Adding blank skins

[Charon]

Is it possible to add new (squadron) skins and configure them to use a tac code? I thought I would be able to add it to the squadron file:

 

...\PWCGBoS\BoSData\Input\Squadron\11th Fighter Air Regiment.json:

		{
			"skinName": "yak7b-redtip-0",
			"planeType": "yak7bs36",
			"startDate": "19390901",
			"endDate": "19450601",
			"squadId": 10111011,
			"country": "Russia",
			"category": "Configured",
			"definedInGame": false,
			"winter": false,
			"useTacticalCodes": true,
			"tacticalCodeColor": "WHITE"
		}

 

But this doesn't seem to have any effect.

 

Alternatively, I can add loose skins to

...\PWCGBoS\BoSData\Input\Skins\Configured\yak7bs36.json

		"yak7b-redtip-0": {
			"skinName": "yak7b-redtip-0",
			"planeType": "yak7bs36",
			"startDate": "19390901",
			"endDate": "19450601",
			"squadId": -2,
			"country": "Russia",
			"category": "Configured",
            "useTacticalCodes": true,
            "tacticalCodeColor": "RED"   
			"definedInGame": false,
			"winter": false
		},

and they show up, but it seems like the "useTacticalCodes" setting is ignored. (Incidentally, I wasn't sure the difference between "squadId" -1 and -2.)

 

Is there any way to add these skins so that they get tactical codes automatically when assigned to a pilot?

Edited September 14, 2023 by Charon

[Charon]

Okay, now I understand. There's two places that need the change:

 

..\BoSData\Input\Skins\Configured\$PLANE.json

 

This needs to be updated like so. Note in particular that squadID needs to be set to the id of your squadron, and "useTacticalCodes" and "tacticalCodeColor" should be set.

 

"Mig3s24_233IAP_19": {
			"skinName": "Mig3s24_233IAP_19",
			"planeType": "mig3s24",
			"startDate": "19390901",
			"endDate": "19450601",
			"squadId": 10111027,
			"country": "Russia",
			"category": "Configured",
			"definedInGame": false,
			"winter": false,
            "useTacticalCodes": true,
            "tacticalCodeColor": "BLACK"
		},

 

..\BoSData\Input\Squadron\$SQUADRON.json

 

The "skins" list needs to be updated with the same object, like so:

 

{
            "skinName": "Mig3s24_233IAP_19",
            "planeType": "mig3s24",
            "startDate": "19390901",
            "endDate": "19420101",
            "squadId": 10111027,
            "country": "Russia",
            "category": "Configured",
            "definedInGame": false,
            "winter": false,
            "useTacticalCodes": true,
            "tacticalCodeColor": "BLACK"
        },

 

 

My mistake before was not setting the squadId in the plane specific config.

[Charon]

One other question: Is it possible to configure the skins so that they include tac-codes by default, and are not exclusive? I.e., I want to assign the same squadron skin to two pilots.

 

My use case is that I've made a nice set of blank Yak skins with various numbers of victories marked on them, and I'd like to be able to simply assign players the appropriate skin as their victories grow.