Request to Skinners

[JG52Uther]

So it will be like the old il2 now, with just default skins seen online? Thats a real shame.
RoF has a great way of dealing with skins, all skins are officially aproved, and then downloaded as official skin packs.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

This is just bloody madness,why would they do this?what advantage has someone got flying around with a custom skin?,how ridicoulous

[CWMV]

Because we frakin want to, and because most of our skins look better than the stock ones.
I mean really how much time did they put into the 109 stock skins, 5 minutes?

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by Plt Off JRB Meaker

This is just bloody madness,why would they do this?what advantage has someone got flying around with a custom skin?,how ridicoulous

Well I see the yellow nose 109 as a huge give away why should I be forced to fly with it so it looks like I will be flying with none yellow nose default skins for a while

EDIT
However the benefits of turning it off out weigh the problems it causes at present.

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by Plt Off JRB Meaker

This is just bloody madness,why would they do this?what advantage has someone got flying around with a custom skin?,how ridicoulous

Mate, bit of a silly question?

Its a game.. I have used custom skins since day 1.. why? cuz they look better, its unique to me if i design my own and gives me a bit more identity

Why wouldnt you want to use custom skins?

[5./JG27 Lehmann]

Originally Posted by Ze-Jamz

Mate, bit of a silly question?

Its a game.. I have used custom skins since day 1.. why? cuz they look better, its unique to me if i design my own and gives me a bit more identity

Why wouldnt you want to use custom skins?

You've misunderstood him I think Jamz, I think he means more along the lines of "what unfair advantage has someone got flying around with a custom skin [read: ability to cheat or gain an unfair advantage over other people] so what's the point removing them"

Agreed on the issue though, I love flying skinned

Would be interested to know the reason this feature has been widely turned off? Does it cause lag on servers?

[kristorf]

CS on hold at the moment, no point doing more until this is sorted.....

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Originally Posted by DaRat

You've misunderstood him I think Jamz, I think he means more along the lines of "what unfair advantage has someone got flying around with a custom skin [read: ability to cheat or gain an unfair advantage over other people] so what's the point removing them"

Agreed on the issue though, I love flying skinned

Would be interested to know the reason this feature has been widely turned off? Does it cause lag on servers?

Yeah,lol,totally misunderstood,I'm all for custom skins mate,maybe I have'nt explained myself clearly.

DaRat you are right,my point was why would the guys hosting the server stop people from using custom skins,and are they frightened that guys maybe getting some sort of advantage using them.................please,I love custom skins too and like yourself Jamz I have used them from the beginning.

[CWMV]

Originally Posted by Plt Off JRB Meaker

Yeah,lol,totally misunderstood,I'm all for custom skins mate,maybe I have'nt explained myself clearly.

DaRat you are right,my point was why would the guys hosting the server stop people from using custom skins,and are they frightened that guys maybe getting some sort of advantage using them.................please,I love custom skins too and like yourself Jamz I have used them from the beginning.

It seems I misunderstood you as well. My apologies.
Many claim that the custom skins loading cause their game to Stutter, freeze, or crash.
Personally I think its a bs excuse, and may be more of a hardware or connection issue, but alas that seems to be the reason.

[ATAG_Bliss]

We're not running custom skins atm, not because we don't like them, quite the contrary

There have been a huge amount of custom skins that are fabulous. The problem is the majority of the stuttering in MP is caused by custom skins being loaded. So just imagine having 70+ players, (several plane spawns every minute) and as you are flying around your screen freezes multiple times every single minute. It's not a whole lot of fun

I'm sure there will be some sort of fix in the future, but the smooth gameplay far outweighs having a custom skin atm.

I'm hopeful that in the future there can be a skin pack that can be assembled / downloaded etc, for the server and client, that will allow a smooth transition. Maybe it's just something in the code needing rewrote. Either way, it's not off because we don't like personal skins. Heck.., it's a shame I'm not seeing them anymore. But I'm glad we can disable them atm.