I want to get into skinning, but before I do I have some questions I'd like answered. 1.) I saw on the tutorial about dds files. I was wondering, if there was a mod for photoshop CS4 or GIMP that reads dds files. 2.) IS it possible or is there already a a pack that has completely blank dds templates for all the default cars? 3.) Whats the proper filepath for the skin files?
1.) http://wiki.beamng.com/Exporting_Textures_-_DDS_Files 2.) If available, the template will be in the vehicle's zip as vehiclename_UVs.png 3.) There isn't really a "proper" file path. As long as it's somewhere in the mods files and you make the materials.cs match it's location.