3 Sqn RAAF FA-18 skin

[Home Fries]

Combat Ace is usually where I upload my skins (as well as DCS). The files are normally approved in a few hours, and they're a community that's very supportive of DCS.

 

Unfortunately, their files are still down pending restructuring, but his is good knowledge for future releases.

[aussieboy]

75 Sqn RAAF

 

Rather then start another thread I'll post a couple of shots of the 75 Sqn F-18 I'm working on here.

[Oesau]

Thanks AissueBoy - I'd already downloaded your skins that you uploaded - all we now is a F/A-18 to fly!

[aussieboy]

No worries Oesau,

 

I can't wait for the DCS F-18 too but in the mean time you can fly it using this MOD http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/379184/

[Home Fries]

aussieboy,

 

I came across some bugs in your skins. They're very easy fixes, though, and have to do with description.lua.

 

DCS is very picky about the order in which textures are listed in description.lua, and if all material names are not in the same order (or even if some material names aren't even called) this will cause corruption with more than one skin of the same type.

 

The best way around this is to call all textures in the same order all the time, and if you have any textures that aren't called by default (like the pilot and helmet), to call them last.

 

Here is the mat name section for the default NSAWC hornet:

    {"F-18C_Texture1", 0, "F-18C_Texture1_NSAWC_44", false},
   {"F-18C_Texture2", 0, "F-18C_Texture2_NSAWC_44", false},
   {"F-18C_Texture3", 0, "F-18C_Texture3_NSAWC_44", false},
   {"F-18C_Texture4", 0, "F-18C_Texture4_NSAWC_44", false},
   {"F-18C_Texture5", 0, "F-18C_Texture5_NSAWC_44", false},
   {"F-18C_Texture6", 0, "F-18C_Texture6_NSAWC_44", false},

   {"F-18C__BANO1", 0, "F-18C_Texture1_NSAWC_44", false},
   {"F-18C__NightCockpit", 0, "F-18C_Texture6_NSAWC_44", false},
   {"F-18C_Tactnumbers", 0, "empty.tga", false},

 

To make your skin compatible with the other skins, be sure to call F-18C__BANO1 and F-18C__NightCockpit before calling your F-18C_Tactnumbers. Just use your Texture1 and Texture6 respectively. Add the pilots and helmets after Tactnumbers, and then you should be good to go.

[aussieboy]

How do I reproduce this error? I don't see any problem and they load fine for me

[Home Fries]

just load them up with another skin and you will see the anomalies. You don't see the error if you only load up that skin.

[DUSTY]

Hey Aussieboy, great work on these RAAF skins - I love 'em! I completely missed this thread but found the 3SQN downloads in the User Files when I was aimlessly browsing today.

 

Do you have any plans to complete the 75SQN bird?

Edited August 24, 2013 by |DUSTY|

[aussieboy]

Hi F/A 18F,

 

Yes mate, the 75 Sqn bird is complete I just haven't uploaded it yet. I updated the 3 Sqn birds too. I have about 7 uploads sitting here ready to go. All the Huey's I previously released have been updated to the latest Huey mapping and I've added custom specular textures and custom DCPU camo uniform for Army Huey's.

[aussieboy]

OK,

 

New versions of the 3 Sqn birds and the 75 Sqn skin have been uploaded, just waiting on approval from the DL mod. If you have previous versions please replace them with these.

[DUSTY]

Thanks Aussieboy!