Battlefield Modding Tutorials BFMODS

hi all
i want to learn skinning things
i thinked of the mustang plane i like mustangs
so i thinked of making a mustang look really really really good!
how do i skinn?
is it a programm?
please tell!
sorry for my bad english/downloader

Pretty sure this is covered in tutorials already. Search or google for it.

Short version:

1) Find out what textures are used by the Mustang by checking all the mustangs' standardmesh shader files (not the one with *.sm, the ones with *.rs). These can be opened with any text editor, there you'll find some lines pointing to texture/balblabla.dds
2) Unpack the specified files from the texture.rfa (probably will be called something like "mustang" or "p51". Probably)
3) Open the files with Photoshop/GIMP and edit them.
4) Save them in the correct format (usually DXT3 with all MipMaps for 3D textures, no mipmaps for "flat" textures like interface and HUD stuff). Check the filesize before/after to be sure you got it right
5) Pack things up in a texture_00*.rfa and check out your plane.

To edit DDS files you obviously need the nvidia dds plugins first. Google it.

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Google nvidia DDS converter

all you have to do is "if you don't have photoshop" get it if you have never used photoshop I recommend PSE its much more user friendly than CS3 and then simply draw over your picture in the appropriate areas.

i didnt find the mustang file so i took another file wich will be b17 bomb i think.
name big bomb Z when i extracted that to the desc and then i tryed to open it with gimp
but it said something that it was a wrong file so im downloading photoshop now and that will take a hour

i isnt even fimiliar with photoshop or gimp i only heard and seen a little of photoshop but i cant noting...
i thinked of skinning a b17 bomb if now it is that to gold
hope this works it will be exiting!

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can you send me a thing of how to put in the file in the programm?
please?