I am also having problems getting varients to work. I know its not my graphics level, because I can see everyone else's and the in game ones. I've been trying to make a yellowe version of the P. Wild Horse, and I know that it is located in the shared file, rather than the entities/units/animals file. I have downloaded Penguinman's VAT guide, have downloaded all of the programs, and use Adobe Photoshop to paint. I have even opened up Penguinman's P. Horse files to make sure that the content is the same, and they are. I have made sure that the compression is set to .zip, not .rar, and I have placed the .z2f file in both the install file for ZT2 as well as in the downloads folder, but to no avail. Can anyone help steer me in the right direction from here? It would be greatly appreciated. And, if you need clarification on any part of my process, please ask. Even if your suggestion is super simple, I want to hear it, because it just may by my solution! Thanks.