USN F-4Bs Some Black skins From wings over vietnam mods

[DEVIL11]

From USN_F-4B_66_APR24 To the F-4B Shoehorn some skins shows as black i tried reinstalling the mods but still show up black i dropped shome pics

Edited October 16 by DEVIL11

[daddyairplanes]

check skin names?  make sure they all end the same, _66 or _65 or whatever

then check file format. jpg, bmp, dds

 

[yakarov79]

It is not that. Files should be fine...works on my end. Double-checked before uploading.

[Wrench]

maybe installed on wrong Phantom (ie, not a stock one?)

[Menrva]

If the mod is installed properly, then most likely it's the game running out of VRAM; in such case you need to resize the textures to smaller resolution, since your PC configuration struggles with 4k or 2k textures.

[Sheriff]

Like Daddy says, it's almost always skin name is wrong or file type. Look at name of skin parts that do show up and use same file type and naming convention for one that is showing black.

If that does not work ,another thing I've done on occasion is taking the file that is showing as black. Save it as a different file type. For example, if its a bmp file open and save as a jpg. Then open up jpg and save it as bmp. Somehow that works.

Also compare file size .If one is orders of magnitude larger ,edit file type or image size.

[yakarov79]

22 hours ago, DEVIL11 said:

 USN_F-4B_66_APR24

45 minutes ago, Sheriff said:

it's almost always skin name is wrong or file type. Look at name of skin parts ................................

No. I tested it many times. Not in this case. 

I have a habit of playing test flights for all my work...now and then. Flight - always 8 aircraft for every skin/squadron set - to have a wide view of decals within the squadron, every possible loadout.

The answer is here

15 hours ago, Menrva said:

If the mod is installed properly, then most likely it's the game running out of VRAM; in such case you need to resize the textures to smaller resolution, since your PC configuration struggles with 4k or 2k textures.

16 hours ago, yakarov79 said:

It is not that. Files should be fine...works on my end. Double-checked before uploading.

I always try to upload everything in the max possible resolution so the end user can resize down if needed.

I mostly play on 3072 or 2048 skins....But, again, I upload 4K.

i do not recommend changing BUMP maps into jpg. - The game will have a tendency to read stock files instead, and then you will have mismatched "skin paint" features.

So, bump files bmp. Can go down to 3072 too.

Screens below are still in 4096.

 

I have exactly the same stuff as you. Tested many times. Recently, 14 minutes ago.

[DEVIL11]

Thanks everyone i fixed the problem I appreciate everyone’s help all i did was delete the Aircraft folders and resert them 

[malibu43]

I had this issue recently after I reinstalled SF2 on a much more powerful PC.  It had nothing to do with installation - it was a VRAM issue with high-rez 3rd party skins.  I resolved it by lowering some settings (I think lowering ground object from Unlimited to High was the one that finally did it).

It would come and go depending on the aircraft selected and the mission, so just be aware you may think you've fixed it by reinstalling the aircraft, but it can come back if you fly a mission with a higher number of objects.