DECALS NOT WORKING

[frogbean 0]

I HAVE BEEN PLAY WOE FOR YEARS.

THE OTHER DAY I NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT THAT HAD DECALS SUDDENLY WHERE BARE.

I REINSTALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND DECALS BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. I HAVE "ALOT" OF PLANES AND DECALS LOADED,COULD THIS CAUSE A PROBLEMS?

 

THANKS FOR THE HELP

[+hgbn 91]

Please don't shout. Writing in capital letters only is shouting.

 

We need to know which aircraft it is before we can help you.

[Wrench 9,893]

...and more importantly, which game??? 1st Gen (sf/sfg/wov/woe/woi) or NextGens -SF2 series

 

wrench

kevin stein

[frogbean 0]

Sorry about the yelling. I don't much on the forums and I am not well versed in proper etiquette.

 

WOE 1st gen patched to 2008

 

these are just a few.

meteor Mk8

 

A-26

Spanish F-18

Iranian f-4

 

I am fairly certain It has happened with every plane that uses decals.

 

thanks for your help

[Wrench 9,893]

EVERY aircraft uses decals ... so check all the stock ones; bet that they're working.

 

For add-ons,check the decal pathways...I'll bet you'll find they're missing a lot of data

 

some of the really old skins/decals use something like this, taken from a decals ini NOT updated to post 06 patch levels (that's when it changed), our example is from the F9J Cougar

 

[Decal003]

MeshName=Fuselage

DecalLevel=0

DecalFacing=RIGHT

FilenameFormat=vf43\D\vf43 <--note short pathway

Position=-2.9,0.32

Rotation=0.85

Scale=1.0

DecalMaxLOD=3

 

after the 06 patch, and MOST DEFINATELY NEEDED for 08/SF2 is the full pathway:

 

[Decal003]

MeshName=Fuselage

DecalLevel=0

DecalFacing=RIGHT

FilenameFormat=F9J\vf43\D\vf43 <--note full pathway

Position=-2.9,0.32

Rotation=0.85

Scale=1.0

DecalMaxLOD=3

 

so, how it breaks down is:

 

aircraft folder name/skin folder name/decals folder/decal name

 

be advised, LOTS of aircraft do NOT have the /D folder, so you'll have to create one, and move all the decal tgas into it.

For sf2's, be careful with it being case sensivite -if it's the folder and/or decal is in caps, lower case or MiXeD, you MUST match it.

 

happy editing!!

 

wrench

kevin stein

Edited January 8, 2010 by Wrench