Decal Letters and Numbers

[AncientGammoner]

This is something I made for myself but I thought other people might have some use for it. Earlier today I was thinking "It sure would be nice to be able to write on the side of my vehicle". Not wanting to write yet another complicated plugin, I thought why not just keep it simple and make an ultra thin part with a transparent shader that surface attaches. A couple hours later...

Why are they blue? Because I had to choose a color and I like blue, that's why. If you want to change it to black or alter the font or use the Greek alphabet or whatever, the textures are very easily editable pngs. I included a txt document on how to make your own, it's really simple, just plop the texture into the folder and change a few lines of text. You can put really anything you want on it, like this picture and flag I tested out (which are not included in the download to avoid any copyright issues):

Download here

How to use

The decals can sometimes be tricky to attach or can jut out at odd angles when attached to curved walls. This is because collider meshes for most models are very simple and boxy. Use Shift + W,A,S,D,Q,E to fine tune the position of the decal on curved walls.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

[mwlue]

o_0 omfg!!! This mod is awesome, too bad i'm at work now, can't try it!

[StainX]

Uuhhhh this looks great! (But im also at Work )

I prefer em to be black, to make some neat decals on my Saturn V.

Anyway... a scaling option would also be great

[KOCOUR]

Another mod, so completely usseles, that i want it. :-)

[LeadMagnet]

WOW! Simple and elegant! Excellent work bubba!

[UAL002]

WOW! Simple and elegant! Excellent work bubba!

Literally laying in bed thinking about this EXACT thing last night. You are inside my head! Great work.

EDIT: My idea was to somehow implement this as some sort of plugin to add layers to already existing textures procedurally, with alpha layers and everything. Not even remotely sure if this is feasible.

[The Destroyer]

Uuhhhh this looks great! (But im also at Work )

I prefer em to be black, to make some neat decals on my Saturn V.

Anyway... a scaling option would also be great

1: Grrr why would you want black, the Saturn V decals are clearly red. But the model I have gave me black whyyyyy

2: Back on topic, you could probably use rescalefactor = whatever to rescale.

[AncientGammoner]

Anyway... a scaling option would also be great

You could change the rescaleFactor if you want it bigger or smaller.

Literally laying in bed thinking about this EXACT thing last night. You are inside my head! Great work.

EDIT: My idea was to somehow implement this as some sort of plugin to add layers to already existing textures procedurally, with alpha layers and everything. Not even remotely sure if this is feasible.

A plugin is probably feasible, I just went the simpler path with parts so I could whip it up quickly and it actually works pretty well. I'm just happy I can put flames on the side of a rocket (it does indeed make it go faster):

[UAL002]

I'm trying to embed this gif, I'm apparently stupid. SFW

http://dicknballs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/tealc-indeed.gif?w=490

[The Destroyer]

I'm trying to embed this gif, I'm apparently stupid. SFW

http://dicknballs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/tealc-indeed.gif?w=490

It would be but reaction image only posts are prohibited.

[rhoark]

Hoping somebody puts together a nice black sans-serif version.

[softweir]

As The Destroyer pointed out, reaction images are prohibited. We had a bad time a while back when many threads degenerated into nothing BUT reaction images, making it impossible to find the useful stuff buried in amongst them.

@AncientGammoner - wild, WILD mod - I hope we see lots more "useful" decals!

[UAL002]

Good to know. I'll avoid them in the future however, I hope you all got a chuckle, cheers.

[UbioZur]

Added to my mod list. Great idea!

Looking forward to name my ships now

[WinkAllKerb'']

Was thinking about something like that a few week ago you made it, tip top

[Warriorbulb99]

Yes! The mod i have been waiting for!

[7499275]

Wow, looks amazing, will try it out later! Thanks.

[sopwerdna]

So we can just change the textures and add custom logos? And if we make the texture file for the existing letters bigger will it expand the part? I would think that if I were to modify the texture for one of your letters, it would just be cut off beyond the original size of the part...? Or will the part expand to fit the texture?

[Dispatcher]

Very cool! I was thinking about putting a flag on some of my mod parts (layer in a texture file) but this is much more flexible. Keep up the good work!

[Zeroignite]

Very cool! I was thinking about putting a flag on some of my mod parts (layer in a texture file) but this is much more flexible. Keep up the good work!

If you want to glue flags to your craft, there's this mod: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/46856-0-21-1-Flag-Decals-and-Flagpole-New-File-Structure

[1of6Billion]

I too was thinking about this last week. I wanted to make some bolted on panels that look like fixed leakes. Just to make things even more Kerbal.

[GavinZac]

just happy I can put flames on the side of a rocket (it does indeed make it go faster)

I've never needed a mod for this!

[Snow Leopard]

This is an awesome mod, exactly what I was looking for.

[YangQiming_]

Is there anyone still working on this mod? The download link is dead so can anyone reupload it?

[SpannerMonkey(smce)]

1 hour ago, YangQiming_ said:

Is there anyone still working on this mod? The download link is dead so can anyone reupload it?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sr09f19uybmty0w/Decals(2).zip?dl=0