Skin help

[Rebal]

Hi I need help with being able to use skins. My editer is still telling me that it can not display the skin. can u help me

 

[HermanTheGibbon]

The most likely problem is that you have imported it incorrectly some how. Follow these steps and you should be OK:

1. Import your skin as a .blp file into your map
2. Save your map straight away
3. Open up the MDX of the unit you want to use the skin with in WC3Viewer
4. Goto 'Current File' ---> 'Used Texture Names' on the top toolbar
5. Look for the one which is longest, probably something like unit/units/footman
6. Copy this path
7. In the World Editor Import Manager, double click your skin to bring up its properties
8. Check the box saying 'Custom Path'
9. Paste the path from WC3Viewer into the box to replace the wc3imported/etc
10. Save your map again
11. Close the world editor down
12. Open the world editor up again and your skin should work!

You can find a good tutorial explaining custom skins here:

http://hiveworkshop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7061

 

[Rebal]

Yes i tryed what u told me to do but the show texture name button was shaded out. so do u know where i can find a good model of a crypt fiend that works. because the models at this site do not work. thx for your time

 

[HermanTheGibbon]

The path for the crypt fiend is simply:

Textures\CryptFiend.blp

So replace the default path (wc3imported/CryptFiend.blp or whatever) of your imported skin with that in the import manager, and you're away!

 

[Rebal]

i did that but where do i go to get it on the model. this is the file LavaFiend