reported S-3 skins broken again

[Nealius]

S-3 and S-3 tanker skins are broken again. Continuation from this locked thread after they had been reported and fixed:

Baltic Dragon's and Reflected's liveries, only available in their payware campaigns, are not working. Tomcatter's liveries, also used in some of Reflected's payware campaigns, are also not working--mainly CVW-8 but others have missing elements as well.

[Nealius]

Recent campaign update says they're fixed but they still are not. Both Baltic Dragon's Raven One skins and Tomcatter's CVW-8 skins are still showing as default 727.

[Tomcatter87]

I have the impression that the update indeed did BREAK them. They had been working fine for me. Can you confirm that only the two VS-24 tankers are affected? All other of my skins work for me, using this fix from January 2025: S-3B Viking lua fix for DCS Version 2.9.11.4686 

 

[BIGNEWY]

Ive asked the team to check it, there is still a report open for the issue.

thank you 

[Nealius]

5 hours ago, Tomcatter87 said:

I have the impression that the update indeed did BREAK them. They had been working fine for me. Can you confirm that only the two VS-24 tankers are affected? All other of my skins work for me, using this fix from January 2025: S-3B Viking lua fix for DCS Version 2.9.11.4686 

 

Yep, using that fix, and copy-pasted the "updated" VS-24 skins from the recent patch to double check it wasn't my Saved Games liveries overriding the campaign liveries. A coulple of yours appear to be fixed but there are quite a few that aren't:

VS-24 AJ hi-vis and lo-vis are both showing default gray 727.
VS-21 NH lo-vis has missing textures on the rudder and horizontal stab
VS-28 hi-vis and lo-vis are both showing default gray 727.
VS-38 NE lo-vis has missing texture on the whole thing except the engine nacelles
VS-38 NE (no lo-vis or hi-vis naming) is showing default gray 727

Baltic Dragon's Bloodhounds 700 and 702 are also showing default gray 727, and his 701 is missing a default.lua file entirely.

Edited May 7 by Nealius

[Reflected]

I submitted the fixed lua-s for the skins used in my campaigns, but after the update none of them work anymore. So the lua structure must have changed again

[Reflected]

I tried deleting these skins from the campaign folder, but still, none of the S-3 skins work. So it's not related to the "campaign fix", it's gotta be the lua structure.

Edited May 10 by Reflected

[Tomcatter87]

This is really strange - apart from the VS-24 skins, all my S-3 skins work for me. Also the VS-38 High Hiz is definitely named that way - are you 100 percent sure you have downloaded the LUA fix @Nealius ? S-3B Viking lua fix for DCS Version 2.9.11.4686

 

Also the VS-24 CAG skin you selected on your second screen shot was from a different creator and for the old stone age S-3 model, it never worked after the upgrade to the new 3d model. 

Edited May 11 by Tomcatter87

[Nealius]

11 hours ago, Tomcatter87 said:

This is really strange - apart from the VS-24 skins, all my S-3 skins work for me. Also the VS-38 High Hiz is definitely named that way - are you 100 percent sure you have downloaded the LUA fix @Nealius ? S-3B Viking lua fix for DCS Version 2.9.11.4686

Yes, I downloaded and installed those luas on 11JAN25. The fix was posted 05JAN25 (at least according to the User Files date). I can try again though.

I can't tell where those "US NAVY" ones are as they aren't in my Saved Games nor are they in any campaigns. 

[Tomcatter87]

6 hours ago, Nealius said:

Yes, I downloaded and installed those luas on 11JAN25. The fix was posted 05JAN25 (at least according to the User Files date). I can try again though.

I can't tell where those "US NAVY" ones are as they aren't in my Saved Games nor are they in any campaigns. 

Maybe some leftovers in the Bazar/Liveries folder? At least that's where I use to find my old skins  

[Reflected]

Looks like the skins work on the S-3 , but not on the tanker.