Art mods

[Reg]

So it is all in one place..... (as of 30Dec10)
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Set 001 Version 2 (30Dec10) USN Aircraft:
Part 1 of 3: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2670978
Part 2 of 3: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2670982
Part 3 of 3: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2670985

Set 002 Version 2 (06Oct10) US Army Air Force:
Part 1 of 3: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2593215
Part 2 of 3: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2593217
Part 3 of 3: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2593218

Set 003 Version 3 (31Dec10) Dutch Aircraft:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2671954

Set 004 Version 2 (25Sep10) Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2584520

Set 005 Version 2 (30Dec10) RAF Aircraft
Part 1 of 3: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2585203
Part 2 of 3: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2585206
Part 3 of 3: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2670593

Note: This link to WITP-AE Revolving Bitmap Distribution Manager V1.6 contains a set of MS-DOS script files (with instructions) that you will find very useful if you wish to create your own rotating aircraft side and/or top art set.

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Slots 000 - 019: China Air Force: No Rotating Art req'd.
Slots 020 - 055: Fleet Air Arm: Set004 Ver2
Slots 056 - 140: RAF/IAF: Set005 Ver2
Slots 141 - 158: Dutch: Set003 Ver3
Slots 159 - 224: RAAF: Some done as part of Set002 Ver1*
Slots 225 - 241: RCAF: Not done yet
Slots 242 - 267: RNZAF: Not done yet
Slots 268 - 367: USAAF: Set002 Ver2
Slots 368 - 417: Soviet Air Force: No Rotating Art req'd.
Slots 418 - 999: USN: Set001 Ver2

* Please install Version 1 files first then overwrite with later versions as there may be some overlap of slots as I consolidate the sets.
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To get the best out of this artwork you should have Cathartes' AE planetops installed as well. This is not required but will provide a better match between styles of the default and rotating artwork.

Cathartes' AE planetops can be downloaded from http://www.turkeyvulturesart.info/downloads.htm on Cathartes' Accurate Air Site
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[Mifune]

My my is it christmas already?

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: Tone

Here is Imperial Crest for commissioned Japaneses ships - thank you Tone

Thank you to divepac88 that did this for me.

This looks really good and will make an excellent placeholder for IJN ship screens.

Can someone make up a ready install package for all the major IJN combatants??

(You shouldn't need to do it by hand, there must be a utility or graphics package function that will make multiple copies and automatically renumber them to all the slots....)

[TOMLABEL]

Thanks Reg and Halsey!!!![&o][&o][&o]

[NAVMAN]

To Reg, Halsey, et al.: Outstanding!
Much thks.

Navman

[Halsey]

Next combined USAAF update,

I'm going to have to start making my postings screen sized, so they don't get lost in the thread.[:D]


Photo, fighters, and bombers.
Wing sized updates.[;)]
4 updated bitmaps.

[Mifune]

Nothing has been lost so far [:D] Once again my gratitude.

[Halsey]

ORIGINAL: Mifune

Nothing has been lost so far [:D] Once again my gratitude.

[:D]

Feel free to spread these around.
I don't mind if you share them with other players.

That's why I'm doing them.[;)]

[cantona2]

Many thanks again Halsey

[michaelm75au]

Okay now that the planes and insignia are done, from patch 4
47. Added hooks for revolving ship art similar to aircraft.

The ship art can now revolving.[:D]

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: michaelm

Okay now that the planes and insignia are done, from patch 4
47. Added hooks for revolving ship art similar to aircraft.

The ship art can now revolving.[:D]

Just when the end was in sight........ (won't stop us though!!)

[michaelm75au]

Smokescreen to keep attention from the the game mechanics.[:D]

[TOMLABEL]

ORIGINAL: michaelm

Okay now that the planes and insignia are done, from patch 4
47. Added hooks for revolving ship art similar to aircraft.

The ship art can now revolving.[:D]

Michael,

Where is the doc located to explain how this works?

Very AWESOME addition!![&o]

[michaelm75au]

I thought you fellows would work it out for yourselves.[:D]

It is basically same structure as for the plane folders, but a bit easier as ships are already individual images.
But I'll update the current doc when I get a chance.

AlliedShip_back  (standard/default)
AlliedShip_backYY (where YY is the game year)
AlliedShip_backYY/MM (where YY is the game year and MM is a month with the year)

JapShip_back  (standard/default)
JapShip_backYY (where YY is the game year)
JapShip_backYY/MM (where YY is the game year and MM is a month with the year)

[TOMLABEL]

ORIGINAL: michaelm

But I'll update the current doc when I get a chance.

Thanks, michaelm. Looking forward to the details.

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: michaelm

I thought you fellows would work it out for yourselves.[:D]

It is basically same structure as for the plane folders, but a bit easier as ships are already individual images.
But I'll update the current doc when I get a chance.

AlliedShip_back  (standard/default)
AlliedShip_backYY (where YY is the game year)
AlliedShip_backYY/MM (where YY is the game year and MM is a month with the year)

JapShip_back  (standard/default)
JapShip_backYY (where YY is the game year)
JapShip_backYY/MM (where YY is the game year and MM is a month with the year)

I have updated my revolving artwork utility to handle rotating ship as well as aircraft artwork based on the info above.
(Michael, I assume the transparency files (Shils) are treated in exactly the same fashion...)

If anyone would like this utility to make the creation and formatting of rotating ship art distributions a lot easier, please feel free to use it. (I don't do ships...)

The instructions including a tutorial are included in the zip file.

Any suggestions on how to make this tool (or the instructions) better will be gratefully accepted.

Updated to Version 1.3 due to a bug where the "All Years" image wasn't being written to the correct folder.

Download link below...

[Halsey]

USAAF update 3.
28 new, 2 updates.

[Mifune]

Much appreciated, does anybody know which bitmap the patch overwrote?

[Halsey]

Most are paint fixes on the borders and such.

A few are hidden gems for obscure airgroups, that I've happened to stumble upon.[:D]

Is what I recommend, is to unzip them to a seperate desktop folder.
Then you can actually see the thumbs.[;)]

Paste them to the correct art folder, then it'll ask you to overwrite.
Click no, then you can see which is leftover.
Then you can compare it to the old bitmap.
You can then decide whether to replace the older version.

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: Mifune

Much appreciated, does anybody know which bitmap the patch overwrote?

If you are talking about the V1106c Patch 4 Beta, the attachment shows all the included bitmaps.

This comprehensive patch includes the game interface, map, default aircraft side and top art, default ship side and transparency files. It looks like there will be few items of the new artwork posted in this thread that will be over written by the official patch. However, you may still need to re-install Carthartes' new aircraft tops if you had it installed.

Edit: I use JoneSoft Mod Enabler so I can uninstall my mods, apply the patch then reinstall the mods knowing that nothing has been overwritten.