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WIP Mega THREAD!
Nyghtfall replied to ErikGen's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
My impression is, that the recent Photoshop acts strange sometimes. I am working with layer functions and recently it occured, that I deleted lines from a layer with a function and the effect was still there, although the actual line was deleted. Another issue was with transformations, where PS does not always use the actual border of something on a layer like previous versions. Instead it select some additional empty space around it on random sides. There are more examples, where PS is either buggy or it was changed from the well known behavior of older versions...I am not sure which is it actually. -
Would be interesting to hear from professional artists, how they do it and what the reasons are.
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That sounds a bit like the 50's. Everything has to be nuclear driven...from a car to a toaster, because THAT's the future!
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F-14 VF-31 custom skin
Nyghtfall replied to RustyKurnass's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
For VF-41 I would do an all grey base skin and do the markings with decals. That way you can use color and grey markings side-by-side. For VF-84 I would do 2 different skins for the whole squadron each - A single-gray one like the CO/XO planes with color and grey markings like the VF-41s and another one with the other camo (looks like 2 different greytones), again with color and grey markings. -
WIP Mega THREAD!
Nyghtfall replied to ErikGen's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
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F-14 VF-31 custom skin
Nyghtfall replied to RustyKurnass's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
I have to admit, that I don't understand the problem...tired from work, etc. But I think I get the general direction. You either have 1 camo for the whole squadron and want CAG (color) and line birds (grey) together - this can be done with some effort with decals (have a look at my Vietnam-Skyhawks to see, how it can be done) Or you want different camos for different planes of the squadron together. This can be done, if you do the actual camo as a big decal. There are several issues though. The decal-files will probably be huge and, from my limited experience with it, different to place exactly. For myself it's not worth the effort, but others have more experience with it and work that way. If a squadron changed the camo over time (from highviz gullgrey/white to tps for example), you can also use a date switch as an easy workaround. Hope that helps a bit. -
WIP Mega THREAD!
Nyghtfall replied to ErikGen's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
S-3A/B-templates for Foxmonters old model - only weathering, some details and generic markings missing yet. If someone has pictures and infos on maintenance-stencils, please PM me. Thanks. -
WIP Mega THREAD!
Nyghtfall replied to ErikGen's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
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Why not just add an invisible skid? Just add this under the landinggear section of the planes data.ini and adjust the ContactPoint-values and it should work. luk1978 posted this as a solution for belly landings a while ago and it works very well. [Skid] SystemType=LANDING_GEAR Retractable=FALSE IsSkid=TRUE NoContactOnGround=true HideGearNode=true ModelNodeName= ShockStroke=0.05 SpringFactor=0.2 DampingFactor=2.1 ContactPoint=-0.64,-2.5,-0.85 RollingCoefficient=1.0 MaxLoadFactor=25.0
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WIP Mega THREAD!
Nyghtfall replied to ErikGen's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
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WIP Mega THREAD!
Nyghtfall replied to ErikGen's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
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Seriously...the guy HAS more or less abandoned the game already. He came out of nowhere with the crowdfunding-thing und disappeared nearly as fast. I guess he wanted to keep open the possibility to squeeze out the last bit of money from SFx to keep his other (mobile) stuff running. It's his stuff, so he can do with it what he wants, but fooling customers only works once...and I still don't believe that he really had intentions in reviving/continuing/fixing/whatever SFx. And yet I was stupid enough to give him my hard earned money. ;) Real interest in continuing SFx would need him to add atleast a tiny bit of new stuff or fix stuff, that is already known to need a fix. And I'm sure there's enough stuff, that even he would consider to need a fix. Was there any form of support from TW for SFx in the last years? No bullshit here...I honestly ask that question, because I don't know. I cannot remember that anyone that contacted him about anything gamerelated, got an answer that was helpful in any way. So IMHO there's nothing to lose...as it is lost already. P.S. I don't have Discord and have no plans in changing that. ;)
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Exactly the same for me, although mine works for W10. Pro: - You can draw stuff with different thickness by changing the pressure of the pen (No equivalent when using a mouse). Con: - I guess you need to invest some time to get used to it. It just works very different from a mouse. - The pen works (of course) different from a real pen...you have to click a button on the pen to actually draw. Don't know, if there are other methods out there, but that behaviour makes it somehow difficult to use for me, if you'd like to draw accurate. It still has some uses, but I'm still a mouse-user.
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a-1 skyraiders skins A-1H VNAF
Nyghtfall replied to Trotski's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - File Announcements
the difference is just in the data.ini - H_67 and J_67 have countermeasures, whereas H and J don't. -
In my opinion the Bird looks so much better, because he simply isnt just plain black or grey. Nice comparison.
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My projects (GKABS)
Nyghtfall replied to GKABS's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
That looks great! Very good result. -
My projects (GKABS)
Nyghtfall replied to GKABS's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
How do you get the cockpit windows in there? Thats a miracle to me... Although I'm using Blender, the principles are similar I guess. I tried simply cutting them in, but always end up with strange shadows and lighting issues around the windows. -
WW2 WIPs Thread
Nyghtfall replied to Wrench's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - World War II Forum
I'm just curious: Whats the deal with the canopy-glass? In the WIP it has a nice opacity, while the final product (which Spinners painted nicely, as seen in the what-if-board) has those strange white windows? My 2 cents: keep the original.
