paint MH-9 different colour

I've worked out how to use a JPG file for a offroad. Very cool! Can we do the same with helicopters and other cars?

yes you can. works pretty much the same. some vehicles require multiple hiddenselections to be completely covered with a texture.

example:

this setObjectTexture [0,"image.jpg"];

this setObjectTexture [1,"image.jpg"];

etc.

there is a lot of paint for MH-9, already included in the game, check in cfg

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/830078380496173161/1E8BA8601CC3AA84BFDD3227D1965B7594CF0165/1024x640.resizedimage (201 kB)

Edited December 8, 2013 by Zigomarvin

Thanks. Just done my first one, thanks :)

skins for the mh-9:

//null = [this] execVM "heliSkins.sqf";

waituntil {!isnull player};
sleep 1;

_heli = _this select 0;

_skins = 
[

"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Heli_Light_01_ext_Blufor_CO.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\heli_light_01_ext_uni_mc.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\heli_light_01_ext_indp_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\heli_light_01_ext_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\heli_light_01_ext_blue_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\heli_light_01_ext_ion_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_blueline_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_digital_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_elliptical_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_graywatcher_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_jeans_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_shadow_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_sheriff_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_furious_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_speedy_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_sunset_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_vrana_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_wasp_co.paa",
"A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_wave_co.paa"

];

for "_i" from 0 to (count _skins)-1 do {
_skin = _skins select _i;
player sidechat str _skin;
_heli setObjectTexture [0,_skin];

sleep 5;
};

Is there any way to see the skins without extracting PBOs etc? That's really handy that.

Mattar_Tharkari's script will switch skin every 5 seconds, you just need to put it in a .sqf file and to call it with "null = [this] execVM "heliSkins.sqf";" in the init field. Or you can apply it with setObjectTexture, like this:

this setObjectTexture [0, "A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_sheriff_co.paa"];

or faster, aim the chopper and enter this is the debug consol:

cursorTarget setObjectTexture [0, "A3\Air_F\Heli_Light_01\Data\Skins\heli_light_01_ext_sheriff_co.paa"];

there is a lot of paint for MH-9, already included in the game, check in cfg

Could you please clarify where exactly to look? I checked CfgVehicles like 10 times and didn't found anything except hiddenSelectionTextures but those are default. Edited December 8, 2013 by Semiconductor

all skins are listed in the Mattar_Tharkari's script, you can apply them by his script or by using this code: cursorTarget setObjectTexture [0, "oneOfListedTexturesPathInMattarTharkarisScript.paa"];

Yup, but you mentioned that names of those additional textures can be found somewhere in cfg. There is other vehicles with multiple skins and it would be nice if names of their skins can be found without all that unpacking stuff, like TheTrooper said.

Yeah that's true. There really needs to be a visual reference somewhere.

all skins are listed in the Mattar_Tharkari's script, you can apply them by his script or by using this code: cursorTarget setObjectTexture [0, "oneOfListedTexturesPathInMattarTharkarisScript.paa"];

make sure you use setObjectTextureGlobal if you want to use it in Multiplayer.

setObjectTextureGlobal

Now JIP compatible

@Beerkan, noticed, twice ^^,

@Semiconductor, yep sorry, seem not to be in cfgs but in pbo libraries, i will ask to Titters (the guy who made this script), he spent a lot of time working on MH-9

skins for the mh-9:

This is indeed a very awesome script to browse textures.

Would it be somehow possible to find all possible textures within the units config?

That would make it usable on any vehicle without rewriting/finding other textures by hand!