Beginner question: How to change aircraft skins in SF2?

[deiwi 0]

Hello everyone, I've just downloaded beautiful generic F-4 skins by Sundowner but I don't know how to install it on SF2 (on Win Vista). There's a readme and it says "Just drop into the F-4B and the F-4D and go fly!" which is nice but doesn't work. I've read tons of how-tos and nothing works fine. There's nothing to overwrite, nothing similar to files in Sundowner's skins. Please help me somebody.

[+Dave 2,322]

Hello everyone, I've just downloaded beautiful generic F-4 skins by Sundowner but I don't know how to install it on SF2 (on Win Vista). There's a readme and it says "Just drop into the F-4B and the F-4D and go fly!" which is nice but doesn't work. I've read tons of how-tos and nothing works fine. There's nothing to overwrite, nothing similar to files in Sundowner's skins. Please help me somebody.

 

Have you gone into the actual F-4B and F-4D folder and placed the files in there? Each folder is set up with VF-something or other. Just put the files of one of those folders in and let it overwrite.

[deiwi 0]

Have you gone into the actual F-4B and F-4D folder and placed the files in there? Each folder is set up with VF-something or other. Just put the files of one of those folders in and let it overwrite.

 

There's nothing but few INIs.

 

Example:

F-4D folder contains just F-4D.INI and Desert1 folder TextureSet.ini

 

That's all, nothing more's here.

[+Dave 2,322]

Put those files in that folder.

[pablo10692 4]

In the aircraft.ini, you need to add the TextureSet from the Skin at the bottom of it. Open the F-4D.ini and you'll see this:

 

[TextureSet001]

Directory=Desert1

Name=USAF Desert Camo 1

Nation=USAF

Squadron=436TFS

Specular=0.400000

Glossiness=0.400000

Reflection=0.000000

 

Or something like this.

 

Then you copy the TextureSet that comes inside the Skin TextureSet.ini put under the other one don't forget to put the directory for the Skin and follow the numbers order.

 

I hope you can understand.

Edited July 13, 2009 by pablitoVPT

[MigBuster 2,884]

Yeah thats right - the other files are hidden away - put the skins in the F-4 folder so you end up with:

 

Desert1

F-4D.ini

VFxxx

VFxxx

 

Can you not select the skin in the loadout screen?

 

make sure the skins files are not in another subfolder

[deiwi 0]

In the aircraft.ini, you need to add the TextureSet from the Skin at the bottom of it. Open the F-4D.ini and you'll see this:

 

[TextureSet001]

Directory=Desert1

Name=USAF Desert Camo 1

Nation=USAF

Squadron=436TFS

Specular=0.400000

Glossiness=0.400000

Reflection=0.000000

 

Or something like this.

 

Then you copy the TextureSet that comes inside the Skin TextureSet.ini put under the other one don't forget to put the directory for the Skin and follow the numbers order.

 

I hope you can understand.

 

Thank you pablito, I've tried out your solution:

 

F-4D_67.INI (in F-4D_67 folder)

 

[AircraftData]

AircraftFullName=F-4D Phantom II (67)

AircraftShortName=F-4

AircraftDataFile=F-4D_67_data.ini

LoadoutFile=F-4D_67_loadout.ini

CockpitDataFile=F-4D_67_cockpit.ini

LoadoutImage=F-4D_loadout.tga

UserList=F-4D_67_UserList.ini

HangarScreen=F-4D_67_hangar.bmp

LoadingScreen=F-4D_Loading.bmp

AvionicsDLL=Avionics60.dll

AvionicsDataFilename=F-4D_67_avionics.ini

 

[LOD001]

Filename=F-4D_67.lod

Distance=100

 

[LOD002]

Filename=F-4D_67_lod2.lod

Distance=250

 

[LOD003]

Filename=F-4D_67_lod3.lod

Distance=500

 

[LOD004]

Filename=F-4D_lod4.lod

Distance=1000

 

[LOD005]

Filename=F-4D_lod5.lod

Distance=10000

 

[shadow]

CastShadow=TRUE

ShadowCastDist=10000

MaxVisibleDistance=800

 

[DamageTexture]

DamagedPostFix=_holes.tga

 

[TextureSet001]

Directory=Desert1

Name=USAF Desert Camo 1

Nation=USAF

Squadron=436TFS

Specular=0.400000

Glossiness=0.400000

Reflection=0.000000

 

[TextureSet002]

Directory=USAFCamo1

Name=USAF Desert Camo 2

Nation=USAF

Squadron=436TFS

Specular=0.400000

Glossiness=0.400000

Reflection=0.000000

 

TextureSet.ini (inside USAFCamo1 subfolder with 5 bmp skin files)

 

[TextureSet]

Name=USAF Desert Camo 2

Nation=USAF

Squadron=436TFS

Specular=0.400000

Glossiness=0.400000

Reflection=0.000000

 

Result is nice white Phantom without textures. Maybe it need change filename (LOD001-005) to bmp and add it into TextureSet.ini? I'm pretty sure i'm pain in your ass with my silly question but I appreciate your good will.

[MigBuster 2,884]

dont change any LOD names

 

The skin names for the F-4D 67 need to be

 

are:

 

F-4D_67_1.bmp fuse

F-4D_67_2.bmp wing

F-4D_67_3.bmp wing

F-4D_67_4.bmp tail

F-4D_67_5.bmp pit and bits

[+Dave 2,322]

dont change any LOD names

 

The skin names for the F-4D 67 need to be

 

are:

 

F-4D_67_1.bmp fuse

F-4D_67_2.bmp wing

F-4D_67_3.bmp wing

F-4D_67_4.bmp tail

F-4D_67_5.bmp pit and bits

 

 

Yeah those skins are for the regular F-4D, not the F-4D_67. Make you do as Migbuster says if you want to use them for the other versions.

[deiwi 0]

Yeah thats right - the other files are hidden away - put the skins in the F-4 folder so you end up with:

 

Desert1

F-4D.ini

VFxxx

VFxxx

 

Can you not select the skin in the loadout screen?

 

make sure the skins files are not in another subfolder

 

I don't have any VFxxx folders there. I've copied and rename (F-4D_x.bmp > F-4D_67_x.bmp) files into F-4D_67 folder. I can choose USAF Desert Camo 2 in Roster menu resulting in textureless Phantom.

[+Dave 2,322]

I don't have any VFxxx folders there. I've copied and rename (F-4D_x.bmp > F-4D_67_x.bmp) files into F-4D_67 folder. I can choose USAF Desert Camo 2 in Roster menu resulting in textureless Phantom.

 

VF are for the Navy planes (F-4B)

 

Are you putting the bmp in the USAF Desert Camo 2 folder and not a folder in another folder.

[deiwi 0]

VF are for the Navy planes (F-4B)

 

Are you putting the bmp in the USAF Desert Camo 2 folder and not a folder in another folder.

 

Yeah, it works! But the decals wanished. Is there any work around? I'm really excited!

[MigBuster 2,884]

No workaround needed because they work - you either have them in the wrong place - or you have the wrong path specified in the decals.ini file for the skin - Look at section 2 here:

 

http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=44026

Edited July 13, 2009 by MigBuster

[deiwi 0]

No workaround needed because they work - you either have them in the wrong place - or you have the wrong path specified in the decals.ini file for the skin - Look at section 2 here:

 

http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=44026

 

I'm confused because it's pure new installation and there's no decal.ini file, they can't be on wrong folder or another place, i didn't move them.

 

Here is what i got (no Decals folder):

 

[+Dave 2,322]

Make a decals folder.

[deiwi 0]

Make a decals folder.

 

LOL, I didn't see it before in how-to by MigBuster. Many thanks Skipper!