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#4362585 - 06/07/17 01:56 PM any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ?  
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since I don't browse the developer forum - any news on a Spitfire template or if we will have a new P-51D model replacing the existing one ?

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#4362737 - 06/08/17 11:49 AM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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#4362862 - 06/08/17 10:21 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Goodo Tom - i love your Mustang skins so the update files are going to be very welcomed!


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#4362879 - 06/09/17 01:18 AM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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it would be nice to know what are their plans are - I have only so much free time and it would be a pity to finish updating in time for the developer to release a new model.

#4362995 - 06/09/17 02:58 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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#4363001 - 06/09/17 03:28 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Although I'm strictly your Mustang skins user, I'd recommend not fiddling too much with updating them, as both PBR and DS technologies in DCS 2.1 are too new and unoptimized. We're waiting for announced gamma slider to appear in the next update (hopefully), as a very rough method of dealing with the dreaded bleached look, but most probably there will be numerous lighting tweaks coming in next few months, each of them affecting the way both stock and custom normal and specular maps look.

I guess that's the reason why neither Jocko nor SnowSniper are in hurry to update their custom Spit templates.

No news about official 2.1 templates for aforementioned birds, and no news about updated Mustang 3D model either. The "big thing" from the last newsletter were new AI units and new damage modelling (rightfully so I'd say), but I guess you read it already.

#4363036 - 06/09/17 07:54 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Art_J]  
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even after they optimize it - the old model does not work that well anymore and needs a "refresh"

the DS works OK for me - I can add matt surfaces as well over the skin which is something I need

[Linked Image]

but it is a lot of work now as DS requires more detail in the doing the template


Originally Posted by Art_J

I guess that's the reason why neither Jocko nor SnowSniper are in hurry to update their custom Spit templates.


I don't know who they are - did they made custom templates of an ED template or made one themselves ?

#4363123 - 06/10/17 01:07 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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#4363153 - 06/10/17 05:05 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Originally Posted by Tom_Weiss
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I don't know who they are - did they made custom templates of an ED template or made one themselves ?


Never investigated it closer, to be honest. Their skins look quite different compared to default ones, but in the end, I believe this was where they started off - by reworking defaults. They also wait for the official template, though.

Back to the Mustang, yesterday I was thinking about complaining that WIP shots look too much like painted aluminium biggrin. Looks like that was intended!

#4363164 - 06/10/17 06:11 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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now I have two templates I can use

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[Linked Image]

if it goes smoothly I can give it a try and weather it

#4363615 - 06/13/17 01:26 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Tom,

Tried to PM you. You're over your limit.

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#4363622 - 06/13/17 01:57 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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#4366006 - 06/25/17 08:02 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Art_J]  
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Originally Posted by Art_J
I guess that's the reason why neither Jocko nor SnowSniper are in hurry to update their custom Spit templates.


Quite true. I got way ahead of reality with the F-86 (And the P-51 for that matter) and it led to a huge amount of updates each time ED would change the mapping or how the lighting worked with the model/liveries.

I'm going to take it slow with the Spit and DCS 2.1 so things don't go down that same road... such is life when working with a beta.


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#4368365 - 07/10/17 03:46 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Tom, they've just uploaded the official Spit template. Don't ask me how good it is, though, I'm not qualified to judge it biggrin.
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/texture_templates/spitfire_ix_template/

#4368391 - 07/10/17 05:07 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Lol beat me to it Art



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#4368470 - 07/10/17 08:37 PM Re: any news on a P-51D model ? Spitfire template ? [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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it is odd how poorly done this template is - I spent an hour looking at the lines and there is a lot of misaligned stuff as well, maybe they were chasing model errors and had to do that (misalignment) to try to make it work, the F-5E also needed a lot of rework as well before I could use it, I hope I wont have to edit bump maps as well.

by the time I am finished I'll have worn out another mouse biggrin



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