Adding textures (newbie and using 1.4.1)

[psycholinguist]

Hey,

Thanks for the answer. I think I clicked the "Make external" twice inadvertently, so it changed to "make internal" and back, which explains why "Refresh" was not available.

I have since then deleted my file completely and started from scratch again several times. Sometimes the problem with the file format shows up, sometimes I can use any format I want. I don't why.

Now I have another problem, too. I want wood as a texture for my furniture. So I opened the BMP file in GIMP and used the bucket tool to change it into one of GIMP's wood pattern. Every time, the result looks turquoise in Wings. This happens with all of GIMP's wood pattern, but other textures are fine, and when I preview the BMP in the file manage on the computer, it's fine, too.