Where are the 'rivet and panel lines' files
 

I wanted to know if anyone has found the 'rivet and panel lines' files in the Cod folder?.....I just made a skin for a friend and can not influence the rivets and panel lines so they show up in a big way on the skin making a skin that is supposed to look like a brand new aircraft look old and well used....

or

are these files hard coded and unaccessible....seems a real shot in the foot if they are...

Here is a pic of what they look like on a totally black spitfire....

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/r...S_Lewis/er.jpg

Always busy Lew ? :)

Rgrt Fen....cant play cod unil I get home....so making skins....:grin:

Afraid they are hard coded mate, one of my biggest gripes and reasons for stopping skinning at the moment, or until its 'sorted'

Rgrt Kris.......Thanks for the help and info....lets hope they sort that issue out...

Hard coding rivets and panel lines was particularly stupid.

If they are accurate why is it stupid? What is annoying is the weathering bug I haven't seen a clean spit in a long time :(

They are not coded, well, sort of...
They are in DDS files. What is coded is the shader that applies them on top of the texture. This shader is responsible of how "visible" they are depending on the weathering, light etc...

I've made a black skin to observe what is "added", and I didn't see the same thing that you have posted. Are you sure it's not the weathering you're seeing there?

Here's a link to a layered template I made with the rivets and panel lines for a Bf109 to get you started... http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?...tid=11&cid=315

The thing is that they are not accurate, unless you are talking about some of these aircraft that were/are found in scrap yards 40 years after WWII

Hi FS~Lewis
The way I get the Panel lines and Rivets is to go to www.cliffsofdover.fr
and select the Aircraft you want i.e Me 109-E4 then select the ALL Grey Skin.
Download go to viewer and Copy/Paste into Gimp [should alredy be 2048 x 2048] then you use what used to be "Remove White" Method in il2-1946 BUT you are going to remove Grey instead.
In the link below is an excellent guide on how to do this by Robbie von Trapp.
http://robbievontrappsflyingcircus.com/?q=node/3

NOTE:
Ignore Section 1 Mode>RGB [Applies to IL2 1946 ]
Go straight to Section2 "Remove the White".
And in Section 3 use Colour Picker to get the Grey then copy the HTML notation Value and paste it into the Colour to Alpha White rectangle box,this tells the Colour to Alpha what colour you want to remove from the Layer.
Now just follow the rest of the steps as shown But instead of using White as background Layer use the Grey that you Removed.
Hope this makes sense:rolleyes:
Best Regards
Keith:grin: