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I decided to mod my Star Wars Battlefront 2. I have no experience in modding and I'm completly confused with everything. Here are my problems.
1) I decided to edit some skins. I use GIMP for skinning. Most of skins show correctly. However, when I open some skins, such as Rebel Marksman skin, I often can't see much. What should I do?
2) Let's say I'd like to change rebel into a Clone. Do I have to change his textures or can I just replace the skin? If I have to change textures, how?
3) Can anyone give me example of tutorial, where the only thing which is described is how to make a sides mod with new skins for characters and weapons? I often get confused and don't know if tutorial is about modding or making a map.
Thanks to anyone who'll try to help

Here is for question 3: this is a side mod tutorial.
http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... 96#p287596

and here you can find a lot of tutorials
forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13806.

Here is a tutorial on how to make custom sides.
forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12729
Oh and welcome to gametoast. Hail all the clones :clone:

Thank you for yor help! I really appreciate it

Oh and welcome to gametoast.

Thank you!

As a general guideline for learning how to do something/resolving a problem;
1) Read the stock documentation.
2) Consult the FAQ Thread in this forum (or in the modelling forum if it's a modelling problem/question).
3) Do a forum search.
4) Post a thread asking for help.

To answer your specific questions (aside from 3, which has been answered),
1) Many skins have an alpha channel. Look in the FAQ for instructions on dealing with alpha channels.
2) You have to change which msh file the unit uses as well; textures define the color of a unit while msh files define its shape. Some basic side editing tutorials should cover this; the place you'll have to change a line or two is in the unit's odf.

Welcome to GT.

Also read the alpha channel guide http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... 27&t=21268 it will help out with number one on ur list. Welcome to GT!
Edit:fixed link lol im still getting used to this

Thank you all for solving my problems and for nice welcoming. Now I'll get back to skinning. After I'll be done with that, I'll make attemp(s) at making a side mod.