Gigantic Decals

[jjlehto 15]

Since a while, I find myself in this condition (see pic).

The RAF roundels are like 4 times the correct size. Happens only with RAF decals (all the other  air forces are correct). Also happens on most other RAF planes (like Javelins, Hunters etc).

I was thinking, perhaps some mod broken them, but I'm unable to trace back when it started.

I reckon someone probably incurred in this already, I'd be grateful to know how can it be solved.

Thanks.

[+Trotski 936]

you just need to resize the decals on the skin , the numeric value is incorrect it would seem, easy fix , just go into the skin file , and find the decal placements that are affected and reduce the size of those decals . it only looks to be the roundels that are off, so only adjust those , the fin flash and the serial numbers look to be ok, so leave those alone.

[bazillius 1,258]

one of mods replaces default British insignia. you need to try to find it in your mod folder and just delet moded insignia. Game will use default insignia with correct size. i think you need to try to  search at Users\USERNAME\Saved Games\ThirdWire\MODNAME\Objects\Decals\

Edited December 12, 2020 by bazillius

[jjlehto 15]

I was able to "solve" only by deleting a picture called "INSIGNA006.tga", located in the mods decals folder.

What happens now, is that older RAF aircraft (from the 50ies to the 80ies) wear only the tricolor roundel, which is of the right size. I'm not a roundels / decals specialist, and idk if that's correct.

Did the two-color roundel become unused after ww2 and then reintroduced in modern times? If that's the case then the game is behaving correctly now.

I was under the impression that the RAF used both roundels post ww2, and then dropped the tricolor one only more recently. Perhaps I was wrong about that.

Anyway, thanks for the help.

[+Menrva 4,198]

55 minutes ago, jjlehto said:

I was able to "solve" only by deleting a picture called "INSIGNA006.tga", located in the mods decals folder.

What happens now, is that older RAF aircraft (from the 50ies to the 80ies) wear only the tricolor roundel, which is of the right size. I'm not a roundels / decals specialist, and idk if that's correct.

Of course it is correct now. You must not have any INSIGNIAXXX.tga in the decals folder from numbers 002 to 212, because those are already provided by the stock game and should not be replaced. Numbers 000, 256 and 257 are for the Merc faction, the fictive Dhimar and Paran, and so their decals can be customized without realism issues.

I suggest that you try my nations expansion mod for SF2, which also fixes some wrong data and inaccuracies within the stock game: https://combatace.com/files/file/16986-nations-medals-expansion/

Edited December 16, 2020 by Menrva

[jjlehto 15]

35 minutes ago, Menrva said:

You must not have any INSIGNIAXXX.tga in the decals folder from numbers 002 to 212

good info, thanks. As I said, I'm not knowledgeable in the decals subject.

I used your mod for several months and found it to be several steps towards real-life accuracy, from the baseline of the original.

Then I started a general rehaul of my own, as I wasn't satisfied with how nations different from the US or the UK were treated in the original game. This project is still far from completion, as I have little time to devote to it, but I wanted to keep the original nations structure intact so I had to remove your mod.