED modules that will be encrypted ? Is there hope Jim what do you think - Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on Edited February 20 by waterman
abitar Posted February 22 Posted February 22 On 06/02/2025 at 13:11, NineLine said: descrição.lua 7,86 KB de dados · 21 downloads Should the Description.lua file with the .dds files be placed in Saved Games/DCS/Liveries? What is the name of the folder? Would it be F-5E-2024? 1
abitar Posted February 22 Posted February 22 I've already found the path to the folder, it's "C:/Users/_____/Saved Games/DCS/Liveries/F-5E3_2024", but what am I doing wrong? You can see that the repainting I did is under the digital texture... could it be some setting in Description.lua? 1
waterman Posted February 22 Posted February 22 4 hours ago, abitar said: I've already found the path to the folder, it's "C:/Users/_____/Saved Games/DCS/Liveries/F-5E3_2024", but what am I doing wrong? You can see that the repainting I did is under the digital texture... could it be some setting in Description.lua? Have a look at some comments in this thread. I would have thought one of the " Team Members " would have provided some advice for you . Maybe even if its just - " Working as expected " or "Working as planned "
abitar Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/22/2025 at 8:14 PM, waterman said: Have a look at some comments in this thread. I would have thought one of the " Team Members " would have provided some advice for you . Maybe even if its just - " Working as expected " or "Working as planned " Nineline posted in a previous post this Description.lua which was what I used to insert the files that I modified from the Template provided and with which I created the .DDS files. I also think that the path I used to place the files of the new repaint is correct because details that I modified appear... "C:/Users/_____/Saved Games/DCS/Liveries/F-5E3_2024" description.lua
abitar Posted February 26 Posted February 26 I think I'm getting closer to finding the right path... 2
abitar Posted February 26 Posted February 26 I finally finished the first repaint for DCS, I think I'm satisfied with it... I just thought the total size of the files was big, almost 500gb. I'll upload it to User files soon. 3 1
waterman Posted February 27 Posted February 27 (edited) On 2/27/2025 at 9:33 AM, abitar said: I finally finished the first repaint for DCS, I think I'm satisfied with it... I just thought the total size of the files was big, almost 500gb. I'll upload it to User files soon. Well done sorting it out it looks great ! Maybe a Helpful Team Member can step in to Advise. Edited February 28 by waterman 2
VZ_342 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 500 gigabytes? For ONE livery? Are you sure about that? 2 1
Trooper117 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 13 hours ago, abitar said: almost 500gb. Bloody hell!... that can't be right. Who the hell would download that anyway 1
abitar Posted February 27 Posted February 27 13 hours ago, abitar said: I finally finished the first repaint for DCS, I think I'm satisfied with it... I just thought the total size of the files was big, almost 500gb. I'll upload it to User files soon. Sorry for the wrong information, in the rush to post I ended up getting the size wrong, it's actually 480MB, and I thought it was big... lol 3
Trooper117 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 7 hours ago, abitar said: Sorry for the wrong information, in the rush to post I ended up getting the size wrong, it's actually 480MB, and I thought it was big... lol Thanks for clarification... I had fingers crossed that was the case 1
ED Team NineLine Posted February 27 ED Team Posted February 27 21 hours ago, abitar said: I finally finished the first repaint for DCS, I think I'm satisfied with it... I just thought the total size of the files was big, almost 500gb. I'll upload it to User files soon. Nice work! Sorry I missed your previous questions, glad you got it sorted. 1 Forum Rules • My YouTube • My Discord - NineLine#0440• **How to Report a Bug**
VZ_342 Posted February 28 Posted February 28 On 2/26/2025 at 3:33 PM, abitar said: I finally finished the first repaint for DCS, I think I'm satisfied with it... I just thought the total size of the files was big, almost 500gb. I'll upload it to User files soon. How did you save the Templates as a .dds? I use Gimp, and I used to be able to save the .psd as .dds, but the new template isn't a psd, and I don't have the option to "save as .dds". I get a livery with the "missing textures" skin, so I am affecting something. I did change the names of the saved templates to match the description file, and changed the "true" to "false" so it'd use the textures in the folder (saved games...liveries).
Bucic Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Using DDS Textures in GIMP 2.8 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=816839147 F-5E simpit cockpit dimensions and flight controls Kill the Bloom - shader glow mod Poor audio Doppler effect in DCS [bug] Trees - huge performance hit especially up close
abitar Posted March 1 Posted March 1 On 2/27/2025 at 9:52 PM, VZ_342 said: How did you save the Templates as a .dds? I use Gimp, and I used to be able to save the .psd as .dds, but the new template isn't a psd, and I don't have the option to "save as .dds". I get a livery with the "missing textures" skin, so I am affecting something. I did change the names of the saved templates to match the description file, and changed the "true" to "false" so it'd use the textures in the folder (saved games...liveries). In my case, since it is a uniform painting without much detail, I worked on it in Photoshop, output it in BMP and converted it to DDS using XnView. I am uploading the repainting to User Files in case you want to take a look at the description.lua or see how I did it with the .DDS files.
VZ_342 Posted March 2 Posted March 2 Figured it out....I was trying to "save as" rather than "export as".
abitar Posted March 3 Posted March 3 F-5E remastered repaint FAB 4860 (1990 - 1991) https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3343613/ 3
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