Skins......Explanation needed!!!

[Geist]

Hey all,

Hope someone can help clarify some confusion I have about skinning. I play on hyperlobby and online almost exclusively now and I've grown really bored with the default skins Il-2 provides. Almost every online server states "default skins only". My questions are as follows:

1. Can you change the default skins in Il-2 to a higher reaoultuion design?

2. Does the skin file you have set locally get "transmitted" online?

3. Do all the skin downloads available only apply to offline playing then?

4. Any recommendations for a good default skin or one that our squad uses.

Thanks in advance for any help on this topic!!!
~S!~

Geist

[Stecher]

1. No

2. Only if the server has Skin Download turned on, and only if the other players to which it should be going to have it individually turned on as well.

3. Not necessarily, but usually. Most online servers do not enable skin download because it takes up too much bandwidth transferring everyones skin to everyone else. As a result, you need to at least make sure you have the in game markings on your plane.

4. Actually I have just finished the squad's set of A-6 training skins. They can only be used properly during our private training sessions, where I will have skin download turned on. I will also post instructions on how to get everyone's skin to show up instantly for you, without having the game download each one to everyone during the mission.