Skin not appearing in game

[adler_1]

i skinned  using a template from here and converted from bmp to DDS in PS and placed it in the skin folder , in the editor it appears as a selection and i saved the game but it wont appear in game  ,what am i missing ?  

[9./JG27golani79]

Did you switch to "Custom" in the paint scheme selection?

 

[adler_1]

no i did not , i have one more question , i tried saving the mission under a different name to see if it appears and strangely enough it doesnt appear in game but it doubled the original mission  so i see the first mission twice in the mission selection even though in the mission folder both are there , why is that ? i will  apply what you pointed out right away . i just did what you pointed out and though it loaded the skin  when confirmed i get a burnt aircraft !!! what am i doing wrong 

Edited August 23, 2018 by dog1

[9./JG27golani79]

Sorry, can´t be of help with the mission editor and related stuff, as I´ve never used it myself.

[adler_1]

do you have any idea why the aircraft appears as burnt  even thought the skin is accepted ? the DDs file is 2.66 mb .

Edited August 23, 2018 by dog1

[9./JG27golani79]

Seems like a problem with your alpha channel.

Maybe you can find some useful information here:

There was also another topic I think where the alpha channel was discussed but I can´t seem to find it atm.

 

[DetCord12B]

It's not burnt. You can see right through it. That's definitely an alpha channel issue as mentioned by 9./JG27golani79 which you're losing when converting.

 

And since you're using PS there is no need to convert anything. Use either the Nvidia Tools or the new suite from Intel Texture Works and export directly from Photoshop.

[Psyrion]

Yes, it looks like you didn´t apply the alpha as a layer mask over the flattened image?

[adler_1]

i installed both Nvidia and Intel converters to CS2 but both dont show up in the save as menu when trying to save as DDS , Intel mentions it requires PS 6 .

[DetCord12B]

15 minutes ago, dog1 said:

i installed both Nvidia and Intel converters to CS2 but both dont show up in the save as menu when trying to save as DDS , Intel mentions it requires PS 6 .

 

Make sure you installed the correct version for your OS.

 

File > Save As > Save as type: > D3D/DDS > DXT5 8bpp

 

[Thad]

3 hours ago, dog1 said:

no i did not , i have one more question , i tried saving the mission under a different name to see if it appears and strangely enough it doesnt appear in game but it doubled the original mission  so i see the first mission twice in the mission selection even though in the mission folder both are there , why is that ? i will  apply what you pointed out right away . i just did what you pointed out and though it loaded the skin  when confirmed i get a burnt aircraft !!! what am i doing wrong 

While in the ME, did you 'rename' your new mission to its assigned name before you 'save as' it with the new mission name?

[adler_1]

the NVidia confirms it supports CS2 as well but there is no mention of operating system or bites .Its just one download and install , i have checked the route when installing  it goes to Adobe   photoshopCS2 folder but it wont appear as a window in PS such as your photo above when saving or in the selection save as .

[DetCord12B]

3 minutes ago, dog1 said:

the NVidia confirms it supports CS2 as well but there is no mention of operating system or bites .Its just one download and install , i have checked the route when installing  it goes to Adobe   photoshopCS2 folder but it wont appear as a window in PS such as your photo above when saving or in the selection save as .

 

It says it right there...

 

A collection of texture tools generating normal maps, texture compression, mip map generation and cube map formatting packaged as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS6.

 

Downloads

• Windows (32-bit)
• Windows (64-bit)

[adler_1]

sorry we did not understand each other yes i downloaded 64 bit since im using for games windows 7 prof 64 bit . thought you meant windows 7 or 10  etc. when you want to save in PS you have the Nvidia window opening up as per your image above ?

 

[DetCord12B]

1 minute ago, dog1 said:

sorry we did not understand each other yes i downloaded 64 bit since im using for games windows 7 prof 64 bit . thought you meant windows 7 or 10  etc. when you want to save in PS you have the Nvidia window opening up as per your image above ?

 

 

I don't know why it isn't working as NTT supports CS2.

 

Option 2 - Free Trial

[adler_1]

here is the image which confirms the DDS plug in is in the CS2 .

i will try rebooting

installing CS fre trial

i am installing the 7 day free trial , i will report back tomorrow with results since its late here and its installing really slowly . 

Edited August 23, 2018 by dog1
UPDATE

[adler_1]

i have installed the CC free trial and reinstalled both intel and nvidia converters and checked the files of the plug ins are there but still save as DDS does not appear .

[DetCord12B]

Then you're doing something wrong. Make sure you uninstall your previous version of Photoshop and the plugin. Reinstall the plugin to the new version of CC.

 

Edited August 23, 2018 by DetCord12B

[adler_1]

its obvious im doing something wrong since i manually installed the files of both intel and Nvidia .ok i will uninstall the free CS2 and reinstall the plugins to CC .  

[adler_1]

i uninstalled CS2  and installed manually the 2 scripts presets of nvidia  in scripts and the 2 plugins files in the plugin generator folder , no show in save as  . i then did the same for Intel same result . Its 2 files in preset/script and 2 files in plugin/Generator folder .  

[adler_1]

result this morning

 

[adler_1]

DETCORD12B

thank you very much for your support and patience .    

[DetCord12B]

5 hours ago, dog1 said:

DETCORD12B

thank you very much for your support and patience .    

 

Make sure you save it as DXT5.

[adler_1]

DXT5 makes it extremely polished , what is the setting for flat in Nvidia plug in ? and what are the parameters to play with to get to the tone i wish .Flat and Satin . 

[DetCord12B]

8 hours ago, dog1 said:

DXT5 makes it extremely polished , what is the setting for flat in Nvidia plug in ? and what are the parameters to play with to get to the tone i wish .Flat and Satin . 

 

Flat? Do you mean a matte, a almost non-reflective surface? If so, you'll need to adjust the alpha layer to do that as none of the BoX aircraft or vehicles have specular maps, which is unfortunate.

 

EDIT - I'd suggest being very careful in doing so else you'll end up with the aircraft looking like it does in the second image you posted.

Edited August 24, 2018 by DetCord12B

[adler_1]

yes flat is matte , to adjust the alpha layer  i use the Nvidia tool and choose from DXT 1 to  5 only  ? nothing else i can play around with in PS in filters drop down menu ? slide  bars etc ?