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[genXgamer]

Hi guys

So I added a Desert folder to a couple of my taxiing aircraft such as the Beaufighter and C47 so that the skin would automatically change when they are placed on a desert map (works great).

I have noticed that there are some maps with camouflage ETO, is this a valid entry or are these map builders kidding themselves and it's simply defaulting to Summer?
I only remember seeing the following folders Summer, Desert, Winter and Pacific.

My testing with a ETO folder created, updated technics entry and placing the aircraft on a map with camouflage ETO has no effect, and yes I've tested in game because the skin does not change in the FMB.

[WxTech]

It's valid. There's also CBI, for China-Burma-India, and MTO for the Med.

[genXgamer]

Okay, then I'll have to re-check what I've done.

One other question then, why is it Pacific and not PTO?

[Frankiek]

Yes all those folders work. Up to 4.09 you have summer, winter and desert,  4.10 introduced theater folders and from 4.12 the possibility to have conditional default skin by country.

Some time back we had a discussion thread on this where you can find also a download with different default skins for the P36\H75

[genXgamer]

Are you sure this applies to cars?   As the only ones that work for me are Summer, Desert and Winter.

[WxTech]

Why Pacific and not PTO? I'd imagine that after summer, winter and desert were already established, with the introduction of Pacific Fighters it would be consistent to use the full word for the Pacific. Only later were the other CAMOUFLAGE properties added, for which the acronym CBI obviously suggests itself, and the other new ones would be consistent with it.

I've not looked into the case for cars and their permitted CAMOUFLAGE map properties. Perhaps the parent class leaves the new ones out of consideration? If that's the case, it could certainly be easily enough redressed.

[WxTech]

I just looked at CarGeneric.class and find the following (basically the same in ArtilleryGeneric, SearchlightGeneric, RocketryGeneric, TankGeneric, BeaconGeneric, StationaryGeneric and AeroanchoredGeneric). Only the three old original camouflage property names are supported. It would be child's play to add code to support any or all of the others (3 through 6). Of course, it would require to add the appropriate folders containing the textures to accompany the particular vehicle.

Currently the summer mesh is loaded for all maps other than winter and desert; that's what the "default" switch case does.

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public Actor unitSpawn(int i, int j, Actor actor)
{
proper.codeName = i;
switch(World.cur().camouflage)
{
case 1: // '\001'
proper.MESH0_NAME = proper.meshWinter;
proper.MESH1_NAME = proper.meshWinter1;
break;

case 2: // '\002'
proper.MESH0_NAME = proper.meshDesert;
proper.MESH1_NAME = proper.meshDesert1;
break;

default:
proper.MESH0_NAME = proper.meshSummer;
proper.MESH1_NAME = proper.meshSummer1;
break;
}


The camouflage property values:

CAMOUFLAGE_SUMMER = 0;
CAMOUFLAGE_WINTER = 1;
CAMOUFLAGE_DESERT = 2;
CAMOUFLAGE_PACIFIC = 3;
CAMOUFLAGE_ETO = 4;
CAMOUFLAGE_MTO = 5;
CAMOUFLAGE_CBI = 6;

[WxTech]

Also in CarGeneric. It's straightforward to add code for desired additional map camouflage types, below the line, "//==============".

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private static CarProperties LoadCarProperties(SectFile sectfile, String s, Class class1)
{
CarProperties carproperties = new CarProperties();
String s1 = getS(sectfile, s, "PanzerType", null);
if(s1 == null)
s1 = "Tank";
carproperties.fnShotPanzer = TableFunctions.GetFunc2(s1 + "ShotPanzer");
carproperties.fnExplodePanzer = TableFunctions.GetFunc2(s1 + "ExplodePanzer");
carproperties.PANZER_TNT_TYPE = getF(sectfile, s, "PanzerSubtype", 0.0F, 100F);
//========================================================================
carproperties.meshSummer = getS(sectfile, s, "MeshSummer");
carproperties.meshDesert = getS(sectfile, s, "MeshDesert", carproperties.meshSummer);
carproperties.meshWinter = getS(sectfile, s, "MeshWinter", carproperties.meshSummer);
carproperties.meshSummer1 = getS(sectfile, s, "MeshSummerDamage", null);
carproperties.meshDesert1 = getS(sectfile, s, "MeshDesertDamage", carproperties.meshSummer1);
carproperties.meshWinter1 = getS(sectfile, s, "MeshWinterDamage", carproperties.meshSummer1);
float f = (carproperties.meshSummer1 != null ? 0 : 1) + (carproperties.meshDesert1 != null ? 0 : 1) + (carproperties.meshWinter1 != null ? 0 : 1);
if(f != 0 && f != 3)
{
System.out.println("Car: Uncomplete set of damage meshes for '" + s + "'");
throw new RuntimeException("Can't register car object");
}


[taly01]

Aircraft viewer only has summer, winter , desert.  I suspect other old game modules were not updated for new theatre codes. 

[genXgamer]

Thanks Glenn

I have to compile a few dimon vehicles so I'll do this as well, not that it's overly important.
Hopefully those CarGeneric changes can be in a future B.A.T. update.