Dynamic Library LBL Files

DYNAMIC LIBRARY (LBL) FILES

When preparing liveries there are a number of *.lbl files that you may need to create, depending on the number of dynamic materials defined in the Livery XML. These files are essentially JSON format files that are used to link the various parts of the livery with different geographic locations, careers and other dynamic data points, such that they can be adapted to suit the exact situation in which the aircraft is being used. There are five types of LBL files available, and it should be noted that for the livery and dynamic material systems to access them, they must be part of the same package:

liveries.lbl
There is only one of these files per-aircraft, and it goes in the top level liveries folder of the modular aircraft (as explained here).

<texture>.lbl
There should be one of these files placed in each of the texture library folders containing the textures you wish to use as part of the livery.

<text>.lbl
There should be at least one of these files placed in the text library folder for the text you wish to use as part of the livery.

<material>.lbl
There should be one of these files placed in each of the material library folders containing the materials you wish to use as dynamic materials.

<palette>.lbl
There should be at least one of these files placed in the palette library folder to define the palettes to use in the livery.

Important Keys / Values

When creating the LBL files for your liveries, there are a few keys and values that can be used as filters in all the files, since they are recognised by the simulation. The table below shows these:

Key	Value
`Continent`	Africa Antartica Asia Europe North America Oceania South America Note that you can add the "Continent" key with no value to have the material be used for all continents.
`MergedCountries`	AF_Central AF_East AF_North AF_South AF_West Antarctica Australia_East Australia_West Balkans Brazil BritishIsles Canada_Central Canada_East Canada_North Canada_West Caribbean CentralAmerica CentralAsia China_NorthEast China_SouthEast China_West DACHCzechia EasternEurope FranceBenelux GreeceTurkeyCaucuses GreenlandIceland IberianPeninsula IndianOcean IndianSubcontinent ItalyMalta JapanKoreas Mexico MiddleEast NewZealandOceania Russia_East Russia_EastCentral Russia_West Russia_WestCentral SA_North SA_South SA_West SEAsiaIslands SEAsiaMainland Scandinavia USA_Alaska USA_HawaiiPacific USA_MidWest USA_NorthEast USA_NorthWest USA_SouthCentral USA_SouthEast USA_SouthWest Ukraine
`Country`	Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antarctica Argentina Armenia Australia_East Australia_West Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia BosniaHerzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria BurkinaFaso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada_Central Canada_East Canada_North Canada_West CapeVerde Caribbean CentralAfricanRepublic Chad Chile China_NorthEast China_SouthEast China_West Colombia Comoros Congo CostaRica Croatia Cuba Czechia DRCongo Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic EastTimor Ecuador Egypt ElSalvador EquatorialGuinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Guatemala Guinea GuineaBissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy IvoryCoast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands NewZealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria NorthKorea NorthMacedonia Norway Oceania Oman Pakistan Palestine Panama PapuaNewGuinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia_East Russia_EastCentral Russia_West Russia_WestCentral Rwanda SaoTomePrincipe SaudiArabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles SierraLeone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia SolomonIslands Somalia SouthAfrica SouthKorea SouthSudan Spain SriLanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan USA_Alaska USA_HawaiiPacific USA_MidWest USA_NorthEast USA_NorthWest USA_SouthCentral USA_SouthEast USA_SouthWest Uganda Ukraine UnitedArabEmirates UnitedKingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Note that you can add the "Country" key with no value to have the livery or item be used for all countries.
`Activity`	AAD: Aerial Advertising AEA: Agricultural Aviation CAR: Cargo Transport CHT: Aerial Construction COF: Commercial Flights And Passengers DIC: Scientific Research FEF: Ferry Flights FIF: First Flight FIR: Aerial Firefighting MED: Medevac PRC: Charter Service SAR: Search And Rescue SKP: Skydiving TOR: Flightseeing ANY: Any of the available careers.