5-19-01
The PYOD scouts below have now been included on the 4 Aerocraft
models collection along with 27 new PYOD
version 2-seaters , bombers and alternative scouts !:)
Struts
, pilot/gunner bodies , guns and tailskids on RB's aerocraft are
normally assigned a unshading solid color, 'palleted' or 'RGB'
value 'material'
Von Tom discovered that by assigning the FUS texture to a strut
material , the upper left single pixel of a fuselage .bmp controls
the color of the strut part , and they will have the same shading
properties as painted parts .'FUS' assignment in the .dml calls
up whatever fuselage bmp an aerocraft's scheme has , whether an
03xx00zz type from UOPs , or the name in a paint .cfg file.
This
means you can easily paint those strut parts to match your MP
Paint schemes using PYOD model files.This
pixel never displays on your plane's fuselage tho , as it 'wraps'
above the cowling shape.
I
then made a new texture type , a small 4 x 4 pixel solid color
"pixxx.bmp" and replaced the palleted pilot/gunner material
with these textures using names like 'piDr1' ,'piN24' , etc. for
each plane type.This
resulted in a properly shading pilot body , easily paintable by
the player for each PYOD plane type.
Beyond
that , each plane type has it's own propxx02.bmp assigned , rather
than the one prop0000.bmp for all planes
in stock form , which can be repainted for unique external view
props.I have renamed custom engine graphics from the originally
used 'xxgrillxx' type names to 'eng1Sop' and 'eng2Nup' type names
, repainted those graphics , and increased the variety from model
to model , so you can have a Le Rhone graphic on early planes
, Clerget on later rotaries .
Most
player made aerocraft models now use PYOD techniques to paint
pilot - gunner bodies and other small parts.
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