Re: Textures won't show up

[kimhumphreys]

I am creating some static scenery for my local airport. I'm using FSDS to make

them. I apply a texture in FSDS and copy it to the FS2002\textures directory
but when I go into FS the texture won't show up. I tried deleting the texture

from the textures directory just to see what it would do. when I went into FS
where the texture should be was white, before with the texture file in place it

was the gray color of the building. It's allmost like the texture is
transparent, but I think I've done everything to make sure that it isn't. any

ideas?

thanks,

-John

I have had similar problems. My problems occurred when I tried a 512 x 512
texture - FSDS doesn't like them - 256 x 256 works fine.

Kim

[bob5568]

I am creating some static scenery for my local airport. I'm using FSDS to make

them. I apply a texture in FSDS and copy it to the FS2002\textures directory
but when I go into FS the texture won't show up. I tried deleting the texture

from the textures directory just to see what it would do. when I went into FS
where the texture should be was white, before with the texture file in place it

was the gray color of the building. It's allmost like the texture is
transparent, but I think I've done everything to make sure that it isn't. any

ideas?

thanks,

-John

Sounds to me like you textures are 24bit...try the same texture at 8 bit,
betcha it shows up!

Bob B

[jebarber]

I am creating some static scenery for my local airport. I'm using FSDS to make

them. I apply a texture in FSDS and copy it to the FS2002\textures directory
but when I go into FS the texture won't show up. I tried deleting the texture

from the textures directory just to see what it would do. when I went into FS
where the texture should be was white, before with the texture file in place it

was the gray color of the building. It's allmost like the texture is
transparent, but I think I've done everything to make sure that it isn't. any

ideas?

thanks,

-John

Sounds to me like you textures are 24bit...try the same texture at 8 bit,
betcha it shows up!

Bob B

I bet that's it!

they are 256 X 256

but I forgot all about them needing to be 8 bit

thanks,
John

[kimhumphreys]

I am creating some static scenery for my local airport. I'm using FSDS to make

them. I apply a texture in FSDS and copy it to the FS2002\textures directory
but when I go into FS the texture won't show up. I tried deleting the texture

from the textures directory just to see what it would do. when I went into FS
where the texture should be was white, before with the texture file in place it

was the gray color of the building. It's allmost like the texture is
transparent, but I think I've done everything to make sure that it isn't. any

ideas?

thanks,

-John

John,

another thought..

When you create your textures , if you save the tex file as a 24 bit texture it
won't show. You need to reduce the textures to 256 colours.

Let me know if this works.

Kim

[rundio]

them. I apply a texture in FSDS and copy it to the FS2002\textures directory
but when I go into FS the texture won't show up. I tried deleting the texture

...

I have had similar problems. My problems occurred when I tried a 512 x 512
texture - FSDS doesn't like them - 256 x 256 works fine.

FSDS works fine with textures up to 1024x1024. The problem here sounds
like it displays fine in FSDS, but not in FS.

The usual cause is that an unsupported bmp file format is used. Here
are the two most common problems:

- Texture filenames cannot include spaces (FS won't load them.)
- Files must be 8 bit, 16 bit, or 32 bit. Hardly any paint programs
save to 32 bit bmp files, so if you're working in true color, you'll
have to convert your 24 bit files to 32 bits. FSDS has an option
to do the conversion for you in the texture load dialog box.