Three issues with pilot and gunner textures in 1.2.7

[Home Fries]

I have three observations that I would like to bring to your attention.

 

First, no matter what pilot_UH1_patch file is selected in description.ini, the left door gunner always shows pilot_uh1_patch_1_cavalery.tga.

 

The second and third issues can be addressed simultaneously. I previously touched on the second issue of making sure the rank insignia faces properly on the pilots (see bullet 3 in this beta report), but my third issue ironically makes this easier to illustrate.

 

Not only do the rank insignia face the same direction (and you should rotate one of the insignia 180 degrees if you remove the second insignia to put enlisted ranks in the texture), but both pilot and copilot display the rank of the pilot. Here are a couple of screenshots that illustrate both issues, using this pilot_UH1_patch texture (same as in the hyperlink above):

 

 

As you can see, even though the copilot should be a captain, he shows the rank of the pilot (major). Not only that, but this screenshot illustrates why the right insignia on the pilot and copilot objects should be rotated 180 degrees for non-symmetrical insignia. I recommend rotating 180 instead of mirror imaging in case people want to do rank insignia with writing (i.e. RAAF shoulder boards).

 

Thanks for your attention.

[Home Fries]

I noticed that two of these issues haven't been corrected in the 1.5 open beta. Are you at least planning on fixing the left door gunner at the minimum?

 

Again, the issues are:

 

• Left door gunner uses 1st cavalry patch regardless of patch selected in description.lua
  
• If you don't go back to the way it was "in beta" with individual shoulder insignia for both pilots (total of 4 insignia), then at least rotate one of the shoulder insignia 180 degrees on each pilot so non-symmetrical rank insignia doesn't look incorrect.
  

Thank you for fixing the separate pilot ranks, though.:thumbup:

Edited October 29, 2015 by Home Fries

[sunwukong]

I noticed that two of these issues haven't been corrected in the 1.5 open beta. Are you at least planning on fixing the left door gunner at the minimum?

 

Again, the issues are:

 

• Left door gunner uses 1st cavalry patch regardless of patch selected in description.lua
  
• If you don't go back to the way it was "in beta" with individual shoulder insignia for both pilots (total of 4 insignia), then at least rotate one of the shoulder insignia 180 degrees on each pilot so non-symmetrical rank insignia doesn't look incorrect.
  

Thank you for fixing the separate pilot ranks, though.:thumbup:

 

Left door gunner still the same (DCS 2.5).....how do I get round it?

 

:pilotfly:

Edited April 28, 2018 by sunwukong

[Home Fries]

Left door gunner still the same (DCS 2.5).....how do I get round it?

 

:pilotfly:

 

I don't see this getting fixed, but you can add the MAT name "gunner_UH1_patch" and make it identical to the "pilot_UH1_patch" line, e.g.

 

{"gunner_UH1_patch", 0, "pilot_uh1_patch_mylogo", false};

[sunwukong]

I don't see this getting fixed, but you can add the MAT name "gunner_UH1_patch" and make it identical to the "pilot_UH1_patch" line, e.g.

 

{"gunner_UH1_patch", 0, "pilot_uh1_patch_mylogo", false};

 

Thanks Home Fries.....I kind of did that but for some reason I changed the text to "Gunner_UH1_patch".....newbie error.

 

:lol::lol: