Vonrd

Flying Circus skins updated. Added Flying Goat's skins and Vonrd's updated Entente skins. File: Flying Circus Update Nov 24 2019 [link removed] This is in the OP above.

I re-did my existing Entente skins and added ones that I didn't have. Got rid of the checkerboard in favor of yellow and black stripe theme... much easier to align on the different parts of the aircraft

I'm happy with my Saitek X55 which I've had for several years. I think the latest version is the X56. Beware though... some people have had problems with them, the build quality is not the best and support is problematic.

Well Done!

Nice! So... the SPAD is a screenshot...yes? Is that you as the pilot?

It's at least 5 (and maybe more).

Sorry about the late response. @Heinrich, I don't dispute that your file naming idea is a good one and I could re-name them if those that might have already downloaded them are willing... they would have to delete them and install the re-named ones. Perhaps going forward the European skins could have something like "Eu Yellow 4" ? Or we could go with your idea as well since the only European skins so far are Baron's... as I said about the original re-naming thread: "The unfortunate thing is this will require the deletion of ALL of the prior JG1 skins (with the exception of Baron's skins. I didn't re-name his and it's up to him if he wants to re name them to this convention). " As for the current skins... I really don't want to do any changes.

Great Battles skins updated. Added Heinrich's FW190s. File: GB Updates Nov 2019 No 2 [link removed] This is in the OP above.

Posting them in the Skinpack thread as GB Updates Nov 2019 No 2. Heinrich, I renamed them... for example: ! JG1 Fw190A3 Smr Yellow 4 The idea is so that if you get transfered or leave (I certainly hope that will never come to pass ) , whoever takes your place will have their skin still named as "Yellow 4" and it will simply overwrite. So, be sure to rename them in your GB Skins folder.

Definitely check this. I recently got a new monitor and accidentally plugged it into the MB and had major low FPS... obviously.

What are your machine's specs?

It might have still been loading when you tried. I just checked and it's there.

Flying Circus skins updated. Updated Klaiber and Vonrd. New Schafer and Luft. File: FC Updates Nov 2019 [link removed] This is in the OP above.

Great Battles skins updated. Added Hess updates for changes in 5./JG1. [link removed] This is in the OP above.

Klai skins updated. Klai, let me know what you think. Would you like the PD3 with upper wing pink with "Ignatz" like the others?

Now, if I can just get a cloaking device...

Bummer... I hope that you re-consider but we all understand the RL takes precedence.

Whew... so glad to hear all's well Vik! Not knowing that you were on the east side and with news reports of 100 mph wind gusts around Geyserville all I could think of was the Paradise fire (my aunt and uncle lost their home in that one). Thanks for letting us know.

Thank you! I am really enjoying doing these... so much so that I've fallen way behind on the skin stuff.

These are the images I used

This one for WWII:

No, Maybe Klai has his email? I'm worried as there were quite a few homes destroyed in his area. Sure hope he and his family are OK.

The normalmaps texture is very subtle. Best seen in a "without" and "with" comparison.

The files with the "_B" as in "A20B_B" should NOT be renamed ... the _B files are the "normalmap" which are used to give the planes the illusion of detailed texture... There should be no files with the "_B" in my download. If there are, I don't know how they got there and I don't see them when I checked the download. Here's an explanation of what they do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_mapping The "checklist photos in my download are already named "custom_photo.dds" and will overwrite the BOS stock pinup photos unless the stock photos are renamed or backed up somewhere else.

Sorry guys, I have no idea what's going on. I just extracted the zip file and everything looks fine to me. I have gotten rid of the zip file in Dropbox and just made it a direct, uncompressed file structure. It should be... for the A20 as an example: C:\Program Files (x86)\1C Game Studios\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\graphics\Planes\A20B\Textures\custom_photo.dds (or starting from wherever your game is installed... I'm not sure how the Steam version works). Etzel, it looks like you somehow have the game's default normalmap renamed to "custom_photo.dds" (it should be "A20B_B.dds") and I don't know how that could have happened since the zip file didn't have the normalmap in it.