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Hi All I have been making my first attempt at texturing a GMax model, in this case a ship model for CFS2. Not really knowing what to do, I have read a few tutorials from the net, but I am stuck. Using PSP 7, I have made a 1024 x 1024 TGA file with an alpha channel that will allow the girders to be 'see through'. I have attached an image of this file as a j-peg that has been resized to 512 x 512 for uploading purposes. I have also managed to place a texture from the TGA file on the flight deck of the carrier, as can be seen in the second picture (from GMax) Unfortunately, when exported it does not show up as textured in CFS2. The TGA file is is in the ships texture folder. Any help would be appreciated. :jump:

Misson, Sólo quería hacerle saber que no me he olvidado de hacer la parte del eje de pedestal. No puedo decir que voy a trabajar en este proyecto a una velocidad vertiginosa, pero la operación Mezzagosto está en marcha, y estoy usando las misiones pedestal como una base para "dar la vuelta" y convertirlos en misiones Axis-temáticas. La primera es una Vichy reconnoitre francesa del convoy justo después de entrar en el Mediterráneo ... Yo no quiero darte algo demasiado difícil para empezar, ¿sabes? In English... I just wanted to let you know that I haven't forgotten about doing the Axis side to Pedestal. I can't say I will work on this project at breakneck speed, but Operation Mezzagosto is underway, and I am using the Pedestal missions as a base to "flip" them and turn them into Axis-themed missions. The first is a Vichy French reconnoitre of the convoy just after it enters the Mediterranean...I didn't want to give you something too difficult to start, you know? "title_string" = Funcionamiento Mezzagosto - Intrus dans la Méditerranée! "summary_string" = Ecoutez, les pilotes français! Un enorme convoy aliado ha entrado en el Mediterráneo, y es nuestra tarea para analizar la composición de este convoy y pasar la información a nuestros amigos alemanes e italiano cerca de Cerdeña y Sicilia. El convoy no está a su alcance por el momento. Las operaciones de combate pueden depender de la inteligencia, así que vamos a conseguir es correcta la primera vez!

First of all, thank you for the work you did to un-mirror the stock planes. It's a big contribution to the game and the community. I've been working on a skin for your overhauled F6F3 Hellcat and have run into a skin distortion issue on the starboard side tail. I wonder if you would be interested in going back to your model and looking at it or not. It would be great if you could as I think the F6F3 is potentially the best Hellcat model in CFS2 even with the distortion. I'd do it myself but that is beyond my limited skills. You may not have even been aware of it as the skin for the overhaul model - the G symbol arrow masks the skin distortion - but if you place a number on the tail it bends out of shape. See picture number 1. With a lot of trial and error, I was able to get the number to show fairly straight (picture number 2). Picture number 3 shows how the number had to be painted to get to picture number 2. If you'd rather not go over old ground again, I can understand that, just thought I'd give it a shot. The tail was a common location for Hellcat ID numbers and G symbol markings. Regardless, thanks again for all your contributions.