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Avianca N973AV Airbus A330-300 RR
steve dra commented on gustavoaguiar's file in Aerosoft A330 professional liveries
Wonderful paint my friend and one of my favorite South American liveries! Please...PLEASE paint the little section on the tail that is white on all your paints! When you see it in your great preview pics...you can't un-see it afterwards and its a glaring eyesore from what is otherwise a stellar paint! Here is it's exact location on the texture map for the tail.... -
Korean Air HL7587 A330-300 RR
steve dra commented on steve dra's file in Aerosoft A330 professional liveries
Ahh...yes....I saw those photos when I was researching this paint. As it turns out...they had 2 variations as to where the Korean Air was painted on the fuse. The one you show and the one that I painted...shown here: https://www.planespotters.net/photo/330601/hl7587-korean-air-lines-airbus-a330-323 Thanks for pointing it out.....I actually looked at those same pics when I was finalizing my paint and thought to my horror that I painted it wrong....then when I compared them to the actual pics I downloaded and used for this paint...I noticed the difference. Who knew that KAL changed the position of the Korean Air on the fuse....I certainly didn't before I started this project. Actually looking closer at my paint...the font is in the correct place but does seem to be a bit smaller...vertically speaking. It looks to go just above the door line...I'll check it out and correct if its not just the angle of the screenshots I'm looking at. Thanks for the feedback! -
Korean Air HL7587 A330-300 RR
steve dra commented on steve dra's file in Aerosoft A330 professional liveries
Can you be a little more specific? Maybe screenshots compared to real pics as a reference? I "think" you may be talking about the Korean logo acting at the "O" in "Korean Airlines"....let me see what you're seeing and I'll correct it if needed. Thanks! -
Repaint requests (A330)
steve dra replied to Tom A320's topic in Repaints \ Liveries \ Livery Manager
Looks great Brian! Think I like this paint on the freighter the best!!! -
Hey Brett... My plate is pretty full at the moment. I haven't even gotten the new CRJ yet. Asd I have no idea how different the texture maps are for it in comparison to the older version. In addition to the A330 paints you may have seen by me (just look here.....Steve's A330 paints)..... ...I'm also a PMDG beta team member and have been painting the Baby Boeing for the upcoming release (its not released yet).... So its not like I don't want to move the textures over (or even update them using the new PBR method I did for my American A330 Mica-infused silver paint shown below)....its just a little crazy at the moment for me. -
Repaint requests (A330)
steve dra replied to Tom A320's topic in Repaints \ Liveries \ Livery Manager
Released.... -
Version 1.0.0
1385 downloads
To install this aircraft, copy the following text into your 'aircraft.cfg', inside the folder 'SimObjects\Airplanes\Aerosoft A333 RR Professional'. Replace the X in [FLTSIM.X] by the next number in your sequence (like [FLTSIM.11,12 etc]) [FLTSIM.xx] title = Aerosoft A333 professional Air Europa Old EC-LXR sim = A330-343 model = panel = sound = texture = EC-LXR kb_checklists = AirbusA333_check kb_reference = AirbusA333_ref atc_id = EC-LXR atc_airline = Air Europa atc_flight_number = 1000 ui_manufacturer = Airbus ui_type = A330-343 ROLLS-ROYCE ui_variation = Air Europa ui_typerole = Commercial Airliner ui_createdby = Aerosoft atc_parking_types = GATE,RAMP atc_parking_codes = AE description = Airbus A330 - 343 RR / Air Europa Old EC-LXR \nwww.aerosoft.com\nRepaint by Steve Drabek Next, copy the complete texture.EC-LXR folder in the zip file to the your \AS Airbus 330\Aerosoft A330 Professional\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aerosoft A333 RR Professional folder (your folder will be wherever you installed the Airbus) That's it! -
Repaint requests (A330)
steve dra replied to Tom A320's topic in Repaints \ Liveries \ Livery Manager
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Repaint requests (A330)
steve dra replied to Tom A320's topic in Repaints \ Liveries \ Livery Manager
Thanks! It should be ready soon. -
Repaint requests (A330)
steve dra replied to Tom A320's topic in Repaints \ Liveries \ Livery Manager
Looking Stellar as usual Brian! Freight Dawgs will now have the Bus with a few carriers to haul boxes in. -
Repaint requests (A330)
steve dra replied to Tom A320's topic in Repaints \ Liveries \ Livery Manager
Thanks. When I get in a painting groove, I can pop them out at a pretty good pace (with Quality always in mind of course) This one is going to be easy after the last few: (and I like the livery....2nd airframe I've painted it on) -
Repaint requests (A330)
steve dra replied to Tom A320's topic in Repaints \ Liveries \ Livery Manager
air Hongkong/DHL A330 P2F now in the library: @mousemansteven VP-BLX is correct. The door is only there by virtue of paint and editing of the bump and metal maps. Aerosoft would have to provide a model with a operating cargo door for it to open. Not sure if the model/coding work involved on both a dedicated freighter (A300-200F) and the P2F conversion of a passenger A330-300 would be a viable ROI for Aerosoft ...so I don't think we'll ever see the model...but if we do...this paint will be ready for it. -
Version 1.0.0
850 downloads
A lot of special work went into this paint. I modified the metal and bump maps to emulate the cargo door where there is none in the model. NOTE: The cargo door is non-functional! It was created by texture mods and visual effects only. If a freighter (or P2F) version of the A330 is released this paint can be modified to use it. A special thanks to Brian Thibodeaux for his assistance with texture validation and paint correction. He's up close to DHL, POLAR, Atlas aircraft in the real world every day so his keen eye for the exact details makes this one of the most accurate DHL paints out there. To install this aircraft, copy the following text into your 'aircraft.cfg', inside the folder 'SimObjects\Airplanes\Aerosoft A333 RR Professional'. Replace the XX in [FLTSIM.XX] by the next number in your sequence (like [FLTSIM.11,12 etc]) [FLTSIM.XX] title = Aerosoft A333 professional air Hongkong/DHL B-LDO sim = A330-343 model = SD3 panel = sound = texture = B-LDO kb_checklists = AirbusA333_check kb_reference = AirbusA333_ref atc_id = B-LDO atc_airline = DHL atc_flight_number = 1000 ui_manufacturer = Airbus ui_type = A330-343 ROLLS-ROYCE ui_variation = DHL B-LDO ui_typerole = Commercial Airliner ui_createdby = Aerosoft atc_parking_types = GATE,RAMP atc_parking_codes = EI description = Airbus A330 - 343 RR / air Hongkong/DHL B-LDO \nwww.aerosoft.com\nRepaint by Steve Drabek Next, copy the complete texture.XXXXXXX folder in the zip file to the your \AS Airbus 330\Aerosoft A330 Professional\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aerosoft A333 RR Professional folder (your folder will be wherever you installed the Airbus) That's it! ---------------------------------------------------- Steved20@yahoo.com Do not use any of my material without prior consent please -
Repaint requests (A330)
steve dra replied to Tom A320's topic in Repaints \ Liveries \ Livery Manager
Paint finished except for the final visual inspection....in which I took this shot for your viewing pleasure. -
Repaint requests (A330)
steve dra replied to Tom A320's topic in Repaints \ Liveries \ Livery Manager
Tail is done. Brand spankin' new. (Because it really is...the plane has only been B-LDO for a few weeks now) The work you don't see is that in order for the textures to be totally correct on the doors....(no metal reflection off the lower door plate on the L4 door....because its not there)...you have to edit 3 maps, and 1 texture and 2 channels on EACH map...for a total of NINE items you have to touch (some is painting, some is removing things).....JUST to capture this ONE effect properly. Ugh....it is a LOT of work!!! Forget to edit the bump map or the Metal map.....and you'll see this: What drives a lot of new painters nuts is trying to figure out why they take that metal plate off the main texture map....but still see what "appears" to be the plate...when in reality...that is actually the "metal'ness" and "Bump" of those 2, totally separate maps acting on that area. All this knowledge comes from just doing it for so long...playing with all the maps to see how they effect the model in flightsim....there is no magic here, hehe. OK Dave....maybe I am a Master painter...but only because of the reasons I mentioned in my other post...LOL
