MSTS Paint Shed

Hello I just got MSTS Paint shed and i love it but is there a way to repaint a locomotive that is already in MSTS for example how do you load the textures into Paint shed I want to do a repaint of the Acela HHP-8 and i can't get the textures into paint shed it will only allow me to change the ones that come with Paint Shed help would be great i hope to do a MBTA GeepThanks.

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Alas it can't be done,apparently one can only skin the stock provided with PaintshedGary S

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There must be something i missed in the readme that doesn't make sense to me you should be able to upload other loco's into Paint Shed

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Yeah, it's a little wierd.What it says is that you can export "templates" to use on your own models. What exactly this means, I couldn't tell you. I have the UTC which comes with paint shed. I thought that would be pretty cool until I found that the paint shed had dubious usability.-Jeff

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As Gary said, the problem with Paint Shed is it only works with the Auran rolling stock it comes with, making it of questionable value to the hobbyist. However, if you go get yourself a good graphics program like Paint Shop Pro or Adobe PhotoShop, and team it up with TGATool 2, you can skin any MSTS object you like.Grizzly

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Is there a place to download these i just started to reskin and i know a small about doing skins I only have Photo Studio 2000 SE on my computer

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Ok all set now now i don't know what to due i did some reading am i got TGA tool 2 and Paint shop pro 8 and i configured TGA tool now i don't know what to due open the s file or sd.

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TGA Tool won't open s or sd's. The files you want to work with are the .ace files. These are the textures. Open an .ace in TGA Tool. You can then save the .ace as a .tga file. Open the .tga you just created in Paint Shop Pro, and you can now edit it. If you're new to PSP, you'll have to play with it a while to learn to use it.Grizzly

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Thanks a bunch now i'm ready to hack away at those models.

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One word of advice for novice reskinners(and us old timers as well)BACK UP ALL FILES BEING WORKED ON!!! sorry to "yell" but it's better to get a bit of advice this way than to screw up and find out you're completely FUBARGary S

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Thanks i will keep in mind

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