I have tried my first repaint (copy/paste in reality & virtuality) and the results are not that bad. What has me waiting to try another (Osa's Ark, on PaNam S-38: what a beauty she is!)  are those BMP files with an "R" at file the name end. I got away with them on my repaint of "Spirit of Africa", because the nacelle, booms & others, have same color as the all white New York American: so I could paste/copy.

Other color BMP's are posible to edit with Microsoft Paint (some do not accept a color change: just turn gray. Another story that is!). This is what I mean:



opens like this:


and they plague the whole texture folder!


I read here about Pixia, so I installed it, to no avail:

At least, we can see something like interference ...

BUT look at my desk icons after Pixia install!!!

Hope this goes after deleting Pixia ...(or change Icons with PROPERTiES: I'm a believer).

Some program missing I am, free because poor me I am. Do you Masters, have any sugestions ?

I add an (off topic) image of my present repaint advancement, flying around Mount Kilimanjaro (back to the thirties! this is). Took off from Amboseli, Kenya.

Hagar wrote on Jan 11^th, 2013 at 4:16am:


I certainly do hope so! Or it would be of no use ... GRACiAS for this link:  when I opened that page, I went for an intensive course in chinese! In spite of that language barrier, I learn using new tools by the slow (and prooven) method of trial & error (mostly error!) and I am downloading that program. If not bored, I will update my primitive results.

I will keep Pixia, seems a good tool for image handling. & I found the lost Icons of my Lap desk:

Jean Loup wrote on Jan 11^th, 2013 at 11:04am:



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That makes you a few days older than me.

Jean Loup wrote on Jan 11^th, 2013 at 3:27pm:

DXTBmp will do that. File > Save As > Extended Bitmap > Extended 32 bit 888-8

Jean Loup wrote on Jan 11^th, 2013 at 5:31pm:

I just checked this out. The file named fs9_dh89.zip from this link works fine for me. http://www.simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=fs9_dh89&categoryId=&filena...

The auto-installer will extract it to a folder named Dh89a V2. I can see this folder in your shot of your FS9\Aircraft directory.

Jean Loup wrote on Jan 11^th, 2013 at 7:52pm:

Yes, I read your problem with the installer. I can't explain why it doesn't work for you. It might be something to do with Vista. Try again, this time directing the install path to a Temp folder outside the Program Files directory. If it extracts the files you can then install it manually.

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These are common problems with aircraft intended for earlier versions of FS. Some can be fixed & others can't. The best solution is to stick with aircraft created for FS9.

If you must use FS2000/2002 aircraft click the NO option on the warning pop-up.


If you already clicked YES this can be fixed by editing fs9.cfg. Look for the aircraft name under the [FrameCallNoWarn] header. This is an example from my own CFG.

[FrameCallNoWarn]
F-106A=1
B17G=1
B-17G=1
B-17E_RAF=1
Stirling=1
CanbPR9=1
B-17D=1
Lightning F1A=1

If the value of any of them is 0 change it to 1. This will give you the best possible results.

I use DXTBmp  and then Paint Shop Pro, works for me.
By the way Hagar, congrats on making 70, I'm only 65 years young, hope to see 70. The more repaints, the better.

Dave

HAPPY BiRTHDAY, oh Horrible One !! On what date? (or, on what coconut?)

PS.-For some reason. I did not see the "preview button" before today. Nice addition!

Hagar wrote on Jan 12^th, 2013 at 4:41am:
By Hägar, I've got it !! My HUGE stupidity is only matched by my stuborness. (but didn't learn any more about texture R files, though!) It WAS a Vista thing: I ONLY had to run the installer as an ADMiNiSTRATOR !!




Not only could I add the Rothman's DH-89, but added other two camouflage liveries. Well, so much for my textural privateer intents 

Hagar wrote on Jan 13^th, 2013 at 3:41pm:

Yes Master, it only made them invisible for Paint. After downloading all those new (for my ignorance) BMP image handling programs: DXTBmp, Pixia, Gimp, Serif Photo Plus, Image, Alpha Searcher ... like back to Kindergarten, I feel !! but NOT quiting 

Hagar wrote on Jan 14^th, 2013 at 4:00am:
Muchas Gracias, don Hägar el Horrible!!  Salúd !!

Hagar wrote on Jan 14^th, 2013 at 4:00am:
The one I know & have used since inheriting my father's PC (with Windows 95 in 2001, now with Windows XP & somewhat slow, but still trucking) is "Microsoft Paint" in connivance with "Microsoft Office Picture Manager".

Another program that could open the skin files of "SFS 4.1 Demo" is "Serif Photo Plus 6.0"; I used it for skining the Schleicher KA-8B sailplane as mexican (pixel by pixel, a never ending quest). So, I have to  first check them out & THEN decide ...