How do I properly use skins with Unreal Tournament?

[hanybanoub]

Hi all,

I've downloaded 2 new skins, Homer and Mr. Burns

And I've extracted the files. For example Homer has:

Homer.int
Homer.u
HomerJayPackage.int
HomerJayPackage.u
HomerSkins.utx
HomerSkins.int

And I've placed them all in the correct directories. When I start UT I am able to choose him as my player under player setup.

But whenever I play, if it's on my friend's server or on my PC, it always defaults back to my original choice (the women) and not Homer. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I see Homer as my player, but it just doesn't go through in the actual game.

Can anyone help please?

Thank you,
hany...

 

[stndn]

if you're planning to use the non-default skins in a server (network game), the server have to have the skin pack as well... that means your friend have to install the skins on the server, and other people who are going to play on that server will have to download the skin pack before they join the game as well....

if the server doesn't have the skin pack, it won't know how to display homer correctly to other players, and thus why it needs the skin installed there

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[hanybanoub]

Thanks very much stndn.

I was thinking it might have been this, but why is it that I can' t use Homer on my own machine?

 

[stndn]

if you are playing offline game (vs bots, etc), you should be able to use the skins. otherwise, i don't know what's wrong -- been a while and i forgot if there's any settings to be tweaked, etc...

if you are playing online game, if the server does not have the skin, UT will revert to the default skin for you to use, since it doesn't know how to display the skin correctly based on the server info (available skins)

does this answer your second question or is it different (ie: cannot use the skin even if playing offline games?)

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[sandorski]

Not exactly, you can use non-standard skins as a client, but the server and other clients will only see your skin if they have that skin, otherwise you'll appear to be using a standard skin. However, the server has a setting(don't recall where or what it's called) that prevents the use of custom skins, so make sure your friends settings don't prevent custom skins.

For maximum fun, get your friend to install your skins as well.

 

[hanybanoub]

Thanks so much guys

I still don't know why I can't use/see Homer on my (offline) games. Maybe there a utility that will help in ensuring the skins are properly placed in the directories.

I'll let my friend adjust his server settings to allow new skins. And I will upload the files to him.

But if can't see it on my own machine, then I doubt it would work on his.

What could I be possibly doing wrong?? I do see him (Homer) as one of my choices and do choose him, but still he never shows as my player during my offline playing