Making new weapon skins

[FrieD]

I was wondering how i could make some new weapon skins. What i would need and if there is a tutorial for it?

Thanks in advance

FrieD

[Particle]

I'm not a skinner, but there are a few floating around on the forum.  Somebody will probably help you.

[Lidge Farkley]

I've never done it, but I imagine it's not much different than an armor skin.  Find the weapon skin file, make a copy, open it, edit it, save it with the correct pallete file (and the correct skin name for the weapon skin you're trying to replace) and makeskin that bad boy.  For skinning tools you can get the tribes tools pack from the downlods section of the link in my signature.

[FrieD]

would same thing go for like a brand new weapon?

[Lidge Farkley]

Brand new based on code, or brand new based on you made the max file in max 2.5?

If it's brand new a la just a newly coded weapon, then you can point the weapon skin to your custom named and looking skin for the old weapon model.

If it is a whole new weapon made in max, then I think when you assign it a texture set of colors, it will output the skins into a file and save it with your max files for that object.  I don't actually know as I have not used max in more than 4 years, and when I did, it was only for a few minutes, so I was not concearned with opening the files I made back up.

Anyway... good luck in your endevours, and post some more if you still have some questions.

[-eViL-]

Yes alc, you must assign it a set of textures to use and from there, you can open it up in something like PSP (paint shop pro) and edit the actual skin colors and what not.  Just make sure you save the file after applying the tribes palette of colors to the newly made skin.