Skin Viewer - Does it use Game Config?

[[FAC]Ghost129er]

Answer: NO IT DOES NOT.

Same skin, in game, has it's reflections showing and etc.

Same skin, in the Skin viewer does not show it's reflections.

 

 

Edit: Most likely answer
Just going to wait for my GPU upgrade to check if it makes any difference or not.



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IDCP shared this post with info on reflections and stuff here:

  

On 4/4/2020 at 9:45 PM, ICDP said:

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Where you can see the reflection of the aircraft on itself and stuff, however in the skin viewer, when I try to preview my skin and what it's like so far, this is the result I get:
 

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My question is, does the skin viewer use the Game's Config to show what it'll look like in game depending on your settings and etc? My GTS 450 can't do Ultra Graphics so it might be looking and exactly the finish I want but I'm not sure..

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

Edited April 23, 2020 by [FAC]Ghost129er
Answered

[Sheriff88]

Skin Viewer!!??

Skin Viewer disappeared from my install with update many months ago. Now I can only preview just before mission start. What am I missing?

[IckyATLAS]

I did not know there was a skin viewer. Where should it be?

 

Yes I found it is there in the bin directory of the game install. I Have version 4.005 installed and it is there.

Excellent and works very well. Perfect tool to test skins.

Happy I am. ?

 

Edited April 8, 2020 by IckyATLAS

[JG4_dingsda]

2 minutes ago, IckyATLAS said:

I did not know there was a skin viewer. Where should it be?

..\IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\bin\viewer

[IckyATLAS]

Just now, JG4_dingsda said:

..\IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\bin\viewer

Thanks for your very quick answer. I should have searched first before posting. 

[JG4_dingsda]

1 minute ago, IckyATLAS said:

Thanks for your very quick answer. I should have searched first before posting. 

I was reading the activity tab and copy and paste from the explorer is not too much of a hassle. ?

[[FAC]Ghost129er]

[Jaws2002]

On 4/8/2020 at 5:04 AM, [FAC]Ghost129er said:

IDCP shared this post with info on reflections and stuff here:

  

 

Where you can see the reflection of the aircraft on itself and stuff, however in the skin viewer, when I try to preview my skin and what it's like so far, this is the result I get:
My question is, does the skin viewer use the Game's Config to show what it'll look like in game depending on your settings and etc? My GTS 450 can't do Ultra Graphics so it might be looking and exactly the finish I want but I'm not sure..
Thanks in advance

 

 

 

 The skin viewer does use the game lighting engine, you just have to select the right lighting options. 

In the light properties, select "Ambient". Then in the color menu, click on that rectangular box and select a light gray. here you can also test different shades of gray to see how the skin will look in different lighting conditions.

  Other tips. You can move the plane around in the viewer with the right mouse button held down. Also you should push the plane away from you first with the mouse wheel and then zoom in with the zoom at the top of the window, so the plane doesn't look like seen through a fish eye lens.

 

 

 

[JG1_Vonrd]

1 hour ago, Jaws2002 said:

Then in the color menu, click on that rectangular box and select a light gray. here you can also test different shades of gray to see how the skin will look in different lighting conditions.

I've been skinning for years and never realized this... Thanks!

[Jaws2002]

41 minutes ago, JG1_VVS_Vonrd said:

I've been skinning for years and never realized this... Thanks!

 

 

 It helps with calibrating the colors. I sometimes it give it a bit of orange hue to see how the skin would look at sunset. White also help to see if colors are not to bright and start glowing in strong light.

Edited April 14, 2020 by Jaws2002

[[FAC]Ghost129er]

 

Bump as I've answered this question myself and posted the answer in the top, in case anyone manages to use the search feature and coincidentally asks this same question.

Edited April 23, 2020 by [FAC]Ghost129er

[Megalax]

I think you got your answer, but I'm going to say that NO, it doesn't.

 

The viewer is good at checking where you line stuff up on your skin, but as far as lighting goes and how the game treats reflections and such, the view does not.

 

Often times I've had nice reflections in the viewer, only to see them as way overdone in game. The two are not exactly to the same in my experience.

[[FAC]Ghost129er]

1 hour ago, Megalax said:

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Yep got that answer and put it in the first post. Would have loved this answer ages ago honestly, not going to lie, cheers anyhoo!