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Creating a multi-livery set with shared textures folder

Gman

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Samm will not only allow you to have more than one livery of the same aircraft in the same scenery/texture folders, it will also allow you to create a shared textures folder to cut down on the library file size.

Start by selecting an aircraft with multiple liveries, and in the Static Aircraft\Name window, cut the livery name and paste it into the Version textbox, (don't leave any underscores at the end of the edited Static Model\Name), select your options and Save the .mdl file.

Then go into the texture sub-folder for the aircraft, and cut the shared textures for that aircraft and save them to a folder of the same name, replacing the livery suffix after the semi-colon with the word All.

This leaves the livery unique textures in the original folder xxxx;livery name, and the shared textures in the folder xxxx;All.

Now go back to the SAMM UI and re-save the original aircraft .mdl file.

To add another livery, select a new livery (of the same model) from the Select Aircraft Title dropdown menu which will place it in the Static Model\Name window, and repeat the process of cutting the livery name and pasting it into the Version textbox.
Re-select your options and Save the second livery .mdl file.

If you check the texture sub-folder for the new livery, you should find that it was created minus any files you placed into the xxxx;All shared files folder.

Repeat as many times as you wish.

Cheers
Gman
 
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