Crash?

[TXGrunt]

I did a Continental Airlines repaint on a Carenado Piper Arrow. Something different! I saved the file as a BMP which is what the original image was. Now when I go to select that texture from FS9 it crashes to desktop! Did I save the image wrong?

[patchz]

I did a Continental Airlines repaint on a Carenado Piper Arrow. Something different! I saved the file as a BMP which is what the original image was. Now when I go to select that texture from FS9 it crashes to desktop! Did I save the image wrong?

I have no way of knowing that, but my first thought is to double check your changes to the aircraft.cfg for the new texture. We often make some small error/typo that keeps it from showing up or some other problem.

[ShaneG_old]

I saved the file as a BMP which is what the original image was.

What program did you use to do the repaint & save?

Not all .bmp files are the same, and if you saved as the wrong one, this would cause your problem. 

[TXGrunt]

I saved the file as a BMP which is what the original image was.

What program did you use to do the repaint & save?

Not all .bmp files are the same, and if you saved as the wrong one, this would cause your problem.

[garryrussell]

Did you call it into DXT.BMP and resave as an extended biutmap???.....if not your sim will crash as you describe.

Garry

[TXGrunt]

Did you call it into DXT.BMP and resave as an extended biutmap???.....if not your sim will crash as you describe.

Garry

How do I do that?

[ShaneG_old]

Did you call it into DXT.BMP and resave as an extended biutmap???.....if not your sim will crash as you describe.

Garry

How do I do that?

First, if you don't have it, you will need the program, DXTBmp.
You can download it here, and it is free: http://www.btinternet.com/~mnwright/programs/dxtbmp.htm


Next, open the original texture that you are going to repaint in DXTBmp, and note what format it is,

like this:





Now, at this point, it's probably a good idea to save a copy as a 24bit .bmp,
as this is what most graphics programs work with.

This can be done like so:



NOTE! - don't save this copy in the same folder, as it will overwrite the original file!! Save the copy in a different location.

[TXGrunt]

Did you call it into DXT.BMP and resave as an extended biutmap???.....if not your sim will crash as you describe.

Garry

How do I do that?

First, if you don't have it, you will need the program, DXTBmp.
You can download it here, and it is free: http://www.btinternet.com/~mnwright/programs/dxtbmp.htm


Next, open the original texture that you are going to repaint in DXTBmp, and note what format it is,

like this:





Now, at this point, it's probably a good idea to save a copy as a 24bit .bmp,
as this is what most graphics programs work with.

This can be done like so:



NOTE! - don't save this copy in the same folder, as it will overwrite the original file!! Save the copy in a different location.

[TXGrunt]

I dont think that is the exact program but this is what it came out to when converted to BMP from PSD.

[ShaneG_old]

DXTBMP won't do that to you, and will replace that program you are using.

You won't need to convert from bmp to PSD, just do as I mentioned above and save as a 24bit bmp and Photoshop will treat it as a psd.

[TXGrunt]

DXTBMP won't do that to you, and will replace that program you are using.

You won't need to convert from bmp to PSD, just do as I mentioned above and save as a 24bit bmp and Photoshop will treat it as a psd.

PM'd

[ShaneG_old]

PM received, try the download from this link: http://www.btinternet.com/~mnwright/programs/dxtbmp.htm

all the way at the bottom. 

[SeanTK]

Don't forget that you may need to reapply the alpha channel using DXTBmp.