Changing default skins in Dgen campaign

[:FI:Ghost]

Hello!

I would like to change default AI skins when playing dgen campaigns. Guys on M4T gave me a link: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php? ... ow&kid=265 to the small tutorial on that subject but I haven't been able to accomplish anything. Can anyone (and by anyone I, of course, mean Sneaky;)) give me assistance?

[:FI:Sneaky_Russian]

Did you open the".db" file from "C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\DGen" with Notepad ?

Did you add any skin names in the [planes] section.

[Planes]
10 F6F5 F6F_Snky.bmp
10 F4U1A
10 F4U1D
10 TBF1C
10 TBM3
10 SBD5 SBD-35_IGn_FI00_SNP.bmp

Then save - make sure its not saved as .txt - if so rename back to ".db"

If you've edited the db file and still not seeing skins; post a copy here with a list of skins/AC.

[:FI:Ghost]

Thank you for your quick reply. I did open the .db file but I don't want to change skins for all planes of the same kind, but rather to change skins for each squadron as it says it's possible to do that in that tutorial.

Here's what I did following the tutorial:

http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dgen1cy5.jpg

I added [Squadrons] and did everything like in that tutorial but nothing happened. My first concern was to figure out which squadron is equipped with wich plane so I did that by checking out some mission files but, as I said, nothing changed. I'd like to assign different skin to each squadron (as I have a lots of skins that I have never even used)...

[:FI:Sneaky_Russian]

Here's what I did following the tutorial:

http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dgen1cy5.jpg

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Could you copy that as a quote pls. Screenshot is difficult to read and impossible to edit or test in mission.

[:FI:Ghost]

Smolensk
[Towns]
10 Obol
10 Shumilino
10 Bobr
10 Tolochin
10 Belunchi
10 Krugloe
20 Gorodok
40 Vitebsk
15 Bogushevsk
30 Orsha
10 Kopys
10 Shklov
20 Liozno
10 Dubrovno
10 Monastyrshchina
10 Gorki
25 Mstislavl
10 Seltso
10 Belyui
5 Zharkovsky
5 Dukhovshchina
5 Yartsevo
50 Smolensk
10 Kolodnya
10 Mostok
40 Mogilev
5 Khislavichi
5 Kadrymovo
5 Demidov
5 Klimovichi
5 Shumyachi
5 Osetr
10 Pochinok
[Schedule]
10701 60
10702 3
10703 3
10704 3
10705 3
10706 3
10707 3
10708 25
10709 25
10710 20
10711 20
10712 20
10713 20
10714 20
10715 20
10716 35
10717 5
10718 5
10719 5
10720 5
10721 10
10722 10
10723 10
10724 10
10725 10
10726 10
10727 20
10728 20
10729 20
10730 20
10731 20
[OOB]
=I_StGOne=II_StGOne=I_JG3=II_JG3=III_JG3=IV_JG3=II_JG27=II_JG27=Stab_JG27=I_JG5_1=II_JG5_1=III_JG5_1=Stab_JG51=I_JG5_3=II_JG5_3=III_JG5_3=Stab_JG53==I_LG2=I_KG1=II_KG1=III_KG1=Stab_KG1=I_KG3=II_KG3=III_KG3=Stab_KG3=I_StG2=II_StG2=III_StG2=IV_StG2=Stab_StG2=4_StG2=StG163=3IAK=3GvIAP=5GvIAP=6GvIAP=9GvIAP=11GvIAP=12GvIAP=16GvIAP=40GvIAP=88GvIAP=116IAP=120IAP=131IAP=148IAP=160IAP=161IAP=163IAP=165IAP=176IAP=178IAP=183IAP=237IAP=239IAP=254IAP=270IAP=272IAP=279IAP=296IAP=511IAP=530IAP=728IAP=7GvShAP=8GvShAP=94GvShAP=166GvShAP=61ShAP=175ShAP=190ShAP=210ShAP=218ShAP=237ShAP=430ShAP=431ShAP=614ShAP=617ShAP=672ShAP=688ShAP=810ShAP=874ShAP=995ShAP=34BAP=
[Squadrons]
I_JG5_1 BF_109F2
skin:Bf-109F-4_Carganico_Blank.bmp
II_JG5_1 BF_109F2
skin:$RussianFrontwhite7valantine.bmp
3IAK MIG_3EARLY
skin:Standard.bmp
[Planes]
62 I_153_M62
33 I_153P
34 I_16TYPE18
37 I_16TYPE24
9 SU_2
5 IL_2_1940Early
9 IL_4_DB3B
21 LAGG_3SERIES4
8 LI_2
25 MIG_3EARLY
8 MIG_3UD
6 PE_2SERIES1
8 U_2VS
13 R_10
13 SB_2M100A
15 SB_2M103
2 TB_3_4M_17
27 BF_110C4B
8 BF_109E4
26 BF_109E4B
16 BF_109E7
18 BF_109E7NZ
62 BF_109F2 RussianFrontwhite14valantineNM.bmp
27 BF_110C4
27 BF_110C4B
26 HE_111H2
36 JU_87B2
42 JU_88A4
11 JU_52_3MG4E
13 FW_189A2
11 FI_156
[Aces]
BF_109E7 BF_109E7 Stab_JG27 Graf von Kageneck
skin:Erbo_Graf_von_Kageneck.bmp
BF_109F2 BF_109F2 Stab_JG51 Mцlders
skin:$Werner_Moelders.bmp
BF_109F2 BF_109F2 III_JG5_1 Hoffmann
BF_109F2 BF_109F2 II_JG5_1 Strelow
BF_109F2 BF_109F2 III_JG5_1 Bдr
skin:Heinz_Baer.bmp
BF_109F2 BF_109F2 II_JG5_1 Hafner
BF_109F2 BF_109F2 I_JG3 LÑÅ’tzow
skin:Guenther_Luetzow.bmp
YAK_1 YAK_1 3IAK S. Suprun
MIG_3EARLY MIG_3EARLY 176IAP Shishov
I_16TYPE18 I_16TYPE18 3IAK Kamenshchikov
I_16TYPE24 I_16TYPE24 3IAK Ridnyi
[Operations] <<ops41-N.dat ops41-E.dat ops41-H.dat

Maybe I am editing a wrong map? I am currently playing Smolensk 1941 as a Mig-3 fighter pilot and I see there are several .db files for that map..

[:FI:Sneaky_Russian]

Could well be.

Try editing "barbarossaH.db"

Smolensk:Barbarossa
[Towns]
10 Obol
10 Shumilino
10 Bobr

etc.............
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