Skin not showing on new plane?

[arthur666 65]

Making a F-16 Blk15. Got the Sparrows to work no problem by editing the LOADOUT.INI and DATA.INI. So, I copied and pasted my F-16A_Netz file folder in my /Objects/Aircraft , changed the folder name to F-16A_15 , my F-16A_15.INI looks like this:

 

[AircraftData]
AircraftFullName=F-16A(Blk15) Falcon
AircraftShortName=F-16
AircraftDataFile=F-16A_15_data.ini
LoadoutFile=F-16A_15_loadout.ini
UserList=F-16A_15_UserList.ini
CockpitDataFile=F-16A_Netz_cockpit.ini
LoadoutImage=F-16A_Netz_loadout.TGA
HangarScreen=F-16A_Netz_hangar.JPG
LoadingScreen=F-16A_Netz_Loading.JPG
AvionicsDLL=Avionics70.dll
AvionicsDataFilename=F-16A_Netz_avionics.ini

[LOD001]
Filename=F-16A_Netz.LOD
Distance=100

[LOD002]
Filename=F-16A_Netz_LOD2.LOD
Distance=250

[LOD003]
Filename=F-16A_Netz_LOD3.LOD
Distance=500

[LOD004]
Filename=F-16A_Netz_LOD4.LOD
Distance=1000

[LOD005]
Filename=F-16A_Netz_LOD5.LOD
Distance=10000

[DamageTexture]
DamagedPostFix=_holes.DDS

[shadow]
CastShadow=TRUE
ShadowCastDist=10000
MaxVisibleDistance=800

[TextureSet001]
Directory=USAFGrey2
Name=USAF Grey 2
Nation=USAF
Specular=0.400000
Glossiness=0.400000
Reflection=0.000000

 

My F-16A_15_DATA.INI starts like this:

 

[MissionData]
NationName=USAF
AircraftRole=FIGHTER
AircraftCapability=DAY_AND_NIGHT
ServiceStartYear=1981
ServiceEndYear=2007
Availability=COMMON
Exported=FALSE
PrimaryRoles=SWEEP,CAP,INTERCEPT
SecondaryRoles=SWEEP,CAS,ESCORT,ANTI_SHIP,STRIKE,SEAD,RECON
NormalMissionRadius=1270
MaxMissionRadius=1543
Ceiling=17617.0
MinBaseSize=SMALL

 

How come the plane is pure black with no skin? What am I missing? The grey USAF skin works fine with the stock Netz, so that's not the problem.

Edited January 25, 2012 by arthur666

[Spinners 15,986]

Your post is confusing as you state that the grey USAF skin works fine with the stock Netz. so can we assume that you've made another skin?

 

Most probable cause - Your new bitmap names must match those in the stock Netz.

 

Second most probable cause - There is still a transparency layer in your skin bitmaps.

 

 

[Wrench 9,848]

or, the skin got renamed -- a nono; it has to retain the same name as the Netz lod calls for (see the Irianian F-16 I did as an example)

 

or the skin bmp aren't in the a skin sub-folder for the 'new' F-16

[arthur666 65]

or, the skin got renamed -- a nono; it has to retain the same name as the Netz lod calls for (see the Irianian F-16 I did as an example)

 

or the skin bmp aren't in the a skin sub-folder for the 'new' F-16

 

That was it. I had renamed the skin .bmp . Works now. I think I'll post it if I can get MigBuster's permission to include his USAF2 skin.

 

Thanks!

[Spinners 15,986]

Not a problem. Glad to have helped....