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How can I repaint when using only[glb]M$ Paint[/glb]?? When I draw just a line and I saved it to a new texture-folder en make a new variation in the aircraft file, i'll see nothing changed in the aircraft?? Can somebody help my.

RNLAF[

All right, there are a few things I think you aren't doing right.

1. The name of the texture MUST be the same as the name of the original texture.

2. Most default (and many downloadable) aircraft textures are saved in DXT3 format, which requires a seperate tool to open with.  DXT3 is what gives FS aircraft specular shine, with an alpha channel being included with the rest of the textures.  Try searching for a program called DXTBmp.  It will open the files and you can then save them as something else for editing.

DXTBmp - 16 bit Texture Manipulator Updated program for the creation, conversion, compression of the 16/32 bit Texture formats used by CFS2, FS2000, FS2002 & FS2004

get it FREE here at simviation.com
http://www.simviation.com/fsdesign_utilities.htm

bill

The latest verison of DXTBmp is available here...

http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/programs/dxtbmp.htm

Regards,
Stratobat

OK.

Thanks for your advise. I'll try it!!

Greetz RNLAF