FS REpaint

[Steve_Butka]

Hey guys I'm having a little trouble with it.  I bought it a few weeks ago and just started messing around with it this afternoon.  How do I save a repaint so a to not OVERWRITE the plane that I am painting over?  Is there a "save as" option?  I'm a little confused...

...is there any link to a tutorial for it?  thanks!

[Hagar]

Steve. I haven't tried FS Repaint. I assume this is for FS2002 or FS2004. The method I use for repainting the old way should work just as well for you. Before starting work, take a copy of the Texture folder of the aircraft. Right-click on the Texture folder & select Copy. Then right-click anywhere in the folder & select Paste. You will now have a new folder alongside the original named Copy of Texture. Rename this folder using the FS folder naming conventions - Texture.3, Texture.green, Texture.myrepaint, whatever - & edit Aircraft.cfg to recognise it as a new variation of the aircraft. Now you can start repainting it.

[Felix/FFDS]

FS Repaint creates a copy of the textures

Check the FS Repaint Help - "Creating a New Variation"

Right-click on the aircraft name in the list and choose "create a new variation" and this will prompt you to choose the "base" scheme from which to copy the textues, and automatically creates copies of the textures in a new folder, and the aircraft.cfg entry.  Basically, it automates the process Hagar described.

[GWSimulations]

Before you start repainting, you need to right click on the plane you want to edit, in the box on the left, and select "new variation".