WIP: HA(L)-3 Seawolves + Looking for Material Name

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UPDATE: Skin Released. Get it on Combat Ace, LOF, and the DCS file repository (see signature).

 

 

I'm putting the finishing touches on the USN Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadron 3 (HAL-3) UH-1 skin. HAL-3 was a gunship squadron in Vietnam that supported riverine patrols and special operations. I have modeled Modex 321, which was the UH-1B that flew in 2009 and now resides on the USS Midway floating museum.

 

While USN aviators didn't wear rank on their flightsuits until well after Vietnam, I have made the pilots contemporary, including rank insignia and standard USN reflective helmets. I can Easily do a Vietnam era pilot if there is demand for it.

 

 

I have also updated the door gunner texture to put them in flight gear instead of BDUs. I used the USMC MARPAT digital camouflage for the flak jacket because I couldn't figure out how to make a solid colored flak jacket that wouldn't lose detail along with the original USAF camouflage pattern.

 

 

And my question:

You may have noted that the door gunner still has the original green helmet. I would like to give the door gunners the white reflective helmets the pilots have, but I don't know the material name of the gunner's helmet (I've tried Gunner_UH1_helmet).

 

If anybody can give me the material name of the gunner helmet, please let me know and I'll be able to release this skin.

 

Thanks,

Edited January 29, 2014 by Home Fries
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[wess24m]

Looks good.

[upuaut]

Hi, it's the "pilot_uh1_helmet_b.bmp.dds" file in "uh-1.zip" at "Bazar/Textures".

But if you change it, it will be changed for all Doorgunners and pilots out of the "Liveries" folder .

 

[Home Fries]

Thanks, upuaut.

 

I really like what you've done with your skins. Were you able to get your desert gunner helmets working without overwriting the default file?

 

I'm really looking for the part in red (but for the gunner, not the pilot)

 

{"pilot_UH1_helmet", 0, "pilot_UH1_helmet_B.bmp",true};

 

If nobody has this, I'll just release the HA(L)-3 skin as is, but I would really like to get it all right.

[upuaut]

Hello,

 

try to add {"SPH-4B", 0, "your dorgunner helmet file",false}; to the description.lua.

It changes the helmet for the Dorgunner.

[Home Fries]

Thank you again, upuaut. That did the trick.

 

I should have this skin released shortly.

 

 

Scramble Seawolves!

[Home Fries]

Released!

 

It's released.

 

You can find it on Combat Ace, and it has also been uploaded to the DCS file repository (pending approval).

 

Some screenshots of the release version:

 

I also replaced the door gunners' MARPAT flack jacket with a solid olive green jacket, and added my own texturing so that it wouldn't look "flat".

 

 

Enjoy, and Fly Navy!

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Updated to 1.2.7