Torque Show Tool Pro is a tool for developers and modders alike which shows DTS object files and is very useful for skinning.

Click the big DEMO button here, it's $35, but it has a 30 day trial. Mac and Windows only (I want a Linux version! :'( )

Anyway, on to the tutorial.

Here is the interface. I am using the windows version but the mac one shouldn't be any different. :

Look in the upper left corner for a button labeled 'Project Directory.' Click it. :

Once that is clicked, there will be a menu that pops down. Click 'Modify.' :

This box should pop up. Click 'Add Directory.' :

After you clicked that, click the arrow. :

This directory 'tree' box should pop up. Navagate to where you installed ThinkTanks, then go to game/data/shapes/. Then click 'OK' :

Once that box dissapears, click 'OK.'

Click 'Load DTS.' :

In the pop up box, scroll down until you find tank01.dts in the game/data/shapes/tanks/ directory. Once you do, click 'Load.' :

You can also do tank02.dts (Medium), tank03.dts (Heavy), tank04.dts (Big Boss), or tank05.dts (Little Boss).

There it is! Yay! Now for a better look, you can turn off the lighting by pressing the lightbulb button highlighted in red. :

Looks better doesn't it? :

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<p>Good job! Now have a look around the tank. Left clicking on the tank and dragging rotates it, and using the scroll wheel zooms in and out.

Now go figure out what everything else does!

Last edited: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 5:34:27 PM

I have to go somewhere, I will finish this in about two hours.

I'm with ya so far, awesome, cool, fantastic

All done!

Thanks racer I understand all this so far fully., Now I'm gonna play with all the buttons. Easy once you see it in pics so again thank you so MUCHHHHHHH. Muahhh..

FINALLY! I have been confusedededed on that thing for almost half a year now! ::bows::

Alright, I made my own objects with milkshape, and loaded them into here, hoping I could get some kind of jpeg file. I just want to make a skin for my custom object, how would I go about doing this? Is this the program to use? :o

Woot! The showtool rocks!

Little late but when I'm on the load DTS step nothing is in the box that I can select

^ put it in your content folder (probably just your show tool folder)

Nice skin ;)