Help! my skin isnt showing up!

[Lord Raymond]

alright, so im adding a hero to my map K? so then i go apply the custom bloodelfspearman skin. but when i go to test it, all that comes up is a shadow. can someone tell me whats wrong!?

 

[xp3r009]

Lord Raymond, is this for a campaign or is it just a scenario? A potential strike can come through the cause of two types.

 

[Lord Raymond]

Scenario

It is a scenario map, if by that you mean what i think you mean

 

[Pharaoh_]

Sometimes it depends on the loss of quality, while texturing. Would you mind posting the jpg format of it to have a look? There are plenty of reasons why that skin wouldn't work. I came along with this issue once, though, and i realized it was a matter of quality; it contained some extra pixels in the dark areas (which are destinated for player's color), which somehow bugged the whole skin.

 

[xp3r009]

Probably you should check these things, considering with Pharaoh's suggestions, but here are my:

1. Check if the image works properly. BLP format is often used for models
2. Ensure it is in the correct directory like what the model information is said. The model cannot be viewed properly (eventually black) if it turns out to be like this.
3. Do you do this by a test map?
4. Ensure the model works properly overall.

Probably uploading the model with the skin would be helpful or the map so that we can see how to locate and resolve the problem.

 

[Lord Raymond]

just got worse 0.0

NOW it wont even load the guy in the editor. it says cannot load file <insert file here> :/

 

[xp3r009]

You should probably send the model with the skin or the map. It may need some analysis.

 

[Lord Raymond]

yea so no skins will show up :/ it just gives an error message that it cant load the skin this makes me sad

 

[PurgeandFire]

Make sure that you imported the skin with the proper path. You might also want to check to make sure the skin was properly created, because some problems about whether or not it shows up can be within the skin itself.

Refer to this thread - How to: Import a Skin to reassure you imported it correctly.

 

[Lord Raymond]

alright i followed the tutorial to the letter (including the model) and it still cant load it. one thing, whenever i tell it to have the model file as "___.blp" it changes it to "___.mdl." I'm not sure if this is supposed to happen or not. If its a glitch somewhere please tell me.

 

[Lord Raymond]

No more posts! Fixed :d

I figured out how it was a small stupid mistake

 

[DeadZero]

How? I'm going this too and I need to know how to put the skin on the model either in the Model Editor or in the World Editor, please help.

 

[Destroyer25]

Ok, lets start simple. When importing a model its important that you import the mdx and blp(if it has any) files, not the zip. You will then need to change the custom path of the model, if you dont know what it is then just simply read the tutorial for the particular model, every single model on this site has a tut for it. So just read that and you should be fine. Once its imported just go to unit data select your unit that the model is for, then change the model to the imported one.