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changing colors of rotor and prop tips of Willy Vervaeckes HSS1

michaelvader

michaelvader

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Hallo friends,
for my work on Willy Vervaeckes Sikorsky HSS1 /H-34 i wanted to change the red color of the rotor tips and the tail prop tips.
But on every attempt I got a grey middle rotor disk when the rotors where turning. I tried different formats but all went wrong.
What did I wrong? I want them to be yellow instead of red
I join the original bmp to show you from what I speak
Best regards
Michael
 

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  • H-34 rotor and tail prop.zip
    1.1 MB · Views: 6
Michael,

If rotors are basically props, then you should have an alpha channel for each of the different bmp files. Just open each file in DXTBMP and save each of their alpha channels with a particular name so you know which alpha bmp goes to what file.

Then save the bmp to 24-bit so you can work on it and change out the red to yellow in your paint program.

When done, use DXTBMP to open the new 24-bit image you created. On the right where you have the alpha channel info you have an option to merge/add an alpha channel. Just open the respective alpha channel you saved before back into the respective, main bmp texture.

You can then save in the bmp format you think is best for your setup (DXT3, 32-bit, etc).

I generally stick with 32-bit without mipmapping, but it's just a personal preference.

Let us know how this is going!

Saludos!

Jorge
Miami, FL
 
Jorge is right. If I understood your post correctly, you posted copies of Willy's original textures. Maybe if you post copies of the textures you worked on, the ones that didn't turn out right, we might be able to figure out the problem. There must be a solution!
 
Hi Mich those I posted should be the original ones. Luckely I have some repaints and I tried just on one of them.
Hmm all this sounds a bit complicated.
Bof, who will remark the wrong rotor tip colors? Even the interest for Helicopters is not realy big

Kenavo
Michael
 
michaelvader said:
Hi Mich those I posted should be the original ones. Luckely I have some repaints and I tried just on one of them.
Hmm all this sounds a bit complicated.
Bof, who will remark the wrong rotor tip colors? Even the interest for Helicopters is not realy big

Kenavo
Michael
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That's what I thought. My suggestion is that you post one (or more) of the ones you worked on that didn't come out right. Maybe one of us can look it over and see what you did wrong, if anything, or whether there's something strange about those files that spoiled your work.
 
Michael, I've attached a "prop" BMP file for a four bladed (Alphasim) C-130 prop with yellow tips.
Alpha channels and prop effects can be tricky depending on how the author encoded them and what program they used to build the 3DO.
Rename the BMP and try it on your chopper. See how it looks, you're mostly looking for a good Alpha layer and how the colors are displayed.
You can tweak the BMP and Alpha layer later. :wiggle:
 

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  • 4bldyellow.zip
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Good morning friends
thank you a lot for your advices.
I followed Jorges instructions and now my chopper has yellow rotor tips when at rest and when turning
I am happy
Thank you for that I again have learned something new

Best Regards

Michael
 
Good morning Jorge,
the Sikorsky H-34 is perhaps a genaration later as what we fly "normaly" (ante 1950) but I love this big chopper. Even the model is turbine powered (brrrr) I have managed to have sounds working as with a big radial (and the gauges show values as coming from an radial engine, has been some fiddeling). But makes a lot of fun
Kenavo
Michael
 
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