So I heard you guys like racing...

[ATAG_Flare]

Stay tuned ;)

https://i.imgur.com/HEfvt2A.jpg

Don't forget to paint up your Su-26s.

[ATAG_Scones]

Stay tuned ;)

https://i.imgur.com/HEfvt2A.jpg

Don't forget to paint up your Su-26s.

Come on, Flare! What's happening - I can't bear the suspense!

:salute:

[DRock]

https://i.imgur.com/rNbRwW5.jpeg

[farley]

Come on, Flare! What's happening - I can't bear the suspense!

:salute:


Spoiler Alert!!!

I'll give you a hint Scones......

Ezzie hot on the tail of Marlow!

(Oh my..... I think Marlow just wet himself....)

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roflmao

[ATAG_Scones]

Spoiler Alert!!!

I'll give you a hint Scones......

Ezzie hot on the tail of Marlow!

(Oh my..... I think Marlow just wet himself....)

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roflmao

:)

[ATAG_Vampire]

Spoiler Alert!!!

I'll give you a hint Scones......

Ezzie hot on the tail of Marlow!

(Oh my..... I think Marlow just wet himself....)

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roflmao

The chap in front is too young to be Marlow farley. :D

07 :salute:

[ATAG_Knight]

The chap in front is too young to be Marlow farley. :D

07 :salute:

:thumbsup:

[ATAG_Vampire]

Looks more like me racing to pick my Pension up. :grandpa

07 :salute:

[ATAG_Highseas]

Looks more like me racing to pick my Pension up. :grandpa

07 :salute:

only to be mugged by the Highwayman a few moments later :)

[ATAG_Flare]

Mark your calendars for April 7th, tentative date subject to change. Probably around 2000 utc +/- an hour or two. More details to come (have to figure out how to get the track on a server to race it) and I'll post the track soonTM for singleplayer practicing.

But I really want to see all the cool race paintjobs you guys come up with.

[ATAG_Freya]

Let me set the bar really low then:


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That's right! MS paint. And I'm sticking to it. Wrong number on the a/c but I can fix that with about an hours work. (should read '42', common mistake.) Don't tell TFS I can skin this good, plz.

:salute:

PS. sorry my other screen becomes part of the 'screen capture'. Its as weird for me as it is for you.

[DRock]

Let me set the bar really low then:


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That's right! MS paint. And I'm sticking to it. Wrong number on the a/c but I can fix that with about an hours work. (should read '42', common mistake.) Don't tell TFS I can skin this good, plz.

:salute:

PS. sorry my other screen becomes part of the 'screen capture'. Its as weird for me as it is for you.

I can show you GIMP if you like. I’ll be on tonight, maybe with Ribbs.

GIMP is free and I can show anyone who wants to join TS.

[ATAG_Flare]

Not bad for MS Paint Freya!

Another post with more details and maybe the track will come as soon as I can. Working on a bunch of skins right now (totally not just blatant ripoffs of F1 cars, I swear) and the track is pretty much done. Not quite as good I think as Freya's old one, but should still be fun to race.

[ATAG_Dave]

Great Stuff Flare :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:- finally some motivation to dust off the sidewinder. Now I just have to update the game and try to remember how to fly :)

[ATAG_Highseas]

Great Stuff Flare :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:- finally some motivation to dust off the sidewinder. Now I just have to update the game and try to remember how to fly :)

Ha !

Like you were ever going to forget !

Good to see you Dave :salute:

[ATAG_Flare]

Great Stuff Flare :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:- finally some motivation to dust off the sidewinder. Now I just have to update the game and try to remember how to fly :)

Sounds great Dave! Just waiting for you to obliterate all our lap times like you did last time we did racing.

[ATAG_yotheguy]

Where are the old racing videos?

I can't find my old skin.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwj-5i8pQ1c


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo0CuimFwPk

[ATAG_yotheguy]

Ha ha ha

I found a video I barely remember making while looking for my Su-26 skin, that I never even posted from some time in 2016. roflmao


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAPnNsipkCI&feature=youtu.be

[ATAG_Flare]

Where are the old racing videos?

I can't find my old skin.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cPWxXdobqo

You had a great skin, Yo - hopefully you can either do a new one or find the RadBull skin.

If the RadBull doesn't turn up you might have to settle for the RedBlue....

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[ATAG_yotheguy]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cPWxXdobqo

You had a great skin, Yo - hopefully you can either do a new one or find the RadBull skin.

If the RadBull doesn't turn up you might have to settle for the RedBlue....

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Yeah I was looking at making a redbull one too.

https://i.imgur.com/ZomaxOy.png

[ATAG_yotheguy]

Got a bit of a start on it tonight.

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[ATAG_Dave]

I still have my original paint here 38683

Im buggered if I can remember what I need to do with it so that it gets used when i fly???

[ATAG_Scones]

I still have my original paint here 38683

Im buggered if I can remember what I need to do with it so that it gets used when i fly???

Your skin file needs to be placed here:

This PC/Documents/1C SoftClub/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover/PaintSchemes/ Skins/Su-26M.

Then, after you've chosen the Sukhoi in 'PLANE OPTIONS', you select your skin on the Paintscheme dropdown list.

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Hope this helps.

:salute:

[ATAG_yotheguy]

Your skin file needs to be placed here:

This PC/Documents/1C SoftClub/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover/PaintSchemes/ Skins/Su-26M.

Then, after you've chosen the Sukhoi in 'PLANE OPTIONS', you select your skin on the Paintscheme dropdown list.

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Hope this helps.

:salute:

Hmm, I put my skins in the main folder. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Blitz\PaintSchemes\Skins\Su-26M

[Tibsun]

Hmm, I put my skins in the main folder. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Blitz\PaintSchemes\Skins\Su-26M

When you launch CloD and load a skin, it will be copied over to documents anyway.

[ATAG_Dave]

Hmm, I put my skins in the main folder. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Blitz\PaintSchemes\Skins\Su-26M

lovely got it working - thanks for the help fellas :thumbsup:

[ATAG_Flare]

Nice skin Scones!

[ATAG_Scones]

Nice skin Scones!


Thanks, Flare.

I thought it would be fun to do and it was. But it's nowhere near what you guys are doing.

:salute:

[ATAG_Scones]

Hmm, I put my skins in the main folder. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Blitz\PaintSchemes\Skins\Su-26M

That's interesting. Should I be placing my skins in the main folder and do they load quicker from there?

:salute:

[Tibsun]

That's interesting. Should I be placing my skins in the main folder and do they load quicker from there?

:salute:

They load quicker from documents, since it won't need to copy it over there when you load up the skin.
The documents folder is acting as cache folder for all the files that's in there.

[ATAG_Scones]

They load quicker from documents, since it won't need to copy it over there when you load up the skin.
The documents folder is acting as cache folder for all the files that's in there.

Thanks, Tibsun.

I've always placed my skin files in the documents folder just because I am very wary of messing about with anything in the game files. Now, I have a better reason for doing so. :)

[ATAG_Dave]

They load quicker from documents, since it won't need to copy it over there when you load up the skin.
The documents folder is acting as cache folder for all the files that's in there.

Does that mean that it would make sense for us all to upload each others skins into that folder so we dont get that horrible moment of pause (usually as we are flying into a hanger 4 abreast!) as the server uploads someones skin????

[ATAG_yotheguy]

Does that mean that it would make sense for us all to upload each others skins into that folder so we dont get that horrible moment of pause (usually as we are flying into a hanger 4 abreast!) as the server uploads someones skin????

We could test, but I don't think there is any evidence they will load faster for being in the Doc file.

The cache file loads the other players skin with a unique file name (Not the name the player gave it)

Think I'm about done here:
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[ATAG_Flare]

Does that mean that it would make sense for us all to upload each others skins into that folder so we dont get that horrible moment of pause (usually as we are flying into a hanger 4 abreast!) as the server uploads someones skin????

Unfortunately not, Dave. The server will still send the skin over the internet.

Imagine if I knew that your skin was names daves_skin.jpg. I could just make a file called daves_skin.jpg, paint it bright yellow, and it would be way easier for me to see your plane in a dogfight. We wouldn't want that to be possible.

@Yotheguy, nice job! I like the bits on the wingtips and the edges of the elevators.

[Tibsun]

Thanks, Tibsun.

I've always placed my skin files in the documents folder just because I am very wary of messing about with anything in the game files. Now, I have a better reason for doing so. :)

Yeah, If any trouble graphics or game bugs, just delete the documents folder, and the game will refresh it with the main folder files.
I had my graphics issues with the new patch fixed by refrehsing (deleting) the graphics file conf.ini from documents, and also controls not saving fixed by deleting the confuser.ini
And my loadout not saving new customs settings in the new patch fixed by deleting the loadout file user.ini
Just be aware that you lose those settings if you delete them completely.


Does that mean that it would make sense for us all to upload each others skins into that folder so we dont get that horrible moment of pause (usually as we are flying into a hanger 4 abreast!) as the server uploads someones skin????

It defintely boost (or better say skips the pause) on the standard squadron skins, when you try to have a quick look on all the skins in your loadout screen.
So copy all the paintschemes in the main to your documents paintschemes, and your game won't load up (with a big pause) each skin individually when you try to scroll down all the skins for a quick look.

As for custom skins, I don't know if the game accepts it as Flare said, I think DRock thinks it works.
If it works, it defnitely would skip the pause you get!

[ATAG_Scones]

Why are we given two places to store our custom skins? Is it just because we are more likely to lose them if they are placed in the game's skin folder?

[Tibsun]

It's not just two places.
Documents is there for the cache and changes on all the user settings while original settings stay in main with the same name
The game copies over only needed files, if you don't use them they won't be copied over to save space.
Nowadays you probably don't need to save space so it's easier to just copy them manually over there to skip the pause.
It is possible that windows also boosts the documents (user) folders aswell. So it might be quicker to have stuff there.
Lots of games and programs save their cache there.
Guess where your youtube video termporaries are saved - in the user directory.

So just place them in document's and back up your schemes anyway, so you won't lose them either by refreshing your main and your document's.
Otherwise your scheme will be doubled and copied over to documents and have a pause when placed in main.

[ATAG_Scones]

It's not just two places.
Documents is there for the cache and changes on all the user settings while original settings stay in main with the same name
The game copies over only needed files, if you don't use them they won't be copied over to save space.
Nowadays you probably don't need to save space so it's easier to just copy them manually over there to skip the pause.
It is possible that windows also boosts the documents (user) folders aswell. So it might be quicker to have stuff there.
Lots of games and programs save their cache there.
Guess where your youtube video termporaries are saved - in the user directory.

So just place them in document's and back up your schemes anyway, so you won't lose them either by refreshing your main and your document's.
Otherwise your scheme will be doubled and copied over to documents and have a pause when placed in main.

Thanks, Tibsun.

I'll stay with using the documents folder.

:salute:

[ATAG_Scones]

We could test, but I don't think there is any evidence they will load faster for being in the Doc file.

The cache file loads the other players skin with a unique file name (Not the name the player gave it)

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Very nice indeed, Yo'. I think you've set the benchmark with that!

:salute:

[ATAG_TCP]

Aye, top work Yo!
Will be interesting to see what skins everyone comes up with :D

I am trying something simple, yet hopefully interesting ;)

[DRock]

Do we have a racing team expense cap?

I may have blown my budget last night on our team aircraft.

Custom paint, carbon fibre, titanium,...this is getting serious in our hanger.



Looking forward to more events on ATAG.:thumbsup:

[ATAG_Lord Wukits]

I wish i could attend this as well.

Speaking of racing, and more events...

There are some driveable tanks.

[ATAG_Flare]

So that April 7th date doesn't look like it can happen anymore. Gotta get the map set up for MP then we can race it on another weekend!

[DRock]

So that April 7th date doesn't look like it can happen anymore. Gotta get the map set up for MP then we can race it on another weekend!

Is this still gonna happen? Hope so.

[ATAG_Noofy]

Count me in if this materiaizes :thumbsup:

Also let me know if I can be of any help to set this up.

[ATAG_Dave]

Count me in too - love the air racing :thumbsup: