I know I don't post that much here, but I do lurk often - and since I benefited hugely from the massive amount of repaints on the AN-2 thread, I thought I would post a link to an application (ironically, that the AN-2 convinced me to finish) that I've developed. I also figured that with the amount of paint-crazy talents here, that someone here might actually find it useful.
Essentially, it's a GUI livery manager for FSX. I know there's a few others out there, but none of them provided the exact flexibility I wanted. Specifically I wanted an easy way to re-organize the paints for a specific plane, group like registrations together, etc. Which is an easy notepad task when you have 3 or 4 paints, but gets to be a pain when you have 40+ (such as the AN-2...). I also wanted a quick way to add and remove paints, or to put together custom mixes of panels and paints, that sort of thing. The application allows you to import and export [fltsim.x] configs, optionally storing them in the texture folder they list. It allows you to move [fltsim.x] sections up and down the list, and of course lets you delete and add new sections. It doesn't try to zip or bundle paints, or to really hold anyone's hand - it just gives you some graphic control over the paints in an aircraft.cfg file.
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6080706/FS_Paintshop_v1.21.zip
If I get a bit of feedback that it works & there's no major glaring issues, I'd love to submit it to the library.
Screens:
Essentially, it's a GUI livery manager for FSX. I know there's a few others out there, but none of them provided the exact flexibility I wanted. Specifically I wanted an easy way to re-organize the paints for a specific plane, group like registrations together, etc. Which is an easy notepad task when you have 3 or 4 paints, but gets to be a pain when you have 40+ (such as the AN-2...). I also wanted a quick way to add and remove paints, or to put together custom mixes of panels and paints, that sort of thing. The application allows you to import and export [fltsim.x] configs, optionally storing them in the texture folder they list. It allows you to move [fltsim.x] sections up and down the list, and of course lets you delete and add new sections. It doesn't try to zip or bundle paints, or to really hold anyone's hand - it just gives you some graphic control over the paints in an aircraft.cfg file.
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6080706/FS_Paintshop_v1.21.zip
If I get a bit of feedback that it works & there's no major glaring issues, I'd love to submit it to the library.
Screens: