i see so many question about "how to skin weapons" in here so i post this tutorial for you guys

At First , to re-texture you will need to unpack SA's .rez files , and here is the way :
Go to your Sudden Attack Folder , find the file gvi.dat and open it with notepad , you will see it like that


and you need to edit some number of that gvi file , look at those pictures

change it to 4 ( 2009 to 2004 )

and find sa_weapons

change it all in to 4 ( just like you change the version )

After that , launch your suddenattack.exe and it will update ( 'cause when you edit the gvi file , when you lauch , it's a old gvi and need to unpack to update the new file ) , when it's update , you will see the new folder in your SA Folder called "TempDir" , open it and you will se the sa_weapons folder , try to copy it to another folder before the update complete but don't copy it too soon , just copy it about 75% or more

well then you get the .DTX files (Texture) , .LTB files ( Model ) and Sound ( PV for 1st view , TV for world + other player view )

but in SA you can mod .ltb files , if you change it or replace it , your game will be crashed . And some .DTX too , just like you can change or replace the texture file of character ....

Now , you got the texture file , use Adobe Photoshop with .DTX photoshop plugin to open that .DTX files and re-texture it ( you can find it in here BlackAngel )

after you have re-textured it , open gvi.dat again and do just like the first step .

but when you lauch the game and it's update , open the TempDir\sa_weapons and replace your new texture in the right folder that you get it

for PV + TV folder , you can try to replace it in 25% , for SND , you can try to replace it in 75%

if you replace it to soon or to late then it's useless 'cause the data have unpack the file and replace your texture ( if it's too soon ) or it packed the texture already .

this is the video for this tutorial , you can download it and see it clearly
http://www.medi4fire.com/?jlyyxdyh1wj
(replace 4 with a , if you can't see that video , download "K-Lite Codec pack" to see it )

and this is my skins
1 - Sudden Attack's Professional Mod.
2 - Sudden Attack's Professional Mod.
3 - Sudden Attack's Professional Mod.
4 - Sudden Attack's Professional Mod.
because it too big and too many files so i can't attach its in here , so please try the out side links , there are no virus , i swear .

you can also re-texture map ( sa_tex ) , interface ( sa_interface ) and effect ( sa_texfx )...

p/s: sorry for my bad English and backup your data before you re-texture it , 'cause maybe you can make your game crash if you mod some .rez that don't allow any change in it