ship skins

[jusefd]

hi again guys, i have a small question, well i play Freelancer on hhc rpg server, and it would be nice if you had the logo of the clan and the name of base on the battleship... here comes the question, is there a way that i can add images on lets say rheinlandbs.cmp via photoshop or something, i have a cmpplugin for photoshop but doesnt work with fl, i have hardcmp but dont know how to change shit, please help me

[Gibbon]

Only way to add them so they would show up is the server also needs to have them. I don't know if thats possible.

To actually do the textures, you would need to extract them from the original MAT file, using say the UTF editor. Milkshape can also do this and maybe better to do it there as you'd have to save the repainted ship as a new model due to the fact you'd get a texture conflict in FL. This is why the server would also need a model of the ship, and everyone else on the server come to that otherwise they simply won't see the new textures

[jusefd]

like a mod right, i have UTF editor, but i dont see any MAT file in FL folder

[Gibbon]

DATA\SHIPS\RHEINLAND\rh_capships.mat

I can't remember how easy or difficult it is to import standard FL capships into milkshape. I know there are some issues with certain models

[jusefd]

well i cant really open it because it shows that it is a shortcut for a ms acces tabel, my guess is that acces also uses .mat extentions, also i did not find a way to import mat in milkshape

[Gibbon]

If you use the CMP importer for milkshape, then you can import the textures as well. it's an option when you import.

[jusefd]

lol? cmp importer? then i'll need those dll files, because i can only import sur files

[Gibbon]

You won't need DLL files to import ships or textures, go here and look for Colin Sanby

eoa.seriouszone.com/news.php

[jusefd]

still i cant import cmp for freelancer

[Bejaymac]

CMP's are the mesh files and normally don't have any textures (skins) in them, the .MAT files however do have textures and can only really be opened by UTF Edit.

Doing what you want is not for a novice, because of the way "skins" are applied in FL it makes it very difficult to add a "badge" to just one area of a texture as that area will probably be applied to several other part of the model aswell.

On top of that is the posibility of being banned from the server for using an unauthorised mod, server owners and admin are VERY touchy about this, so check with them before even thinking about doing this.

CLICK ME, those files are all of the FL ships (.ms3d) & their textures (.dds)

[jusefd]

thanks alot mate :-)

[skitz]

hi,
I'm new to this site, Thanks for letting me look around. I have played Freelance since it came out, i haven't been much for using full conversion mods but i plan on trying some out. I'm looking for some ship skins that i used to have, not having any luck and was hoping that maybe you could help me. I'm look for ship packs of a few different ships, 1st being the colonial viper ( both old and new ) 2nd cylon raider ( old and new ) 3rd Babylon 5's White Star and the Ragnarok Gunship. I used to have these ship skins on different mods but they where not in a full conversion mod. I would like to have these mods again if any way possible w/o them being in a full conversion mod. i plan on getting a full version mod but not sure which one yet. please let me know what you can find or do. i have been looking for these skins for a few days now.

Thank You

[Gibbon]

Hi skitz,

All of those models are available in Nightstalkers Universe mod. Do a search on that and you'll find what you need. Some of those models were originally by a guy called Porsche but instead of looking for loads of different mods to find what you want, Nightstalker has them all in one place