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[Diggun]

13 hours ago, oc2209 said:

Is that part of the canopy armored glass?

Yes, in the Tempest & Typhoon the centre panel and the two either side are armoured glass. And tinted, which helps a lot with visibility sometimes, and is a right PITA in low light

[Heliopause]

[oc2209]

5 hours ago, Diggun said:

Yes, in the Tempest & Typhoon the centre panel and the two either side are armoured glass. And tinted, which helps a lot with visibility sometimes, and is a right PITA in low light

 

Are the side panels the same thickness as the central one?

 

Last question, promise! I have a few Osprey books that cover the Typhoon/Tempest, but only in relatively superficial detail.

 

In the particular case of my screenshot, penetration wasn't my concern; the bullet(s) entered the canopy from the left-rear quadrant and evidently struck the right windscreen section from the inside. I took a screen of it because it's rare (for me anyway) to see that part of the windscreen damaged. 99% of the time it's the central panel that shows the bullet impact mark. I was practicing deflection shots in tight turns, thus the unusual firing angle.

[Diggun]

37 minutes ago, oc2209 said:

Are the side panels the same thickness as the central one?

Yes. 

 

38 minutes ago, oc2209 said:

 

In the particular case of my screenshot, penetration wasn't my concern; the bullet(s) entered the canopy from the left-rear quadrant and evidently struck the right windscreen section from the inside

What an odd question. You've been around for a while, so I know you know how visually displayed damage works in this sim. 

 

The new Dynamic Visual Damage system has so far only been rolled out to the 51,and new FC aircraft. 

[oc2209]

1 hour ago, Diggun said:

What an odd question. You've been around for a while, so I know you know how visually displayed damage works in this sim. 

 

The new Dynamic Visual Damage system has so far only been rolled out to the 51,and new FC aircraft. 

 

No, I didn't mean the damage decal was the exact hit location. I'm saying I was firing from such an angle that there's no way the glass was hit from the front or side. Therefore any damage that was done to the windscreen must've been from behind, not from the front. So I wasn't concerned with the question of whether bullets penetrated the glass or not. The oddity was the side glass panel showing damage instead of the central panel.

 

I routinely kill pilots from directly behind, and the central armored glass windscreen panel often has an impact mark, which I'm assuming only occurs when the panel takes a direct hit or shrapnel hits. Presumably from the same round(s) that killed the pilot in those instances.

 

Also, the DVD system is implemented for the Typhoon, besides the others you mentioned.

 

But regardless of that, I think the armored glass panels on any plane have always been hit-dependent. I mean they must be hit by something directly before they show damage; they're not a 'the general cockpit area of the plane has been damaged' decal. For example, the rear glass armor in Yaks, or the Sturmovik, the or the P-39.

Edited November 12, 2021 by oc2209

[Diggun]

24 minutes ago, oc2209 said:

I'm assuming

I think this might be the issue. 

 

24 minutes ago, oc2209 said:

Also, the DVD system is implemented 

I stand corrected. 

 

24 minutes ago, oc2209 said:

the armored glass panels on any plane have always been hit-dependent. I mean they must be hit by something directly before they show damage; they're not just a general 'this area has been damaged' decal. For example, the rear glass armor in Yaks, or the Sturmovik, the or the P-39.

This has not been my experience. Its much more like the same visual damage every time for all of those aircraft... 

It would be very weird indeed for visual damage to be predetermined decals for almost everything, but not armoured glass, surely? 

Edited November 12, 2021 by Diggun

[oc2209]

22 minutes ago, Diggun said:

This has not been my experience. Its much more like the same visual damage every time for all of those aircraft... 

 

I'm saying that if you shoot 10 bullets right beside the armored glass panel, it won't show the impact mark decal. The panel itself must either be hit directly or by shrapnel. I'm thinking directly hit, because I spray the canopy area with HE shells consistently, and the mark on the armored glass panels is somewhat rare compared to how often I score direct hits into/near the cockpit.

 

I'm not saying that the armored glass panels show each individual hit within the panel. I'm saying the decal indicates whether the armored glass has been hit at all, and which panel has been hit.

 

Examples:

 

First of all, this is what DVD looks like on the Typhoon in particular (German 13mm decals; shiny-edged holes are AP, blurry-edged holes are HE):

 

 

And this is what I mean by hits near the cockpit:

 

 

Here you can see the central windscreen panel is damaged, but not the side panels:

 

Edited November 12, 2021 by oc2209

[LukeFF]

Guys, the damage modeling forum is down below...

[oc2209]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

Guys, the damage modeling forum is down below...

 

Yeah, sorry.

 

Wasn't my intention to talk about DVD. I think there was just a miscommunication.

 

Back to regularly scheduled programming.

[Mad_Mikhael]

Battle of the Beasts.

 

[MarcoPegase44]

[Reggie_Mental]

2 hours ago, MarcoPegase44 said:

That is a beauty. Are you going to do any other Russian fighters?

[MarcoPegase44]

31 minutes ago, Reggie_Mental said:

That is a beauty. Are you going to do any other Russian fighters?

Thank you for the compliments.
Yes I will continue the series.
You can already see these

 

Spoiler

 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/75125-il-2-am-38f-early-mpg-skins-factory-generic-skin-for-il2m43-early-spring-1943-and-file-for-alpha-layer-available/

Spoiler

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/75125-il-2-am-38f-early-mpg-skins-factory-generic-skin-for-il2m43-early-spring-1943-and-file-for-alpha-layer-available/

 

 

Spoiler

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/73025-yak-1s69-mpg-skins-factory-generic-yak-1-serie-69-for-bos-summer-1942-available/

 

 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/71724-i-16t24-mpg-skins-factory-polikarpov-i-16-default-skin-4k-new/

 

You can go see on this site, there are a lot of beautiful skins:

http://axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/news.php

 

 

Edited November 13, 2021 by MarcoPegase44

[Reggie_Mental]

4 hours ago, MarcoPegase44 said:

Thank you for the compliments.
Yes I will continue the series.
You can already see these

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/75125-il-2-am-38f-early-mpg-skins-factory-generic-skin-for-il2m43-early-spring-1943-and-file-for-alpha-layer-available/

  Reveal hidden contents

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  Reveal hidden contents

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/73025-yak-1s69-mpg-skins-factory-generic-yak-1-serie-69-for-bos-summer-1942-available/

 

 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/71724-i-16t24-mpg-skins-factory-polikarpov-i-16-default-skin-4k-new/

 

You can go see on this site, there are a lot of beautiful skins:

http://axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/news.php

 

 

 

Marco, do you fancy trying your hand at this?

 

I have tried to track down the original artist, but I don't think he logs on here anymore.

[MarcoPegase44]

4 hours ago, Reggie_Mental said:

 

Marco, do you fancy trying your hand at this?

 

I have tried to track down the original artist, but I don't think he logs on here anymore.

Hello,

I'm sorry but I only make historical skins that I use in the career mod campaigns.

These are skins for my personal use that I then share

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 14, 2021 by MarcoPegase44

[Off_Winters]

P38's headed to Nth, Africa.

skin generated using the released official template.

[Internethetzer]

My very first IL2 GB Skin

 

Made for the II./JG52 Kuban Campaign

Pilot's Nickname written behind cockpit = "Bergziege" (Mountain Goat)

Shield of JG52, Horizontal Bar for II. Gruppe, 5th Staffel Emblem, Black 5

Black Killmarkers with Red Stars on Tail

[ema33ig]

[Motherbrain]

 

[cripplehawk]

Russian soldiers watch helplessly as a squadron of JU87s (From StG2) bomb the nearby town of Zaplavnoe (east of Stalingrad) in late August 1942. Ivan Kutuzov of the 811th ShAP is one of the helpless men.

He will be returning the favor soon.....

One of pilots Hauptmann Hans Muller led this attack Hans Muller is another of my pilots you can see him off to the right after his bomb exploded over the water (He was blowing up a bridge)

[MarcoPegase44]

[easterling77]

22 minutes ago, MarcoPegase44 said:

really a beauty

[Motherbrain]

 

[Motherbrain]

On 11/14/2021 at 2:45 AM, Off_Winters said:

P38's headed to Nth, Africa.

skin generated using the released official template.



 

 

May I ask how you got a custom Icon and description for your skin? Setting that up would make finding a particular custom skin much easier.

 

Thanks.

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by Motherbrain

[Duggy]

[DrFGHobo]

Taking my new P47 skin for a spin over the Rhineland...

 

 

And, the inevitable close-up... as a spoiler, as per the rules.

 

 

Spoiler

 

[Heliopause]

[Off_Winters]

On 11/17/2021 at 10:08 AM, Motherbrain said:

 

May I ask how you got a custom Icon and description for your skin? Setting that up would make finding a particular custom skin much easier.

 

Thanks.

 

G'day mate,

 

the screenshot above is for the official aircraft list, not the custom aircraft list. I replace original official skins with ones of my own.
 

to do this you need to do 3 things. (example changing official P38 skin number one)

1). Name your new custom skin to match the name of one of the official skins.
\data\graphics\skins\p38j25\p38j25_skin_01

2). updated preview skin
data\swf\il2\worldobjects\planes\p38j25\skins\p38j25_skin_01.dds
to do this I open the original .dds file in DXTbmp program export to paintshop2020 drop the new screen shot of my skin over the top, reload in DXTbmp after edit and save out the .dds file format again.

3). update the text against chosen skin in the skins.tab text file.
\data\graphics\skins\skins.tab
this is the entry for skin_01 which is what I replaced with the texture above.
// P-38J25 skins
"graphics\Skins\P38J25\P38J25_skin_01.dds" "E0908608" "1" "LuaScripts\WorldObjects\Planes\P38J25.txt" "7th FS/1st FG, USAAF, Cpt. Ilfrey, Algeria, 1942" "Cpt. Jack Ilfrey's P38. the names 'Texas Terror' and 'Mad Dash' (Ilfrey was a Texan and the latter was a 1940's comic character) were applied to the booms of 417587 at RAF Kirton in Lindsey in the UK prior to setting off for N. Africa. Due to technical problems Ilfrey was forced to land in neutral Portugal and he and his aircraft were impounded, however, while demostrating to the Portugese how to start the aircraft following repairs and with an armed guard on the wing, he accelerated away, took off and completed his journey, becoming an ace over N. Africa before moving back to the UK for his 2nd and 3rd combat tours, flying the P-38 and P-51."

hope this helps, regards Rob.

[Motherbrain]

21 minutes ago, Off_Winters said:

G'day mate,

 

the screenshot above is for the official aircraft list, not the custom aircraft list. I replace original official skins with ones of my own.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Its unfortunate we can't have icons in the custom skins list like we could in RoF. I'd rather not mess around with the official skins list personally.

 

Maybe that's somthing we could ask for in the future.

[LeLv30_Redwing-]

Some pics from upcoming episode...

 

 

Edited November 19, 2021 by LeLv30_Redwing

[MarcoPegase44]

[FAW-Tromplamort]

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[Diggun]

On 11/14/2021 at 1:26 AM, Reggie_Mental said:

Challenge accepted!

 

I thought this looked cool as hell, so I've had a go. All credit to the original artist. I have attempted to reproduce this entirely from scratch. Custom colours, weathering, staining, and obviously, wings. Now uploaded to HSD under the name 'Dirty Angel'.

 

My interpretation of the above skin:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BladeMeister]

The Money Shot!

 

S!Blade<><

 

[Reggie_Mental]

7 hours ago, Diggun said:

Challenge accepted!

 

I thought this looked cool as hell, so I've had a go. All credit to the original artist. I have attempted to reproduce this entirely from scratch. Custom colours, weathering, staining, and obviously, wings. Now uploaded to HSD under the name 'Dirty Angel'.

 

My interpretation of the above skin:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Diggun. I'll post up some screenies later of her in action.

[Jaws2002]

[BladeMeister]

Incoming!

 

S!Blade<><

 

I am turning for home when what do I see? The hun army is lobbing missiles upon my Comrades heads some miles away.

 

The Wurfrahmen 40 mounted on the Sd.Kfz. 251 are nasty little bastards!

 

I have only one rocket and two thirds of my cannon and machine gun rounds left. So here we go!

 

The huns are chucking those missiles like there is no tomorrow.

 

After a quick Prayer to guide my RS-82 right into one of those kraut wagons, I let it loose.

 

I make a nice shallow dive as I let loose a volley from my cannons and machine guns!

 

There will only be one pass so I am giving them everything this little kite has.

 

As I bleed my armaments dry I pull off from my run.

 

Pulling up and away now I first feel and then hear a mighty explosion. I must have lit off one of those Wurfrahmen 40s.

 

 

 

I made a once around the field and took a pass back over to discover what I had done.

And then there were none!!!

 

 

I head home knowing my Comrades on the ground will rest a little easier tonight. S!

 

 

Edited December 4, 2021 by BladeMeister

[Rjel]

See Me Later III, a P-51D-15-NA of the 335FS of the 4thFG as seen in early March 1945. This was the third in a series so named D Mustangs flown by Lt. Wilbur Eaton. He also flew a B likewise named. After Eaton's service in the 4th ended in Feb. 1945, the Mustang was shot down by flak on March 3, 1945 near Rotterdam while flown by Lt. Kenneth Green. Green was captured and became a POW. Purportedly, the pilot baled out but the photographs lead to questions. The airframe is heavily damaged but not completely destroyed as one would assume would be the case when an airplane crashed. Maybe it landed in water and was retrieved. Too its canopy frame is still attached, albeit without any plexiglass. Perhaps it was found and put back on the P-51.

 

This is one of a few late war 4thFG Mustangs I've seen pictures of that feature both the swept back nose colors and the black ETO wing and horizontal tail stripes. 

 

Edit - I moved the serial number so it appears on both the vertical tail and rudder as most pictures I've seen of the 335FS P-51s during the late war time frame appear this way. Also, I moved the three ground kills on the canopy that are shown oN the original A/C in the last photo are positioned further forward. I darkened the white rudder a bit too as it had a halo effect I didn't like.

 

Edited November 28, 2021 by Rjel
New screen shot added.

[Vig]

I generally don't see the aesthetic attraction of the P-51D but this example is gorgeous!

[ema33ig]