Canadair Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 How do you know which noseart .tga is connected to which number? I jus t downloaded th cool RAF eagle desert piink from wrench. Which has chamged owner and will make a good merc squadron But I dlike to know how to pick (and maybe rename) the number in the loadout screen, so that I know which decal I'll be flying with. I know it is easy and under my eyes,, but really can't get it... thanks Quote
+Wrench Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 You're taking all my naked, and semi-clothed girly nose art and SELLING them to mercenaries?????!!!! I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!!! BTW, where's my cut?? All the serials (XT***) are the stock 3rdWire F-4M ones...they use the same numbering sequencers. Look at the decals ini... [Decal009]MeshName=Vertical_Stabilizer_R DecalLevel=2 DecalFacing=RIGHT FilenameFormat=F4M_SN Position=-5.45,0.82 Rotation=0.0 Scale=1.25 DecalMaxLOD=3 Hint: the decals are in the objects cat...look for "F4M_SN000 - 099.tga" The nose art and SN use the same sequences. F4M_SN000 gets NArt000, and so on OR... is the question "How can I add the nose art name to the numbers list" (see some of my WW2 planes). Like this, from the 498th BG 73rd BW PTO B-29s T1 RuthlessT2 The Heat's On T3 Homer's Roamers T4 Little Jo T5 Joltin' Josie T6 Lucky 'Leven T7 Mighty Fine II T8 Vanishing Rae T9 Devil's Darlin' II T10 Lucky Strikes T11 Raiden Maiden T12 Tokyo Rose T13 T14 Kayo Kid T15 Heavenly Body T16 Sweet Sixteen T17 Arkansas Traveler T18 Wrench kevin stein Quote
Canadair Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 (edited) You're taking all my naked, and semi-clothed girly nose art and SELLING them to mercenaries?????!!!! I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!!! BTW, where's my cut?? All the serials (XT***) are the stock 3rdWire F-4M ones...they use the same numbering sequencers. Look at the decals ini... Hint: the decals are in the objects cat...look for "F4M_SN000 - 099.tga" The nose art and SN use the same sequences. F4M_SN000 gets NArt000, and so on OR... is the question "How can I add the nose art name to the numbers list" (see some of my WW2 planes). Like this, from the 498th BG 73rd BW PTO B-29s Wrench kevin stein The quote from my signature is from a abook that starts about women smuggling and then gets on to weapon smuggling and drug dealing before dropping into unreal and dark human mind recesses. Anyway: the questions are both; in the D I have Nart000, nart001 and so on; in the number .lst, I have first numbers XT891 and XT892; now will they respectively have the nart000 and nart001? as for Renaming them is easy. Also in a campaign I have to use starnumber=1 according to the sequence in numbers.lst, or XT891? Thanks grr and now I have to download your B-29s.. if anything to move nosearts somewhere else Another question. you familiar with the book "gray eagles" by duane unkefer? it portrays the story of some old luftwaffe aces that restore Bf-109 in texas or something and they do some demosntration including strafing at awarbirds air show, reviving the nazi era in resort airport hidden in the desert They challenge a group of old P-51 pilots, that defeated them back in those days and a solo spitfire, ending up in WWII dogfight over SW US, that will drag everyone resentement and guilt and bravery.. Now if yu could point me to a Gustav Bf-109, and if I could have the resort airfield, (with apool!) and the wardbird air show targets area,,, the campaing can be done. It would be something cool and nasty.. FINAL EDIT; I am star renaming and making the noseart predictable. excellent. But some of them appear with the name hidden by black marker in my .tga viewer, althoguh the name appears in the game.. WTF... Really final edit.. look at this one.. I love Mary Rose, I seen her at LeBourget 1991, and I still have the pictures, I was 16 at the time... Edited February 18, 2008 by Canadair Quote
+Gocad Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 (edited) Also in a campaign I have to use starnumber=1 according to the sequence in numbers.lst, or XT891? 'startnumber=0' is your friend. :yes: Because '[decalname]000' is the first decal on the numbers.lst Edited February 18, 2008 by Gocad Quote
Canadair Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 Can I stress this? FINAL EDIT; I am star renaming and making the noseart predictable. excellent. But some of them appear with the name hidden by black marker in my .tga viewer, althoguh the name appears in the game.. WTF... I guess I am not good at image editing program use, since some compltely black .tga turns out in the game as writings.. Can I be pointed to a tutorial for decals, for noseart purposes? Bobrock, you ar reading this thread aren't you? let me remind you the kestrel B skin! Quote
+Gocad Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 Can I stress this? FINAL EDIT; I am star renaming and making the noseart predictable. excellent. But some of them appear with the name hidden by black marker in my .tga viewer, althoguh the name appears in the game.. WTF... Some image editing programs are unable to display tgas properly (like ImageShack 3.97) Good thing I have Photoshop now. Quote
+HrntFixr Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 FINAL EDIT; I am star renaming and making the noseart predictable. excellent. But some of them appear with the name hidden by black marker in my .tga viewer, althoguh the name appears in the game.. WTF...I guess I am not good at image editing program use, since some compltely black .tga turns out in the game as writings.. Can I be pointed to a tutorial for decals, for noseart purposes? I do believe your seeing the black box because the program your using dosen't handle alpha layers that TGA's use. What program are you using? Quote
+Wrench Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 Like HrntFxr said, your image program can't handle the alpha channel...irfanveiw don't either, so I just open all them in Photoshop. Start with the last one first, so they stack up in reverse order. Then, just list them next to the serial numbers in the numbers.lst I'd send you the bmps that I used to make them, but can't remember where I put them!!!! I NEVER throw anythign out...expecially noseart decals!!!! (as evidenced by the re-use of several) BTW, it can anyone ever wondered, "Miss Prissy" and "Patches" are named after 2 of our cats. "Patricia Ann" is my wife. Wrench kevin stein ps: there's a 109G10 in Wolf's WW2 Planes Pak, but you probably knew that! :) Quote
Canadair Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 (edited) I am using a cheap freeware tga viewer. Thanks for the hints And I renamed all of the noseart for the F-15. Only to see that some of them have obviously a name that I can't read Any idea for a freeware SMAll PROGRAM THAT CAN HANDLE ALPHA? Wrench I'll send you the file when done of the names... And thanks for pointing me at the G, I actually missed it Anyway, you familiar with the book I mentioneD? EDIT: found the program. Back to renaming... Edited February 18, 2008 by Canadair Quote
Canadair Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 XT891 1 Taarna XT892 2 Miss Prissy XT893 3 What's Saddam? XT894 4 Jeanie XT895 5 Satanica Pandemonium XT896 6 A Charmer XT897 7 Dejah Thoris XT898 8 Dirty Duck XT899 9 Midnight Lace XT900 10 Danger Mouse XT901 11 British Heroine XT902 12 Calein XT903 13 Patricia Ann XT904 14 The Saint XT905 15 Eastern Princess XT906 16 Guinnes Girl XT907 17 My Sophia XT908 18 Yasmini XT909 19 XV393 20 Black Magic XV394 21 Persian Princess XV395 22 XV396 23 China Doll XV397 24 Luck of the Irish XV398 25 XV399 26 Leather&Lace XV400 27 XV401 28 XV402 29 Maid of Sherwood XV403 30 XV404 31 Delightful Debs XV405 32 Delilah XV406 33 Salomè XV407 34 Cleopatra XV408 35 B.a.b.s XV409 36 The Lady and the Tigers XV410 37 XV411 38 Worried Blair? XV412 39 Worried Saddam? XV413 40 Banana Paradise XV414 41 Eastern Promise XV415 42 Old Bill XV416 43 XV417 44 XV418 45 Spanish Dancer XV419 46 Diabolical Angel XV420 47 Flying Nightmares XV421 48 XV422 49 XV423 50 Roller Girl XV424 51 Death Dealer XV425 52 Devil's Daughter XV426 53 XV427 54 T.A.R.D.I.S XV428 55 XV429 56 Camo Cutie XV430 57 XV431 58 Desert Delight XV460 59 XV461 60 Bonnie Kathleen XV462 61 Look at Me XV463 62 XV464 63 The Lady in Black XV465 64 XV466 65 XV467 66 XV468 67 Lulubelle XV469 68 Natasha XV470 69 XV471 70 Warrior Queen XV472 71 Pirate's Booty XV473 72 XV474 73 XV475 74 Amazon XV476 75 XV477 76 The Happy Parrot XV478 77 XV479 78 XV480 79 The Wrench XV481 80 XV482 81 Double Humped XV483 82 The Avengers XV484 83 XV485 84 Bad Little Bettie XV486 85 Be Witched XV487 86 Steel Angel XV488 87 XV489 88 The Little Mermaid XV490 89 XV491 90 XV492 91 Miss Scarlet XV493 92 XV494 93 Darling Tracy XV495 94 XV496 95 XV497 96 The Angriest Angel XV498 97 XV499 98 XV500 99 XV501 100 The Checkered Flag Quote
Canadair Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 Another question. you familiar with the book "gray eagles" by duane unkefer?it portrays the story of some old luftwaffe aces that restore Bf-109 in texas or something and they do some demosntration including strafing at awarbirds air show, reviving the nazi era in resort airport hidden in the desert They challenge a group of old P-51 pilots, that defeated them back in those days and a solo spitfire, ending up in WWII dogfight over SW US, that will drag everyone resentement and guilt and bravery.. ........................, and if I could have the resort airfield, (with apool!) and the wardbird air show targets area,,, the campaing can be done. It would be something cool and nasty.. I love Mary Rose, I seen her at LeBourget 1991, and I still have the pictures, I was 16 at the time... So do you know the book I am talking about? and meet Mary Rose http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/pics/gulfwar/gwjaguars.htm Quote
+Wrench Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 Bonus points for telling the originations of: Taarna Dejah Thoris Satanica Pandemonium and Roller Girl WITHOUT using any search engines Wrench kevin stein Quote
Canadair Posted February 19, 2008 Author Posted February 19, 2008 Bonus points for telling the originations of: Taarna Dejah Thoris Satanica Pandemonium and Roller Girl WITHOUT using any search engines Wrench kevin stein Taarna is the Warrior Lady from Heavy Metal, that French SF animation Satanica Pandemonium is Salma HAyek from the movie "From Dusk till Dawn" (which is cool, because I named that skin properly even without opening the tgas with alpha channell) I don't know the others though, and kev you are ignoring my request for target areas as specified above for asw, and the book. Quote
Canadair Posted February 19, 2008 Author Posted February 19, 2008 Taarna is the Warrior Lady from Heavy Metal, that French SF animationSatanica Pandemonium is Salma HAyek from the movie "From Dusk till Dawn" (which is cool, because I named that skin properly even without opening the tgas with alpha channell) I don't know the others though, and kev you are ignoring my request for target areas as specified above for asw, and the book. Wrench, seems your girls have a lot of appointment requests.. Anyway, dirty jokes aside, thanks for the lesson in handling decals and alphachannel. Soon many of my planes will be sporting nose arts.. Quote
+Wrench Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 Ooops..I read right over it and it didn't register. No, I'm not famailiar with that book...but it sound cool!!! Did you want me to add it??? Now that I've got the 'flatten airfeields'' thing down, I should probably do an update to ASW...we can have Randolph and Kelly operational, and perhaps add another GS airfield Perhaps adding a little airfield in Harlingin, home of the Commerative Air Force?? I can add paked WW2 planes for the meausem (sp?) Have to steal, um errr, borrow them from the WW2 maps.... Dejah Thoris: Princess of Helium, wife to John Carter of Virgina (Edgar Rice Burrows, Mars/Barsoom series first published in 1912) Roller Girl: Dire Straits song Wrench kevin stein showing my age and classical sci-fi knowledge Quote
+Wrench Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 They look good on Rhinos!!! "China Girl" is also Salyma Hyack. She, and several other come from my "Fakes" collection...which is rather extensive...(it's ok, you can call me a perv! I don't mind!) Cleopatra, Delilah and Salome are all Bettie Page. She shows up in a LOT of them You think the "Desert Strom" style are good...you should see the ones I've got the F-302 Mongoose. Obviously, some are repeated, but they all have the Stargate-ish theme. If I can just get Capun to give me a nose mesh.... WRench Kevin Stein Quote
+HrntFixr Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 "China Girl" is also Salyma Hyack. She, and several other come from my "Fakes" collection...which is rather extensive...(it's ok, you can call me a perv! I don't mind!) Cleopatra, Delilah and Salome are all Bettie Page. She shows up in a LOT of them WRench Kevin Stein No i won't call you a perv! Bettie Page! Quote
Canadair Posted February 19, 2008 Author Posted February 19, 2008 (edited) F-302 Mongoose? And I might need a segret airfield with a resort, I mean a villa, or something like that, and yes the commerative aviation sites.. and I can try the campaign. If you can get the book, it is awesome. Gray Eagles, by Duane Unkefer Edited February 19, 2008 by Canadair Quote
Viggen Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 Perv! I think I've got to get into the decal world for my next skin. Quote
+Wrench Posted February 20, 2008 Posted February 20, 2008 At least it's girls... THIS IS NOOOSSSEEAAARRRTTTT!!!!! Although, there IS a Spartan around there somewhere...or is it in the Mongoose???? Disremember! Wrench kevin stein Quote
Canadair Posted February 22, 2008 Author Posted February 22, 2008 And what about StarFighters? and another one next one I have to try thuds Quote
Canadair Posted February 22, 2008 Author Posted February 22, 2008 (edited) This is getting addictive More Starfighters and Thuds Edited February 22, 2008 by Canadair Quote
+HrntFixr Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Question for you? Are these new decals or re-used? If new decals... great work... if re-used... it's cool to see them on all kinds of A/C. Quote
+Wrench Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 They're re-used. They're my nose arts from various WW2 and other mods. There's something like 250+ to choose from Wrench kevin stein Quote
Canadair Posted February 23, 2008 Author Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) Oh yes, I forgot to mention, my mistake, I thought it was clear from previous posts... Wrench is the one that did the hiring and recruiting of Girls. He is the Gardener of Flowers, credit is just his I am only re-employing them.and giving those beauties visability. I am barely a Merchant of Flowers by the way; anything I am missing? I got those from the F_15 desert pink, and the b-29 and the atomic b-29, anything else? Edited February 23, 2008 by Canadair Quote
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