Help Needed from all Flying Circus Skin Designers

[J37_GCF]

Hello all 

 

You probably know i am trying to create one Flying Circus Master Skin Bundle ( Custom Skin Repo).

Last night a good friend of mine, who deigns FC custom Skins, pointed out a glaring flaw in my system, this concerns , personal custom skins names, up to now i have been downloading personal skins and adding zzz prefix to these files, problem is the file names have to be exact to see in game. so if some one used the non zzz skin in game, it would not show up in the download bundle players game. i only included the zzz prefix to show players which custom skins are non playable except by that person.

Think i may have over complicated things and cause problems that did not need to be there, i appoligise, just still getting things sorted, or trying to.

 

All Custom Flying Circus Skin Designers please, could you decide here, how you all would like to do, in future , and please let me know, i will except any decision you all make, as you do all the work, i only collect , sort and distribute. Not worried about how we do it, as long as the bundle works, as until the game takes over the skinning repo tasks, which may never happen , i think the bundle is our best chance to get all skins showing to everyone, in the game, at least for now.

 

A big thank you, for all you hard work !

Flying Circus , has now, thanks to you all, stepped out of the black and white era, into a beautiful, vibrant, full color Era ! 

 

S!

 

thanks

paul

[E69_julian57]

Hi, Pablo.
  I think that the pack of skins you are doing, how you change the names of the files is useless, (only those DDS would be seen with another name that you have added) and if there are confusions at the time that people Download other links from the author and want to see them online.
As a skinner I do not want you to change my name files and when you asked me for permission to use them, I thought that nothing would be changed in the file,
This is my opinion
regards
PS: forgive for the translation.
 

[J37_GCF]

21 minutes ago, E69_julian57 said:

Hi, Pablo.
  I think that the pack of skins you are doing, how you change the names of the files is useless, (only those DDS would be seen with another name that you have added) and if there are confusions at the time that people Download other links from the author and want to see them online.
As a skinner I do not want you to change my name files and when you asked me for permission to use them, I thought that nothing would be changed in the file,
This is my opinion
regards
PS: forgive for the translation.
 

 

thanks you , i did not mean to offend , i will change any files back to there origenal file names then makes it all fixed. if everyone else is good with this , ill change them back and add them, to the bundle, before sundays tonight, and upload , sorry !

S!

thanks

paul

 

if everyone would not mind ill change everyones bask take out all zzz files, in bundle and then ask everyone to upload bundle before tomorrow nights dogfight.

my appoligies again for confusion.

[the_dudeWG]

Hi, Paul. I agree that more needs to be done to standardize these. I feel like we should really be following RoF's requirements, if only for the naming convention. Every skin should have a short prefix based on the aircraft type, followed by a squadron identifier, and a name and timeline identifier (early/late, etc.). There should also be a character limit, in order for these to be used in a future career mode and/or PWCG.

 

Also, I believe we need to separate the bundles into two categories; Historical and Fictional. I can't remember for sure, but I seem to remember the Fictional skins using a "Z" prefix or something similar. We should be following some sort of regulation. I would like to hear from Luke, Panthercules and Pat Wilson to see what their feelings are regarding this. S!

[J37_GCF]

1 hour ago, the_dudeWG said:

Hi, Paul. I agree that more needs to be done to standardize these. I feel like we should really be following RoF's requirements, if only for the naming convention. Every skin should have a short prefix based on the aircraft type, followed by a squadron identifier, and a name and timeline identifier (early/late, etc.). There should also be a character limit, in order for these to be used in a future career mode and/or PWCG.

 

Also, I believe we need to separate the bundles into two categories; Historical and Fictional. I can't remember for sure, but I seem to remember the Fictional skins using a "Z" prefix or something similar. We should be following some sort of regulation. I would like to hear from Luke, Panthercules and Pat Wilson to see what their feelings are regarding this. S!

 

that sounds like a very good idea, i  am willing to work in anyway you guys think best, its better if we can get it right, and all agree, if possible while it is still easy to adapt, before we are dealing with to many skins. i will hold back you bundle until mid day yeaterday and fix all i here about, i want all to see them in the mass dogfight tomorrow, if i do not change any i will just change in latter updates, the_dudeWG and E69_julian57 ill change them back late tonight and update bundle before i make it live at 12pm tomorrow if that is okay ?

[J2_Trupobaw]

The important pert to me is that the skins in repository use the names supplied by me, so I can give the same skin archive to my squadron mates and people who just want my squadrons skinpack. I can work with GCF to make the file names up to standards, but want to be able to distribute my work and keep my zips compatibile with his archive.

Edited January 19, 2019 by J2_Trupobaw

[J37_GCF]

thanks all, i have gone through all the threads and re downloaded all files as they where posted on original, threads and posts, so all will be up to date later with original names give by you all, in future just post on thread as per usual, with what ever name you like, and i will include all , exactly as uploaded. so a.

as i am watching all the skin thread.

[No.23_Gaylion]

I suggest a database, perhaps Google drive, to hold all these. Could also separate all the files into historical and nonhistorical. From there, entente/central. From there each country. Also a section for the various virtual squadrons. The link to the drive could be posted in the main forum here and you, or whomever you designate to run it, can be sent files to be uploaded to that main drive. This way, if someone only wants historical stuff, he can download only that, or only personal skins that they want. 

[J37_GCF]

hi all 

very good ideas , i will look into bundle splitting into historical , but me not so good at that so someone would have to tell me which are historical skins. for now i have a list of the bundle i will release if okay, have a look 184 planes in total all in origenal name, up to date, if okay i will post in about an hour, can easily add more folders later to google drive, i am uploading now will unlock download when up loaded should take over an hour. there will be only on master download, as up to date with everything , please let me know fof any i have missed out.

 

S!

 

thanks

paul

 

[NO.610jailor]

So for tonight, do I leave my zzz skin or do I have to download a new pack for all?

[J37_GCF]

1 minute ago, NO.610jailor said:

So for tonight, do I leave my zzz skin or do I have to download a new pack for all?

 

hi mate left yours as is with zzz, just download bundle and copy into game skins and replace files, i have pulled your old skin the one you need to fly is the zzz Jailor Cheesecake file so everyone can see you in game, can change it at a later date is you require it changing.