Need Help! Can't covert P2 Skin to AMS2

Try this. Thanks nissan_r89c

 

For future reference, rather than struggling with the Photoshop DDS plug-in, or opening DDS files in Gimp and finding a newsprint shadow obscuring your view, try this:

Google "MWGfx" and/or "DXTBmp" and download the free program "DXTBmp".

I've been using it for years. Quick, easy, much less frustrating than anything else. In options you can set your favorite image editor's location, then open the DDS file in the program and click, "Send to editor" for the image, or the alpha channel, or save them in your favorite format and put them back together after editing.

It will generate mipmaps, and you can save DXT1 (with or without alpha), DXT3, DXT5, and several other formats.

It's quick, easy, and free. It takes the pain out of working with DDS files, and opens compressed images that resist other programs. You can download and install it in about thirty seconds.

***If you work in DXTBmp, and the game doesn't recognize your DDS file, open it in Gimp and export it as a DXT3 DDS file. Fixed. Your work in DXTBmp will be preserved, including alpha channel, etc.***

 

I still can't get it to show up in my car directory. Can someone see if it works in their game? Thanks.

 

Took a quick look.

The filename should be "nissan_r89c.xml" not "nissan_r89c_.xml"
Last line should be the closing tag... "</USER_OVERRIDES>" not "<USER_OVERRIDES>"

Works for me then.

 

I am sorry, I have never had this issue before and have installed other skins elsewhere in AMS2.
This is my vehicles folder


here is my .xml screenshot. Can you send me a working .xml? Does my dds file work in your game?

 

This is what it looks like in Notepad++

 

Take out one of the “<USER_OVERRIDES>” … you’re declaring it twice, and try it again.

I’m not at my computer right now, I’ll send a working one later if it does not go.
Edit: and closing it twice too I see, take out the last “</USER_OVERRIDES>” also.

Edit 2: here you go, included screenshot, so yep the dds works for me. Maybe not the way you wanted, since it is some weird format that I can’t open it with anything, and color is different from the preview, but at least something shows up, lol.

 

This should work and it doesn't ;-(
This is all I have in the xml file, still doesn't show up

 

No it should not, you are starting with a closing tag: </user_overrides> in line 1, change that to <user_overrides>.

 

I got it to work finally. Thank you all so much, I feel like an idiot. I have placed my own skins in games for the last 20 years and this one was an obvious mistake I was missing. Again Thanks!!

 

I was about to reply and saw Rober beat me to it… glad you got it to work

 

Awesome it's in game. Showroom pic