SubSim Skins, first batch ready to go.

[Dowly]

Includes:

Spitfire VIII
FW190-A5
BF109-G2
B25J
P40M

Testing:

Test the skins for the other variants of the plane type. Simply copy & paste the skin file to the plane's folder you want to use it on. Report back on this thread if there's MAJOR glitches between the variants. (Wing is yellow or something like that. If some part is 1mm in the wrong place, live with it or fix it yourself. ;))

Installation:

Extract the contents of the archive to your IL2 skins folder (IL-2 Sturmovik 1946/Paintschemes/Skins).

Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/47484944/SubSimSkinsPt1.7z.html

[HunterICX]

;) Good Job,

from what I know

the BF109 skin
I know that they the model is different in the early version (Nose is a lot different)
I guess that they are the same from the Variant F-2 and onward.

the P40

the variants B and C are much smaller so the Nose skin will appear on your Tail (I tested this with a Different skin)

B25 skin:

there are a lot of B25 variants but only one is the Playable so just paste them in all of the B25 folders


:rock: going to download as soon as I finish work.
Thanks Dowly

[Dowly]

Oh and one more thing, if you find a fault. Please take a screenshot of it and post it here. Will make my life a lot easier.

[CaptainChunk]

Nice work, thanks so much!

[Dowly]

Thank you for the extensive testing guys. :shifty:

[HunterICX]

Thank you for the extensive testing guys. :shifty:
:roll: I can say the same thing about my map ;)
it seems that I make them for meself to fly...:88)
dont worry dowly , I have them pasted in all my folders will check them out

[Kratos]

spitVIII
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2073/spitfirev111hd7.th.jpg (http://img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spitfirev111hd7.jpg)

p40m
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5464/p40myr5.th.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p40myr5.jpg)

b25J
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9379/b25jvy9.th.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b25jvy9.jpg)

bf109-g2
http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/8112/bf109g2yb7.th.jpg (http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bf109g2yb7.jpg)

fw190-A5
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/8738/fw190a5sd9.th.jpg (http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fw190a5sd9.jpg)

all looking good m8 :up:

[Kratos]

Oh and one more thing, if you find a fault. Please take a screenshot of it and post it here. Will make my life a lot easier.

I would have posted earlier if it was just the pretty pics you wanted to see ;)
:rotfl:

[HunterICX]

List of variants which you can and cant apply the skin too.

BF109:
E variants : No
F2: yes
F4: yes
G6: yes
G6 Late: yes
G6AS: yes
G10: yes
G14: yes
K4: yes
K10: yes

FW190:
A4: yes
A5: yes
A5 Ata: yes
A6: yes
A8: yes
A9: yes
D9'44: No
D9'45: No
F8: yes
A8 Mistel : yes

P40:

B: No
C: No
M field mod: yes
M:yes

Spitfire(the skin work on the 2 Seafire's as well)

VIII : yes

the rest of the spitfire's are a different skin lay out which I could spot in the Skin folders so didnt bother to try them on the other variants.

bugs: Spitfire (WHITE NOSE!):rotfl:

[Dowly]

kk, thanks.

[HunterICX]

:) So dowly,
hows the progress on the second batch ;)

[Dowly]

None

[HunterICX]

:o *SCRUEEEEEEEEK*

[Dowly]

Tbh guys, I really really really dont like these skins we have. They look kinda toyish to my eye. :-?

[HunterICX]

Well, I dont think they are toyish :hmm:
the blue and yellow suit quiet well
but what do you have in mind then?

[Dowly]

Well, I dont think they are toyish :hmm:
the blue and yellow suit quiet well
but what do you have in mind then?

What I have in mind is impossible in IL2. An reflective aluminium skin with black nose, wingtips & rudder. ;)

[Dowly]

But I'll try to find a few candidates, skin them and show them to you.

[HunterICX]

Well, I dont think they are toyish :hmm:
the blue and yellow suit quiet well
but what do you have in mind then?

What I have in mind is impossible in IL2. An reflective aluminium skin with black nose, wingtips & rudder. ;)

Mmm....If I'm correct one of the P47's skins is reflective aluminium?
or am wrong in this.

I'm at work now so I cant check it out.

[Dowly]

Well, I dont think they are toyish :hmm:
the blue and yellow suit quiet well
but what do you have in mind then?
What I have in mind is impossible in IL2. An reflective aluminium skin with black nose, wingtips & rudder. ;)
Mmm....If I'm correct one of the P47's skins is reflective aluminium?
or am wrong in this.

I'm at work now so I cant check it out.

You're wrong. It's an illusion, what I mean is a reflective skin that really reflects. Or even mimics it by having a "moving texture" on it like you see on sniper rifle's scopes in some games.

[HunterICX]

Well, I dont think they are toyish :hmm:
the blue and yellow suit quiet well
but what do you have in mind then?
What I have in mind is impossible in IL2. An reflective aluminium skin with black nose, wingtips & rudder. ;)
Mmm....If I'm correct one of the P47's skins is reflective aluminium?
or am wrong in this.

I'm at work now so I cant check it out.

You're wrong. It's an illusion, what I mean is a reflective skin that really reflects. Or even mimics it by having a "moving texture" on it like you see on sniper rifle's scopes in some games.

:hmm: Ah..I see
cant the mirror thingy in IL2 help you out?

[Dowly]

Well, I dont think they are toyish :hmm:
the blue and yellow suit quiet well
but what do you have in mind then?
What I have in mind is impossible in IL2. An reflective aluminium skin with black nose, wingtips & rudder. ;)
Mmm....If I'm correct one of the P47's skins is reflective aluminium?
or am wrong in this.

I'm at work now so I cant check it out.
You're wrong. It's an illusion, what I mean is a reflective skin that really reflects. Or even mimics it by having a "moving texture" on it like you see on sniper rifle's scopes in some games.
:hmm: Ah..I see
cant the mirror thingy in IL2 help you out?
IL2 doesnt support reflective textures.

Wouldnt it look nice? :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2HNDMOsJcI

[HunterICX]

:o Drool!

that indeed would look very pretty!

[Dowly]

Ok, I'm currently testing a method I just came up with to add reflective look to the Blue & Yellow skins we have now. The results have been... umm... rather interesting. :p At the moment, the skin looks like it have been coated with Dragon skin. :rotfl:

[Dowly]

Okie, I think I'm getting somewhere here. The illusion of reflective surface has been earlier done via manually painting the skin with dodge & burn tools. This can be kinda tricky for some who have their thumb somewhere else than on their hand (like me). Sooo, what I did was, that I used 'Diffuse Glow' & 'Plastic Wrap' filters of Photoshop to make the skin VERY bright. By scaling down the opacity of the filter layers, I came up with kinda shiny metallic look. I only tested this with the blue P40M SS skin we have, but I think that by making the base color of the plane to medium grey, the two filters would make it look just like aluminium. :hmm:

Anyways, here's a shot of the P40M.

BEFORE
http://xs318.xs.to/xs318/07322/SubSimP40M.jpg


AFTER
http://xs318.xs.to/xs318/07332/SubSimP40MWithREflections.jpg


Okie, back to work. ;)

[HunterICX]

:up: looks good dowly keep it up:yep:

dont forget the P40B&C or else kratos gets mad at you:lol:

[Kratos]

:up: looks good dowly keep it up:yep:

dont forget the P40B&C or else kratos gets mad at you:lol:

Oh Yea ah forgot about that !! :p :up:

[Chock]

Can you not use an Alpha channel to add a shine on IL2 planes? I was under the impression you could, but it's a long time since I did an IL2 repaint, so maybe I'm mistaken.

:D Chock

[Dowly]

Can you not use an Alpha channel to add a shine on IL2 planes? I was under the impression you could, but it's a long time since I did an IL2 repaint, so maybe I'm mistaken.

:D Chock

There is shine on the skins automatically. :up:

[XabbaRus]

Excellent, looks like I have missed a lot. Just got back from Holiday yesterday so will be looking towards some online stuff soon once the bags are unpacked.

[Kratos]

a:up: looks good dowly keep it up:yep:

dont forget the P40B&C or else kratos gets mad at you:lol:
Oh Yea ah forgot about that !! :p :up: any joy skinning my p40b matey ;)

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7112/curtisskittyhawkp40ee6.jpg