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05-31-09, 12:31 PM | #1 |
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Skinning Help
Hey all of you skinners out there I need your help. I want to make some custom skins for IL-2, but I use a program called Gimp. I understand how to make templates and basic skins but I can't get them to show up in the game. Can someone with skinning experiance that uses Gimp help me?
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05-31-09, 01:56 PM | #2 |
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Gimp, Gimp, Gimp...Ah, I have Gimp too
I believe all you have to do is go to Image -> Mode -> Indexed..., leave the options as they are (I'm...pretty sure) then save it as a BMP in the right folder I'm not exactly sure if that works, as I use Photoshop, but most chances are it will
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05-31-09, 01:58 PM | #3 |
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I dont use gimp, but your end results should be 1024x1024 and in bitmap resulting in a file size of 1 mb
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05-31-09, 02:39 PM | #4 |
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I think I once heard that the skins have to be 8bit files. Can anyone verify this?
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05-31-09, 02:43 PM | #5 |
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Yeah, Indexed at 8-bit, as I pointed out to Mr. Red Spy
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