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Title: Skins....arg!
Post by: Joc on May 18, 2004, 10:16:01 AM

I make a skin and call it,say, spit51,I go into AH2 offline,hangar,select my skin and Im kicked to desktop right away,What have I done wrong? all I did was open the spit skin in Paint shop pro,paint it,save it,.selct it,desktop.....arg!

Title: Skins....arg!
Post by: Replicant on May 18, 2004, 10:19:12 AM

JOC, goto Image, Decrease Colour Depth, 256 colours :)

Title: Joc .. i had the same when i made my first skin .. try this
Post by: airmess on May 18, 2004, 01:57:07 PM

you must have done something worng. definately. make sure you convert the files (from Photoshop or Paint Shop) like this:

- transform to indexed colors
- amount of colors must be 256 maximum
- save as bitmap non compressed (8bit)
- size of the bit must be 1024 x 1024 8and not 1024x1026 like i did)

try it.

airmess

Title: Skins....arg!
Post by: Joc on May 18, 2004, 06:40:17 PM

Thats it! thanx guys! :D  will post pic of me first Spitty skin soooon! :D

Title: Skins....arg!
Post by: Waffle on May 18, 2004, 06:47:43 PM

In question to the "sheepfire" - How do you draw "wool" on a spit?



This is not a trick question either :)

Title: Skins....arg!
Post by: Joc on May 18, 2004, 07:31:32 PM

LOL! I guess Im just gonna have to study sheep very closely over a long period of time.........just to get it right ya know....honest....;)

Title: Skins....arg!
Post by: Saintaw on May 19, 2004, 12:21:34 AM

Hmmm... are you doing the Highlands version or the Welsh version?

Will it be named "Molly" ?

Pyro sayeth only Historical skins are accepted... enquiring minds want to know!