CS c-130 livery's?

[Brian_Gladden]

Hey all. I was gifted some cash for Christmas and with the ongoing sales for the holiday, I grabbed a few things. Still learning the systems on the HPG H160 Helo and but awesome. I love Accuseason. The CS C-130 from marketplace.... Plane looks great and I downloaded a ton of repaints from .TO (I won't talk about my fat fingered oops in in buying the E by mistake over the H) but how do I get the repaint's to work? Most seem to reference the "exterior" model. I assume this is a model CS no longer offers? I haven't learned enough about the various JSON/CFG/Manifest files to do much if any editing on my own. Any help?

 

[Navy Chief]

I, like you, am still confused about working with JSON files. Aboht the only thing I can suggest is to check for information on their forums? Pete

https://www.captainsim.org/forum/csf.pl

 

[Tom Clayton]

The easiest way to get an accurate layout.json is to use a generator. The one below is the one I use. You just put the exe into a folder where you can get to it easily, then open your package in another folder. Drag the existing json over the exe and it works automatically. If you get a filename length error, just move the modified package to your desktop, then try again. The path references in the layout start at the folder root, so it still works.

Grab the exe file from here:

Releases · HughesMDflyer4/MSFSLayoutGenerator

A drag-and-drop application for updating layout.json files in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) packages. - HughesMDflyer4/MSFSLayoutGenerator

github.com

Basically, if you change a file in a package without renaming it, you don't need to redo the json. But if you add, remove, or rename anything within the package, you need to update the json to match.

 

[keithb77]

Most of the repaints on f.to tagged "C-130 Captain Exterior " are actually for the E or H or J, with cockpit, it should say which in the title
e.g. Captain Sim C-130E Hercules Coulson N134CG.
You shouldn't need to change the JSON file at all.

If your livery doesn't show up check that it's aircraft.cfg has
[VARIATION]
base_container = "..\CSC130E"

at the beginning (I'm guessing the E, I bought the H).

If it does show up but has missing textures check that the texture.cfg file
has a line saying
fallback.1=..\..\CSC130E\texture