Pz III Aus. L / T-34/76 Skin Templates

[Fafnir_6]

Hello,

 

Are there any plans to release skin templates for the two free tanks currently in the game?  I think it would be a good idea to add them since they will be the first experience many players have with the tanks before purchasing Tank Crew.  Having a nice, diverse array of skins to choose from would enhance the trial experience.  Plus, these variants are important historically as well.

 

Cheers and thanks,

 

Fafnir_6

Edited October 19, 2018 by Fafnir_6

[VBF-12_Pequod]

That'd be great!

[JGr2/J5_Baeumer]

I have been able to collect about a dozen Tiger and handful of KV1 ( which nobody drives) skins, but you're right, nobody has seemed to bother with the Pzlll and T34 skins.to date.  I'm still seeing players driving the Pzlll from time to time and of course the T34 is always in high use.

Edited November 9, 2018 by J5_Baeumer

[ShampooX]

I want to bounce this post.  I'm looking back into time here to find some PzIII-L Skins.  I found one (4th PZD, really nice), but cant seem to get it to load properly in-game.  Is there some kind of issue because the PZ3-L is a "free tank?"  Just curious.

[LachenKrieg]

On 4/27/2021 at 8:52 PM, Shampoo_Actual said:

I want to bounce this post.  I'm looking back into time here to find some PzIII-L Skins.  I found one (4th PZD, really nice), but cant seem to get it to load properly in-game.  Is there some kind of issue because the PZ3-L is a "free tank?"  Just curious.

I think it is because they didn't release templates for the free tanks. The M is so close to the L that I wonder if one of the more talented skinners here could mod the IIIM to work on the IIIL? I think the big thing is on the back. The M has wading equipment.

[PFR_Bearkiller72]

On 5/20/2021 at 3:00 AM, LachenKrieg said:

I think it is because they didn't release templates for the free tanks. The M is so close to the L that I wonder if one of the more talented skinners here could mod the IIIM to work on the IIIL? I think the big thing is on the back. The M has wading equipment.

I've tried using the Pz..IIIM template on the basic "L" variant everyone has, but the skins won't show on the vehicle, though they can be selected in the "custom skin" section.

 

[LachenKrieg]

1 minute ago, PFR_Bearkiller72 said:

I've tried using the Pz..IIIM template on the basic "L" variant everyone has, but the skins won't show on the vehicle, though they can be selected in the "custom skin" section.

 

Thanks for trying. That has been a question on my mind for some time, as I could find so many more uses for the free tanks if they had camo options. Do you think this is something that could be addressed with a lua script, or something like that? Maybe the script has to be changed to see the new camo. Just a poke in the dark, because the scripting thing is way over my head.

[PFR_Bearkiller72]

Just now, LachenKrieg said:

Thanks for trying. That has been a question on my mind for some time, as I could find so many more uses for the free tanks if they had camo options. Do you think this is something that could be addressed with a lua script, or something like that? Maybe the script has to be changed to see the new camo. Just a poke in the dark, because the scripting thing is way over my head.

Wow, good question. But as for an educated guess, I'd say it isn't a scripting problem but more the issue that so far it simply was overlooked, similarly to the official Ju-52 (flyable) template, which is still pending.

 

Found a similar topic to this here in the French forum:

 

[LachenKrieg]

So why would the skin he made only show up on the inside of the T34 hatch? He claims to do the same thing for planes and it works. I wonder if the planes he has done it for also have only a stock skin available like the two free tanks.

 

This is why I think it might have something to do with a script file or something like that. Because while the free tanks might not have a template, which I thought was needed if you want to change the skin, they non the less still have a stock skin.

 

So something must be telling/preventing the game from seeing the template, or DDS file.

[PFR_Bearkiller72]

46 minutes ago, LachenKrieg said:

So why would the skin he made only show up on the inside of the T34 hatch? He claims to do the same thing for planes and it works. I wonder if the planes he has done it for also have only a stock skin available like the two free tanks.

 

This is why I think it might have something to do with a script file or something like that. Because while the free tanks might not have a template, which I thought was needed if you want to change the skin, they non the less still have a stock skin.

 

So something must be telling/preventing the game from seeing the template, or DDS file.

That last thing you wrote isn't neccessarily a scripting issue we users could solve.

It could be the simple fact that the skins and thus their accessibilty are blocked by still being hard coded into the game source code.

But this is something the real "game masters" like @Jason_Williams would have to answer.

[LachenKrieg]

3 hours ago, PFR_Bearkiller72 said:

That last thing you wrote isn't neccessarily a scripting issue we users could solve.

It could be the simple fact that the skins and thus their accessibilty are blocked by still being hard coded into the game source code.

But this is something the real "game masters" like @Jason_Williams would have to answer.

Yeah that sounds like it is probably close to the situation. I seem to remember someone mentioning in one of the threads, I might have even been Jason, that there were no plans to release templates for the free tanks. Too bad because it would be really useful. I wonder if it is something that could be unlocked if you buy Tank Crew? Anyway, thanks again.