WWII SkyFighters uses limited texture mapping on the aircraft to create custom looks for each aircraft. There are 8 default texture maps or Paint Jobs as I like to call them. The 8 default paint jobs are 4 each for the two aircraft. That's 1 for each different base, Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, for both aircraft.
You can also design your own paint jobs for the aircraft. The custom paint jobs are found in the 'Custom Paint Jobs' folder. Each paint job is in a separate 'PICT' file in the folder. You can change the paint job from any PICT compatible paint program. To make your aircraft use a custom paint job, sign in with the name of the pict file you want to use. For example, if you name a paint job 'Cool51', then you would enter 'Cool51' in the pilot sign in dialog.
You should use either the file, 'P51 Template' or 'Me109 Template' as a starting point to create your own paint job. Remember to do a 'Save As...' and name your custom paint job something else so you'll keep the template file, unaltered. The paint job must be 256 x 256 dots and positioned in the upper left hand corner of the pict file. Also, using a P51 paint job on an Me109 does not work very well. (Or visa versa.)
The texture map for the aircraft consists of 6 blocks corresponding to (from top to bottom), top of wing, bottom of wing, right of fuselage, left of fuselage, top of horizontal stab, bottom of horizontal stab. It's pretty easy to make a custom paint job, just remember to use a template file and to draw inside each block.
Make sure you put your custom paint job in the 'Custom Paint Jobs' folder, next to the WWII SkyFighters program. You now know how to create a custom paint job that shows up on your computer. But, in order for your paint job to show up on your aircraft on other players computers, you must send the PICT file of your custom paint job to the people you will be flying with. Make sure they also put your custom paint job in their 'Custom Paint Jobs' folder next to their copy of SkyFighters. Now when you connect with them and use the correct 'handle' (which is the name of the PICT file), the paint job will show up correctly on all computers.
You can see and download other peoples custom paint jobs from my web site. If you create one you really like, send it to me for consideration for the web site. But please, don't send anymore than 1 a month, and perhaps 6 a year. Make sure you've created a very interesting paint job before sending it to me. (Think about it, if everyone is sending me a bunch of paint jobs to look at, I'll never get any work done!) Be sure to put your name and email address in the comments are of the file.
Or, if you have the expertise, set up your own web site as a clearing house for custom paint jobs.
