Alternate 303 squadron Hurri skin

[rince33]

I decided to port some Bob2wov skins into Cfs3.
I used John Whelan's original skin as a base then copied over ArmourDave and Bader's Bob2 Hurricane skin, creating a Hurricane template and later adding the Squadron lettering, badges and aircraft numbers. It required a bit of cloning and airbrush editing to line things up correctly but surprisingly little scaling.

Place the dds file in the BoB_Huri_303 textures folder after renaming the originalskin.
You can get the 303 Hurri skin here :https://www.mediafire.com/file/gb53pwnza6mbgdg/hurricane_303_t.7z/file


303 Hurri skin


https://i.postimg.cc/N0fkDSZF/cfs3-2023-10-30-15-44-37.jpg


A WIP spitfire blank skin template ready for squadron letters ect..

https://i.postimg.cc/Qdqqph4v/cfs3-2023-10-31-13-02-52.jpg

 

[rince33]

For some reason when my game resolution is set higher than 1920x1080 the skins render quite nicely at hi res, but I found that if I set my in-game resolution to 1366x768 or lower I get blurry aircraft textures in my stock and Bob install. Just one of the cfs3 quirks I suppose.

 

[sixstrings5859]

Sweet ! Very nice. Can't wait to see more ! Thank you ! Regards, Scott

 

[rince33]

When I first ported over this bobwov2 texture I had to flip the textures because the camouflage pattern was reversed for each side when compared to the original cfs3 skin. In flipping the textures, the handholds and panels below the cockpit landed up on the wrong side, the handholds must be on the left side of the cockpit. I have now rectified this.

On closer inspection of the aircraft in-game, I noticed that a bump map was being rendered based on the original skin. It looks like the bump map is embedded in the mos file and does not appear in the textures folder for this 303 squadron skin.

Luckily I found the bump map texture in one of the other hurri texture folders and I am currently creating a bump map for the new upper fuselage and wing textures. This must be integrated with the existing bump map then I will release it as well as the updated 303 skin.

WIP BUMP MAP

FIXED SKIN AND BUMP MAP PROGRESS

 

[Pat Pattle]

Wow, what a lot of work! They look very good, always room for more skins! I wish we had BoB2s 'mulitskin' feature. WoTR have managed it but I always found that particular Holy Grail elusive.

 

[rince33]

Yeah, creating the templates and bump maps took a while, especially the wing rivets. I think you have to be a little nuts to do this as a hobby.
I've completed most of the Hurricane skins and still need to create a bump map for the Spitfire.

Three of the cfs3 hurricane skins use the 'B' type camouflage design for which there is no Bobwov2 texture. I'm debating whether I should just use the 'A' type texture as a substitute. I have tried to remain faithful to the original cfs3 textures in my editing up until now.

 

[sixstrings5859]

Very ,very good ! Adds so much immersion !

 

[rince33]

alternate Bobwov2 huricane skins for the Bob Hurri 017, 249, 257, 303 and Bob2 Hurri 303, 501.

The textures can also be used for the equivalent FIGHTER CONTROL(FC) aircraft if these are installed.

There are three hurricanes Bob hurri 242,306 and 601 that use the 'B' type camouflage pattern that are currently not included in this mod.

I strongly suggest that you back up your original texture and also the bump map if it exists in your texture folders.
GET IT HERE:https://www.mediafire.com/file/x08yi4wi12tqao5/bobwov2+hurri+mod.7z/file