How to install and use custom skins ?

[Lilkiki]

Hi Pilots !

 

First of all, I wish you all a merry (past) Christmas and all my greetings for this new 2015 year.

 

I should have missed something, but, what is the correct way to install custom skins and use them in-game ?

I've seen nothing related to this.

 

Many thanks in advance for your help !

 

Cheers

Edited December 28, 2014 by Lilkiki

[9./JG27golani79]

Just copy the specific skin into the specific folder for each individual aircraft under the following path:

 

\\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\graphics\skins\

 

In the game you can switch to "Custom" under the paint schemes:

Edited December 28, 2014 by golani79

[Lilkiki]

Many thanks for these usefull informations Golani79 !

 

You made my day ! =b

[CZEforzamike]

Hi guys,

i am using Photoshop for painting my own skin. Than i must save it like what? JPEG, BMB? or something other?

Thanks for your help 

 

Just copy the specific skin into the specific folder for each individual aircraft under the following path:

 

\\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\graphics\skins\

 

In the game you can switch to "Custom" under the paint schemes:

[TG-55Panthercules]

Hi guys,

i am using Photoshop for painting my own skin. Than i must save it like what? JPEG, BMB? or something other?

 

Thanks for your help 

 

After flattening the image in your .psd file, you need to save it down as a .dds file (using the nVidia .dds plug-in as described in another thread around here somewhere) - the settings to use when saving are depicted below: