Designing my own livery for 747-8i.

[gray1]

Hello,
I once saw a video submitted by VladFlyer where he flew the 747-8i. But his livery was a custom job, mainly black with added graphics.
Does anyone know how he did this please?

Thank you in advance,
Gray.

[Johan G]

Basically you will need to copy, change name of and edit both a PNG file with the texture and a XML file that will let FlightGear know that your livery is there. You should find existing liveries in 747-8i/Models/Liveries/. Unfortunately there do not seem to be a paintkit (in essence a livery template) available.

A good start should be the FlightGear wiki article: Howto:Edit a livery (permalink).

[tikibar]

Paintkits are included in the 747-8i package for both the -8i and -8f variants. These give you blank templates to get you started. They're located in the 747-8i/Models/Paintkit directory.

[Johan G]

[...] located in the 747-8i/Models/Paintkit directory.

Thank you. Somehow I did not see them.

[gray1]

Hello Tikibar,
Thank you for all you've helped me with.
I actually lived in Atlanta in '85/'86. We were based about 2 miles from Dobbins AFB, & on that site Lockheed built the C130 & the C5B Galaxy. They then used the base to test fly these aircraft, & if you were outside our condo the Galaxy was low, huge, & beautiful to see. They almost always flew over us because the runway was absolutely parallel to us. We lived on Terrell Mill R'd in Marietta. I was fortunate enough to know an AF employee who took me on site & gave me a tour of the C5B.
Great days.

Thank you again my friend,
Gray.