KamaKAzii
07-12-2003, 09:48 PM
yes yes i know... software mode si teh poop ;\
but i have to live with it for a while longer. soooo... my question is... why does my tribes crash when i use certain skins? do i have to do something to the individual images? (perhaps reduce res)
it may sound like a stupid question... but i need to know T_T
Reverend Zero
07-13-2003, 04:34 AM
Sounds like your trying to use hires explosions or something similar. Software cannot handle the hires images, thats a Video Acceleration-ONLY thing.
Get a decent vidcard, and then you can enjoy the hires stuff.
|KiLLeR2001|
07-13-2003, 05:41 AM
Ok, I happen to know A LOT about Software Mode and skinning (mainly because I can only play in Software Mode).
Certain skins will crash for one of many reasons:
1.) It's Hi-Res.
2.) The palette applied isn't supported by Software Mode.
Here's what you can do to fix the problem.
1.) Go into TribesTools >> VOL Extractor extract a skin from Entities.vol that pertains to the skin you wanna edit. Take a look at its res and change the skin you want to edit to that res. Then re-makeskin etc.
2.) Software mode only supports certain palettes for certain kinds of skins... Here's a rundown:
For Trails/Explosions use:
TransRG.pal
TransBW.pal
1975.pal
For Weapon Skins/Player Skins use:
Entities.pal
Skins.pal
Hope that helps you somewhat.
rev-zero, get on IRC, and whats your IRC nick.