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cwsanger (3 posts)
Mar-19-02, 04:46 PM (EST) "Newbie Needs Help" I am new to MSTS and I am interested in reskinning some of the equipment that I have downloaded. What is involved in reskinning? What tools are needed for reskinning? How is it done?Thanks in advance for the help.WS Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Newbie Needs Help steam4me Mar-19-02 1 RE: Newbie Needs Help Kuchinator Mar-20-02 2 RE: Newbie Needs Help plainsman Mar-20-02 3

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steam4me (69 posts)
Mar-19-02, 08:33 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Newbie Needs Help" Tryhttp://www.uktrainsim.com/index.php?form_reader=texturing1RegardsYuri.

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Kuchinator (678 posts)
Mar-20-02, 12:08 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Newbie Needs Help" the most important tool needed is patience, it usually takes lots of time to get a skin just right. its not unusual to create a skin load it in the game and something is messed up such as a rteversed texture or a warped texture on a part of the model there isnt much you can do about that except use trial and error until it looks right in the game. its also essential to have TGAtool2 which is a freeware program which can extract textures froim the ace files into a format readable by a graphic program. i hear lots of people say they just use mspaint to do reskins but i personally prefer to use photoshop and paint shop pro for all my reskins. if you are looking for a very good and easy to use and relatively cheap graphic design program then paint shop pro is the best chouice. other than that, there realy isnt much more you need for reskins. just patience, good program, and a creative mind. good luck.
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plainsman (723 posts)
Mar-20-02, 01:05 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Newbie Needs Help" Start with a simple scheme, nothing with lots of angled lines and intense graphics. Some models are much easier to work with than others. Reference a few of the posts on what is good and what is difficult (default SD40 is a good example of a problem waiting to happen). I like to use ImageForge as well as Corel software but I don't have the talent of the better skinners who can extract the real worth from high end software.
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