hey all. Sorry if this is a dumb question i'm new to bfsp modding. How do you use the custom skins that you download off the internet? do you need a program or do you just switch some files around? thanks.

Just switch some files around. Find the same named files from objects_client.zip and replace them. You may want to back up the original files first.

okay. could you tell me where i could find the files in the bf2 directory? also is there a way to just apply it to certain maps?

look in C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Objects_client.zip\soldiers\Us\Textures for US skins, the mec and ch skins in their relative folders.
make sure you backup the objects_client.zip first.
you can rename or add a suffix to the skin name if you want a certain skin in selected maps.
if you wanted skins for the Gulf_of_Oman map only then you would need to add a suffix to the end of the skin name,example us_3p_heavy_c.dds you could rename to us_3p_heavy_c_GulfofOman.dds . then open the init.con(extract and uncheck the read only) file in the maps server.zip and look for this part.

LevelSettings.CustomTextureSuffix ""
else
texturemanager.customTextureSuffix ""
endIf

and rename to

LevelSettings.CustomTextureSuffix "GulfofOman"
else
texturemanager.customTextureSuffix "GulfofOman"
endIf

okay great man thanks. it worked!

okay so i got my skin to work. Thanks alot by the way. Could someone also give me a list of some good sp skins that are out there? thanks.

off hand,DerRelienTs skins. http://battlefield2.filefront.com/file/Der...cam_Skins;77529
theres quite a few others around, just browse through the various mod site skin sections.

Spush's skins, some of the best work i've seen:

http://battlefieldsingleplayer.planetbattl...amp;#entry80087

DerrelienT can't those skins only be used in pr?

well, if they can only be used in PR, no one told me. im using them just fine in my personal mod.(exept for the british skins, i dont use that team)

Nope, they work in any BF2 mod. It's just that a guy on the PR forums made them.