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[Mind_Knives]

 173D, on Jun 02 2011 - 19:17, said:

Where in the res folder would I find the tow cables on the tanks? I've looked but cannot find them.

they are on the tank skins.

[173D]

Found em..thx

[173D]

 Brock7142, on May 27 2011 - 18:15, said:

The .DDS copies wont let me convert them in the program DDS Converter.



What am I doing wrong?

So first the Gimp .DDS plugin doesn't work (have it installed, it doesn't work at all) and the DDS Converter doesn't work...

How do you guys this stuff? what am I doing wrong?

Try this if you are running Vista...

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[Cthulhu]

Im sorry to ask ,but, Im in the middle of making an imperial austrio hungarian skin for the 3a and it looks fantastic,but, the German cross is not in the 3a's image or rather I cant seem to find it. A bit of help her perhaps? And yeah Im making monarchist skins

[menochinese]

What is the difference between Panther_II.dds and Panther_II_2.dds? Is the non-2 one the resize of the hull post 0.6.4 patch?

[wooby]

How do you remove the original cross from german skins. When I apply an after market skin, there are two crosses on tank? LOL
Thanks for your help.

Wm

[menochinese]

NVM, I got it.

[Marttimaster]

Hey, really nice guide you have here. Thanks about that. However I have hard times download the tools (programms). I downloaded Marquee, and i can handle a download with adobe (Lasso). When i wanted to download paintbrush, i googled it but received only downloads for the Mac operating system. Could somebody send me a link for windows vista 64 bit or place the download for windows on a file hosting programm like mediafire or something?

[Ammo]

I tried to copy some skins here and my tank turn all red.  Nost sure what I did wrong.  Any help on this?

[reborn789]

please i beg anybody to help me i have been trying to download tank skins for my vk3601h an my stug 3 but everytime i follow the instructions on how to do it i end up with a bright red tank and then i end up having to put the original camo on i really wish that one of you guys would please give me a step by step guide to help me with this problem including anything that i need in order to get camos thankyou and for heavens sake please help

[bigbadwolf667]

Now I see on some of the skins people have done they have added thing like unit numbers and or different emblems to the front sides ect. (ive seen one with Bullwiklle on the turret) how is this done obviously its not brushed on. are they copied and pasted in some how?

[menochinese]

 bigbadwolf667, on Aug 20 2011 - 19:18, said:

Now I see on some of the skins people have done they have added thing like unit numbers and or different emblems to the front sides ect. (ive seen one with Bullwiklle on the turret) how is this done obviously its not brushed on. are they copied and pasted in some how?

They are copied and pasted on. Typically you prep the image and give it an alpha background, the copy and paste it, then resize it and change it to the dimensions and specifications you desire.

[Cthulhu]

My god nobody ever answers me ;0 for the love of god, how do I replace the german cross with the eagles I created. The skinning part is simple the icon part is not....

[PorcelainZell]

 Cthulhu, on Aug 25 2011 - 21:27, said:

My god nobody ever answers me ;0 for the love of god, how do I replace the german cross with the eagles I created. The skinning part is simple the icon part is not....

WoT\res\gui\maps\vehicles\decals

[PorcelainZell]

So here is my problem. Im using Photoshop CS4 with DDS plugin. When i try to edit the skin file it becomes bloored in game. Here is the same file before and after resave:
\
You can see the details lower, i did not change the graphics settings!
The dialog at file opening:

The dialog at file save:


What I do wrong?

[Cthulhu]

 PorcelainZell, on Aug 27 2011 - 00:04, said:

So here is my problem. Im using Photoshop CS4 with DDS plugin. When i try to edit the skin file it becomes bloored in game. Here is the same file before and after resave:
\
You can see the details lower, i did not change the graphics settings!
The dialog at file opening:

The dialog at file save:


What I do wrong?

Its not you , its probably that photoshop is saying to export as original when in reality the quality is slightly off. My suggestion to you is to go to export options and choose the maximum possible settings before saving. I have much experience with this therefore I know this is a pain and that the solution is very easy

[p0o9]

this is a great guide but I do have a question.  I tried skinning today for the first time and although it turned out terrible it was sort of fun.  
On my T32 I have a great skin, sort of looks like a lightning storm that someone did. So I read a post on the Russian forum about skinning and they are using a program called paint.net. its a free download and recognizes .dds files.

Now my question.  I want to try to put a jpeg image as a layer for the skin instead of painting it. With the paint.net program it accepts it but when I save the file as.dds my tank just turns florescent red. Is it possible to use a jpeg image?? Found a couple really cool storm with lightning photo's I would like to use.

Thanks in advance for any help

[PorcelainZell]

 Cthulhu, on Aug 28 2011 - 23:06, said:

Its not you , its probably that photoshop is saying to export as original when in reality the quality is slightly off. My suggestion to you is to go to export options and choose the maximum possible settings before saving. I have much experience with this therefore I know this is a pain and that the solution is very easy

What do you mean - "export options"? The only options I see is the one on my screenshot - when i choose 'Save As' in Photoshop and 'dds Format' window appears. What mode do I have to select there? And is there any other way to save dds-file, without Photoshop? DDs-Converter, that i've downloaded here does not work...

[BigBen83]

That was a very in depth faq, nice job, but I dont know how to find the base skins? Where are they?

[KillRoYsteiner]

Wow amazing job here, helped out A LOT.  Before this I never knew what to do.

Great job dude