[MOD] Better building textures

[LizLemon]

This is really only worth it for tankers, unless you like to buzz buildings or taxi through towns.

 

INSTALL

Drag the data folder from the zip into your bos install folder, typically "X:\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\"

 

DOWLOAD

https://mega.nz/#!mDRWVYbC!40FgR1USlifwwfZk2MwN9zRzunV7FjsmKlFnMCdRiqU

Edited October 7, 2018 by LizLemon

[KpgQuop]

Hi Liz

Could you take a look at the download link please.

I think the houses look spot on in hi def. thanks for posting.

 

[LizLemon]

fixed the link

[SAS_Bombsaway]

I tried the link but it fails to load. Cant download.

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

Thanks a lot!

[LizLemon]

Working on airfield textures. Here is a test of the summer airfield miscellany.

https://mega.nz/#!LSZmFCJa!FETbscZBkGTQt3CPPZq9MVR9U3_bRKgr7yQrxmf18Ag

[FurphyForum]

On 10/17/2018 at 4:10 PM, LizLemon said:

Working on airfield textures. Here is a test of the summer airfield miscellany.

https://mega.nz/#!LSZmFCJa!FETbscZBkGTQt3CPPZq9MVR9U3_bRKgr7yQrxmf18Ag

 

@LizLemon,

Did you ever get around to finish working on the airfield textures and the testing of the summer airfield miscellany?

[FurphyForum]

@LizLemon,

Sorry for bumping this, as RL is the priority, but would it be possible to give an indication as to where your great mod is at?

 

Thanks

[=K=Gunther]

Hi! Can anyone tell me how to pull these texture templates out of the game?

[WheelwrightPL]

High resolution textures will make a huge difference in VR because everything gets enlarged in VR, including ugly textures which become super-ugly.

Really the DEVS should be looking into this.

[LizLemon]

1 hour ago, =K=Gunther said:

Hi! Can anyone tell me how to pull these texture templates out of the game?

 

Dump all the games archives with unGTP and look in graphics\blocks\textures, its arf_signs.dds

[=K=Gunther]

38 minutes ago, LizLemon said:

 

Dump all the games archives with unGTP and look in graphics\blocks\textures, its arf_signs.dds

I unpacked the archives with unGTP. But there are no DDS textures in the blocks folder! Only these files

 

[LizLemon]

Its in maps8.gtp, extract that

[=K=Gunther]

8 hours ago, LizLemon said:

Its in maps8.gtp, extract that

   Thank you very much, Lemon! I got this file! But how can I put back the modified version?

[LizLemon]

What do you mean? 

 

Installing the mod? Just create a duplicate file structure in the games graphics folder, so blocks if there isnt a folder like that already with a textures folder inside blocks. Then stick the texture in that folder with the same name.

[=K=Gunther]

I did it! Lemon, thank you for your help!

 

 

Edited February 18, 2020 by =K=Gunther

[Krisu]

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[=K=Gunther]

Hi everyone! Please tell me! If I make these objects , how can I add them to the game as a mod?

 

[LizLemon]

What do you mean? Releasing them as new objects for the game?

[=K=Gunther]

Yes! I already realized that I can't insert these new objects into the game.

P.S   Please excuse for my English, I use a translator

[LizLemon]

Like this. Use a hex editor to change the name of the texture in .mgm

example.zip

[=K=Gunther]

Thanks, Lemon!

[=K=Gunther]

Another question. Can I increase the size of the object? Not the resolution, but the size of the object itself.

For an example

[LizLemon]

All bridges and most buildings in the blocks folder

https://mega.nz/folder/TDZn3IQK#nsD3p8hCNOdoDip-6H-FyQ

[Dutch2]

On 4/22/2020 at 5:34 PM, LizLemon said:

All bridges and most buildings in the blocks folder

https://mega.nz/folder/TDZn3IQK#nsD3p8hCNOdoDip-6H-FyQ

 

Could you also make an damaged and blacked houses for the FC1 Arras mod?  

[inexus]

Are there any mods that covers the texture for buildings in the cities? 

[jollyjack]

i am new to this .... can you create a new block "building".mgm file by just changing the name with a HEX editor from something photoshop can read/edit like a dds file?

 

Or must i UnGTP say maps8.gtp, load the dds into photoshop, and then what do i do exactly with the edited dds?

Place the bridges f.i. unGTPd in .....\data\graphics\bridges\textures

 

Is it possible to re-GTP the edits?

Edited May 10, 2020 by jollyjack

[LizLemon]

4 hours ago, jollyjack said:

i am new to this .... can you create a new block "building".mgm file by just changing the name with a HEX editor from something photoshop can read/edit like a dds file?

 

Or must i UnGTP say maps8.gtp, load the dds into photoshop, and then what do i do exactly with the edited dds?

Place the bridges f.i. unGTPd in .....\data\graphics\bridges\textures

 

Is it possible to re-GTP the edits?

 

You can rename the XXXX.mgm to whatever you want and the game will load it, provided that you also add a new luascripts file in "\luascripts\worldobjects\blocks" or wherever for that kind of object. You can change the texture used in the mgm file by using a hex editor to rename the texture and it will load the texture with the same name in xxxx/textures.

 

You cant repack gtp archives.

[jollyjack]

Thanks .. now i need to learn Russian too LoL: RoadsRoF.exe works ... but loading IL2 road files seem impossible in this RoF tool 'RoadEditor.exe".

On the MOD whislist thus ...

 

 

Edited May 11, 2020 by jollyjack

[jollyjack]

Well, i still don't get it, sorry. But i am a programing nitwit alas.

 

i unpacked the BLOCKS filed here  ..... 1C Game Studios\IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\data\graphics\blocks\textures.

Now what's the next step; i have a Hex editor. Loading a DDS and saving with save as creates a mgm with the same file size ...

Now to convert all DDS files in to something?  How and into what? I understand that the worldobjects contains the lua scripts

 

And then this LuaScript folder business in worldobjects ... your torpedo bomb_ger_sc1000.txt file in ballistice/bombs is quite complicated ...

also i have a folder besides worldobjects called Woldbjects (no letter o)  containing 3 folders, fixcameras, mapemitters, and ships.

Edited June 29, 2020 by jollyjack

[LizLemon]

Open .mgm with a hex editor and change the name of the texture in the mgm to the same as the new one in texture folder - with the same number of characters for the new name as the old one. Use ctrl-f.

 

EXAMPLE.zip

[Robert_Molders]

Edit: Link now working ( It just take a bit to run properly )

Edited July 28, 2020 by SKG_210_Belial

[Skipper-]

On 4/22/2020 at 4:34 PM, LizLemon said:

All bridges and most buildings in the blocks folder

https://mega.nz/folder/TDZn3IQK#nsD3p8hCNOdoDip-6H-FyQ

Does anyone have a working link to d/l LizLemon's building textures? Thanks..

[Hoss]

Package the MOD into a file tree that allows you to use jsgme, so you can remove it before you update your game or just plain remove it if its not to your liking. Extreme care is the norm if you attempt to install this by hand......... back up every file it touches before you start.

 

Good luck

[354thFG_Drewm3i-VR]

Hello @LizLemon! This work is excellent. I would love to add these to my IL-2 Enhanced Modpack but the download links are a bit confusing. Is there any chance you could upload them all in one package?

[moustache]

hello @LizLemon, I'm a little afraid to know the answer, but is this mod still relevant? the link is dead...