How to get skins into the game...?

[Paladin314 3]

Hi guys, excuse me for being a little thick but I'm having trouble getting the skins into the game. I did well with the old RoF game getting skins into it but am not sure what the sequence is for Flying
Circus. Any help would be appreciated. I unzip ok but am not sure where to place the download.

[J5_HotWaffle 361]

Are you using Steam or the standalone client? I'm using Steam and the path is:

C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/IL2:BOS/data/graphics/skins/(airplane folder)

[the_dudeWG 344]

And here is the location if not using Steam ... C:\Program Files (x86)\1C Game Studios\IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\data\graphics\skins

Edited July 21, 2020 by the_dudeWG

[Paladin314 3]

Ok so i unzip and copy and paste or drag into that location and yet nothing happens. I go to custom skins in game and find nothing. I uses 7 zip. Shud I use another?

[TWC_Sp00k 138]

Make sure the files you are trying to put in there are .dds files.

Make sure you are unzipping the right model aircraft to the right folder. P51 .dds to the P51 folder etc.  Dont just put it in the skins folder, it must go into the correct plane folder inside the skins folder.

Then you will see the plane in the custom skin list inside the game.

[bzc3lk 315]

4 hours ago, Paladin314 said:

Ok so i unzip and copy and paste or drag into that location and yet nothing happens. I go to custom skins in game and find nothing. I uses 7 zip. Shud I use another?

 

Have you activated "show custom paint schemes" in your game?

Edited July 25, 2020 by bzc3lk