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Skinning for Dummies - Who can help me getting into this?


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I am not an artist.

 

End of story?

 

Well, my creativity lays rather in other fields than graphics editing. But I want to give it a try, perhaps start to modify existing skins? Or perhaps better starting off with the official templates?

 

I downloaded the Ka-50 template, but what then? I have Gimp installed, so I can open the .PSD files. While I don't really know what I am doing, with a lot of trial and error I eventually will be able to modify the layers as I imagine them.

 

But then I am stuck. What now? I can work myself around the description.lua, but how do I get my work in the PSD file correctly into the respective DDS files?

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Here's a tip, you don't actually have to restart the game to test new skins. Go to mission editor, select the craft, select the skin you are testing, and load up into the game. Just alt-tab, replace the files, alt tab back in (Only works if you were in true fullscreen, as it stops the rendering)

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Here's a tip, you don't actually have to restart the game to test new skins. Go to mission editor, select the craft, select the skin you are testing, and load up into the game. Just alt-tab, replace the files, alt tab back in (Only works if you were in true fullscreen, as it stops the rendering)

 

Or you can use modelviewer as a more convenient way ;)

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Could someone tell me how to apply a skin?

 

I click on the airplane in mission editor and the tab that has the skins is blacked out. It won't let me choose it.

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