F-5 mod skins don't work

[LaoHu]

I downloaded this mod for the F-5 and all of the skins for the aircraft are black, which means the textures aren't loading but I can't find out why it isn't loading. There is no exact installation instructions other than extract it into the mod folder which I did and there doesn't look like there are any issues with the file placement compared to the other aircraft files. Can anyone help me out?

P.S. the drop tanks have the textures working and the cockpit, loading screen, menu, etc all work. Everything but the skin. 

 

[+EricJ]

It's loading fine, just the wrong F-5E apparently. This is a gripe of mine,  and also from Wrench (I do remember a post about it) that people need to show where and which aircraft it is. I can't help you because the F-5E isn't really popular with me so somebody will chime in. But it's about people not making sure they tell you which aircraft it's for. It's not hard and if you can take the time to do skins, annotating a readme with the information isn't that difficult and makes these posts not show up. But I would suggest removing the skins because it obviously isn't for that F-5E and possibly download the proper F-5E so you can enjoy them.

Edited April 15, 2023 by EricJ

[MadelonLiselotte]

Your problem will be solved,  If you back up the JPG-files to BMP-files. Good luck!

[LaoHu]

14 minutes ago, EricJ said:

It's loading fine, just the wrong F-5E apparently. This is a gripe of mine,  and also from Wrench (I do remember a post about it) that people need to show where and which aircraft it is. I can't help you because the F-5E isn't really popular with me so somebody will chime in. But it's about people not making sure they tell you which aircraft it's for. It's not hard and if you can take the time to do skins, annotating a readme with the information isn't that difficult and makes these posts not show up. But I would suggest removing the skins because it obviously isn't for that F-5E and possibly download the proper F-5E so you can enjoy them.

The skins came with the pack and removing them from the folder just caused it to not work at all (aircraft disappeared from the in-game list) so I have no idea what that is meant to help with

[+EricJ]

Well, I didn't think that would happen (Didn't realize that it was the whole mod,  thought you downloaded a skin pack or something like that). But as mentioned, you may want to try changing the format from JPG to BMP  and see if that fixes it. Who uploaded the mod? The reason is you might want to shoot a PM to the mod author and tell him/her that the mod is jacked up, and explain how you fixed it. Maybe the author will do so.

Edited April 15, 2023 by EricJ

[+daddyairplanes]

which mod exactly too. please be more specific than "this mod for the F-5E". there are 7 mods in the aircraft section alone.

did you load a skinpack as well?

on the surface, seems like a the textures are misnamed within the folder. something like "F-5E.xxx" when it should be "F-5E_72.xxx" (those are examples, look at your folders for the real values)

removing one or two skins causing the aircraft to disappear is weird though

[LaoHu]

Changing them to BMP files worked. Thank you everyone for your help! I appreciate it

[+EricJ]

Cool. Which F-5E is it?

[+Wrench]

Yes, please. TELL us which F-5 it is, so maybe someone will come along and edit the announcement thread, and let other future downloaders KNOW exactly which one it's for.

Just because it's fixed for you, dosen't mean it's fixed for everyone.

[LaoHu]

I added a link to the F-5 mod I used but for some reason it didn't appear when I posted it. How odd. Anyway here it is, sorry for the inconvenience 

 

[+EricJ]

Ahh yeah, he hasn't been around for years. So probably will rename the skins and maybe upload, or something like that. Thanks