....is what I used to say in the "good old days" of P3D - then I remember that I paid an addon company 5 bucks for raindrops.

Never quite understood why folks expect liveries to be free - after all, a lot of hard work goes into making those. 

In that spirit, I bought the STOL ADDICTS HJET HIGH ROLLERS PACK MSFS from MSFS.

A nice set of liveries for the H-Jet, with the inside color tone changed accordingly as well. 

STOL Addicts Livery Pack for the H-Jet

It's around 10 bucks. 

Here are two quick unedited shots.

I don't think anybody expects liveries to be free. But the best ones usually are. The best painters seem to do it because they enjoy it, rather than for the money. flightsim.to is full of them. 

You seem to have completely missed my point. 

He's doing it "for the money"? How dare he!

Whether you find value in this set of liveries is for you to decide

 I personally enjoy the freeware liveries the author has provided previously and want to support him.

I'm certain there are more talented painters out there.

If I like their stuff, and I fly the plane they paint for, I'll buy those as well. 

Here is another unedited shot on my below average PC - if you got a "high end" rig, they probably look a whole lot better. 

6 hours ago, Ricardo41 said:

Here is another unedited shot on my below average PC - if you got a "high end" rig, they probably look a whole lot better. 

 

I somehow doubt that. 

Edit - my "high end" phone always seems to post twice! 

Edited October 22, 20223 yr by St Mawgan

11 minutes ago, St Mawgan said:

Edit - my "high end" phone always seems to post twice! 

It’s not your phone it’s the website. 

Just now, Tuskin38 said:

It’s not your phone it’s the website. 

At the risk of repeating myself, I know 🙂

You seem so offended by my post you po posted this twi twice. 

They look awesome! Thanks for the heads-up. 

Again: I'm not "shilling", "betatesting", "early adopting" or "youtubbing" for the author. I am making a more general point about "paying it forward" (in a sense) and supporting freeware authors financially. 

This being avsim, though, you really have to hammer it home with a sledge hammer before folks get it....

I'm really liking these funky color schemes.

H-Jet Vilnius to Tallin

Eh. It's Flight Simulators. Some developers are generous, some want that cold hearted cash and will sell you an emoji if they could. It's been this way forever. 

I used to do repaints for Flight Simulator (FSX and P3D) and Railworks (now Train Simulator) back in the day. I was quite good at it and I sympathize with those who want some return on their hard work. IT"S NOT EASY and what may seem like a simple "repaint" can take a combined total hours of days or weeks worth of work. Each little edit you make requires loading the sim, loading a flight, and checking your work. It's excruciating. Text not aligned between textures? Pinstripe not aligned? Some paint is overlapping a part of the texture you were't expecting it too? Color just not right? Alpha channel needs adjusting?  Close sim, open Photoshop and try again. 

I even used to repaint cockpits. It's EVEN WORSE there.  I I never charged, I did it as a hobby and for myself and just shared them. It's by no means easy whatsoever.  Let's take my cockpit repaint in 2013 of Carenados CT182T..  The wood grain, the old school flannel seat coverings? They were not just handed to me, I spent hours Google image searching for the right textures to use and then cut, paste, edit the size, shape, and transparency etc etc etc so they fit the correct areas of the textures. Then the finer points of redoing all the lettering, drawing the outlines around the letterings on the panels, recoloring parts of the texture. Finding the right fonts. Redoing the lettering itself. Finding a high quality logo to use. Sometimes literally hand drawing specifics.   IT"S NOT EASY or by any stretch of the imagination quick. 

Needless to say. I quit a long time ago. IT"S HARD WORK and there just came a time the amount of work required to pull this stuff off wasn't fun anymore. And the messed up part is, it's nearly 10 years later and I still nitpick and find flaws in my own previous work. "I could've done that better". People who do this stuff beat their brains in for perfection. It's mentally exhausting and taxing. The biggest compliment I ever got was from the legend himself Ron Attwood for my cockpit repaint on the Lancair Legacy. I spent an ungodly amount of time on it and never asked for a cent but I can't slight someone who does. 

Still the pinnacle of my repaint hobby

Edited October 22, 20223 yr by styckx

1 hour ago, styckx said:

Still the pinnacle of my repaint hobby

Back in the 70s I had a van with that interior. 😄

 

I’m all for capitalism so if someone feels their liveries deserve some cash in their hands, so be it. 
 

However, it seems like a losing venture. I mean, for me, why would I spend money on liveries when I can easily download them for free? 

Looks awesome!

No pilots though? 😜

10 minutes ago, ahsmatt7 said:

However, it seems like a losing venture. I mean, for me, why would I spend money on liveries when I can easily download them for free? 

Uhm, to support very skilled people that contribute to our community? 🙄 I get your point though, and it’s completely optional (except these liveries). I’ve done a fair few donations over at flightsim.to.

A fair few, is that even an expression?

Edited October 22, 20223 yr by Cpt_Piett

28 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Uhm, to support very skilled people that contribute to our community? 🙄 I get your point though, and it’s completely optional (except these liveries). I’ve done a fair few donations over at flightsim.to.

A fair few, is that even an expression?

I don’t appreciate your arrogance but I completely understand where you’re coming from. I support a lot of one man show style businesses in my area that span my other hobbies. Unfortunately, free liveries pay for said other businesses.