New Skin Won't Update

[Beebop]

So I am making a skin (La5 Series Eight) and until today, when I made a change and saved it, the new version showed up in mission so I could evaluate it.

Now what I see is the last version of the skin I installed not the latest.

 

Size is the same as other skins, is properly named as a ".dds" file and is in the proper skin folder.  If I open the .dds file in any program, (GIMP, Paint, IrFan), I see the updated version.  I also have this problem using the viewer, it also shows the last skin loaded not the newest that is installed.

 

I have tried;

* Renaming it outside of the game and reinstalling

* Deleting it from the folder and reinstalling

* Restarting the game

* Restarting the computer

 

So far nothing has worked.

This is the first time it's happened in the entire time I've had the game.  I am sure I am making an error somewhere, most likely a basic error,  but where?  Anyone had this happen to them?

Edited November 20, 2020 by Beebop

[DetCord12B]

Send it to me. I'll take a look, mate.

[Beebop]

Here ya go.

The old version was showing some internal parts around the cockpit and had camo lineup errors.  These should mostly be fixed hopfully.  I also need to adjust the upper wing roundels.

Thanks for looking at it and seeing if there's a problem.

BBop_MB-152_LA5s8.zip

Edited November 20, 2020 by Beebop

[DetCord12B]

Figure it out. It's because you're using the wrong template. You've textured it on the FN Ser. 2 template and not the Ser. 8 template.

 

 

Edited November 20, 2020 by DetCord12B

[Beebop]

?

I'm sure I opened the Series 8 template.

What a dope!  Give me that 1D-10T form please.

 

Thank you.

(god gave you a brain to use beebop , not to be a doorstop.) ?

[Beebop]

I'm screwed then.

I know everyone thinks I'm crazy to do this but I use Paint Shop Pro 8, an ancient 32 bit program that cannot open a 4K file.  I have tried GIMP but I just cannot get a handle on how it works and although I can scale it down to 2K, GIMP does something to a file when it exports it as a .psd that makes it an "invalid .psd file."

 

I got started in skinning back in pre-1946 days when skins were 1024 X 1024.  I used PSP because I could get my head around the interface AND it would open and save in .psd.  I tried Photoshop but never got the hang of it.

I tried installing Corel's paint shop 2019 but got installation errors and poor support from Corel so I am unwilling to spend more money on another useless program.

Paint.net used to open psd files and I could downsize them that way but lately even with the psd plugin it only gives me a single layer.

I have a few old 2K templates and a couple that I was able to convert but the new templates are all 4K so I guess my skinning days are over for Great Battles except for the few usable templates I have.

 

Yeah, I know, I know, buck up buddy and learn a newer program.  I'm just an old tired dog with plenty of spit-n-fire in me but the frustration levels are getting to be more than I wish to deal with.

 

Oh well, there are a lot better skinners out there than me anyway.

 

[Dauntless]

Try paint.net. 

 

[Beebop]

7 minutes ago, Dauntless said:

Try paint.net. 

 

 

4 hours ago, Beebop said:

Paint.net used to open psd files and I could downsize them that way but lately even with the psd plugin it only gives me a single layer.

 

[DetCord12B]

16 hours ago, Beebop said:

?

I'm sure I opened the Series 8 template.

What a dope!  Give me that 1D-10T form please.

 

Thank you.

(god gave you a brain to use beebop , not to be a doorstop.) ?

 

$10 a month, mate. Just bite the bullet.

[Megalax]

17 hours ago, Beebop said:

GIMP does something to a file when it exports it as a .psd that makes it an "invalid .psd file."

 

 

 

 

Why not just save it to Gimp's native file .xcf?

[Beebop]

And then what?  GIMP 2.10.22 cannot save any file type including .xcf to ,psd without getting this message while saving:

The resulting saved .psd file when trying to open says it's not a valid .psd file and won't open.

This didn't used to happen.