Out of the loop re skins

[Shane]

Anywhere to view the skins *before* i download them?  There used to be a skin-viewer, as well as online screenies...   where'd they go?

thx...

[doleboy]

Here.

http://www.ah-skins.com/

[Shane]

thx i guess, but no way to know if they're "official in-game" or tie them into something from the skins d/l page?

[GrimCH]

http://www.netaces.org/skins/skins.htm

..but it looks to be out of date.

[rogerdee]

the last one has not been updated yet with this months skin download
but then again as it is done by some one for the benefit of us players we cant complain

[Raptor]

I don't like AH-Skins. I use to upload my skins to it, until someone took credit for one of my skins after the P51 update. They rearranged my old P51B skin and submitted it and called it their own.

[uptown]

Here.

http://www.ah-skins.com/

Can these be used in the game? I downloaded one I liked and inserted in the skins file of HTC but I couldn't get it to come up in the hanger.

Nevermind, I did some reading, and from what I understand, these can only be used in offline play.

[whiteman]

Can these be used in the game? I downloaded one I liked and inserted in the skins file of HTC but I couldn't get it to come up in the hanger.

I tried some of the F4U skins months ago but they were for the old 3d model. possible the ones you tried are for old models.

[Mustaine]

there is no "official" skin preview.

I did bring this up with Skuzzy and it is a logistical nightmare. Basically the download page for the skins is script driven, and there is no simple way to add a screen shot to the process. I had offered to make screen shots myself, but it was a no-go.

I'd love to re-visit that option with HTC staff, but as the skins are updated someone would need to manually edit the source page to add the link to the proper screen shot... out of a possible what? 1350 skins / links to DL them (90 models, 15 skins max each).

If you have the hard drive space it's best to just DL them in the background in-game, though at 1 MB per, that's over a gig of skins now that I think about it