[skin help] "Unable to open disk.bmp or its not a 8bit"

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phisher|sm

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I made a disk skin with just a few changes (added some green to it) using the pal2 from skintools and then saved the file into my 'c:dyanamix\skintools' then i opened command prompt and added 'C:\Dynamix\Skintools\makeSkin pal2 disc.bmp disc.bmp' (strait out of Bitbuster's guid on planettribes) but when i hit enter it comes up with the "unable to open...." anyone know what to do?

the file is 256x256 and 8 bit.
 
omg it's been a long time since I messed with that stuff....I can't seem to remember but I would guess you need to use a different output name than the input file name. you can't open the same file you are trying to write to.

This of course is just a guess as I can't remember that far back.

I'll check my old notes when I get home if I can find them.
 
Try
C:\Dynamix\Skintools\makeSkin pal2 disc.bmp Newdisc.bmp

assuming there is a file named disc.bmp in the directory above.
 
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CAT said:
can't open the same file you are trying to write to.
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You totally can, it will overwrite the source file. That's not the problem.

Make sure you've applied the palette properly. Then open up command prompt, set the active directory to where makeskin.exe is and run 'makeSkin pal2 disc.bmp disc.bmp' (instead of running 'C:\Dynamix\Skintools\makeSkin pal2 disc.bmp disc.bmp' from root). :shrug:
 
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