Doubt about skins in-game preview, missing, doing something wrong?

[Mike V.]

Ive download some beautiful skins for the Endurance Pack, ive extracted them to, rFactor2/UserData/player/Settings, im new on skining on rF2, this was my 1st try, the extraction created the car model folder by itself, i can see the skins in-game when im driving the cars, also can see them on the showroom, but i cant see the preview of them, this this happens on all the skins that ive tryed.
Im missing something, doing something wrong?

https://imgur.com/a/bmqjXjB

 

[Ace King]

Your doing nothing wrong! For whatever reason, they decided not to include the thumbnail icons.

Some helpful info here:
https://forum.studio-397.com/index....-2-skin-download-and-usage.52955/#post-883653

 

[davehenrie]

apparently it is time consuming to get those preview cars made so some modders have chosen NOT to create them. URD comes to mind.

 

[Ho3n3r]

I normally just click on Tuning and it shows the preview, even when they have bothered with an icon.

 

[Highlandwalker]

I think the thumb nail icons got to be in bedded into the main mas file for the car and then repacked. So it would stop it working especially if it's a steam download.

 

[Ace King]

I did the thumbnail icons for the 80+ third party skins for Studio 397's GT3 Pack. A little time consuming to make icons and pack it all up into a MAS file thus maybe why these icons are sometimes omitted.

 

[Mike V.]

Your doing nothing wrong! For whatever reason, they decided not to include the thumbnail icons.

Some helpful info here:
https://forum.studio-397.com/index....-2-skin-download-and-usage.52955/#post-883653

Thanks a lot, im gonna take a look into it.

Ho3n3r
I went also to Tuning, i can preview the skins on the car right there, but i didn't get the Icon.
Thanks for the reply.

Highlandwalker
Ive download all the skins were on RD, before ive downloaded were. i previous made a search on the Workshop, looking for a pack of skins for Endurance cars, unfortunately there isn't.
Thanks for the reply.

 

[Doug62]

Your doing nothing wrong! For whatever reason, they decided not to include the thumbnail icons.

Some helpful info here:
https://forum.studio-397.com/index....-2-skin-download-and-usage.52955/#post-883653

The reason Thumbnails aren't added is because they "don't" work!!! Never have worked. For the past 7 years off rFactor2 they have "Never" worked!
Painters used to add them in the hope it would happen but after 7 years it's not going to happen.

 

[Doug62]

I did the thumbnail icons for the 80+ third party skins for Studio 397's GT3 Pack. A little time consuming to make icons and pack it all up into a MAS file thus maybe why these icons are sometimes omitted.

Skin Pack are very different from a one off add-on. Packs don't rely on the rcd, they use the veh and are installed as a alternative "teams" folder in the mod install folder, Not in the Settings folder as Virtual Drivers or altSkins are.

Very different animal completely!

 

[Ace King]

Skin Pack are very different from a one off add-on. Packs don't rely on the rcd, they use the veh and are installed as a alternative "teams" folder in the mod install folder, Not in the Settings folder as Virtual Drivers or altSkins are.

Very different animal completely!

I agree and could have stated it more clearly when i posted that it was necessary to pack it up into a MAS.