A Lockheed "Rounder"
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Well, you can't rename it; I assume to that you meant that you would convert it to a different format?
EDIT: Here's mine attached
Until now, all of mine have been "landlite" and worked with that name either as bmp or dds. I don't think I ever changed it from when it was installed. I changed to the updated model and they didn't. i changed the name on the one in my test textures folder to "landinglight" like you said it should be and now they're back. The full name is landinglight.dds now.
As for format, bmp or dds all work for me in FSX SE. FSX seems to prefer dds files so I use those. One of these days, I'm going to have to get a better handle on texture aliasing so I won't have to have all these duplicate textures for each paint scheme. I've got it working with the AlphaSim F-80 just great. Just have to figure out what I did, lol.
As for format, bmp or dds all work for me in FSX SE. FSX seems to prefer dds files so I use those. One of these days, I'm going to have to get a better handle on texture aliasing so I won't have to have all these duplicate textures for each paint scheme. I've got it working with the AlphaSim F-80 just great. Just have to figure out what I did, lol.
Ahhhh, you were running an old version huh?
I changed the light some time ago.An FSX common texture folder is simple.
1) For your specific aircraft, Create a folder named "texture".
2) Put all your common textures there
3) In all your other texture folders, put in this texture.cfg attached along with the livery specific textures.
4) Now all livery texture folders will find the common textures in the "texture" folder.
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Ahhhh, you were running an old version huh?
An FSX common texture folder is simple.
1) For your specific aircraft, Create a folder named "texture".
2) Put all your common textures there
3) In all your other texture folders, put in this texture.cfg attached along with the livery specific textures.
4) Now all livery texture folders will find the common textures in the "texture" folder.
Thanks! I've got it all sorted out now. While I was at it, I did some "house cleaning" and made a separate folder for the C-60 cargo variants.
Another thing I did was to set it up to use either a sound pack for a P&W Twin Wasp R-1830 or a Wright Cyclone R-1820 set. The P&W set is Trev Morrison's and recorded from a DC-3 (freeware). The Cyclone set is out of the payware Uiver Team DC-2 and recorded from that aircraft. Nigel made a great sound set, but they were intended for the Harpoon's R-2800 engines which are much more powerful and a different sound. I've got two sound folders in the Lodestar folder, sound.wasp & sound.cyclone. If it uses the P&W engine model, the the sound= goes to the wasp set. If Wright Cyclone model, then it goes to the Cyclone set.
manfredc3
SOH-CM-2022
Milton,
I read your idea about using a "common" texture folder to save space. I have loads of repaints for the different lodestars installed.
As I am not a re-painter, how would I identify the "common" texture files? (Sorry, if this is a dumb question, but I always tell others that the only dumb question is the one you didn't ask
)
I read your idea about using a "common" texture folder to save space. I have loads of repaints for the different lodestars installed.
As I am not a re-painter, how would I identify the "common" texture files? (Sorry, if this is a dumb question, but I always tell others that the only dumb question is the one you didn't ask
)
manfredc3
SOH-CM-2022
Willy,
That sounds like a great idea, but where would I find the info what airplane uses which engines.?
Look in the aircraft.cfg for each livery.
Model= identifies the model and engine type
L18PW = Pratt Whitney
L18W = Wright
C60A = Wright
C57 = PW
Milton,
I read your idea about using a "common" texture folder to save space. I have loads of repaints for the different lodestars installed.
As I am not a re-painter, how would I identify the "common" texture files? (Sorry, if this is a dumb question, but I always tell others that the only dumb question is the one you didn't ask
The following is for FSX Users Only:
Usually, painters supply only livery specific textures, but not always. Those not provided are common to all liveries.
Generally, only the exterior body panels are livery specific like fuselage, wings, tails, engines. All others are common.
Here is a list attached of livery specific texture names for the Lodestar.
Put all others in the common texture folder.
If a painter wants to do his own interior, that's fine. Those interior textures will go in the livery specific folder and that will override their presence in the common folder.
The livery specific folder is always searched first, then the common folder if not found there.
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nigel richards
Charter Member
With so much amazing creative input here on all of these wonderful textures, I think I have some suitable P&W Twin Wasps suitable for Milton's baby. It'll make a welcome refresher for most of your favourite Dc-3 models too
Re Wright Cyclone R-1820's - has anyone tried the Grumman 7 sounds on this model?
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Great to see you back on-line Nigel, been missing the reek of ouzo associated with all of your works.
With regard to sounds employed to enhance further Milton and team's L-18s:
For the Wright engine models I currently use a very recent sound offering from 'Turbinesound Solutions'
For the PW engine models I use the offering from Skyway Soundworks by Aaron Swindle.
Both are for free on the net.
Will await Nigel's further offerings before holding another 'sound off'.
At the end of the day it is the ear of the listener that decides and in any case, how privileged we are now for variety and choice when you consider the straws we grasped at back 'in the day'.
Thanks again to all who continue to embroider and fashion FS2004 with entrancing and immersive enhancements.
Mal
Great to see you back on-line Nigel, been missing the reek of ouzo associated with all of your works.
With regard to sounds employed to enhance further Milton and team's L-18s:
For the Wright engine models I currently use a very recent sound offering from 'Turbinesound Solutions'
For the PW engine models I use the offering from Skyway Soundworks by Aaron Swindle.
Both are for free on the net.
Will await Nigel's further offerings before holding another 'sound off'.
At the end of the day it is the ear of the listener that decides and in any case, how privileged we are now for variety and choice when you consider the straws we grasped at back 'in the day'.
Thanks again to all who continue to embroider and fashion FS2004 with entrancing and immersive enhancements.
Mal
Maarten -
Charter Member 2016
With so much amazing creative input here on all of these wonderful textures, I think I have some suitable P&W Twin Wasps suitable for Milton's baby. It'll make a welcome refresher for most of your favourite Dc-3 models too
Re Wright Cyclone R-1820's - has anyone tried the Grumman 7 sounds on this model?
Nigel!!!
How wonderful to see you back again! I don't know about the others, but I surely missed you, your wit and your amazing work. It has been way too long!
Tonight I'll celebrate your homecoming with a nice Irish Whiskey. (I have no ouzo in the house
) 
Best regards,
Maarten
Milton, which paint is that please?
nigel richards
Charter Member
LOL! Hi Mal, great to see you guys too
Kind of you to shed some light on available sound solutions, never can have too many.
The Pratt & Whitney sounds I have in mind are more than a year's development work and patient testing by Milton, Blackbird 686, Pete Ham, Maarten and Andy G46.
Originally intended as Donationware, I have decided to christen Milton's beautiful model and include them in the offerings if he would like them :-})
Nigel!!!
How wonderful to see you back again! I don't know about the others, but I surely missed you, your wit and your amazing work. It has been way too long!
Tonight I'll celebrate your homecoming with a nice Irish Whiskey. (I have no ouzo in the house
Best regards,
Maarten
LOL! Wonderful to see you too, my friend.
Mine'll have to be a frappe coffee as I have much midnight oil to burn.
But heartily drink to your good health I will fine Sir - take care, matey
The paint in the screenshot is a work in progress I'm doing of N80A. The actual aircraft was a Learstar built from a Lodestar (close enough) and served US Steel as an executive aircraft. I've got it in a "prototype" state in FSX flying, but there's a couple of areas that I'm not happy with yet. I've got good shots of more executive Lodestars, Learstars and Howard 250s that stand a good chance of being painted.
On which common textures, one additional one that I do put in the livery folder is the parts_t texture. I do this because the prop blades are included on it as well as the engines. One thing I like to do is make the props unique to each paint. Different colors to match the aircraft on the tips and I've got a collection of prop logo bitmaps and will use different ones as the notion hits me.
Also getting back to the Twin Wasp/Cyclone thing, after spending a career in the Navy of working on piston engines, I tend to look at those closely. I've now got two different parts_t textures in my masters folder. One has a P&W Twin Wasp image and the other a Cyclone that I just did up yesterday. (I tend to let my OCD run wild where engines are concerned)
P&W Twin Wasp
Wright Cyclone 9
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nigel richards
Charter Member
Hi Friends,
Another W.I.P. : the "Daylight"...
I'm still working in order to align the lines between fuselage's sides and top and on the engine nacelles .......
WOW!!! Love it!
Εργο τέχνης φίλε - Κυδός!