for example, 'jedi_tf/lower_b1.skin' links to 'jedi_tf/hips_02_clothes.tga' wich i dont see in that dir at all... i copied the whole jedi_tf dir to a new dir and linked to the same file name in the new dir, and it couldnt find it. what gives?

EDIT: no, theres no PNG of that name either.

ps. dont know if this is the right forum but since it has to do with skinning a bit i thought i'd put it here.

If no .tga file is found it uses any .png or .jpg file with the same name instead.

well, there are NO image files of any type with that name. so no png or jpg either.

Have a look at player.shader, I think that's it - there's no image file, as its a shader

thanks - i'll do that. but the .skin file points to a .tga file in the models/player/jedi_tf map, and its not there.

EDIT:
okay, i checked the shader file as you said, but theres again no entry with that name in it. weird.

It's in player.shader:

models/players/jedi_tf/hips_02_clothes
{
{
map models/players/jedi_tf/hips_02
blendFunc GL_ONE GL_ZERO
rgbGen lightingDiffuse
}
}

ah! youre right. its there anyway. i must have gone through the file too fast and skipped it. thanks a bunch!