Hi All As A newbie this question has probably been ddressed before but can someone enlighten me please, when I load up a texture and it is just a black page?? what next.Cheers Colin:-beerchug :-beerchug

Are you saying when you open it in your painting program it is black? If so, it requires converting.There is a tutorial for this on the site above my signature. Let me know if it was any help.. or you require further assistance :)

Thanks for the quick reply.I should of written "When I use Dxtbmp to load a file It appears to convert it but it is all black".I have read through your tutorials but I don't gain any answers there.The textures are included with an xl750 unziped to a folder "base textures" I'm new to all this but thought/think they are for repainting?Cheers Colin

Hey Colin, what zip file did you download containing these textures? It is possible they are night textures.

To identify if they are night textures, night textures usually end in "_l".

The file is 'spac750x.zip' by Mike Stone.Yes the files that comeup black are *_L.I'm starting at the bottom of the learning curve alright.Thanks for your help.BTW: other files that show up as just a white square are *_t?cheers Colin

Yes you are right.It just needs me to understand how to deal with them.Cheers Colin

Just had a look at the zip.Indeed, the black files are the light mapping files.. I doubt you'll need to worry about them. The "paint kit" bmps such as "fuslg_t" are very primitive and only show some panel lines.. apply paint to areas and see where they appear when loaded into flight sim.