Raider Approved Other Skins

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Here is a list of 1st MRB approved materials:

Other Skins

Name: 1st MRB TNT

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/105984

Size of download? 2MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes, and Yes it is easy to understand but it is not all correct.

Other Comments: The first comment is that world model only applies to when a person is holding the bomb. The piles of TNT remain yellow when you walk up to them. After you have it in your hand and plant it, the bomb is blue and has the logo's on it.

The other comment is regarding the incorrect file placement. The readme file has you dropping the file into the incorrect path.

/Program Files/Steam/Steamapps/(your username)/Day of defeat source/dod/materials/models/v_models/tnt

(The Readme file placement)

/Program Files/Steam/Steamapps/(your username)/Day of defeat source/dod/materials/models/weapons/v_models/tnt

(Is the correct placement. Notice the addition of the models folder.)

Finally when you get to both the v_models and w_models folders you need to create a tnt folder and drop the .vtf file into the tnt folder.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4 (lacking due to the piles, 5 otherwise)

Quality: 5

Ease of Use/Realistic: 3

Overall: 4

Name: Hi-Res Dragon's Teeth

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/27766

Size of download? 3mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes and Yes

Comments: The Dragon teeth are a nice skin that give the game a nice affect. Overall the look makes the dragon's teeth look more of a cement mixture and give the game a little more texture.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 5

Overall: 4

Name: Hi-Res Old Hedgehog

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/20061

Size of download? 3MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Y/Y

Comments: The skin give the hedgehog a nice realistic look compared to the flat grey of the original. It gives them a metallic and weathered look with some rust areas. There are two different types the only difference is that one is an over-sized looked and the other is the normal size.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4

Name: Hi-Res Radio Replacement

Where to download? http://dods.gamebanana.com/skins/116944

Size of download? 19.4mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes, instructions aren't as clear. Extract the sound and materials folder from download into dod folder.

Other Comments: Excellent replacement for the default radio skin. Realistic sounds come from it too, not just a looped voice. Hi resolution skin, looks very nice. If you choose the alternative skin with the detailed back, the radio ends up sideways, but you can always move it around anyways.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 4

Realistic: 5

Overall: 5

Name: Hi-Res Sandbags

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/download/19533

Size of download? 2mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? yes, yes

Comments: Extract in dod/material folder. Impressive, a nice mesh covers the sandbags.The lines are more finer and looks more durable. The color is slighty darker and it does a good job of showing the worldlight aspect on it. Not too shining but brighter where the light hits it on a certain angle of each map.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 5

Overall: 5

Name: Hi-res Snow

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/dods/textures/2147

Size of download? 2.5 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes, Very easy to understand

Other Comments: On first look it's difficult to notice any difference from the default snow, but as you look a bit closer you can notice the difference. One of my favorite parts to the skin is the fact the light refracts in certain parts of the snow when you look at a certain angle. Overall the the skin gives a much crisper game play with regards to visuals on maps such as colmar, and overall is worth having.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 4

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4

Name: Hi-Res Snow Sandbags

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/22094

Size of download? 2mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes/Yes

Comments: The sandbags are a more detailed version of the snow sandbags seen on Kalt or other snow maps. The Highres bags have a more distinct stitching and bag feel given you a more realistic sensation when ducking band them. The only "problem" I saw was the shadow effect put on these bags was easily noticed and didn't always match the lighting of the map.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 3

Quality:4

Ease of Use:4

Realistic:4

Overall: 4

Name: Hi-Res TNT Dump (chute + crates)

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/download/19530

Size of download? 6mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? yes, yes

Comments: Extract in dod/material folder. TNT's look like mini bundled propane tanks. Too squared. Overall pretty good. The only downside would be that the parachute looks as if it was made out of a ruck sack. The boxes are realistic and the wooden flat has nice jagged areas where it was destroyed on landing.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 4

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4

Name: Improved Crates and Barrels

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/download/28883

Size of download? 21mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? yes, yes

Comments: Extract in dod/material folder. Crates look woodier. They have those lines on the planks that show that the are made from wood. US side is dark green while the Germans is beige. The wooden barrels also have those nice lines. Only downside is that they all have only one logo on them written in German. Same with the dueldrums. They have a nazi logo on all of them.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 4

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4

Name: INsanes Wartorn Custom Flags

Where to download? http://www.dodbits.com/dods/index.php/down...rn-custom-flags

Size of download? 3.4 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? No but instal is easy with .exe downloader provided in download.

Other Comments: This flag pack offers you a wide variety in flag options giving you the choice between 4 Allied and Axis flag designs with a war-torn look. Once installed however the flags look slightly pixelated and old however the amount of options may override this defect for some users especially for players with a lower resolution. As for realism all 8 flag models contain accurate images of flags that existed and were used in WWII.

Overall Grading

Appearance:3.5

Quality: 3.5

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 5

Overall: An average out of the four 4.25

Name: MRB BAR Player Icon Conversion

Where to download? http://www.mediafire.com/?uxvp93e8f20ccvo

Size of download? 657.43 KB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Y, Y

Other Comments: Readme is easy to follow. Add the skins to DoD Material Sprite Folder. Icon's are great. Nice to see them transparent. When entering a dark area the icons get more color and bolder while entering a bright are the icons become more transparent. MRB Icon has a thin border around the icon. MRB is allies side only. BAR is axis side and their icon has a circle outline to it which is new to me. The BAR icon is not transparent but the filling is. Overall, great job Boutton.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use/Realistic: 5

Overall: 5

Name: Pink Power Pack

Where to download? http://dods.gamebanana.com/skins/129903

Size of download? 11mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes, it is a simple instruction read.me

Other Comments: This weapons skins provide a pink texture with darker symbols etched into every weapon in the game. These skins are well made and pleasing to the eye, offering only visual looks and no advantages to the player. A good skin pack just like the Red Weapon Pack.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 2

Overall: 4.25

User Advantage: No

Increases users FOV: No

Name: Red Weapon Pack

Where to download? http://dods.gamebanana.com/skins/133168

Size of download? 11mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes, it is a simple instruction read.me

Other Comments: This weapons skins provide a nice looking red texture with darker symbols etched into every weapon in the game. These skins are well made and pleasing to the eye, offering only visual looks and no advantages to the player. A good skin pack.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 2

Overall: 4.25

User Advantage: No

Increases users FOV: No

Name: Vehicles & Create Reskins

Where to download? http://www.mediafire.com/?qd0i3ibd6rnnev3

Size of download? 6.5 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? No

Other Comments:

Panzer and Kubelwagen : The Panzer tank and Kubelwagen have been changed from the desert style camouflage to the city warfare gray and black mix. They both are more detailed and looks 100% better. The gray and black colors were the colors used on the Panzers in northern Europe, where the game is set. The tan color was used on tanks in the African front.

Jeep: The jeep has been given more detail in weathering and better comouflage as well as more and better colored decals. This makes the jeep much more realistic looking.

Creates and Barrels: The Creates re-skin takes every axis styled box and puts the Iron Eagle holding the Nazi sign, some lettering, and wood grain making the boxes more realistic to the area portrayed in the game as well as making them look like wooden creates.

All wooden barrels are given a wood grain effect, turned a darker grayish color, and have a Kulsch emblem on the top. These barrels look very realistic and when you are playing on Kolsch it suites the make great.

The only downside of this re-skin is that it does not change every vehicle in the game. The Sherman tank,

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use/Realistic: 4 (no readme file)

Overall: 5

Name: Wartorn Flag Pack V.2

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/48282

Size of download? 561 kb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes/Yes

Other Comments: I had no problem just extracting using the WinRAR program by just extracting to my dod folder but here is the full destination if needed.

C:/Program Files/Steam/Steamapps/<username>/day of defeat source/dod/materials/models/mapmodels/flags

(Just copy and paste the vmf and vtf files into the flags folder and allow them to replace the originals)

They both a beaten up in the middle and have a decent look to them. The ends however look like someone took a pair of scissors and tried to make the flag jagged. The two flags are American and Nazi German. Overall the look is good at a glance and gives a more realistic view of the game.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 5

Ease of Use/Realistic: 5

Overall: 5

Name: White_tnt_2

Where to download? http://www.mediafire.com/?3ru43g9puoevii4

Size of download? 1.8 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes, there is a read me and it is correct.

Other Comments: The TNT is a white color instead of the stock yellow. I looked up pictures of actual WWII TNT and they indeed had white colored TNT but it was not the bright white that is in game making it not as realistic as it should be. The benefit of this re-skin pack is that the TNT dump, objective icons on the top left, the item display at the bottom left, and the map icons are all changed to white matching the models picked up and held by players. The detail of the TNT remains the same because the person who re-skinned this took out the yellow by turning all the yellow parts to white using a saturation tool in Photoshop or Gimp, thus leaving the writing and tape intact. Also by desaturating the yellow the letters are actually more detailed and visible in game. The Ease of Use/Realistic has two ratings because of the ease of use aspect. If a person knows how to extract the files properly it is very easy to use giving it a rating of (4), however the people who do not know how are left up a creek giving the rating a (2). The realistic aspect is knocked down a notch because it is not an off white but a bright white.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality:5

Ease of Use/Realistic: 4 and 2 depending on person downloading the file.

Overall: 5 or 4