How to add NEW skins? (replace old)

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

Oh my god, this topic is still active?

Why are you using "skins/SynysterGatess.txd" when the path is only "SynysterGatess.txd"? That's why nothing is working.

You need to post any errors that occur in the debug console (/debugscript 3) for us to help you quickly.

[SmokingJoePot]

My bad, I forgot, is this right?:

function replaceModel()

local skin = engineLoadTXD ( "fav/SynysterGatess.txd" )

engineImportTXD ( skin, SynysterGatess )

skin = engineLoadTXD ( "fav/bee.txd" )

engineImportTXD ( skin, bee )

end

addEventHandler ( "onClientResourceStart", getResourceRootElement(), replaceModel)

[SmokingJoePot]

Or should it be like this?:

function replaceModel()

local skin = engineLoadTXD ( "fav/SynysterGatess.txd" )

engineImportTXD ( fav, SynysterGatess )

skin = engineLoadTXD ( "fav/bee.txd" )

engineImportTXD ( fav, bee )

end

addEventHandler ( "onClientResourceStart", getResourceRootElement(), replaceModel)

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

1 - it should be in

tags when posted on these forums

2 - it should not be double-posted

3 - it should be the SAME path as in meta.xml

[SmokingJoePot]

I didn't double post the same thing I changed something in the second post, I don't know how to

in these forums. Im just trying to change a skin and ive been messing with this for awhile, Im just trying to get it to work so I can see how it works and then add more skins. I can go without the criticizing and I would appreciate some help and support. Whats my meta.xml suppose to look like? All I have is this:

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

You are using different file paths in your scripts than your meta.xml.

[Castillo]

The FILE path must be the same in META.XML and the SCRIPT.lua, if not, they'll never load because the path is WRONG, do you understand us?

[SmokingJoePot]

Well then can you show me how the code is suppose to look because I have this so far, I want to change alot of skins but its not working. In my C:\Program Files\MTA San Andreas 1.1\server\mods\deathmatch\resources, I created a skins folder and I have all the .txds and .dffs, the script.lua and the meta.xml. What else do I do to get it to work.

script.lua:

local skins = {{fileName="skin1", skinID=9}, {fileName="skin2", skinID=10}, {fileName="skin3", skinID=11}, {fileName="skin4", skinID=12}, {fileName="skin5", skinID=13}, {fileName="skin6", skinID=14}, {fileName="skin7", skinID=15}, {fileName="skin8", skinID=16}, {fileName="skin9", skinID=17}, {fileName="skin10", skinID=18}, {fileName="skin11", skinID=19}, {fileName="skin12", skinID=20}, {fileName="skin13", skinID=21}, {fileName="skin14", skinID=22}, {fileName="skin15", skinID=23}, {fileName="skin16", skinID=24}, {fileName="skin17", skinID=25}, {fileName="skin18", skinID=26}, {fileName="skin19", skinID=27}, {fileName="skin20", skinID=28}, {fileName="skin21", skinID=29}, {fileName="skin22", skinID=30}, {fileName="skin23", skinID=31}, {fileName="skin24", skinID=32}, {fileName="skin25", skinID=33}, {fileName="skin26", skinID=34}, {fileName="skin27", skinID=35}, {fileName="skin28", skinID=36}, {fileName="skin29", skinID=37}, {fileName="skin30", skinID=38}, {fileName="skin31", skinID=39}, {fileName="skin32", skinID=40}, {fileName="skin33", skinID=41}, {fileName="skin34", skinID=43}, {fileName="skin35", skinID=44}, {fileName="skin36", skinID=45}, {fileName="skin37", skinID=46}, {fileName="skin38", skinID=47}, {fileName="skin39", skinID=48}, {fileName="skin40", skinID=49}, {fileName="skin41", skinID=50}} 
  
function load() 
    for index, skin in pairs(skins) do 
        engineImportTXD(engineLoadTXD ( "skins/".. skin.fileName ..".txd" ), tonumber(skin.skinID)) 
        engineReplaceModel(engineLoadDFF ( "skins/".. skin.fileName ..".dff", 0 ), tonumber(skin.skinID)) 
    end 
end 
  
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart",resourceRoot, 
function () 
    local version = getVersion() 
    if string.find(version.mta, "1.1.1") then 
        setTimer ( load, 1000, 1) 
    end 
end) 

meta.xml:

[Castillo]

local skins = {{fileName="skin1", skinID=9}, {fileName="skin2", skinID=10}, {fileName="skin3", skinID=11}, {fileName="skin4", skinID=12}, {fileName="skin5", skinID=13}, {fileName="skin6", skinID=14}, {fileName="skin7", skinID=15}, {fileName="skin8", skinID=16}, {fileName="skin9", skinID=17}, {fileName="skin10", skinID=18}, {fileName="skin11", skinID=19}, {fileName="skin12", skinID=20}, {fileName="skin13", skinID=21}, {fileName="skin14", skinID=22}, {fileName="skin15", skinID=23}, {fileName="skin16", skinID=24}, {fileName="skin17", skinID=25}, {fileName="skin18", skinID=26}, {fileName="skin19", skinID=27}, {fileName="skin20", skinID=28}, {fileName="skin21", skinID=29}, {fileName="skin22", skinID=30}, {fileName="skin23", skinID=31}, {fileName="skin24", skinID=32}, {fileName="skin25", skinID=33}, {fileName="skin26", skinID=34}, {fileName="skin27", skinID=35}, {fileName="skin28", skinID=36}, {fileName="skin29", skinID=37}, {fileName="skin30", skinID=38}, {fileName="skin31", skinID=39}, {fileName="skin32", skinID=40}, {fileName="skin33", skinID=41}, {fileName="skin34", skinID=43}, {fileName="skin35", skinID=44}, {fileName="skin36", skinID=45}, {fileName="skin37", skinID=46}, {fileName="skin38", skinID=47}, {fileName="skin39", skinID=48}, {fileName="skin40", skinID=49}, {fileName="skin41", skinID=50}} 
  
function load() 
    for index, skin in pairs(skins) do 
        engineImportTXD(engineLoadTXD ( skin.fileName ..".txd" ), tonumber(skin.skinID)) 
        engineReplaceModel(engineLoadDFF ( skin.fileName ..".dff", 0 ), tonumber(skin.skinID)) 
    end 
end 
  
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart",resourceRoot, 
function () 
    local version = getVersion() 
    if string.find(version.mta, "1.1.1") then 
        setTimer ( load, 1000, 1) 
    end 
end) 

You put the path as skins/skin1, skins/skin2, skins/skin3, and so on, but your skins aren't in a folder called SKINS, use that script.lua.

[SmokingJoePot]

All the codes Ive been using, you gave me. So you want me to copy and paste this new code you just posted? I have the txds and dffs in the skins folder. I put everything in the skins folder I created. In my meta.xml, I don't have skins/skin1. I have it like this:

and so on...ect.

are you saying it should look like this:

and so on...ect.

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

Exactly.

[Castillo]

You should read how does the MTA resource system works, it would have been a lot easier if you had idea of how it works.