Pilot file/picture
- Thread starter gosd
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Capt. Winters
Charter Member
Hi Gosd,
If you navigate to:
Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 3\uires\pilot folder
yo will see a whole heap of pictures labelled something like pic_thomas.bmp
these are the pictures that display in game when your looking at a given pilot in game.
to change it you make your new picture with say your own face on it.
you then take one of the original pictures and open it up with your texture editing software (photshop or paintshop etc) and use it as a template to place your modified image into.
you need to make the picture 81 x 118 pixels in size.
then you have to save the texture in this format to get it to display properly .bmp 16bit (444)
another thing is you cant use the colour pure black (0,0,0) in the RBG scale. as it will make funny looking holes in your picture in game.
then name your new image to the same as the one you wish to replace and you should now see your new texture ingame.
If you wish to have a completely new pilot in game for your new picture to use then you need to edit several xml files.
country.xml and unlimitedpilots.xml
open these with note pad and have close look at the format, you can add to it, but you must get the format spot on your game wont load.
If you have both ETO and stock CFS3 installed have a look at what I have done with the ETO pilot stuff and you should get a pretty good feel for how it all works.
HTH's
regards Rob.
If you navigate to:
Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 3\uires\pilot folder
yo will see a whole heap of pictures labelled something like pic_thomas.bmp
these are the pictures that display in game when your looking at a given pilot in game.
to change it you make your new picture with say your own face on it.
you then take one of the original pictures and open it up with your texture editing software (photshop or paintshop etc) and use it as a template to place your modified image into.
you need to make the picture 81 x 118 pixels in size.
then you have to save the texture in this format to get it to display properly .bmp 16bit (444)
another thing is you cant use the colour pure black (0,0,0) in the RBG scale. as it will make funny looking holes in your picture in game.
then name your new image to the same as the one you wish to replace and you should now see your new texture ingame.
If you wish to have a completely new pilot in game for your new picture to use then you need to edit several xml files.
country.xml and unlimitedpilots.xml
open these with note pad and have close look at the format, you can add to it, but you must get the format spot on your game wont load.
If you have both ETO and stock CFS3 installed have a look at what I have done with the ETO pilot stuff and you should get a pretty good feel for how it all works.
HTH's
regards Rob.
gosd
Charter Member
Thank you for the help,
I am trying to add Le gloan and Richard to the FRV pilots in MAW
I have made all of the changes to both the country.xml and unlimitedpilots.xml files and added a copy of the pictures file in the uires pilot folder , but when I open the game everything is there except the picture
Is there a file that I am missing ?
I am trying to add Le gloan and Richard to the FRV pilots in MAW
I have made all of the changes to both the country.xml and unlimitedpilots.xml files and added a copy of the pictures file in the uires pilot folder , but when I open the game everything is there except the picture
Is there a file that I am missing ?
Capt. Winters
Charter Member
Hi Gosd,
double check the spelling of your picture names and make sure its the same in your pilot entry in the unlimitedpilots.xml file.
if they are not the same your picture wont show.
there is only the 2 xml files and the pilot picture file.
hmm just thought, the other thing you may need to check is the character file, its listed just under the picture name in the unlimitedpilots.xml file
eg
<Value Name="strPortrait" Value="pilot/Pic_richard.bmp"/>
<Value Name="strModel" Value="BECKER"/>
you need a becker folder inside the characters folder in your main install folder. from memory both character names used are also in MAW.
if you copied the details straight from the ETO files it may be calling for a character thats not in your MAW install as I made a few new ones. this wont affect the picture showing though, its just a heads up for once you get to flying.
regards Rob.
double check the spelling of your picture names and make sure its the same in your pilot entry in the unlimitedpilots.xml file.
if they are not the same your picture wont show.
there is only the 2 xml files and the pilot picture file.
hmm just thought, the other thing you may need to check is the character file, its listed just under the picture name in the unlimitedpilots.xml file
eg
<Value Name="strPortrait" Value="pilot/Pic_richard.bmp"/>
<Value Name="strModel" Value="BECKER"/>
you need a becker folder inside the characters folder in your main install folder. from memory both character names used are also in MAW.
if you copied the details straight from the ETO files it may be calling for a character thats not in your MAW install as I made a few new ones. this wont affect the picture showing though, its just a heads up for once you get to flying.
regards Rob.