Icon Blues

[luisfeliztirado]

Am I the only person in the entire world who has repainted the Flight aircraft?

I hope not.

Here is my custom Icon A5.





I like the blues! ;D Out for a spin in my shiny new paint job.









Then, back to the Honolulu Seaplane Base.







Best regards.
Luis

[Tom Constantine]

I think you might be the only repainter. Would you care to tell us how?

[luisfeliztirado]

Sure, Tom. Glad to. ;D Although there is no great secret or mystery about it.

Just do... what we have always done! ;D

In short:

1. Load texture in image editor.
2. Re-paint.
3. Fly new livery.

Nothing has changed, the textures are in the same format as before, DXT in a DDS wrapper. We can use the same tools also - I use Martin Wright's DXTBmp so as to preserve the alpha channel, and The GIMP to edit the image (since I can't afford Photoshop. )

There is only one new thing. Each DLC is in a container (pak) with all files inside. This container is neither encrypted nor compressed, so we can fairly assume that it only serves to facilitate distribution.

Flight does not read or load compressed paks, so we must be careful not to compress it when we have finished repainting the texture.

What I do is extract all the contents with any zip utility (7Zip is free and works well), repaint the texture, then zip everything up again without compression (Store, not Compress), and give it the same name as the original.

You did back up the original, didn't you? Then, just fly with your pretty new airplane.

If Flight returns an error when launched, it is because you have inadvertently compressed the pak. Trust me on this.

That's it!

Let's see more custom paint jobs, please.

Best regards.
Luis

[beana51]

Nice Job!..darn Luis,yer so talented.What you are demonstrating is what could be done to "FLIGHT:..As surly as it was done to FS9,and FSX....What a lost opportunity for those other talented people to once again Create,Improve,Elevate....Well that's not to be..Our Loss....Nice Work Luis!


The BIG Question is..HOW CAN I GET THAT BEAUTIFUL PAINT??? ;D

[luisfeliztirado]

Thank you, Vin. It's very kind of you.

This is my personal livery for the Icon. It has my "vanity" registration - HI for the country, and then my initials.

Also, there is the logo for my fictional company.





My company has one pilot, me, who flies either an ultralight or the Cub, and only has one passenger - me! ;D But, at least I have a nice logo. It is the basilisk, a South American lizard that scoots rapidly over the surface of the water. Appropriate for the Icon. And for the Cub, as well.

Best regards.
Luis

[beana51]

Just Great Luis..all of it...Nice....That Lizard,here on the Gulf Coast we have small green lizards ..Millions of them..all over the out side of my,and all others homes..Part of the scenery....Your lizard? per chance is that the “Jesus Christ Lizard,”.....So called because it can run over water.??....the Tropics continue to amaze me..all so foreign from a North Eastern environment........Have FUN LUIS!!....Vin!!

[luisfeliztirado]

Absolutely, Vin.

"The Common Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus) is a lizard found in Central and South American rainforests near rivers and streams.The basilisk is part of the corytophanid family. It is also known as the Jesus Lizard, Jesus Christ Lizard, or Lagarto de Jesus Cristo for its ability to run on the surface of water."

I use the green basilisk as a logo.

"The plumed basilisk, Basiliscus plumifrons, also called a green basilisk, double crested basilisk, or Jesus Christ lizard, is a species of corytophanid in Latin America."

;D

Best regards.
Luis