Skins You Can Unlock by Playing
[p]Most liveries will be unlocked simply by playing the game and completing specific achievement-style assignments.[/p][p]At launch, the system will include:[/p]
- [p]15 Temperate Land Skins (not available yet for the Westland Lysander)[/p][/*]
- [p]16 Night Skins[/p][/*]
- [p]6 Temperate Sea Skins / 8 Day Fighter Skins (not available yet for the Westland Lysander and Boulton Paul Defiant)[/p][/*]
Night Skins
[p]Available for all planes except the North American Mustang. For two planes, it's already set as the default skin: Westland Lysander and Boulton Paul Defiant.[/p][p][/p][p]Unlock the Night skin for a bomber:[/p][p][c]Safely fly away in 10 real scrambles (must count as “flown away to safety” in the scramble summary)[/c][/p][p]AND[/p][p][c]Return home 5 times with under 25% health[/c][/p][p][/p][p]Unlock the Night skin for a multi-role plane:[/p][p][c]Fly 1 unsuccessful mission at >90% success[/c][/p][p]AND[/p][p][c]Fly 5 successful missions that have gone wrong[/c][/p][p][/p][p]Unlock the Night skin for a fighter:[/p][p][c]Take part in 20 real scramble defenses - plane must have taken off in time to take part in the fight[/c][/p][p]AND[/p][p][c]Shoot down 3 planes in scrambles[/c][/p][p][/p][p]Unlock the Night skin for a special plane:[/p][p][c]Fly 5 successful missions that have gone wrong[/c][/p][p]AND[/p][p][c]Return home 5 times from a mission with under 25% health[/c][/p][p][/p]Temperate Land Skins
[p]Available for all planes except the Westland Lysander. For a few skins, it will already be set as the default skin.[/p][p][/p][p]Unlock the Temperate Land skin for a bomber:[/p][p][c]Fly 20 successful Bombing missions[/c][/p][p]AND[/p][p][c]Fly 20 successful Cargo missions[/c][/p][p][/p][p]Unlock the Temperate Land skin for a multi-roll plane:[/p][p][c]Fly 20 successful Fight missions[/c][/p][p]AND[/p][p][c]Fly 20 successful Bombing missions[/c][/p][p][/p][p]Unlock the Temperate Land skin for a fighter:[/p][p][c]Fly 40 successful Fight missions[/c][/p][p]AND[/p][p][c]Fly 10 successful Manoeuver missions[/c][/p][p][/p][p]Unlock the Temperate Land skin for a special plane:[/p][p][c]Fly 20 successful Stealth missions[/c][/p][p]AND[/p][p][c]Fly 20 successful Recon missions[/c][/p][p][/p]Temperate Sea Skins
[p][/p][p]Unlock any Temperate Sea skin:[/p][p][c]Fly 10 missions with sea or coast destinations (using the plane model you want the skin for)[/c][/p][p]AND[/p][p][c]Travel 10,000 km total (again, using that same plane model)[/c][/p][p][/p][p]For the following planes, you can have the Temperate Sea skins:[/p]| [p]Short Stirling Mk.I (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress F (USAAF, RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]Bristol Beaufighter MK.IF (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]Avro Lancaster MK I (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]Handley Page Hampden Mk.I (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
Day Fighter Skins
[p][/p][p]Unlock any Day Fighter skin:[/p][p][c]10 successful mission on enemy territory[/c][/p][p]AND[/p][p][c]5 returns with 25% or lower health[/c][/p][p][/p][p]For the following planes, you can have the Day Fighter skins:[/p]| [p]Gloster Gladiator Mk.I (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]Gloster Meteor Mk.III (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]De Havilland Flamingo (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]North American Mustang Mk. I (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]Hawker Tempest Mk.V (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
| [p]Hawker Hurricane Mk.II (RAF)[/p] | [/tr]
The Rules
[p]A few important things to know about how liveries work:[/p]- [p]Skins are unlocked per airplane model. A Lancaster skin only works on the Lancaster, not on other bombers.[/p][/*]
- [p]You must complete challenges using the aircraft type you want the skin for. Want a Spitfire livery? You’ll need to fly Spitfires to earn it.[/p][/*]
- [p]Multiple planes of the same model can contribute in one mission. All qualifying aircraft of that type will count toward progress.[/p][/*]
- [p]Progress carries over across missions. You don’t need to complete everything in a single run.[/p][p]Example: Flying 5 Spitfires in two missions counts as 10 total Spitfire uses.[/p][/*]
- [p]\[This may still get adjusted until the release next week.] The mission progress and unlock status for the normal skins get stored in the save files, and the promo code unlock status for special skins gets stored in the AppData.[/p][/*]
Skins Unlockable via Promo Codes
[p]In addition to gameplay unlocks, we’ll also offer a set of special liveries that can be redeemed with promo codes. Like the Pre-War Gloster Gladiator which you can unlock by signing up for our newsletter.[/p][p]At launch, it's possible to unlock Natural Metal Finish Skins and certain unique Special Skins with promo-codes.[/p][p]These codes will be distributed through:[/p]- [p]Our own livestreams[/p][/*]
- [p]Content creator collaborations[/p][/*]
- [p]Special events and community moments[/p][/*]
Previews of the Skins
[p][/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/44053859/9ec5730d5adeeb5e826c19b36f051e50cfd481b3.png"][/img][/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/44053859/4a705d3c07387a7dd68e16eae31999c2b9a574aa.png"][/img][/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/44053859/e1622f1c867f2e0209d20432a856804a36fbf383.png"][/img][/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/44053859/c5f597aaa359f87daf73c4b5100197e4df06d1c5.png"][/img][/p][p][/p]What We Used for Research
[p]For research, we worked with books like British Aviation Colours of WWII – The Official Couflage, Colours and Markings of RAF Aircraft, 1939-45, which you can directly check out as a PDF.[/p][p][/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/44053859/faa69e93528a9918cec59c3848f702dac7ee71d5.png"][/img][/p][p][/p][p]And "The Complete Book of World War II Combat Aircraft" is an essential part of our research and has a permanent place in our office:[/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/44053859/77202ae569371502400ba69df67b4c97459262f7.jpg"][/img][/p][p]Websites that collect information about aircraft colors and camouflage that are also used by model painters helped us a lot by giving clear overviews of the colors of the different scheme types.[/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/44053859/99fcc9d232e396f74d923f586bacfc43127a22cb.png"][/img][/p]Want to see the skins in the game already?
[p]For very active players who don't want to wait, we have a test version of the Major Update 4 up on the testing branch right now![/p][p][dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2308690/view/536626281230370500?l=english"][/dynamiclink]The unlocking assignments are not set up in the test version yet; this means in this version you have the Night Skins, Temperate Land, Temperate Sea, and Day Fighter skins available directly.[/p][p]This will be different in the default version, which will be released in a week.[/p][p][/p][p]How to switch to the testing branch:[/p]- [p]Right-click Ground of Aces in the Steam library list.[/p][/*]
- [p]Go to the “Properties…”[/p][/*]
- [p]Go to “Game Versions & Betas”[/p][/*]
- [p]Switch to “alpha - Alpha test”[/p][/*]
- [p]You can switch back to the default branch at any time.[/p][/*]
