delta6 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) Subdued stars..Can a modder make some>?? Nice M-60A3 in the skin files but they have no American markings.. Edited June 10, 2019 by delta6 delete 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) Have a look at this one and hit me up if there's any additional adjustments you want made; m60a3.dds Edited June 4, 2019 by Breakthrough7 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Looks great..But it needs 1 for the front slope in front of the drivers position.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, delta6 said: Looks great..But it needs 1 for the front slope in front of the drivers position.. Rgr that. Check out this one; m60a3.dds and let me know about size too. The star in front might be a little too big. Edited June 4, 2019 by Breakthrough7 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 I think if all of the stars were the same size as the first 2 you would have a keeper but the color is too black maybe a grey white.....As you look at the M-60A3 do you think it needs more track blocks on the turret rung??( The track blocks thing is a Hint")... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Third time's the charm-- Blackish grey stars; m60a3.dds White Stars; m60a3.dds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Thank you BT-7... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Anytime. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 The mod works just fine..But sometimes a white diamond with the roman numeral 3 pops up on one or more of the tank turrets...Would you know how to eliminate them??Thank you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 12 hours ago, delta6 said: The mod works just fine..But sometimes a white diamond with the roman numeral 3 pops up on one or more of the tank turrets...Would you know how to eliminate them??Thank you My best guess was to turn the file USdecals_early.dds into a transparent field, but that doesn't seem to do the trick. I'll let you know if I figure it out, though maybe someone that knows will chime in sooner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) I found the USdecal_early.dds..Opened it with paintnet the changed the hardness factor to 0...I will run a few missions and give and update..A quick test and that did not work...What part of paint or paintnet do I look at for the "transparent" selection?? Edited June 6, 2019 by delta6 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 Last "request" Could you move the turret stars so they position like this?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) What do you think about these? I moved them forward and up, but I'll probably need to make the stars smaller if we're going to fit them exactly like the one in your picture above. Edited June 7, 2019 by Breakthrough7 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) That is just fine....Now how can I thank you for your work??How do I put the stars on?? How do you do that???So I won't have to bug you for the M-1 and M-1P.... Edited June 7, 2019 by delta6 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 No worries, this stuff helps me chill out. So the path of least resistance is to open up the skin file you'd like to modify, in paint.net, and add the stars using the built in shape tool, which includes a star. Once you've found that, it's a question of orienting, coloring, and weathering the star to your liking, which might require copying the stars to new files, and then back to your skin file. I don't *really* know what I'm doing, so I use the 'adjustments' tab to get change the brightness/contrast of the stars, and then the effects tab to add some noise. m60a3.dds -- Black stars m60a3.dds --White stars 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 So that's how it is done...Okay I can make my own but it will not allow me to save the work..What do I do ?? I also found that size 40 is perfect for the stars in size...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 22 minutes ago, delta6 said: So that's how it is done...Okay I can make my own but it will not allow me to save the work..What do I do ?? I also found that size 40 is perfect for the stars in size...... Not sure what's preventing you from saving but maybe make a copy of the skin you want to use, and move it somewhere besides the SB directory before trying to modify it. Could be permissions related. And once you're able to save it, make sure you've selected file type; direct draw surface (dds). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 Okay ...Is there a way to move the stars on the turret to a new position or to erase them and put in new ones?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Here's a copy of the same skin file with no stars, you should be able to add stars to it from scratch using the magic wand tool, copy and paste. If you end up saving it, rename it m60a3.dds m60a3nostar.dds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 Thank you the size 35 in the star setting and select your color before placing works beautifully...I now am a proud owner of and M-60A3 with subdued white stars...Next projects are M1 series and the M-88...Again thank you.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Glad to help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 This is how it came out.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Now I am being hit with the "diamond plague"...How do I eliminate them?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta6 Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Would you know where I can download all of the American skins prepainted on O.D.??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough7 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) They came out really well, nice work! I still think that maybe the unit marking plates are a function of that decal file, so I'll have another look at it and see if I can't figure out the issue (might be another file with random gear etc affecting it). As for OD green versions of all the American vics, maybe have a look in the downloads section of the forum, you might be able to find what you're looking for. Do you have any particular vehicles in mind, say like Vietnam era vics or everything? Might be another project to start. Edited June 10, 2019 by Breakthrough7 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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