cops Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Hi all,I tryed the tutorial of Mikey but I can't figure it out how to unlock it rightCan someone explane this to me?/ I unlocked the model, but .dds won't let me change it to .png \Cops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyson Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 you need to unlock the model file in the editor.Then open the v3o you just edited with notepad.Then where you see 'example.dds' change it to 'example.png'that means the model is now looking for png rather than dds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cops Posted November 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 hmmm, than I try it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cops Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Ok I tryed it but I still fail on it :'(It's from step 2, step 1 is unlocking the model file that I did: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acather96 Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Can I suggest you do what I did and download Paint.NET - that allows you to open and edit the dds files without converting, and you can save them as a PNG if you wish. I think I remember reading somewhere that the DDS converter only converts things to DDS, not the other way round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rettungstier Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 oh dds converter can be used for both!i use photoshop to edit my skins and always convert them to bmp or png with dds converter and finally back to dds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cops Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 I used Photoshop and Paint.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyson Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 1. Open the editor2. Go to Modifications>Unpack File...3. Find the 'lapd_traffic_officer_m.v3o' and select it4. Now in the bottom it should say mod:models/....../lapd_traffic_officer_m.v3o change the '.v3o' to '.dds'5. Press unpackNow you can run your converters etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cops Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 damn that's what I'm doing wrong, well I will try it tomorrow. For now I'm "working" well it's to quiet for a bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyson Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 haha I knew what you meant, I had the same issue wish someone had told me back in the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach1019 Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Ok I need some help. I go to the file I want to reskin (fire engine 2) and then I change it to a v3o file then I go to the editor and unpack the file. Once I do that I go back to the file and change it back to a dds file. Then go to paint.net and try to open it and I get an error message that says "An unspecified error has occurred." What the hell is wrong with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
