yup done all that. checked data/skins, skin is there. when i downloaded the skin it was the wrong size so i had to edit it to half size. could that be the problem. (sorry . .noobie)
By wrong size, do you mean it was 2048x2048? LFS supports 8-base square sizes. (512, 1024, 2048, 4096, etc) 2048 is just bigger, so its more detailed and looks better in game.