Thinking about making skins

[bravoa8]

I've really been thinking about trying to make some skins ive read krusty's skinning tutorial and it dosen't sound just too hard i'd like to give it a try,sooo this is what i'd like to make.




I'd probably have to read it a time or two more but i think i can do it. Anyway this is the skin idk what the squad name is but i hope i can figure this out any suggestions would be appreciated.

[5PointOh]

Krusty tutorial is very good, well thought out.  Its actually fun to skin planes...yet stressful at some points. 

[bravoa8]

Krusty tutorial is very good, well thought out.  Its actually fun to skin planes...yet stressful at some points. 

yeah it probably is kinda hard at first

[Angel666]

good luck

<<S>> Angel666

[bravoa8]

Hey  got a question for someone who's a good skinner, i read on krusty's tutorial that its best to have a 1024x1024 sized skin to start out with,but i cant find any default ah2 skins that are that size they are all 512x512 and i dont really get how to convert it to 1024x1024,so plz help me out a bit.

[Motherland]

You need to have texture size set to 1024 and install the hires texture pack.

BTW if you can't figure out how to resize an image, you're going to have a lot of trouble trying to make a skin. Not trying to be rude, just letting you know.

[bravoa8]

You need to have texture size set to 1024 and install the hires texture pack.

BTW if you can't figure out how to resize an image, you're going to have a lot of trouble trying to make a skin. Not trying to be rude, just letting you know.

i know how to resize an image in paint but what im asking is do i need it to be 1024x1024 SIZE not TEXTURE?

[Lord ReDhAwK]

Heya  bravoa,

The skin will need to be made at 1024x1024.  If you currently arent running the HiRes texture Package then you can just manually resize the 512 to 1024.  It will have some blur to it, but we do it all the time on old models.  If you are running HiRex Textures, then you will get the default as a 1024x1024 already.

ReDhAwK 

[USRanger]

He's got an M-8 pictured, which has 512x512 .bmps(it's old).  So, should he bother making it 1024x1024 to skin and then shrink it?  I never have with the older models like the M-8.  Would he really gain any detail by enlarging, skinning, then shrinking again?

Btw, look where the .50 cal is on the M-8 in the pic.  Different model, or is something not right with our in-game model?

[Lord ReDhAwK]

Hola Lord Ranger,

Yep!  It has to be resized to 1024x1024.  All skin submissions must be in 1024x1024 size.  So he would not shrink it back to 512.  However, reading your comment, I take it as you have submitted 512's before.  I thought this was a noGo as all skin submissions must be able to become part of the HiResTexPackage.  Hence the 1024 standard.

ReDhAwK

[USRanger]

Nah, no submissions by me, just skins for H2H and now offline missions.  I thought you guys meant 1024x1024 as a general skinning rule(even for the old models).  Makes sense though for submissions' sake.

[bravoa8]

i have hires textures on but i get 512?maybe i need to download a new one?

[Lord ReDhAwK]

Neg bravoa.  

If you have the hiRes installed just check your video settings for the game to ensure they are set for 1024.  If your video settings are set for 1024 and you have the hiRes installed, then the HTC front end is force feeding you the graphic in 512.  That means you will HAVE to convert the 512 graphic to 1024.  This means the details WILL be blown up and pixelated.  A little more work on your end as a skinner, but completely do-able  

Just remember, at the end of your work, the graphic must be submitted as a 1024x1024 graphic.  So resize the 512 pic to 1024.  Redraw the panel lines, rivets.  Repaint the model.  Weather it until you feel the model is complete.  Submit it as an 8bit indexed bitmap at 1024x1024.  Somebody else jump in here if I am being confusing.

ReDhAwK

[bravoa8]

i figured it out i think my hires pack was outdated usranger helped me out

[bravoa8]

im going to make a 190 skin instead but the skin i want to make is a night fighter one but i dont know what squad it was in its number on it is red 9 though will that work or do i need to have the squad name?