help me get up to speed with the P-40 - Part 2 :-)

[Tom_Weiss]

I am going to start this weekend on the P-40 template

 

I set up both

IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad

IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Moscow

 

I have the viewer as link and I can see the default skins

 

but I have a few questions

 

I placed a test skin in

...:\Program Files (x86)\1C Game Studios\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\graphics\skins\P40E1\test

 

but it does not show in game nor does the viewer show it

 

so it seems that that is not the correct place to put them.

 

Q

 

does the viewer only view default skins ?

 

the default skins - where can I find them so that I can browse them in Photoshop ?

 

I have to save in BMP ? not in DDS ?

 

the BMP has an alpha channel - so that is as in all other skins, is this correct ?

 

is there a specular file I can add ?

 

the folder with the skin - do I have to name the file in a specific way ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PatCartier]

Do not place your skin in a test folder but in P40E1.

[Tom_Weiss]

I placed it in

 

D:\Program Files (x86)\1C Game Studios\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\graphics\skins\P40E1

 

with both .dds and .bmp versions, to be sure one loaded

 

I added another I downloaded and neither shows up in game or in the viewer

Edited December 23, 2017 by LOFTom_Weiss

[szelljr]

...What size is your DDS?? ,the correct size is 5.592 mb(2K),or 22.369 mb.(4K)...

[Tom_Weiss]

I found the problem - I added it inside a folder like in P3D when the correct way to do it is to add the dds in the root folder

 

before I start - is reflections an alpha layer only or is there a specular one as well ?