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Title: New guy question about skin-viewer trouble
Post by: VT8tbf on September 21, 2005, 09:53:09 AM

I open the viewer and browse to the 'skins' folder. When I click on a plane to view I get the error message "This file doens't contain viewable information".

Can someone help me troubleshoot ? Am I missing some program needed to view the skins ?

Thanks for any help.

Title: New guy question about skin-viewer trouble
Post by: rogerdee on September 21, 2005, 11:00:07 AM

i had that tropuble   so do this

Open it and next to planetype click "Browse" then select "stdshape", close the skin viewer and it should work


we u reopen it it should work and let u see the default skins,it wont let u see the custom skins,like  the ones on ah skin site unless u down load them in to a folder in your  ah skins folder  eg  a p51d  u would make  a new folder p51d1 and  put the bitmap from the site in to the folder to view

hope this helps

Title: New guy question about skin-viewer trouble
Post by: VT8tbf on September 21, 2005, 11:31:31 AM

OK, I tried that but it still doesn't want to show any skins. I'll try on my other com[puter tonight when I get home.
Thanks for your help.
VT8tbf

Title: New guy question about skin-viewer trouble
Post by: MachNix on September 21, 2005, 11:56:58 AM

The latest skin viewer is v2.05 p1.  The link on HTC's website is/was pointing at an old version.  You can get the new version here:

http://downloads.hitechcreations.com/AHSKVIEW2051.EXE

Once you have the latest version installed, do what rogerdee said about clicking the "browse" button and selecting "stdshape".

Title: New guy question about skin-viewer trouble
Post by: VT8tbf on September 21, 2005, 12:48:01 PM

Thanks MachNix !!   That did it.  The HTC website is indeed pointing to an old version.

Thanks a lot.