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tribes 2 skinning problem

sschwauzbot
in Mods and Customization
Hi! I just finished my first t2 skin and its still in a png format, in My Pictures document. I have winrar and I'm wondering how I can convert my skin into a vl2 so i can use it as a custom skin ingame? rk told me how and i forgot :S wish xfire saved chat logs. anyway, can i get some help with this? id like to use my skin ingame. i think its real neat :D

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  • KrashKrash
    VL2 files are simply archives that the game reads upon launching. If all you want to do is use a skin in-game, just plop it right into the folder.
    For player skins, you'll just want to put it in "base/textures/skins/", making sure that the naming format is correct (eg. MySkin.lmale.png), and the game will detect it automatically.
  • Heat KillerHeat Killer
    if you want to use .vl2's with your skins (useful if you're distributing it, but you dont need it in vl2 format if you are keeping it to yourself), just create a .zip with the skin(s) in a folder "textures/skins" in the .zip file. then, just rename the extension .zip -> .vl2

    won't show you the extensions? in windows, just go in explorer:
    VISTA:
    - Click organize -> folder and search options -> 'view' tab -> UNCHECK 'hide extensions for known file types'
    XP:
    - Click tools -> folder options -> 'view' tab -> UNCHECK 'hide extensions for known file types'

    .vl2 extensions in Tribes 2 are basically .zip to it to make it easier to understand for you if this helps...
  • BBlakhart
    i have often found things to work better as vl2s than as various "uncompressed" file extensions

    for whatever reason
  • VashTexanVashTexan
    For linux, you can do it pretty easy with 7zip, and for that matter, you can use 7zip on Windows too, and it doesn't cost a thing, and can compress even smaller than .rar's. Anyway, the instructions:

    Make a set of directories to the desired destination.
    For instance, for the Superman skins:

    textures/skins/Superman.hmale.png

    You make directory , and in it, directory .
    All the Superman skin images(.png) are within the skins directory.

    Navigate so that you can see the directory (one directory above ).
    *Open a terminal there and run:

    7z a Superman.zip ./textures

    *The "a" is "add to archive." "Superman.zip" is the output file, which you can really
    name "sPac3BALLz.zip" for all it matters, as long as you keep the ".zip" at the end.
    "./textures" is the current directory that you just made.
    Now just rename "Superman.zip" to "Superman.vl2" and it should work.

    *To make sure it worked right, run:

    7z l Superman.vl2

    *And it should output something like:

    Path = Superman.vl2
    Type = Zip

    Date Time Attr Size Compressed Name
    2009-10-26 14:35:42 D.... 0 0 textures
    2009-10-26 15:31:28 D.... 0 0 textures/skins
    2009-10-17 14:12:46 ..... 125706 125706 textures/skins/Superman.hmale.png
    2009-10-17 14:13:02 ..... 120791 120791 textures/skins/Superman.lmale.png
    2009-10-17 14:13:12 ..... 125177 125177 textures/skins/Superman.mmale.png
    2009-10-17 14:12:56 ..... 348602 348602 textures/skins/Superman512.hmale.png
    2009-10-17 14:13:08 ..... 326236 326236 textures/skins/Superman512.lmale.png
    2009-10-17 14:13:18 ..... 346086 346086 textures/skins/Superman512.mmale.png
    1392598 1392598 6 files, 2 folders

    *The "l" is for "list contents of archive."
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