Simviation Forum - Another painting question...

Sep 1^st, 2004 at 4:22pm

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Is there a way to do metalic paint colors, such as like these cars?

I would like to do a cream white/metalic charcoal/metalic burgundy scheme for my CITX.

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Reply #1 - Sep 1^st, 2004 at 5:47pm

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You can do this with any paint program, you just need to change the reflective properties (the alpha channel). To do this, you need a program called DXTBmp.

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Reply #2 - Sep 1^st, 2004 at 5:58pm

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Alphas don't work in CFS2, so the alternative is to build with "specular" materials under the textures.

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Reply #3 - Sep 2^nd, 2004 at 2:45am

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Oh, that's it? Well than here I go... Cheesy

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Reply #4 - Sep 2^nd, 2004 at 10:32pm

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Please tell me you aren't trying to fly a Citation X in CFS2 . . . Roll Eyes

Besides, the only ones I have seen are for either 2k2 or 2k4, and have reflective textures.

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Reply #5 - Sep 3^rd, 2004 at 4:19am

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Please tell me you aren't trying to fly a Citation X in CFS2 . . . Roll Eyes

Besides, the only ones I have seen are for either 2k2 or 2k4, and have reflective textures.

Yeah, I have my CitX outfitted wth a pair of Aim-9X's and 4 Aim-120's.......

......no........

FS9 dude.........

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Reply #6 - Sep 3^rd, 2004 at 7:58pm

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Hehe!

Okay, then using reflective textures will work just fine. Just make the alpha channel's grey textures darker to add more shine. 128,128,128 works pretty well for good reflection. Any more than that and you lose most of the color.

Oh, and make the colors da. If you're using green, for instance, make it about 128,192,192.

Aim-9x's . . . Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Sep 3^rd, 2004 at 10:52pm

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Lmao

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