Solved. A fix for China Airlines default 737 texture: fsx_cao.zip

A fix for file:

fsx_cao.zip

Size: 23,136,778 Date: 12-01-2008 Downloads: 1,333

FSX Air China Texture Pack. This is the Air China texture pack for the FSX default Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800 and the Boeing 747. The

pack includes an original livery for each of the three aircraft. Splash screens are included. By Victor Vu.

(From the Flightsim.com File Library.)

The file contains textures for the default b737, default b747, and default A321. For China Airlines.

I found an error with the b737 texture in that package.

In some views it looks ok, but when the light hits it at different angles you will strange faults.

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To fix the B737_800 texture in file:

fsx_cao.zip

Open folder texture.cao

In it you will see about twenty files.

Only one of those needs fixing. Not even fixing really. Just replacing. Easy peasy.

File is:

b737_800_1_T_Bump.dds

This file needs to be replaced with one from the default aircraft.

As always, just in case, make a backup of the file, name the backup:

b737_800_1_T_Bump_cao_orig_copy.dds

Then, delete:

b737_800_1_T_Bump.dds

from folder: texture.cao

-and replace with file:

b737_800_1_T_Bump.dds

from the default B737 folder: ..\B737_800\texture

That's it, solved.

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Here are images of it.

Before the fix:

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After the fix:

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That's a goosd idea mrzippy. Problem is, I just realised tere may be another little tweak to this.

It involves editing another file of this texture. for even better results.

That fix would require using the freeware program DxtBmp to edit a .dds texture file.

I need to test that theory first, compare the results, and if succesful write it down in a post.

I will wait with adding a link in the comments until that time.