White rubber?

Martin S. wrote:
> Do some aircraft really have white rubber tyres (can't say I ever
> noticed - and the tyres are not something you get to see too much of
> when you are flying real-world) or have the FS9 a/c repainters just
> forgotten them?
>
> I have a number of a/c with white wheels and would paint them black -
> but I can't see anything resembling tyres in any of the bitmaps (one
> opened with DTX editor). What do I repaint?? Or are the tyres white
> because the bitmap is missing?

I seem to remember whitish tires on the SR-71. I suspect those are something
special however.
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> I seem to remember whitish tires on the SR-71. I suspect those are
> something special however.

Maybe not. Take a look at my post titled "SR71 Pic"

Jim Mac Millan

"KDragon" <nospam DeleteThis @nospam.org> wrote in message
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> Martin S. wrote:
>> Do some aircraft really have white rubber tyres (can't say I ever
>> noticed - and the tyres are not something you get to see too much of
>> when you are flying real-world) or have the FS9 a/c repainters just
>> forgotten them?
>>
>> I have a number of a/c with white wheels and would paint them black -
>> but I can't see anything resembling tyres in any of the bitmaps (one
>> opened with DTX editor). What do I repaint?? Or are the tyres white
>> because the bitmap is missing?
>
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I blv this has something to do with alpha layers or some such magic - way
beyond my talents, I just fly the things. I have found that turning off
aircraft reflections restores the usual black rubber. Also as a consequence
you may also gain a fps or two


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> "Martin S." <ms.DeleteThis@ms.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a number of a/c with white wheels and would paint them black -
>> but I can't see anything resembling tyres in any of the bitmaps (one
>> opened with DTX editor). What do I repaint?? Or are the tyres white
>> because the bitmap is missing?
>
> I suspect your repaints are missing the paint job on the tires, since the
> underlying aircraft model is grey (what you are calling white).
>
> All of the repaints I have seen and made have tire details right in the
> same file as the aircraft skin color. In other words, there was not a
> separate BMP file for just the tires.
>
> For what aircraft are these repaints designed? Default, freeware, or
> payware?
>
> Are the aircraft that are missing the tire color all of the same repainter
> or same aircraft designer?
>
> --
> Peter
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I'll check things out a bit and post back when I have found 'the
culprits'. I seem to remember they are mostly Airbus a/c - though
today I was in a new Philippine Airlines DC-10 from AVSIM which has
white tyres. It seems to be failry common - I know I have several
planes like this.

I was looking for the tyres on all the bitmaps that make up the
texture folder - but didn't spot anything that looked even vaguely
like a tyre, which is why I wondered if they had been left off by
mistake. Probably not - I did once repaint a B707 but I am not really
much of an expert in this.

M.
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Found, at least in the case of the Philippine DC10 I mentioned, there
were some bitmaps missing from the texture folder. I've copied them
into the folder from another DC-10 and now this plane at least has
black tyres.

I must check for other aircraft I find with white tyres to see if they
have missing bitmpas as well..

Martin
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