I Need Help Getting New Skins To Work!

(MADDOG) #1

I just made some new skins for axis and allies for ET and now I need help getting them to work in ET! I put all the files in the proper places but I think I am missing some things but don’t know what, can anyone help me?

(Salteh) #2

What are “all the files” and the “proper places” ? :o

(SiliconSoul) #3

Are you using new names for your files? How are you installing them to get them to run?

(Schubi) #4

Check your folders, if they have the correct directions and names… and give a little more information pls…

(MADDOG) #5

I have all my folders in the proper place and for some reason when I go into WinZip and try to make the pk3 file it doesn’t work.

I think i have forgotten what to type in for the “add to archive:” file. Can anyone please send me a tutorial about how to make a pk3 file. With step by step instructions.

(Distopia) #6

if you’re using Winzip for your pk3s there are two easy ways

1.) Just drag the folders themselves into winzip. Make sure that the option “save full path info” is NOT checked.
2.) make sure that the filename of the archive you make does NOT contain the name of the folder in the Path

for example, if you wanted to add the ‘textures’ folder to the .pk3, make sure that if you see
“c:\Program Files\ET\Distopia extures\distopia.pk3”
change it to
“c:\Program Files\ET\Distopia\distopia.pk3”

Even easier if you have Winzip added to your shell extension

  1. just right click the folder(s) you want to add
  2. highlight Winzip on the context menu, and select “add to XXNAME.zip”
  3. rename XXNAME.zip to whatever you need the pk3 to be

if it wont work without the pk3s, then you need to make sure sv_pure is 0

(MADDOG) #7

Ya that dose not help me!

I just need a full tutorial.

In my skin pack i have changed the ET medic packs with RTCW’s. ALso made new models, and new hud, changed textures, made new flags, etc. I have all these files in the proper place. And when i right click the folder and go and press add to zip it gives me the Add Archive:
Then i am lost i forgot what to type in to make all the changes i have in that folder work for ET. The folder with all changes is on my desktop. DO i need to ahve that folder in the ET main folder? then try to make the .pk3?

(Distopia) #8

You need to have that folder wherever your mod is
if you’re modding you’re etmain, then yes, in the etmain folder,
if not, then in the folder that your mod is in
For example, if my mod id ‘distopia’ i want that pk3 in the folder ‘dostopia’, not etmain.
when you run the game make sure you run with +fs_game distopia (or whatever)
Also, if you have any other mod changing the graphics in the same folder, the pk3 with the name last in the alphabet will be the one that works
so if you have 2 pk3 with new skins
‘newskins.pk3’ and ‘oldskins.pk3’
oldskins will show up in the game because o comes after n
change the name to something like zMaddogsSkins.pk3

et will automatically load the pk3, as long as it’s in the right place.

also, if someone else is running the server, you cant see any changes unless

  1. they are running the same pk3
  2. they have sv_pure set to 0
(MADDOG) #9

Ya i figuered it out already but thanks for your posts.

(Distopia) #10

Maddog, out of curiosity,
are you just making a skin pack for et, or are you making selectable skins for players?

(MADDOG) #11

I am making a bit of both. I am making new skins for ET with Matt Plo" he is helping me with the color of the skins". But my team and I want to make ET Live Fire (big mod for ET) have selectable skins for each class. If you know how to make this work in any way please let me know we need all the help we can get.

(Schubi) #12

I did that allready befor, not to hard at all: