My skin file is too large?

[TheHighwayman]

Help! 

 

I am editing a skin in GIMP, and when I open the skin in IL2, I get an error saying the file size is too big. It's about double what it is supposed to me.

 

I believe I have followed the procedure correctly, and I am not adding much detail.  I am using the skin template and adding a few stripes and some lettering. 

 

Any ideas? 

 

Thanks!

[TheHighwayman]

[BOO]

Hi

 

Hit bottom visible layer, select "clip to bottom layer" and use BC3/DXT5 compression, opt to generate mipmaps and and in the advanced options select "box" instead of default. That should give you a 5.6MB skin. 

 

Are you working from the public template or from a previously generated image? It looks like the latter your additions appear to be sitting over the various wear and terar layers..

 

Regards

BOO

[TheHighwayman]

I am working from the template available on this forum, I believe it is official. 

 

Do I need to change the order of layers in some fashion?

 

Thanks!

[TheHighwayman]

I've noticed I have a very clean plane, which I really like, but I have lost some detail. I can't even see rivets. Going to check out opacity settings.