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The current policy is to have only one livery per pilot per aircraft module. When there are two modules in game such as DVII and DVIIF you can have one each. This was implemented in order to keep the Paint Pack size down. Because of the greatly reduced number of active pilots, maybe we should talk about amending this but that would need a JG1 Command decision. Personally, I like the idea of showing a progression of paint schemes for a particular pilot. Didn't MFR have several variations for his Alb DII (or DIII)? From the Dicta PaintPolicy: Basic Standards 2. All JG Nr. I pilots, who are full and active members of the squadron, are entitled to have one personal paint scheme added to a paint pack for every German aircraft flown by the Unit. Reading this would imply that a pilot can have several skins per aircraft from any other 'air force'. Removing the German seems the simplest solution.

MUCH better! Thanks for making the changes and thanks to your Bro. @Klaiber and @Heinrich, what do you think?

It's a plugin for Photoshop. https://developer.nvidia.com/texture-tools-exporter

That's better. Red might still be a slight bit oversaturated and dark. Take a look at Gabi's D3 for red comparison. Here are the colors: We stick to them as closely as possible in order to have a uniform appearance across the squad. Note the red is Hex: 9d0a0e It looks like you don't have an Alpha layer. The alpha is how you adjust matte to gloss in IL2. It is included in the template and you can see it in "Channels". How are you saving to DDS? I use the Nvidia tool for Photoshop as seen in my post several lines above. I save as Format: "BC7 RGBA 8bpp explicit alpha". Be sure to also generate mipmaps. Have you looked at our Paint Dicta? https://jg1.org/richthofen/dicta/paint-policy/ I lost most of my IL2 / FC templates and skins a few years ago when an external drive bit the dust. I just noted that my D3 skin is in 4K and needs to be re-sized. I'm going to be reviewing our paint packs and moving inactive players to an archive in order to reduce the size of the folders and maybe updating some of the skins.

Great first skin! Please take the following in the spirit of constructive criticism... That red is much to saturated. I'm pretty sure it will glow like neon in the game. I would desaturate it by 30% or so. I like the graphics but why on the underside only? Maybe you're trying to blend in with the ground when low but realize that most players other than JG1 will most likely not have our skins loaded and will just be seeing the default skin anyway. The primary purpose for our own JG1 skins is for ease of ID by ourselves when things get crazy. I can easily pick out Mox or Maus by their particular graphics. Maybe duplicate the graphics on the bottom of the upper wing on the top.

Are you using Photoshop or Gimp? I only know Photoshop but Gimp should be able to do the same. In Photoshop, I would do all the skinmaking in 4096 x 4096 Pixels which is the 4K size. When ready to save the final version for submission, I go to Image>Image Size (or Alt+Ctrl+I) and change the size to 2048 x 2048 Pixels and save as a DDS. I should be a file size of 5462 KB which is the 2K size. I use BC7 compression. If you want to keep your template as 4k, just click No when it asks if you want to save changes when you close the template (or change it back to 4096 size before closing).

This livery depicts an East German Mi-8 (actually a Mi-9 a command post variant of the Mi-8) with the identifier number 407, construction number (c/n): 340004 operated by the East German Air Force (Luftstreitkräfte der NVA) Command and Recce Helicopter Squadron 3 at Cottbus ass it was on September 13, 1990 just prior to reunification. Post unification it was re-numbered as 93+97. Following the German reunification, this aircraft was sold in 2001 to Pinewood Studios in the UK and was subsequently blown up during the filming of the 2002 James Bond movie 'Die Another Day' in which it was marked with fictitious North Korean marking "P-71". Although based on number 407 the Bort numbers are selectable. For historical accuracy the exhaust suppressors shouldn't be used but I did paint them to match. Period correct DDR flight suits and helmets. Heavily weathered but I did tone it down a bit from what it actually looked like at the time and it got worse post unification. Link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3348808/

Beautiful stabilized approach and landing. m2-res_574p.mp4

Let me count the ways... No dihedral on the wings (actually looks like anhedral) means laterally unstable. Tiny vertical fin / rudder for the size combined with that enormous slab sided fuselage with a large percentage of it's area forward of the center of lift. It would swing it's nose like a bloodhound searching for a scent. The horizontal stab also looks too small in comparison to the wing area and the narrow chord elevators wouldn't do much. Yeah, they don't build 'em like they used to...

Caproni Ca.3 (or similar model). The USA flew it also and I think Red Baron 3D had one. There is the similar, later development Ca.36 on display in the US Air Force Museum in Dayton and I saw it during our visit there this last summer.

It seems that this is already a thing. Searches are bringing up numerous sites. Although this seems like a great tool to bring history to life, I can imagine bad actors using it to alter the truth. Looks like we "live in interesting times" as the supposed ancient Chinese curse goes. This is IMHO an example of the benign use of AI:

This is what AI is really good for. I hope to see more of this sort of work.

New from Playing for Change

Speaks for itself...

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/367939-dcs-changelog-and-updates-2025/#comment-5732478

Posted 12/19/25 This livery depicts a Belgian Air Force C-130H Hercules, Registration: CH-13, c/n 382-4047 which featured a striking paint scheme in 2013 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of C-130 operations with the 20th Squadron and the 65th anniversary of the 15th Wing. The forward fuselage features an overall black background with a portrait of a Native American Chief in full headdress with the starboard vertical fin dedicated to marking 40 years of the Hercules transport aircraft in Belgian service and the port side of the fin commemorated the 65th anniversary of the 15th Air Transport Wing. Features: Engine exhaust re-done from default to more closely replicate exhaust staining which includes flaps, flap wells and trailing edges. Belgian Pilot flight suit. Yes, I know the DCS module is the "J" model which is longer and has 6 bladed composite propellers but I love this paint scheme. Aircraft History: Originally served with the U.S. Air Force as a WC-130E meteorological research aircraft before being acquired by Belgium as a replacement for CH-02, which was destroyed in a fire in 2006. It was formally delivered to the Belgian Air Component on March 17, 2009, making it the newest (in terms of delivery date to Belgium) but oldest (in terms of manufacturing date and prior service time) aircraft in the fleet. CH-13 made its final operational flight and was retired in April 2021. It is the only Belgian C-130 to be preserved and is now a museum exhibit at the Golden Falcon / 1st Wing Historical Centre in Beauvechain. The Folder is too large for user files. It can be downloaded here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ko3nsmcdlp8femaf045cr/Belgium-C-130H-CH-13-Chief.zip?rlkey=bidzx6r8g9bn5hbxojcz707rx&dl=0

Happy Hannukah (despite Bondi Beach) and Merry Christmas and prayers for more light than darkness in the upcoming year.

Don't do it! Congrats on the new Cadet!

The OG by The Proclaimers is one of my favorites but this is an interesting arrangement.

Mostly Hercules hotfixes https://forum.dcs.world/topic/367939-dcs-changelog-and-updates-2025/#comment-5724783

Who Knew???!!! Can you say AI boys and girls? I knew that you could...

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/367939-dcs-changelog-and-updates-2025/#comment-5721386

@NightFlier I'm the same as what @Flyboy posted above. There is also the possibility of Saturdays for me (and probably some of the others) after about 1900 UTC since we have now completed our EIF tournament which ran at that time. That being said, this week is the US Thanksgiving holiday and many (myself included) might be involved with family.