Markoz wrote on Sep 7^th, 2014 at 4:02am:


Hi Markoz

Thank you very very much for sharing this. And of course, a special thanks to Ed Knapp for doing it.

Now it's time to hide the credit card from my wife and go shopping. 

Thank you guys!!!

Best regards
Cristiano Mueller

tanomueller wrote on Sep 10^th, 2014 at 2:35pm:

I just looked at mine and it is the same!

I have fixed it now.

When I converted the BMP to DDS using DXT1 Bitmap Manipulator, I was following the instructions in the cs707_manual1.pdf:

HOW TO CONVERT LEGENDARY 707 (FS9) LIVERIES?
We advisedly used Legendary 707 exterior textures layout on the 707 Captain to provide maximum of
compatibility with the Legendary 707 free liveries.
The following steps will help you to convert and add the Legendary 707 free liveries to the 707 Captain:
1. Take bmp files b1, b2, b5, b6 from any Legendary 707 free livery zip.
2. Create new texture.yournewliveryname subfolder in ...\SimObjects\Airplanes\CS_B707-300 and copy the
b1, b2, b5, b6 files there.
3. Create and copy 256x128 thumbnail.jpg into the same subfolder.
4. Convert the b1,b2,b5,b6 bmps into DDS as follows:
b707_b1_t.dds - DXT3 WITH ALFA
b707_b2_t.dds - DXT3 WITH ALFA
b707_b5_t.dds - DXT1 NO ALFA
b707_b6_t.dds - DXT1 NO ALFA
5. Add new [fltsim.XX] section to aircraft.cfg

See how is says to convert the b1 & b2 to DXT3 WITH ALPHA? Well I did that.
I converted them to DXT1 NO ALPHA  this time, and they look fine. The orange on the textures is now red!
So remove the first one, download the the one in the link below, then add it using ACE.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xgj322qkwp6j6o1/John%20Travolta%20707%20Captain%20FSX_...

It should be fine this time!

tanomueller wrote on Sep 12^th, 2014 at 12:53am:

Not a bother to me at all.

I did notice that the red was orange, which annoyed me, but I did not notice that the gear doors and rear cargo door were transparent.
It was simply a case of testing the b707_b1_t.dds and b707_b2_t.dds files using DXT1 NO ALFA. Fortunately, it worked great.

This is how I do it (and Photoshop has nothing to do with it).

1a. I open the BMP/DDS files with DXTBmp.exe (you can download it from here: http://mwgfx.co.uk/download/dxtbmpxnew.exe).
1b. When opening the BMP/DDS files, I right click on them and select *Open with
2a. To convert a BMP to DDS DXT1/DXT3/DXT5 (with Alpha), from the menu I select Image > Flip Image and Alpha
2b. To convert BMP to DDS DXT1 (no Alpha), from the menu I select Image > Flip Image (seeing as you won't be using the Alpha, there is no need to Flip it!.
3.   I then select File > Save as > DDS Texture, and then select, from the Save as type:, either DXT1 (no alpha), DXT1, DXT3 or DXT5, and then click on **Save.

* The first time you want to open BMP/DDS files with DXTBmp.exe, you will need to browse for it, so make sure you take note of where it gets installed (mine is NOT in the default location). Once you've done that the first time, DXTBmp should be available in the list for opening BMP/DDS files. I actually chose DXTBmp to be the default program for opening DDS files, so I only need to double click on them to get them open in DXTBmp.

** If I have opened the file in DXTBmp using the right click Open with, it will automatically want save it in the folder from where it was opened. Seeing as the BMP files are being saved as DDS, you don't need to worry about the original BMP file as it will nt be changed, but if you are saving it as a modified DDS file, then it will sk to overwrite the original file, so make sure you back up all the original files BEFORE making any changes to them!.

I hope these instructions are clear enough for you so you can do it yourself. Please let me know if they aren't clear enough!

Markoz wrote on Oct 16^th, 2014 at 2:13am:



You were clear as water. I did what you wrote and now the VARIG livery is fixed.

Thank you very much for your help.