Skinning Vehicles

malumvolo · Post by **malumvolo** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:27 pm

Hey, I need some help, Ive been trying to learn how to skin vehicles, and I cant get it to work. Heres what ive done...

I wanted to skin a warthog..

Ive extracted the bitmap (using dothalo)

Converted it to a bmp

Edited it with gimp

Converted it back to warthog_standard.0.dxt2dxt3.dds

Injected back into the map (using dothalo again)

Resigned the map (dothalo)

and ftp'd it back to the xbox.

(Ive tried both the map itself [zanzibar] and shared.map

Can anyone find what I missed?

I read that You need to erase the cache folder and the x,y, and z files in your E: partition??? I found the cache, but not the x y and z.

sneakyn8 · Post by **sneakyn8** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:40 pm

internalize the bitmap

malumvolo · Post by **malumvolo** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:20 pm

Explain it i noob form please.

How exactly do you do it?

D4rkFire · Post by **D4rkFire** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:27 pm

Get the internalize bitmap application.

malumvolo · Post by **malumvolo** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:58 pm

okay thanks

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:24 pm

the XYZ are not file they are folders. They are not in the E directory they are in the Parent Directory

malumvolo · Post by **malumvolo** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:22 pm

so you mean erase the entire partitions?

MilyardoX2 · Post by **MilyardoX2** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:09 pm

you don't need to erase your cache folders(X,Y,Z)

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:18 pm

MilyardoX2 wrote:you don't need to erase your cache folders(X,Y,Z)

I second that. Just internalize it with H2IB or Entity.

malumvolo · Post by **malumvolo** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:41 pm

okay thanks, you guys helped alot, I think ive got it down =D

malumvolo · Post by **malumvolo** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:00 pm

Just ran into a problem and I dont know whats going on...

I had it working for a while, I was editing the warthog skin on shared.map, and when I ftp'd it over, it didnt load my skins...

I checked to see if the bitmaps were internalised, and it said they were...

I dont see the problem

qwertyplopqwerty · Post by **qwertyplopqwerty** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:00 am

you need to clear the cache's in x y z and in e there a folder which says cache go in them and delete all the files then it should work

it works for me

malumvolo · Post by **malumvolo** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:09 am

.*slaps forhead* DUH! I forgot to erase the cache
thanks

BsaSilverFox · Post by **BsaSilverFox** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:31 am

here is what to do.
extract the skin file .dds format to your desktop, get the Nvidia dds plugin for adobe photoshop cs2, open the dds file in photoshop, edit away, save as the same name, dont rename it, in Dx3 format inject it back into your map with dothalo, internalise it, re-inject it, sign map, close ftp, play.

YOU DONT NEED TO DELETE YOUR X Y Z DRIVES, THIS IS WHAT RETARDS WILL TELL YOU TO DO

Fleabag77 · Post by **Fleabag77** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:56 am

You mean like people that bump two week old topics that have already been answered?