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Skin not showing with locator [solved]
Posted: 27 May 2019, 20:58
by karterhns
Hello everyone,
I'm struggling with the skins and being able to show it on servers.
I've made my own skin (BroKar) and i have the .zip file in the right folder (Maniaplanet/skins/models/StadiumCar/) and i have the locator.
But nobody see my car in game, they either see the grey skin or even another country one.
And after 2 hours of trying any other host services and tryed a bunch of things with the files i just can't figure it out, maybe someone can help?
I've uploaded the zipfile of the skin and locator here:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/8ly69w
And there's a photo attached of how it is setup.
Thanks in advance.
Re: Skin not showing with locator
Posted: 27 May 2019, 22:29
by Electron
Your locator redirects to a different URL:
https://doc-14-b4-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/ha0ro937gcuc7l7deffksulhg5h7mbp1/esu03p3f6d8dehagu5egt5epun9k4ir0/1558987200000/11683515824941449103/*/1CPd8jZXcWQROImC1s9diO5NrRaUiXzYi?e=download
Try this one instead.
The safest way, however, is to use a direct download link that ends with BroKar.zip.
Re: Skin not showing with locator
Posted: 27 May 2019, 22:34
by nighthawk4571
Alternatively, I suggest you check your Launcher settings: Click on 'Configure button' then -> Advanced -> PeertoPeer (tab at top of sheet) -> Advanced.
https://imgur.com/a/HcryNEq
You need to have 'Model Skins' ticked to share your car skin.
Cheers ....

Re: Skin not showing with locator
Posted: 28 May 2019, 01:34
by karterhns
Thank you guys for the fast answer !
So i tryed to change my locator to your link but it's still the same thing, noone can see my skin online and i made sure to check if the p2p settings were right and they are so i really don't know what is going on :/
Re: Skin not showing with locator
Posted: 28 May 2019, 10:45
by HaagseSmurf
To avoid that your old skinname (BroKar.zip) and the wrong locator url is in other peoples cache i would like to suggest the following.
1) Rename your skin to BroKar1.zip
2) Upload BroKar1.zip to google drive for a fast download of the locator.
3) Edit the link you get in Google drive into a force downloadlink:
Usually links from Google Drive look like this:
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx0m4lXACmehWk1FUHdyaW9CUzQ
Change that into
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https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0Bx0m4lXACmehWk1FUHdyaW9CUzQ
4) Rename the locatorfile to BroKar1.zip.loc
5) Add the editted link from google drive in your locatorfile (r
emove the old link before as well of course :P)
6) Start up Maniaplanet and select your skin BroKar1 and have fun online!
Good luck!
Re: Skin not showing with locator
Posted: 28 May 2019, 13:24
by karterhns
Hey !
I did exactly what you did step by step and it seems to be working !!! So thanks a lot HaagseSmurf for your fast answer and your help !
That's awesome ! :]
Re: Skin not showing with locator
Posted: 28 May 2019, 15:07
by HaagseSmurf
Great to hear and glad i could help!