Hurricane Problem

[Beebop]

I'm having a problem with the Hurricane.

As you can see in these screenshots the roundel is partially obliterated on the top wing:

 

 

and the bottom wing:

 

This ONLY happens with the extra Browning MG's with or without bombs.  ALL other loadout options show the full roundel.

 

Now at first I thought that it was that new naming convention for the Hurricane.  (I hope this doesn't carry over to future planes as it makes for a more work intensive skinning process, especially for group sets).

So I renamed the skin SkinName&1.dds.  I also made a copy and named it SkinName&1#1.  

It Didn't Help!
Where did I go wrong?

 

And as for the new naming convention, originally I only used SkinName and as stated above but, only the extra 303's caused the problem. 

I saw no difference in using or not using "&1" or "&1#1" with the extra mg's or other loadouts.

 

ICDP's comment only says that's how they are to be named but there's no explanation given.  Now if I saw these kinds of skin errors and they disappeared with the "proper" naming protocol, I would just sigh and carry on.  Can anyone enlighten me on what and why we need to use those new names?  (TIA)

 

Any help appreciated.

 

[HBPencil]

Although I haven't tried it myself (someone correct me if I'm wrong) but I believe that whole "&1" naming convention is for when you're also skinning the 40mm cannons, so the game knows which aircraft skin to match to which cannon skin. If you're not bothered with those guns then you don't need to worry about that convention, I didn't when I made my Hurricane skin pack.

The 'b' wing panels for the outboard .303s are here, yellow for the upper wing and magenta for the lower:



 

Edited December 1, 2020 by HBPencil

[Chief_Mouser]

As HBPencil says, you need to paint those wing panels he's marked up if you want to use the 12x .303s. Fiddly with red stars, but I got there in the end.

 

 

Edited December 1, 2020 by 216th_Cat

[356thFS_Melonfish]

Kill off all layers bar the roundels, duplicate the layer then replace each roundel with the finnish marking, be sure to use a mask for the B wing panels HBPencil has pointed out as the layer will sit above a number of other details.

 

The &1 and &1#1 naming convension is for the benefit of the vickers S gun, I had this pointed out to me yesterday.

 

[Beebop]

THANKS everyone!  I obviously overlooked that.

Templates are so much more detailed than in the 1946 days.

 

@216th_Cat, NICE skin!  Any chance us mere mortals ( ? ) could get that with or without your avatar?

[Chief_Mouser]

1 hour ago, Beebop said:

 

@216th_Cat, NICE skin!  Any chance us mere mortals ( ? ) could get that with or without your avatar?

 

It's pretty much ICDP's template plus upper wing stars. Apart from that I de-blued the grey slightly and added the 216th squad colours on the tailfin, plus my number and emblem. I have a blank if that's any good? Just stars?

[Beebop]

2 hours ago, 216th_Cat said:

It's pretty much ICDP's template plus upper wing stars. Apart from that I de-blued the grey slightly and added the 216th squad colours on the tailfin, plus my number and emblem. I have a blank if that's any good? Just stars?

That would be fine.  I just like the look.

[Chief_Mouser]

3 hours ago, Beebop said:

That would be fine.  I just like the look.

 

Here you are:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c5wxoqmmtrivnng/GreyGreenStars.zip?dl=0

 

Cheers.