Is it possible to define Skins for planes for battles

[kraut1]

Hi,

is it possible to define skins for selected planes for battles?

maybe in the custom planes file:

{
  "fighters_allied": [
    "Bristol F.2B FII",
    "Bristol F.2B FIII",
    "Hurricane Mk.II",
    "I-16 Type 24",
    "La-5 Series 8",
    "La-5FN Series 2",
    "LaGG-3 Series 29",

 

or in the maps file:

"Channel": {
        "template": "CoopTemplate_CHANNEL",
        "theatre": "WW2_WEST",
        "fighters_allied": ["Spitfire Mk.VB", "Hurricane Mk.II", "P-40E-1"],
        "bombers_allied": ["A-20B"],
        "fighters_axis": ["Bf 109 E-7", "Bf 109 F-2", "Fw 190 A-3", "Bf 110 E-2"],
        "bombers_axis": ["He 111 H-6", "Ju 88 A-4", "Ju 87 D-3"],

 

 

Best regards

[SYN_Vander]

Not at the moment. I do maintain a global plane table with name, loadout options, default skins per country(code), default fuel, cruise speed, wingspan. Eg USA=103, but this is currently packed in the exe.

 

PLANES = {

    "a20b": ["A-20B", {0:[0,1], 1:[2,1], 2:[5,101], 3:[0,1]}, {103: "a20b_skin_03.dds", 102: "a20b_skin_15.dds"}, 0.75, 400, 23 ],

    "b25draf": ["B-25D (AI)", {0:[0,1], 1:[1,1], 2:[3,1], 3:[0,1]}, {103: "b25draf_skin_01.dds", 102: ""}, 0.75, 400, 23 ],

...

[kraut1]

31 minutes ago, SYN_Vander said:

Not at the moment. I do maintain a global plane table with name, loadout options, default skins per country(code), default fuel, cruise speed, wingspan. Eg USA=103, but this is currently packed in the exe.

 

PLANES = {

    "a20b": ["A-20B", {0:[0,1], 1:[2,1], 2:[5,101], 3:[0,1]}, {103: "a20b_skin_03.dds", 102: "a20b_skin_15.dds"}, 0.75, 400, 23 ],

    "b25draf": ["B-25D (AI)", {0:[0,1], 1:[1,1], 2:[3,1], 3:[0,1]}, {103: "b25draf_skin_01.dds", 102: ""}, 0.75, 400, 23 ],

...

Would be great if the user could get access to these settings, loadouts would important too.

 

Best Regards and thanks very much for your great work!

[SYN_Vander]

It is now possible to change the default skins in planes.json :

Example:

    "c47a": {

        "name": "C-47A (AI)",

        "loadout": {

            "guns only": [0,1],

            "rockets": [0,1],

            "anti-armor": [0,1],

            "bombs": [4,10001],

            "cargo": [2,1001]},

        "skins": {

            "United States": "c47a_skin_03.dds",

            "Great Britain": "c47a_skin_04.dds",

            "USSR": "c47a_skin_04.dds"},

        "fuel": 0.75,

        "speed": 300,

        "wingspan": 31 },

 

However, there is a little logic to be aware of. The original Stalingrad/Moscow aircraft all have winter skins, which is always <aircraft id>_skin_01.dds

I use this to automatically select a winter skin if available. If there is no skin entry for a country I assume there is a winter skin available and select it when it's winter (dec, jan, feb). If there is a skin defined I will always pick that skin regardless of season. That's why for the newer planes you will see an empty entry "". This ensures that the default skin is selected, not <aircraft id>_skin_01.dds.

 

[kraut1]

On 1/28/2022 at 2:50 PM, SYN_Vander said:

It is now possible to change the default skins in planes.json :

Example:

    "c47a": {

        "name": "C-47A (AI)",

        "loadout": {

            "guns only": [0,1],

            "rockets": [0,1],

            "anti-armor": [0,1],

            "bombs": [4,10001],

            "cargo": [2,1001]},

        "skins": {

            "United States": "c47a_skin_03.dds",

            "Great Britain": "c47a_skin_04.dds",

            "USSR": "c47a_skin_04.dds"},

        "fuel": 0.75,

        "speed": 300,

        "wingspan": 31 },

 

However, there is a little logic to be aware of. The original Stalingrad/Moscow aircraft all have winter skins, which is always <aircraft id>_skin_01.dds

I use this to automatically select a winter skin if available. If there is no skin entry for a country I assume there is a winter skin available and select it when it's winter (dec, jan, feb). If there is a skin defined I will always pick that skin regardless of season. That's why for the newer planes you will see an empty entry "". This ensures that the default skin is selected, not <aircraft id>_skin_01.dds.

 

Thanks very much, I will try!