Help with Skins

[Captain_Paulentineous]

Im trying to make my own skins/mod, and I need to figure out where all the the skins are located and if there are any programs that I need to buy/download to get them.
Thnx in advance (If any one answers, lol)

[Hexdragon]

Please check these guides:

I'm also newbie here. But wasted some time looking for tutorials and so

hope this helps:

Guide: adding new unit textures
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=50469

xpak Tutorial
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40313

Tutorial: Adding new units for beginners (awesome tutorial )
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=51750

http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=110

Also check this for reference on file formats:
http://reality.artificialstudios.com...tureGuidelines

Tools:
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Extractor:
You need Vercingetorix's xPak to extract RTW textures from pak files

Editor:
It seems most people use
Adobe Photo shop + Nvidia DDS Plugins or
Jasc Paint Shop Pro+ Nvidia DDS Plugins

Looking for an alterative ? No problem:
DxtBmp + (Put your favorite image program here) + ATI Compressonator

NVIDIA Tools
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/n...ure_tools.html

DXTBmp (Read DDS, saves as TGA, DXT etc, exports texture as bmp to an editor and reloads modified file).
http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/

ATI "Compressonator" (Convert TGA to DDS)
http://www.ati.com/developer/compressonator.zip

IrfanView (+plugins): Image viewer (allows to view DDS files as thubnails).
http://www.irfanview.com/

GIMP (Image Program)
http://www.gimp.org/

Info and links About Tools:
http://www.morrowind-mod.com/Modders...20Programs.htm

good luck

Jorge35