I’m just kidding but I’m also curious, my videos consistently get get 3-6 upvotes while my planes get like 2, is it because it’s a lot easier to upvote videos because you don’t have to scroll down as far? Or is it that it’s a much smaller but upcoming source of posts here?
@Bluenose Yeah. PC is best for publishing anyways. I'm not a fan of publishing from mobile.
Ah so I’ll have to publish on pc then?
@Bluenose BTW, we are in the upvote and tag crisis era of SP 2020 lol.
@Bluenose Here's a step by step of how I do it:
1- Fly plane, take screenshots. Make sure to put the game in screenshot mode (F9). Also, make sure the sun if facing the aircraft so that it is lit up.
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2- Open photo editor of your choice. I personally like to use Photoshop. Add text, logos or whatever else will make the thumbnail look nice.
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There are 2 ways to do step 3
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3(a)- Open Designer Suite Mod. Set view to either left or right. Open custom thumbnail image. Change Offset to 20, so that the image is above the aircraft and out of sight. Click "Share Aircraft". Click "Take Screenshot". Move the camera to the screenshot, zoom in so that none of the black designer background is showing. Take screenshot. Repeat by loading the next images in, and taking more screenshots. Keep in mind, the first screenshot taken will be the cover thumbnail.
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3(b) - (BETA only) Open the in-game blueprints, set view to either left or right. Open custom thumbnail image. Drag image above aircraft, out of sight. Click "Share Aircraft". Move the camera to the screenshot, zoom in so that none of the black designer background is showing. However, this will only work for the first image due to the fact you can't re-open the in-game blueprints. A possible solution to get around that is to combine all three images into one, moving the camera around per screenshot.
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4- Upload aircraft as unlisted. This allows you to make sure your screenshots are good, as well as write a full description. Then publish aircraft.
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Hope you enjoyed my essay.
Drag your plane away from the camera view then add an image from designersuite (the blueprint icon when you click the eye) then upload the plane as normal (keep in mind this isonly for 1.10 beta @Bluenose
How do I make custom thumbnails?@BagelPlane
Well, your planes could use some cool custom thumbnails to draw attention to them. Advertisement is key.
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But yeah your builds are constructed nicely and operate well too. Updoots needed.
Wonders of the world, we may never know...
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I'm not sure. Let me think...