PWCG Great Battles Skin Packs: Looking for hurricanemkii skins

[JG7_X-Man]

I have checked the PWCG Skin Packs 1 - 16 for the folder hurricanemkii that contain:

 

1. hurricanemkii_default

2. hurricanemkii_Blank_01

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12. hurricanemkii_skin_12

 

Any ideas?

Edited January 7 by JG7_X-Man

[PatrickAWlson]

Those are 1C skins.  They are in the game GTP files.  Not 100% sure, but I do not recall creating any new British Hurricane skins for PWCG.  I think that I did some Russian skins.

 

Any time PWCG references a skin with _default, _blank, or _skin they are in game skins.  _default is the basic, unadorned skin.  _blank is a skin that can take tactical codes.  _skin is a skin that cannot take tactical codes.  These are 1C designations and not my own.

[JG7_X-Man]

@PatrickAWlson Thanks for the reply and Happy New Year!

I'm guessing GTP files have to be manually extracted to the appropriate skin folder. If not, the default skins will appear instead and those are the generic skins with the red star?

[PatrickAWlson]

To use them you don't have to do anything.  The game is aware of them.  If you want to modify the skins then yes, they have to be extracted.  I usually extract them in an entirely separate folder.  Takes up a lot of disk but then they are available.  Unfortunately, I have no idea exactly what skins are in what file.

[JG7_X-Man]

Thanks @PatrickAWlson
The issue I am having is when I generate missions using the Normandy map in '42 I get RAF all aircraft using default Russian skins. I have installed all the skins packs but the issue still exits. Any ideas?

[PatrickAWlson]

Can you post a mission file where this happens?  If an unintended skin is being assigned then it will default to the base skin, which is Russian.

 

This is how it's supposed to work.  The skin that I use for Hurricanes are part of the game:
You can see that I have skins configured for the Hurricane.

"squadId": -2, means that it is a factory skin.

"definedInGame": true, means that PWCG expects it to be available in the game.

"country": "Britain", means that it is to be used for British aircraft

and then there are the start and end dates for use, which overlap.

 

None of these skins are in a PWCG skin pack.  They are in the GTP files.

 

"hurricanemkii_Blank_03": {

"skinName": "hurricanemkii_Blank_03",

"planeType": "hurricanemkii",

"startDate": "19390901",

"endDate": "19430601",

"squadId": -2,

"country": "Britain",

"category": "Configured",

"definedInGame": true,

"winter": false,

"useTacticalCodes": true,

"tacticalCodeColor": "SKY"

},

"hurricanemkii_Blank_04": {

"skinName": "hurricanemkii_Blank_04#1",

"planeType": "hurricanemkii",

"startDate": "19430601",

"endDate": "19450601",

"squadId": -2,

"country": "Britain",

"category": "Configured",

"definedInGame": true,

"winter": false,

"useTacticalCodes": true,

"tacticalCodeColor": "SKY"

},

"hurricanemkii_Blank_06": {

"skinName": "hurricanemkii_Blank_06",

"planeType": "hurricanemkii",

"startDate": "19440606",

"endDate": "19440706",

"squadId": -2,

"country": "Britain",

"category": "Configured",

"definedInGame": true,

"winter": false,

"useTacticalCodes": true,

"tacticalCodeColor": "SKY"

},

"hurricanemkii_Blank_07": {

"skinName": "hurricanemkii_Blank_07",

"planeType": "hurricanemkii",

"startDate": "19440707",

"endDate": "19440825",

"squadId": -2,

"country": "Britain",

"category": "Configured",

"definedInGame": true,

"winter": false,

"useTacticalCodes": true,

"tacticalCodeColor": "SKY"

},

"hurricanemkii_Blank_08": {

"skinName": "hurricanemkii_Blank_08",

"planeType": "hurricanemkii",

"startDate": "19440826",

"endDate": "19450601",

"squadId": -2,

"country": "Britain",

"category": "Configured",

"definedInGame": true,

"winter": false,

"useTacticalCodes": true,

"tacticalCodeColor": "SKY"

},

[JG7_X-Man]

@PatrickAWlson
Thanks for taking a peek! Attached is the .mission.

a. II. Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 26 Jun 1942 1942-06-19.rar

Edited January 15 by JG7_X-Man

[PatrickAWlson]

I couldn't find any Hurricanes in this mission but I did notice that the Spitfire Mk V did not have nay skins assigned.  Pretty sure that would result in a Russian skin as well.  I'll try to figure it out.

[JG7_X-Man]

Thank you! The Hurris where in the last mission but same issue for every mission that's generated.

Edited January 16 by JG7_X-Man

[JG7_X-Man]

@PatrickAWlson I was wondering if you have the same issue with RAF units not using the correct markings.
Maybe I need to reinstall?

[PatrickAWlson]

1 minute ago, JG7_X-Man said:

@PatrickAWlson I was wondering if you have the same issue with RAF units not using the correct markings.
Maybe I need to reinstall?

 

I did run a test and the hurricane skin was correctly designated, so I couldn't recreate the problem.  Can you try a clean reinstall (save your campaigns by backing up the user directory)?  

[JG7_X-Man]

@PatrickAWlson - A reinstall solved the issue! Thanks!

[PatrickAWlson]

9 minutes ago, JG7_X-Man said:

@PatrickAWlson - A reinstall solved the issue! Thanks!

 

Head scratch as to why, but I'm glad the issue is resolved.