Multiple textures

[Chris B]

I have been looking at the JustFlight Tiger.

The file structure is chaotic! Textures are repeated and you have to make four copies of the same texture to cover each mdl variant per paint.

No wonder the Tiggie folders occupy over 600 MB on your hard drive!

Right - question time, and I know this post could be elsewhere. I am asking here though, because a painter may know:

Can I "alias" in the aircraft.cfg to a different folder for paint textures? If so, what's the proper context?

Ta muchly in advance.

OK, and now the OT question - how do I write the alias line correctly in the aircraft.cfg to do the same for panels and sound.

I have found the container SDK context for doing it in the panel and sound folders. I am looking for the context in the aircraft.cfg.

[Admin]

Chris-
I think the textures are called from the model file and they are expected to be in a texture or texture.xx folder. Also, Bill Lyons sometimes put common texture files in the main texture folder so they did not need to be repeated for each model.

[windrunner]

Sorry, I can't help you 'cause I don't have the JF's Moth.

[Chris B]

admin said:

Chris-
I think the textures are called from the model file and they are expected to be in a texture or texture.xx folder. Also, Bill Lyons sometimes put common texture files in the main texture folder so they did not need to be repeated for each model.

Hmmm, interesting.

By the way, I have found that FSX has a texture.cfg file and that uses "fallback" as an alias method. That could work - and I might just try it. Simply delete the files and allocate the fallback to a master paint folder.

As for FS9 - well, it would be interesting to know how the path to the paint is defined...

If it is just "look in the same folder as this mdl is in", then I could see a way round it by putting all the mdls and textures in one folder. Then rebuild the aircraft.cfg by hand.

Ah, I know the guy who built the Cheyenne... we work for the same people. I'll be back.