P-51 bort removal??

[Davebruce76]

Hi, I am putting together an RAF skin pack for the P-51 but I'm having trouble removing the bort number from the side. So the question is, can anyone tell me which line in the lua file that I need to edit as I'm having a bit of trouble finding it. Pic included. Thanks.

[Ali Fish]

{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_COCPIT_01", DECAL ,"empty",true};

 

there are many to change to true. check bare metal description.lua. versus any other.

 

edit : sorry think i was wrong there.

 

this section for example has true for displaying the included bort detail on specific plane section.

 

{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_COCPIT_01", 0 ,"p51D_DIF_Fuz_Front_112 Sqdn",false};

{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_COCPIT_01", 2 ,"p51D_SPEC_Fuz_Front_DESERT_RAT",true};

{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_COCPIT_01", DECAL ,"empty",true};

Edited May 3, 2013 by Ali Fish

[Davebruce76]

So would I need to change that to false?

[ericoh]

to keep it from loading the textures you use the "empty". To load them from the liverie folder you use "False" at the end. To load them from the pre-set locations you use "True" at the end of the line.

[Davebruce76]

Right,

I've put empty with true and false at the end but all i get is the orange texture.The description file is added, if somebody could edit it for me or show me where i am going wrong i would greatly appreciate it.

description.lua

Edited May 3, 2013 by Davebruce76

[ericoh]

Hey, i think i didnt explain this well.

 

You need to replace for example this "p51D_DIF_Fuz_Front_2army" (this is the name of the file that gets loaded here) to "empty", which tells the programm not to load it.

 

Example Line:

 

{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_COCPIT_01", 0 ,"empty",true};

{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_COCPIT_01", 2 ,"empty",true};

{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_COCPIT_01", DECAL ,"empty",true};

 

 

P.S.: Tell me how it looks.

[ericoh]

A new attempt to explain the basics right.

 

{"P51D_FUZ_FRONT", 0 ,"p51D_DIF_Fuz_Front_2army", false};

 

"P51D_FUZ_FRONT" - what area it applys to.

 

0 - Internal things non of your concern when doing a skin.

"p51D_DIF_Fuz_Front_2army" - name of the .dds you are going to load.

 

false};/true}; - if true, file will be loaded from default texture locations, if false file will be loaded from inside your Liveries folder.

Edited May 3, 2013 by ericoh

[Davebruce76]

P.S.: Tell me how it looks.

 

not good, the orange block just got bigger

[ericoh]

P.S.: Tell me how it looks.

 

not good, the orange block just got bigger

 

 

Try this, n tell me what you see.

description.lua

[Davebruce76]

Try this, n tell me what you see.

 

This

[ericoh]

This

 

Oh my, this is hard on distance :D Then try this!

 

 

EDIT: I just tested this, doesnt seem to work, im confused about that. Ima go try something, give me a while!

 

EDIT2: Okay its clear to me now. The numbers are worked into the textures themselfs, Switching them will require manual work, sucks =/ You could try to export the corrosponding .dds as a .bmp and photoshop the numbers right and convert them back, that would be 1 way.

Edited May 3, 2013 by ericoh

[Davebruce76]

thanks ericoh, its driving me mental, :crazy:

[ericoh]

You got Skype? PM me your addy if so, much easier to chat there. Maybe we can work this out.

 

Greetings

[Davebruce76]

the other way i suppose, is to use the bare metal file, but then the plane is too shiny, can the shine be turned off?

 

Thanks for trying

Edited May 3, 2013 by Davebruce76

[ericoh]

the other way i suppose, is to use the bare metal file, but then the plane is too shiny, can the shine be turned off?

 

 

Which Bare Metal file do you mean exactly?

[joey45]

Have you set everything to 'false' apart from the

 

DECAL ,"empty"

 

lines.

 

 

Example from mine

 

{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_FRONT_01", 0 ,"SEA-FRONT-DIF.DDS",false};                   
{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_FRONT_01", 2 ,"SEA-FRONT-SPEC.DDS",false};
{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_FRONT_01", DECAL ,"empty",true};

[Davebruce76]

Have you set everything to 'false' apart from the

 

DECAL ,"empty"

 

lines.

 

 

Example from mine

 

{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_FRONT_01", 0 ,"SEA-FRONT-DIF.DDS",false};                   
{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_FRONT_01", 2 ,"SEA-FRONT-SPEC.DDS",false};
{"P51D_BORT_NUMBER_FRONT_01", DECAL ,"empty",true};

 

yeah tried that Joey

[Davebruce76]

Which Bare Metal file do you mean exactly?

 

the description file from the bare metal plane and change the name of it

[ericoh]

I would need your files to try it here, otherwise i cant help much more from here, sorry.

[Davebruce76]

I would need your files to try it here, otherwise i cant help much more from here, sorry.

 

PM your email add and ill send it over

[CHSubZero]

PM your email add and ill send it over

 

You should add an ID tag before your skins name in the description lua. See my swiss skin files for example