Pilots Notes for Cockpit Photos

[Drano]

Question about installing this mod. I'm using JGSME and have other mods working just fine but this particular one just doesn't seem to be working.  I move it to the right side in JGSME as usual but when I select the photo in-game I still have the original girlie pic in the cockpit. I've found if I simply rename the existing stock cockpit photo and copy to the folder the one in the mod--that works, but I oughta be able to do it with JGSME, right? Is there a trick to it? Gotta be easier than going plane by plane (which I can certainly do)? I'm wondering if it's a conflict with another mod? I do get a notification like that. I am using Oyster_Kai's 4K cockpits(which are very nice) and RowdyB00t's better clouds(also very nice) as well but it doesn't seem to matter if I deactivate every other mod but this one. I still don't get the notes--just the pic. Thanks in advance.

[sniperton]

1 hour ago, Drano said:

when I select the photo in-game I still have the original girlie pic in the cockpit

The trick is that you shouldn't do anything except enabling this mod via JSGME. You don't need to select anything in-game.

Just to double-check:

1. Enable the mod.

2. Go to data\graphics\Planes\[AnyPlane]\Textures\custom_photo.dds.

3. Open it with XnView or anything that reads dds format.

Report back if it's still a girl and specify the plane type. (In my version of PNCP WWI planes and recent additions such as the Yak9 are not covered.)

[Drano]

2 hours ago, sniperton said:

The trick is that you shouldn't do anything except enabling this mod via JSGME. You don't need to select anything in-game.

Just to double-check:

1. Enable the mod.

2. Go to data\graphics\Planes\[AnyPlane]\Textures\custom_photo.dds.

3. Open it with XnView or anything that reads dds format.

Report back if it's still a girl and specify the plane type. (In my version of PNCP WWI planes and recent additions such as the Yak9 are not covered.)

Yeah that's what I'm saying. In game I'm not "selecting" anything other than the photo in the plane setup but I'm not even seeing the note dds image in the plane folder, as if JGSME hadn't moved it. I'm not doing anything other than the usual, it's just this particular mod doesn't seem to be doing anything at all in JGSME. It shows up in the list. I move it to enabled, but nothing happens. If I disable all mods and enable only this one--nothing happens. If I enable all of the others, as I've said in the OP, I get a notification it may be a conflict. Dunno why as it hasn't apparently done anything that would conflict with anything having not moved anything! Just strange.

 

and yeah other than the one plane I manually changed the file to the modded one I still get the girl.

[DetCord12B]

This is good stuff!

[sniperton]

10 hours ago, Drano said:

Yeah that's what I'm saying.

So you're saying that after enabling PNCP in JSGME the custom_photo.dds file in the data\graphics\Planes\[AnyPlane]\Textures\ folder is still showing the girl when opening it with an image viewer? (In "plane setup" it's always the girl that's shown, no matter the mod).

If this is the case (stock dds file hasn't been replaced with modded file),

1. check if the stock dds files are not set to read-only;

2. disable all mods in JSGME;

3. check the JSGME folders !BACKUP and !INSTLOGS and delete any leftover files there;

4. re-enable your preferred version of PNCP, say, PNCP Base Version.

5. check again any custom_photo.dds file with an image viewer.

Hope it helps

[Drano]

The only dds file in each folder is the original one with the girl. All those display the girl pic in the cockpit. The only folder that contains the note dds file is the one I moved manually and renamed the stock girl file. old. That one contains both. That plane does display the note in place of the girl as it should. 

 

I had not checked if they were read only. Hadn't thought of that. As we use mods in the game it hadn't occurred they would be. 

[Drano]

Found it. I'd had folders out of sequence. That'd do it! Thanks for your help!

[TAIPAN_]

Hi @SAS_Storebror

 

Thanks for the Mod! very useful now I've just got VR. Also nice to see the old ROF data in there I still remember testing those spins 10 years ago. I've heard FC has revised flight models, but I haven't had much chance to fly it yet unfortunately.

 

Just noticed the name of the graphics subfolders for the Bristol fighter folders are wrong, it should be BristolF2BF2 & BristolF2BF3 instead of BristolF2B2 & BristolF2B3. By coincidence it was the first plane I tested because I was trying out the Aldis in VR.

 

Thanks!

[Charlo-VRde]

29 minutes ago, Dan_Taipan said:

Hi @SAS_Storebror

 

Thanks for the Mod! very useful now I've just got VR. Also nice to see the old ROF data in there I still remember testing those spins 10 years ago. I've heard FC has revised flight models, but I haven't had much chance to fly it yet unfortunately.

 

Thanks!

Welcome back, Taipan! You will recognize some of the data in the WW1 pilots notes because I still had your spreadsheet of ROF data from when I was designing the layout of the ROF manual. I shared that data with Mike to help him add FC pilots notes

[TAIPAN_]

33 minutes ago, Charlo-VR said:

Welcome back, Taipan! You will recognize some of the data in the WW1 pilots notes because I still had your spreadsheet of ROF data from when I was designing the layout of the ROF manual. I shared that data with Mike to help him add FC pilots notes

 

Thanks Charlo! It's been a long time off but thanks to Corona I've had some time to get setup again. Hope we see an FC2 on the horizon

[Charlo-VRde]

11 hours ago, Dan_Taipan said:

 

Thanks Charlo! It's been a long time off but thanks to Corona I've had some time to get setup again. Hope we see an FC2 on the horizon

 

Hey, that's why I came back in March! That and I got ahold of my first pair of VR goggles, now eagerly awaiting a pre-ordered HP Reverb G2.  I've been flying mostly the WWII birds (thanks to this Pilots Notes mod), but FC is fantastic and FC2 would be very welcome, especially if it somehow included a D.VIII !

[SAS_Storebror]

 I'm about to update the mod so I'm trying to make my way through bug reports and suggestions:

 

On 5/30/2020 at 8:34 AM, JG4_dingsda said:

To start the HS 129 from parking, the mixture has to be operated manually. Otherwise the lever will remain in 'Stop' position and the engine will die.

This is not mentioned in the official Aircraft Flight and Technical Specifications and Operational Details either.

That's not really limited to the Henschel and it varies with each update released.

I'm not sure how to keep up with such undocumented changes, sorry to say.

 

On 7/12/2020 at 7:25 AM, SJ_Butcher said:

I saw a bug today on the bf109g14, the nominal rpm is wrong.

Correct, the english versions had 2400rpm listed instead of 2300rpm.

Will be fixed in the next version.

 

On 7/9/2020 at 12:29 AM, Ala13_UnopaUno_VR said:

^^ razorback update

Added to the next version.

 

On 7/18/2020 at 12:10 PM, Semor76 said:

Yak-9´s update please.

Eh... ???

They've been in the last version already.

 

On 7/19/2020 at 11:57 PM, Retnek said:

Looks like there's a bug for the P-40, too. According to the in-game description it's

Combat 5 min 3,000 42.0

"5 min" not "15 min" - since the P-40s engine is quite a touchy diva it might be worth a correction.

Thanks, has been corrected for the next version.

 

On 8/20/2020 at 8:21 AM, Dan_Taipan said:

Just noticed the name of the graphics subfolders for the Bristol fighter folders are wrong, it should be BristolF2BF2 & BristolF2BF3 instead of BristolF2B2 & BristolF2B3.

Thanks, has been corrected for the next version.

 

Anything else missing?

 

Mike

[Ala13_UnopaUno_VR]

2 hours ago, SAS_Storebror said:

 

 

¿Falta algo más?

 

 

Hello, I wanted to ask for a recommendation, first of all thank you for the work, 90% of our squad uses your cabin photos.

 

My recommendation and if possible, is to include data such as the position for the release of bombs quantity / delay especially for the most frequent bombers and jabos since in the most realistic servers this is necessary, example below.

 

Also add in airplanes like the P47 how many minutes of  WEP each model has.

Antiknock:
D22 has 7 minutes,

D28 15 minutes

190A8

BF110-G2

 

p47-28 +15 minutes Antiknock

 

p47-22 +7 minutes Antiknock

Edited August 26, 2020 by Ala13_UnopaUno_VR

[JG4_dingsda]

3 hours ago, SAS_Storebror said:

I'm not sure how to keep up with such undocumented changes, sorry to say.

"Mixture control is manual with 4 Positions (Stop, Normal, Rich, Start)" or shorter

"Mixture control is manual (Stop, Normal, Rich, Start)"

 

Thank you for the work you put in here. I basically send everyone and her mother over to SAS to get this.

 

Edited August 26, 2020 by JG4_dingsda

[Charlo-VRde]

On 8/26/2020 at 6:04 AM, SAS_Storebror said:

 I'm about to update the mod so I'm trying to make my way through bug reports and suggestions:

 

Mike

Mike, if it isn’t too late, the P-38 notes state “Water and oil radiator manual” but that does not appear to be the case in game

[Dawg35]

Not something the mod can fix but maybe IL2 Officialdom will take note: the Fw190 girlfriend picture / pilots note is extremely hard to see in VR, I have to crank my head way over and manually push my Oculus Rift down to see the note on the side of the cockpit.

[Ala13_UnopaUno_VR]

@SAS_Storebror Good morning, with the arrival of the Hurri and in the past the P47 / 22 we were wondering in our Ala13 squad, if there are expectations of seeing an update of cockpit notes in the near future? We love your Mod, we recognize that it is one of the most useful, greetings and good health!

[RavN_Sone]

Hey @SAS_Storebror,

what font is that in the base version? Also, could you maybe add an empty template, with no information, to the pack? 

Thanks!

[pusswag]

Hey I didnt make the mod I just got it to work here is a link for the hurricane mk II

Here are the files just for the hurricane put them in in the game folder data\graphics\Planes  

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T_VWd1nOp95QbdzBQaPr_j_6H1SITv5V/view?usp=sharing

 

This link has the base version folder with all the pilot notes including the hurricane data\graphics\Planes

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MS8Fnk6Yb4kv-GBZnnZvKaANve-Cudaj/view?usp=sharing

[Tom25briklebritt]

On 12/25/2020 at 4:02 AM, pusswag said:

Hey I didnt make the mod I just got it to work here is a link for the hurricane mk II

Here are the files just for the hurricane put them in in the game folder data\graphics\Planes  

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T_VWd1nOp95QbdzBQaPr_j_6H1SITv5V/view?usp=sharing

 

This link has the base version folder with all the pilot notes including the hurricane data\graphics\Planes

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MS8Fnk6Yb4kv-GBZnnZvKaANve-Cudaj/view?usp=sharing

 

Second link isn´t working. Are these the notes for all planes in game? Would be great..

[NN_Kervinou]

Thanks !

Even i have not the Hurricane

[pusswag]

17 hours ago, Tom25briklebritt said:

 

Second link isn´t working. Are these the notes for all planes in game? Would be great..

Not sure why the second isn't working seems fine for me. The second contains all, but you don't really need it. Just download the orginal mod of this topic and install and then do the same with the first link its basically just adding a folder to the orginal mod.

Here's another link for the second link contains all of them with my adjustment-

http://www.mediafire.com/file/nj6kqzd5rajbn9i/PNCP_Base_Version_-_Pilots_Notes_for_Cockpit_Photos.zip

 

For anyone else that may be intrested or considering doing something similar I dont have the latest yaks so I wont be making them, but its really simple to make

the file location is here-

IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\data\graphics\Planes\planeyouwanttochange\Textures

the file for the cockpit photo is in there.

and then just follow this simple guide

The only catch is making the image for the pilot notes but its just a list and all the information is in the specification tab in game so should not really be that difficult for someone to make, could be done on paint.

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by pusswag

[Ala13_Zetas]

Hi!

 

Im gonna leave something here just in case you guys need it   it's the cabin note for the hurri.

 

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

 

***if you find any mistake just let me know and I will fix it. (I fixed the speeds, they are now in MPH & Climb Setting to 60minutes)

 

 

Download Link

 

 

 

Edited February 16, 2021 by Ala13_Zetas
fixed the speeds, they are now in MPH & Climb Setting to 60minutes

[Charlo-VRde]

Very nice, @Ala13_Zetas! I think our Hurri can go 60 minutes at 2850 RPM and +9 Boost from my reading of the specs in the game ?

[Ala13_Zetas]

4 hours ago, Charlo-VR said:

Very nice, @Ala13_Zetas! I think our Hurri can go 60 minutes at 2850 RPM and +9 Boost from my reading of the specs in the game ?

Thx! now is fixed

 

[NN_Kervinou]

Thanks !

[TAIPAN_]

On 1/25/2021 at 12:05 PM, Ala13_Zetas said:

Hi!

 

Im gonna left something here just in case you guys need it   it's the cabin note for the hurri.

 

 

Download Link

 

 

Thanks for that DDS

 

Only one we are missing now is the G6 late. I just checked the specs and it's exactly the same as the G6 cockpit photo, except we need to add a 4th engine mode for it:

• MW-50 | 10 minutes | 2800rpm | 1.7ata

Any chance someone with the right tool could add that line for the G6 late?

[Charlo-VRde]

7 hours ago, Dan_Taipan said:

 

Thanks for that DDS

 

Only one we are missing now is the G6 late. I just checked the specs and it's exactly the same as the G6 cockpit photo, except we need to add a 4th engine mode for it:

• MW-50 | 10 minutes | 2800rpm | 1.7ata

Any chance someone with the right tool could add that line for the G6 late?

 

Here's a link to mine for the G6 Late: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nw9mzio62wptoa/custom_photo.dds?dl=0

 

Download and save into \IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\data\graphics\Planes\Bf109G6Late\Textures\

[TAIPAN_]

3 hours ago, Charlo-VR said:

 

Here's a link to mine for the G6 Late: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nw9mzio62wptoa/custom_photo.dds?dl=0

 

Download and save into \IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\data\graphics\Planes\Bf109G6Late\Textures\

Great thanks!

[SShrike]

On 1/24/2021 at 6:05 PM, Ala13_Zetas said:

Hi!

 

Im gonna left something here just in case you guys need it   it's the cabin note for the hurri.

 

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

 

***if you find any mistake just let me know and I will fix it. (I fixed the speeds, they are now in MPH & Climb Setting to 60minutes)

 

 

Download Link

 

 

 

 

Tried the download but seems to be broken, It will download but cannot extract! Any chance it can be fixed? Looks great and would like to add it to pilot notes. Thanks!

[exlax]

I downloaded and installed the mod last night without issue. I use 7zip to extract it.

[SShrike]

4 hours ago, exlax said:

I downloaded and installed the mod last night without issue. I use 7zip to extract it.

Interesting! I tried with 7zip and it didn't work. Will try again today to see what happens

Edit: Worked! Old 7zip seemed to be the trouble. Reinstalled and all is well. Thanks. 

Edited February 14, 2021 by SShrike
Update

[Charlo-VRde]

Here's a link to my version of the Pilots notes for the for the Fw190 A6: https://www.dropbox.com/s/16f1ysew1s0pbxr/custom_photo.dds?dl=0

 

Download and save into \IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\data\graphics\Planes\Fw190A6\Textures\

[Indigene]

Thank you kindly for this mod, especially useful for casual players that don't have the time to play as much. We always need to be reminded what the limits are in the machines.?

[Sonntagskind]

Does anyone have a plain version without any text in it? 

 

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

I just love it! Kudos

[Charlo-VRde]

3 hours ago, Hermod said:

Does anyone have a plain version without any text in it? 

 

 

Here's a link to my blank version of the Pilots notes page: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dqh5f0g66epok5q/custom_photoBLANK.dds?dl=0

[Sonntagskind]

15 hours ago, Charlo-VR said:

 

Here's a link to my blank version of the Pilots notes page: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dqh5f0g66epok5q/custom_photoBLANK.dds?dl=0

Thank you!

[kestrel79]

Just downloaded and placed all of these in their proper folders. Wow! Such a help when flying in VR! I've even started turning the technochat off because I can glance at the photo now.

 

Can someone attach the Hurricane one in something other than a .rar file? And where is the razorback P47 file again? Those are the only two I'm missing thanks!

[Charlo-VRde]

4 hours ago, kestrel79 said:

Can someone attach the Hurricane one in something other than a .rar file? And where is the razorback P47 file again? Those are the only two I'm missing thanks!

Here’s a link to mine for the Hurricane MKII

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7hvw7eqlq8aseww/custom_photo.dds?dl=0

 

Download and save into \IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\data\graphics\Planes\HurricaneMKII\Textures\

 

I’ve been creating or modifying my own of these Pilots Notes since the OP hasn’t been updating his originals for awhile, not since prior to planes such as the 109 G6 and the 190A6, and I guess the P47 D22. I just realized I never created one for the P47 D22 for myself since I don’t intend to fly it.

 

If someone wants to create their own that looks like the OP’s, I shared a link to a blank pilots notes a few posts above. I don’t know the OP’s original font, so I’ve been using Lucinda Sans typewriter regular sharp. The data is all from the briefing notes the devs provide in the game for each plane.
 

I can’t remember where I got my .dds Photoshop plug-in, but I think it is freely available. Or you can find a similar plug-in with an open source photo editor that can open and save .dds file types.