I'm here to tell ya.. If I can do it ANYONE CAN!   Now I say that meaning the
'Basics' of repainting. I mean no disrespect to the real repaint pro's 

Even if you don't repaint from scratch.. you can greatly improve your flight sim
experience by simply resaving all the default FS9 textures in the DXT3 (No-Mips)
format.

You will s@#t when you see the difference, it's like putting on a new pair of glasses
for the first time.

I wonder why microsoft didn't do this in the first place?  All the AI traffic graffix
become crystal clear.

I've been slowly converting all the aircraft in my hanger that aren't already (No-Mips).

All you need to do this, is download a free copy of a (.bmp converter) I'm not sure
where to get one now-a-days, the one I used seems to be 'not available' anymore
but i'm sure you will find one out there somewhere.

                                          

I mean no disrespect but... I thought this was a old-as-dirt mod for FS9... I remember it being quite the discovery back in 2005~2006, when graphic cards were still not up to withstand some of the heavier textures on graphic intensive add-ons or even default parts of the simulated world, and the various planes liveries blurred something ugly most of the times...

I guess it's time for a re-discovery, as often happens.

garryrussell wrote on Nov 15^th, 2012 at 11:59am:


DHT3 is not THE FINAL SOLUTION to the problem, but sure as hell is a solution for 90% of the liveries. The info loss is felt only on some liveries, in others there's almost no quality drop.

The correct suggestion may then be to try and compress the liveries and then see if they are still good BEFORE to get rid of the source uncompressed 32Bit textures. If the quality drop barely registers, then OK. On the other hand, should the compressed texture be visibly compromised instead, better find another solution.

Thanks Mr. Hagar for putting the hyper link up there.

Yeah guys, I am using an old dinosaur. I guess this method is out of date
these days.

I'm using an '04 sony computer. I can't afford a new PC. I got carried away
by the visual improvement over what it was like. BLAAAAACHH!

It's a shame cause the computer I'm using to write this is only a year old.
I wish I could use this one.

Yeah I would love to use 32 bit but it kills the frame rate. Like for instance
these awesome new releases from Vitavia/Alpha, 'get this' I'm rolling out the
door at a whopping (4-FPS) Ahhh.. good times!

It gives me a good idea of how many panels are used on the fuse, as I watch
the aircraft being built every time I switch to spotter mode.