[Scorlord]

Hi, I'm new to uploading skins for IL-2, and haven't quite got the handle on it. I've tinkered with skins on various things from games, to just 3d models to make skins or RPs for my games. For the most part I make up skins so hardly are gonna be historically accurate, mainly cause I like to be myself in such games so flying another man's plane doesn't work for me.

What I'm having issues with is getting IL-2 to use my skin. I have it the same size of the voids and skins that come with the game, and saved it as a 16 bit bmp. But it still doesn't show up, so any help here by experience or another thread I missed? I'm using CS3, Photoshop if you wish to know what system I use. Any help would be helpful.

If need be the jpg version of the skin is here, changing it to a bmp is something even paint can do. Link

[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

make sure its saved in the right place, i have a feeling that il2 only accepts 256 colours. Ask Zeppo, he's the man who'd ken all about the secrets of skinning IL2

[madcat]

If you use Photoshop go to Image>Mode>Indexed Color... (don't think you need to change any settings)

Then just save as bmp (again don't change any settings)

[Scorlord]

I got it to work, thanks guys.

[Dr. Strangelove]

I've been tinkering myself,

Skins should be saved in 8-bit format (256 colors I believe). This is good to know because if you like to make white backgrounds of little .bmp pics you wish to add to skins go away, it must be in at least 24- bit I think... then all you have to do is change it back when you're done!

I know you're problem is already solved, and I hate to be redundant, but I do suppose it's better than learning the hard way! :wink:

Have fun!

[ebz7350]

Hi, I'm new to uploading skins for IL-2, and haven't quite got the handle on it. I've tinkered with skins on various things from games, to just 3d models to make skins or RPs for my games. For the most part I make up skins so hardly are gonna be historically accurate, mainly cause I like to be myself in such games so flying another man's plane doesn't work for me.

What I'm having issues with is getting IL-2 to use my skin. I have it the same size of the voids and skins that come with the game, and saved it as a 16 bit bmp. But it still doesn't show up, so any help here by experience or another thread I missed? I'm using CS3, Photoshop if you wish to know what system I use. Any help would be helpful.

If need be the jpg version of the skin is here, changing it to a bmp is something even paint can do. Link

hello..might be worth checking out M4T
www.mission4today.com as there's a few
skinning tools via the forum which might help
with your enquiry,equally as good as AAA forum :wink:
Regards
David
Ps.(Edited)M4T & look for link to 'Bright Tool' I'm sure
this will help with Your skinning problem,
M4T always looking for new members too :wink:

[Scorlord]

Thought I'd post up an in game shot of it.