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Post by sraces on Oct 15, 2011 15:13:51 GMT
I was wondering if someone could help me out with the texture image issue I'm having with any version of the RC-135 by Gary Carlson. The aircraft works fine for me in FSX with the exception of the texture area for the air refueling panel.
In normal daytime light the panel is white and not transparent. In any other time frame (dusk, dawn, night), the panel is transparent. I'm sure it's probably related to an alpha channel or something related to when the texture was created.
I do have the DXTBMP program and Photoshop and have made textures in the past for various aircraft across different games (IL-2, FSX, etc.). This one is pulling my hair out. Any thoughts or suggestions out there? Thanks!
SRAces
USAF (retired)
5,000 hours RC-135 aircraft.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 15, 2011 22:39:54 GMT
Unusual for Gary to make a mistake .... since he designed those models and most of their supporting textures. It sounds, to me, like 1 of the night nectures "might not" currently be named correctly, or is missing completely, for that particular aircraft texture .... which is "possibly" why you're seeing transparency at night only. The night texture BMP's are normally suffixed "L" .... but .... I'm not sufficiently familiar with these texture subjects (or FSX) to be able to confirm this is inded the cause of your problem  Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by sraces on Oct 16, 2011 5:35:47 GMT
aerofoto,
Thanks for your input. I can't remember having the issue in FS2004. I did play around with the alpha channel on the air refueling panel texture and managed to fix it so the main area is not transparent. The warning lines are still transparent due to flipping the colors on the Alpha channel from black to white, but I can live with it.
Regards,
SRAces
USAF (retired)
5,000 hours RC-135
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 16, 2011 19:34:20 GMT
If our texture work fine in FS9 .... then 99.999 % of the time they should also work fine in FSX .... in regard to the models/textures we/HJG provide at least. There are some .... but very few (only 3 that I'm aware of) .... situations "here" where a particular texture that displays fine within FS2004 demonstrates issues in FSX. Another thing I'm also now curious regarding .... We offer 7 RC135 textures in total here .... 3 for the CFM powered version and 4 for the P&W powered version. Is this refuelling refuelling panel texture an issue with all of these aircraft textures in FSX .... OR .... is it an issue with just your 1 particular texture of choice ? The only thing I caution is .... Make sure you're indeed using these RC135 textures with their correct and corresponsing RC135 Aircraft Base Pack models. From memory there are a variety of 3D models for these aircraft within each base pack and it's "ESSENTIAL" these textures be assigned the correct version .... OR .... issues can/will arise. Check the MODEL= data line in your ADD TO AIRCRAFT (as contained within the texture ZIP file) .... and be sure what currently appears in the MODEL= data line of your AIRCRAFT.CFG for thi particulars texture (as instaslled within FSX) matches that within the texture ADD TO AIRCRAFT data. I notice differences between the aircraft subjects appearing in your images and wonder if some of your RC135 textures might, inadvertently, be assigned incorrect models ..... and therefore "possibly" be the cause of this issue !  Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by +mrfaosfx on Oct 20, 2011 10:58:14 GMT
I've never seen a plane like this before, I thought it was a picture of a hamster at first. What does it have inside the big cheeks? lol
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Post by garryrussell on Oct 20, 2011 19:23:23 GMT
I've never seen a plane like this before, I thought it was a picture of a hamster at first. What does it have inside the big cheeks? lol DC 8's   |
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 20, 2011 19:58:20 GMT
I'm sure Garry's just kidding  .... the comedian I know him to be ;D The DC8 fuselage lobes are "quite different". These swellings on the RC135 (and they're even more prominent on some of the other C135 class aircraft) actually protrude quite significantly beyond the width of original B707/C135 TYPE fuselage barrel. Guess they house a lot of that "Secret Squirrel" equipment Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by garryrussell on Oct 20, 2011 20:24:30 GMT
What I mean is..it eats DC 8's ;D
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Post by +mrfaosfx on Oct 20, 2011 20:29:31 GMT
DC8 are very poisonous! lol
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 20, 2011 20:48:36 GMT
I told ya Garry was "a comedian" .... but .... just wait until he really gets wound up ;D "INFECTIOUS/CAPTIVATING" .... might be more appropriate terminology   ;D Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by +mrfaosfx on Oct 20, 2011 22:31:28 GMT
Ha ha, I meant no disrespect garry. It is a wonderful plane, I was sort of trying to be a comedian myself but thankfully, phew ... nobody took it the wrong way.
Aircraft like these are always nice too look at because they have a feature that makes them unique from any other aircraft out there. The Airbugs Beluga is one, this aircraft depicted here, the DC8 with its nostril and I believe there is one aircraft out there with an enourmous nose, all I could think of was pinnochio airways when I saw that one, lol.
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.... the comedian I know him to be ;D
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