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    May 22nd, 2013, 13:35
    UncleTgt replied to a thread FAB - Brazilian Air Force 1941 in CFS2 General Discussion
    & Bismark's old Vultee V11GB with paint job, kelti style exhaust & prop effects
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    May 22nd, 2013, 13:33
    UncleTgt started a thread FAB - Brazilian Air Force 1941 in CFS2 General Discussion
    For some light relief from all that "gardening" Pepe's Boeing P12 with a new paint job, model tweaked to allow use of Wolfis pilot, kelti style exhaust & propeller, & a dp to allow 2 x 100lb bombs
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    May 22nd, 2013, 13:26
    UncleTgt replied to a thread WIP - reworking Rabaul to fit Rhumbas mesh in CFS2 General Discussion
    ...& the last of the airstrips Kandrian (in the MR style) Gasmata Manguna (Buka NB) Talasea Emergency Landing Strip Lupin (Arawe) Emergency Landing Strip ... almost there!
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    May 22nd, 2013, 13:22
    UncleTgt replied to a thread WIP - reworking Rabaul to fit Rhumbas mesh in CFS2 General Discussion
    some more... Sule (kept in the MR style) Cape Hoskins (new layout, as per Sep '43) Cape Gloucester (correct position & layout)
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    May 21st, 2013, 01:47
    UncleTgt replied to a thread WIP - reworking Rabaul to fit Rhumbas mesh in CFS2 General Discussion
    some more ...
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    May 21st, 2013, 01:46
    UncleTgt replied to a thread WIP - reworking Rabaul to fit Rhumbas mesh in CFS2 General Discussion
    Some GSL progress to report All the Rabaul area strips ...
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    May 21st, 2013, 01:35
    UncleTgt replied to a thread Texturing in The Paint Shop_Skinnin' Your Game!
    btw - I've never done texture mapping in G-Max before, so the Aoba & Kako might take me a while!
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    May 21st, 2013, 01:33
    UncleTgt replied to a thread Texturing in The Paint Shop_Skinnin' Your Game!
    OK Stuart, Use the tga for mapping & positioning in G-MAX, just replace the tga with a bitmap of the same name (in the correct format) when you create the texture folder to use in game :jump:
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    May 19th, 2013, 07:07
    UncleTgt replied to a thread Texturing in The Paint Shop_Skinnin' Your Game!
    I took your Kaga template & used PSPS to generate the "kaga_trans" alpha channel to illustrate more clearly what I mean. Pure white is 100% solid, pure black is 100% transparent. Hope this helps.
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    May 19th, 2013, 06:53
    UncleTgt replied to a thread Texturing in The Paint Shop_Skinnin' Your Game!
    Hi Stuart, You are almost there. Choose file save as/ extended bitmap. When you get to the save pop up, you can select which type of extended btmap you'd like to choose (see pics) To make using dxtbmp easy (I also work in PSP) I save a copy of my PSP file as "filename_base.bmp" format, which is the PSP file without alphas. Using PSP I put a white layer underneath my transparency work (as background), & save a copy of transparencies over white as my "filename_trans.bmp". Using DXTbmp I open my "filename_base.bmp", & import my "filename_trans.bmp" as alpha (top right hand corner of the dxtbmp window). You can preview how it will look by choosing preview/transparency, just to check before you save as an extended bitmap. Use different folders to keep everything from overwriting stuff you may want to change, & you can experiment until you get the look you are happy with.
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    May 18th, 2013, 07:38
    UncleTgt replied to a thread Screenshots in CFS2 General Discussion
    Hi Allen, re. airship/baloon damage modelling Can you set a low threshold for switching to show a damage texture? If so, maybe you can combine that with effects in the dp to get the effect you want. or CalebFlerk talks about how bullet holes were added to the stock models, so I wonder if you can use a different "bullet hole" effect/texture to model the progressive spread of damage across a blimp surface?
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    May 18th, 2013, 07:28
    UncleTgt replied to a thread Texturing in The Paint Shop_Skinnin' Your Game!
    Hi Stuart, First of all well done with the modelling!:applause: CFS2 will only read extended 16 bit bmp files. You'll need to modify the tga file format so CFS 2 can "see" it. Get yourself Martin Wright's dxtbmp program. Open the tga file in the ship texture folder & then use the "save as" command to save into: solid textures: 565bmps (no mips), or DXT1 (no alpha) - DXT compression can lead to fuzziness & bleeding of details at distance, but sometimes it what works best. textures with an alpha channel
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    May 11th, 2013, 16:14
    Sopwith Chameleon replied to a thread Happy Birthday Sopwith C in CFS2 General Discussion
    Thank you for the kind words - its appreciated :salute:
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  1. Fibber
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    Hi there!
    I want to thank you for your magnificant work and possibly call something to your attention. I have your ship repaints and while installing them noticed that the SHJ_ folders appear to have your whole ship library files in them. Not just the one, I mean everything!!!! Is that intentional, or did your zipper go crazy on you?! (I was accused of that when I was younger, and not married, but that is loooooooooooooooooong gone now! )
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    Hello UncleTgt.

    I would like to see your repaints of the Nakajima Ki49II Helen by,Sean Anderson's on the original model. But I really c'ant find the original in the SO archives.
    Can you tell me where I can find it?

    Thanks,
    NL_AIRBORNE
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    Hiya UT. I'm looking for a airbase designer type guy for the Aleutians. I've done some research on the area and come up with some good stuff.....i.e. technical drawings, runway layouts, photos, etc. but I haven't a clue how to build scenery nor do I have the aptitude.

    Is this something you'd be interested in doing? If so, I'll bundle up the goodies and ship 'em off to ya. Other than that, do you know anyone who might be interested?

    I'm using your new stuff and it sure does look good, my friend.

    Best, Gord Schneider
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