Night Owl skin

[Guest zerocinco]

Probably so far back in WOV time that nobody cares but:

 

There is a skin (by Sundowner, I think) that shows the F-4D in Night Owl livery. It just never shows up. The reason is the usual...a typo.

 

If you want to run Night Owl missions then you'll make these changes to his posting. (What's a Night Owl mission, Mr. Zero? Well, Young Gamer, soon you'll be doing a strike under flares in Mu Gia Pass. You'll be flying an F-4E...sort of a Nocturnal E-mission.)

 

1- The folder (or directory) for the skin in the F-4D folder is named "black". You need to rename the folder "F-4D black" and in the F-4D.INI enter the texture set. I have these in mine.

 

[TextureSet001]

Directory=USAFtng1

Name=USAF T.O. 1-1-4 SEA Camo

Nation=USAF

Squadron=433TFS

Specular=0.300000

Glossiness=0.850000

Reflection=0.000000

 

[TextureSet002]

Directory=366

Name=USAF 366TFW Gunfighters

Nation=USAF

Squadron=389,390,480 TFS

Specular=0.200000

Glossiness=0.450000

Reflection=0.000000

 

[TextureSet003]

Directory=F-4D black

Name=Night Owls

Nation=USAF

Squadron=497TFS

Specular=0.100000

Glossiness=0.250000

Reflection=0.000000

 

2- There is no Texture Set in the "black or F-4D black" folder. Drag/copy one from the existing skin into the "black" folder then open it and change it to read:

 

[TextureSet]

Name=Night Owls

Nation=USAF

Squadron=497TFS

Specular=0.10

Glossiness=0.25

Reflection=0.00

 

3- The patches will show up when you change the directory name in the Decal file.

 

[Decal012]

MeshName=fuselage_P

DecalLevel=0

DecalFacing=LEFT

FilenameFormat=F-4d\f-4d black\OWL

Position=5.00,-0.210

Rotation=0.0

Scale=1.25

DecalMaxLOD=4

 

[Decal013]

MeshName=fuselage_P

DecalLevel=0

DecalFacing=RIGHT

FilenameFormat=F-4d\f-4d black\Badge

Position=5.00,-0.210

Rotation=0.0

Scale=1.25

DecalMaxLOD=4

 

Why bother? Because it looks cool. If you want scary, eerie and realistic, come out and play in the dark.

[+Dave 2,320]

If you wait a bit, Sundowner is doing a high res Night Owls skins.

[Guest zerocinco]

I like his stuff but for my needs, a skin for a night fighter isn't going to be real visual anyway. As is my obsession, I will use it how it was used. (That sounds insane.)

 

His 366 is time-limited. I was wondering how one adjusts the tail LETTERS. When I punch up a squadron of the 366th after his dates, it gives the 4th (LA) a yellow tail flash, the 421st (LC) a red tail flash, but the 390th has no blue flash and BK instead of LF. Certainly nothing I would want someone else to do. I'll fix it if I know how.