My new skin can only be seen when 'forced'

Jodad4 · **My new skin can only be seen when 'forced' -** 08-30-2002, 03:34 AM

I can see my new skin in the Options Menu and also in the game but only if I force it. My buddy and I can't use it in a game otherwise. (We see the default soldier instead of my new skin.) Must be some lame mistake but I can't find it and I've gone over pak file a zillion times.
That means it's working on our individual computers but somehow the info is not being sent correctly ?
Does anyone recoqnize the symptoms?
Thanks

Akuma · 08-30-2002, 07:41 AM

Skins cant be seen unless your friend has the file and also it is uploaded onto the server your playing on.

Jodad4 · 08-30-2002, 12:39 PM

Sorry... Should have made that clear. We do have the same skin pak on our computers. I also sent it to another friend & have the same results. I'm really ticked because his new skin works & mine doesn't. we've both reviewed the paths & files. It must be a mistake but we just can't find it.

I read on another forum about sometimes a pak has to be directly unzipped into the main folder instead of copy & pasted?
But then, again, his works & mine won't.

Cantona 7 · 08-30-2002, 12:45 PM

u sure youve named the tik. files correctly. it should say allied_ or german_ at the front of them so they work properly in the game.

Jodad4 · 08-30-2002, 03:34 PM

THANK YOU! tHANK YOU!
(I did not know that)
I named the tik file User-Jodad-skin.tik
I haven't tried it yet but that has to be the problem.
Yahoo!