When my massive re-skinning project reached the plane stage, it hit a snag. Dwights Camo Sprayshop doesn't support planes in its current incarnation. Frustration quickly gave way to problem solving and within a couple of minutes I had a solution.
Split plane images files into a format supported by DCS, use DCS to apply the skins and finally reassemble the split files into a file that Panzer Corps could use. Now to code it. There were a couple of minor obstacles, mainly the position of the small icon when DCS applies a skin and when DCS fills its units combobox, but some repositioning solved that easily enough.
Here's a screenshot of the program:
- PcPlaneIconTool.jpg (33.92 KiB) Viewed 4085 times
Here's a screenshot of the before images. Basically, my program processes a folder indicated by the user. It takes all plane image files and splits them. The split files can then be used by DCS.
- split_files.jpg (81.66 KiB) Viewed 4085 times
Here's a screenshot of the after images. DCS has rendered two files and my program has joined them into a single file, ready for use within Panzer Corps. Again, my program processes a folder of the users choice, in this case my DCS output folder.
- joined_files.jpg (69.81 KiB) Viewed 4085 times
Included is my program, including the source folder. Feel free to change or just look. See the post below.
[Edit: Crappy Rapidshare link removed]
I hope some of you will find this of use.
