Author Topic: Hlp (Read 1011 times)

BlueGoose · « **on:** February 09, 2007, 11:27:37 AM »

How do i make SKINS:cry:cry:cry:confused

TwinBoom · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2007, 09:15:15 AM »

if u want help id sugest changing ur sig. as belittling some1`s friend
whom might be able to help you would make them say "no way"

BlueGoose · « **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2007, 12:20:51 PM »

POST ALREADY :fruious

Krusty · « **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2007, 01:09:13 PM »

Okay if you're serious about skin creation you need a graphics editing program that supports layers (photoshop, paintshop pro, gimp, etc).

Then you need to download and install the hi-res pack and set your textures to 1024. Then you need to go into the hangar and right click on a plane and "save default skin".

You need to work in 1024, and if you don't have the hi-res pack installed it defaults out at 512 (even if you set it to 1024) to save space on downloads. So you need hi-res to get the proper template.

Then you go to the skins directory, open the name of the plane you saved, get the files you need (just ones that show wings or fuselage, don't need all the instruments) and you "paint" over them. Use layers so you don't permanently ruin what's on the default. Use layers to paint the colors, the camo, the whatever, then the details, the panel lines, the dirt, the weathering, and that's a highly simplified version of what you need to do.

BlueGoose · « **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2007, 01:47:45 PM »

wat would i have to download

BlueGoose · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2007, 12:01:07 PM »

POST allready

Krusty · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2007, 12:17:19 PM »

I hardly see the reason to get so upset. Nobody saw your last "what would I have to download" post. A simple bump would suffice.

Assuming you have a graphics editing program, the general guidelines are here:

http://www.hitechcreations.com/ahhelp/skins.html

So what you need to download is the hi-res skins pack. Other than that and an editing program (photoshop/whatever) all you need is what you've already got.

BlueGoose · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2007, 12:49:01 PM »

Don't u have a tutorial that would hlp i have tried the HOW TO MAKE SKINS i still can't figre it out

all i see is

nickf620 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 15, 2007, 02:46:46 PM »

krusty pretty much already said what you need to know to make the skin

i messaged krusty back and forth about random stuff and what he told me basically is right there in that post

read over carefully do everything he says to the dot

Krusty · « **Reply #9 on:** February 15, 2007, 07:05:49 PM »

Steps to skin:

1) Get a graphics editing program that supports layers

2) Install AH (already done)

3) Install AH Hi-res pack (available on webpage). Set in-game texture to 1024.

4) Go offline. Go to hangar. Right click plane you want, "Save default skin"

5) Go to the Aces High II\Skins directory. Find the plane you're looking for (p51D). You now have all the default bitmaps. Find the ones that have fuselage and wing parts. There should only be 1 or 2 files you need to edit.

6) Import bitmaps into editing software.

7) Edit (this is the hard part)

8) Export as 8-bit (256 color) or it won't show up in-game.

9) you're done.

Toadflak · « **Reply #10 on:** February 15, 2007, 07:10:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
7) Edit (this is the hard part)

if this is where you get stuck. sry, but there is no possible way for us to explain the massive amounts of things needed to do it. And if ya wanna learn, head down to your local college and take a desktop publishing/multimedia creations class.

Krusty · « **Reply #11 on:** February 15, 2007, 07:31:54 PM »

That "Edit" step is a Lulu, so to speak. Note that layers are your friend. As is iterative saving of the filename. Don't ever add an effect or anything unless you make a backup of that layer or of that entire file, in case you need to go BACK and change whatever it is you added the effect to.

NEVER save the file after flattening it, until AFTER you go into your history and undo the "flatten image" command.

Don't do too much on one layer. At first don't put more than 1 color on the same layer. This includes paint schemes and camo.

Other than that, learn as you go.

Jibbs · « **Reply #12 on:** February 15, 2007, 08:27:02 PM »

umm, just butting in here. Where do I download a graphics editing program? I've heard everything you guys tell me to do. "Use layers" and all that good stuff, but I just need to know where I can download it for free.

Toadflak · « **Reply #13 on:** February 15, 2007, 08:53:19 PM »

Gimp. the best free program for the job, i prefer photoshop though

Gimp

Krusty · « **Reply #14 on:** February 15, 2007, 11:40:46 PM »

I've heard folks complain about Gimp's interface. They say it's not friendly. I've only looked at it once (on a unix machine). Paintshop Pro has a 30-day free trail from what I hear. Otherwise go for Gimp or some other open-source graphics program.