Help with livery packaging?

[Fnerg]

Good day folks, I have a question. Does anyone know of a good tutorial of how to go about creating a livery project in MSFS2024's SDK, and letting the sim build the package. I know I can copy someone else's example, but I would rather learn how it's done in developer mode. I'm not sure how to fill in the blanks so the livery package has no errors, and I can't find any videos walking people through the "official" way. Forget trying to interpret the SDK literature, I need to be shown I think.


Doug

 

[TiAr]

Hi Doug,

you have to go to Virtual File System in SDK. SDK is enabeled. Run FS2024. On Tools > Virtutal File Systen > VFS Projector > Start > Open in explorer >

Than you see the whole structue of FS2024. In Explorer go to VFSProjection and open simobjects folder for all aircrafts, liveries and so on.

Anyway, a good repaint is even better to copy the file structure.

Thomas

 

[DennyA]

I'm not sure most livery creators actually go through the project process, though, as it's super simple and faster to just create the livery file structure. I figured out how to do it early on when some FS2020 liveries were released without the proper structure and the authors wanted you to edit your config files like some kind of P3D caveman.

It's basically put the livery folder in the same folder structure as the original plane. IE:
your livery package name > SimObjects > Airplanes > Original airplane folder name > liveries > yourfolder > livery name (livery files go in here, including livery.cfg)

Then in the livery package folder, copy the manifest.json and layout.json files from the original plane. Update the manifest to reflect your custom livery, and drag the layout.,json onto msfslayoutgenerator.exe. Then drop it into your Community folder and test. If it doesn't show up, double-check the match on the folder structure.

Totally understand wanting to learn the SDK way to do it, but if you have liveries now that you want to share (cough cough RCAF B-25) now, the process is super-simple that way.