Need help painting Pz.III M sideskirts

[ThePutzmann]

Just started working on a skin for the Panzer III M. I have just finished painting the sideskirts and installed them to have a look at the new paint job in game. The paint job doesn't appear on the sideskirts but only on the tank hull (Don't worry, I was smart enough to equip the side skirts). I have downloaded the Pz.III M template, opened the PzIII-M_Skirts file with GIMP and painted it. When I was done I saved it, flattened the image, added a layer mask etc. and copied the painted PzIII-M_Skirts file to the _PzIII-M skin folder. 

 

What have I done wrong?

[Tomi_099]

Welcome ! 

Can you give us the 2 skins to download .. then we can find the cause more easily

[ThePutzmann]

https://www.mediafire.com/file/bnz0y3dwd2yt4t2/PzIII-M_Skirts_painted_done.dds/file

 

Here's the painted PzIII-M Skirts_template @Tomi_099. 

 

I'm not sure what you mean with "Can you give us the 2 skins to download?" I have only painted the Sideskirts template, haven't touched the Pz.III M Body template yet.

Edited January 22, 2021 by ThePutzmann

[Tomi_099]

That looks good ! ..I guess you swapped the names of the skins that's why the skirts are on your tank

 

Use your name as an example:

(Hull)

Pz.KpfwIII_W_&1.dds 

(Skirts)

Pz.KpfwIII_W_&1#1.dds  

 

 

These two names make a 1 tank with 1 skirts you also have to select this tank in the select menu.

 

Edited January 22, 2021 by Tomi_099

[ThePutzmann]

You may have misunderstood me. I haven't accidentally swapped the hull with the side skirts because I haven't touched the hull template at all. The only thing I have done is open the PzIII-M_Skirts template, paint it, save it as a .dds file and copy and paste it in the _PanzerIII-M folder (1C Game Studios --> IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles --> data --> graphics --> Skins --> _PzIII-M).

 

Here's how my folder currently looks.  

[Tomi_099]

 

So if you stick to the name structure as shown above, nothing should be wrong ..

Please write down the size of the cover and the name of the skirts here

 

Edited January 22, 2021 by Tomi_099

[ThePutzmann]

43 minutes ago, Tomi_099 said:

Please write down the size of the cover

 

What do you mean by that?

 

I have named the .dds file "PzKpfwIII_401_&1#1" and now the skin isn't even showing up in the game. 

 

[Tomi_099]

You have official templates .. use this .. and rename them as described above

 

 

 

Edited January 22, 2021 by Tomi_099

[Tomi_099]

1 hour ago, ThePutzmann said:

 

What do you mean by that?

 

I have named the .dds file "PzKpfwIII_401_&1#1" and now the skin isn't even showing up in the game. 

 

Hull Skin

Pz.KpfwIII_401_&1.dds 

Skirts

Pz.KpfwIII_401_&1#1.dds

 

These two names make a 1 tank with 1 skirts you also have to select this tank in the select menu.

 

It is important that the names have a structure - otherwise the skirt cannot be assigned to the correct Tank (hull)

 

Edited January 22, 2021 by Tomi_099

[ThePutzmann]

It worked!

 

Thank you for your advice and your patience .

 

The problem was not that I named them incorrectly but that you have to copy and paste both the hull template and sideskirt template into the _PzIII-M folder, or else the skin just won't show up.

Edited January 22, 2021 by ThePutzmann