EDM Help - Missing Texture Overlaying Livery

[Steggles]

Can someone please help me get my head around whats going on? Using LN's template along with their EDM file provided. When its in the model viewer, I'm getting the custom skin applied, but its still got a pixelated 'missing texture' texture over the model. Take a look at the screen shot.

 

 

Things I've done to get myself to the point where the custom texture is even applying:

 

1 - I'm using the model viewer that's provided in the bin folder and running it from a batch file in DCS's root folder.

2 - Exported the 8 texture templates to a 24bit BMP and placed them in the Bazar/TempTextures folder. (This was the only way I could get the template to apply to the model)

3 - The other airframes and liveries (including the Mig21) work when selecting the model in their shapes folder in 'CoreMods' and the 'Bazar/World', but I have to combine the textures and create the DDS and description for this. Not really a reasonable approach IMO for fine adjustments.

 

I've looked around on the forums to get me this far, but now I'm stuck. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

Steggles

[-Rudel-]

Put a copy of the NMP files in the Temp folder too

[Steggles]

Thanks Rudel. As soon as I get my head around the plugin for gimp and what I'm doing, I'll be on my way.

[Steggles]

Ok, I'm completely lost. Would be so kind as to how to explain the process for this? By NMP are you referring to the normal maps? I've tried creating my own at 4k and copying the default ones, and even cropping the default ones into 4 to match the names of the template BMP files.

 

I'm new to texturing. I've fiddled around before with other aircraft with no worries, but its the first time I've had to go thru this process.