Question to painters Gurus

[nik112]

Hi guys
Its any possibility to make skins as pic #2 (fs9) and can see them at the game instead of pic #1 ?

cheers

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Yes, you need to delete the Alpha Channels in all the Bitmaps, and re-save as 565 - FS9 uses Alpha Channels for specular purposes, CFS2 does not recognise this as it uses a different mechanism for specularity

[oldwheat]

Saving the textures in 565 or DXT1-no alpha with DXTbmp will delete the offending alphas automatically. It's kind of like the reverse of fixing the frosty windows ;) .

In taking a closer look at the first pic. It appears that the aircraft may be done in that dark gray color & uses the underlaying alpha to lighten the color to silver. The reason for thinking this is that the color on the first aircraft appears to be opaque rather than transparent.

[nik112]

@SC
Hi
its saved at 16-565 no alpha

cheers

[nik112]

Hi Guys
@ ow Yes you're wright. the bmp's are dark gray with alpha as you mentioned. Attached its one of the bmp's. Its something that can be done about it?

ps i made it jpg cause forum limitations
cheers




Saving the textures in 565 or DXT1-no alpha with DXTbmp will delete the offending alphas automatically. It's kind of like the reverse of fixing the frosty windows ;) .

In taking a closer look at the first pic. It appears that the aircraft may be done in that dark gray color & uses the underlaying alpha to lighten the color to silver. The reason for thinking this is that the color on the first aircraft appears to be opaque rather than transparent.

[bearcat241]

The grey color base is a technique used by many to enhance the reflective alpha in FS9-FSX. In the cases of polished metal finishes, it makes models shine brighter and gives a more mirror-like appearance. The only thing you can do about this base color in CFS2, which can't use reflective alpha, is lighten the grey to a more realistic metallic color in your favorite paint program. It takes some work to get it right.

[Sopwith Chameleon]

Because FS9 uses the Alpha for specular shine, the bitmap is darker than would be the case for CFS2 - it depends what graphics editor you have access to, as to what you can do :

Depending on what options are available you can :

* Reduce Saturation, then,

* Increase Brightness, then

* Change RGB values

by trial & error until you achieve a result that pleases you, and then resave in 565