Question about the skins from flying circus

[ubernoob]

Hey everyone,

Recently download PWCG for FC and I'm having a good time but I can't seem to get the skins to work. I got all 8 skin packs from Pats website and put them in the data/graphics/skins folder for each appropriate aircraft but when going to assign skins for my squadron mates it doesn't show any option to change skins nor is the correct squadron skin set up by default. Now the thing that really confuses me is when I go to the mission briefing screen all the skins for the respective aircraft show up as selectable in IL2 but the generator doesn't seem to recognize or use them.

 

Did I miss another step to the installation process or something?

 

All of this is exacerbated by the FE2b/Albatross IIc/Farman40 proxies.

 

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[czech693]

You can't change the skins for your squadron mates.  In the old days before the Tactical Code system was introduced, you could do that.  If you want a different, common skin for your squadron go to PWCGFC/FCData/Input/Squadron and pick your squadron from the list and open the .json file.  It will show the skins assigned to your squadron.  You would need to change those if you want something else.

 

Also, some of the squadron files have the wrong aircraft skin assigned to them.  If no skin is designated, the program will use the default skin for that aircraft.

Edited May 14 by czech693

[ubernoob]

All I'm trying do is get my squadron mates to use the skins for their appropriate squadrons but it doesn't seem to recognize I have them installed in Il2's data/graphics/skins folder. No skins show up available in PWCG. Squadron or not. It says none no matter what is selected. It just defaults to the games default paint scheme. Il2 DOES recognize them as being installed though.

[czech693]

First, I take back what I said about the old system of assigning indiviudal skins is gone.  I just checked and it's still there under Personnel.

 

 

When you started PWCGFC did you open the Skin Analysis menu on the left side of the main screen?  You have to select all to get all the skins available.

[ubernoob]

Yes, thanks for the help by the way.

 

I also want to show you what I mean. And if I'm not mistaken the Lafayette Escadrille is 124.

 

[ubernoob]

but meanwhile...

 

[czech693]

Yep, I've been having some problems getting the latest vesion 17.1.0 to pick up the tactical codes for Esc 3.  It selects the skin I assigned but isn't correctly assigning codes.  So, there's something not functioning correctly.  If you have:

 

             "skinName": "N17_Esc124",
            "planeType": "nieuport17",

 

...in the 103rdAero.json it should should use that skin for your flight, but tactical codes seems bugged.

[czech693]

On 5/14/2025 at 4:51 PM, ubernoob said:

Yes, thanks for the help by the way.

 

I also want to show you what I mean. And if I'm not mistaken the Lafayette Escadrille is 124.

 

 

Here's a link where Pat Wilson describes what is in those folder categories: