I just finished it and it totaly needs work but why is it invisible lol by work I meant hard points need re arranging but umm my ship's model is totaly invisible I can't see anything sept the guns engine thats it .
You most likely made a mistake with the skins. Happened to me at first, too. Double-, no, better triplecheck the names of the assigned skins in your 3D modeling program and your .mat file. They have to be identical.
Also check if you call all the correct files in the ini's, maybe your mistkae lies there.
I also whenever I open my mat file all there is is a tree nothing else no nodes I saved the file and redone this over and over I most likely know this is the problem how do I fix this?
Well, I've had some experience with .TGA skinning(not for this particular game, but still)... there are a few variations on the format. Be sure you're using the correct one. I'm... not sure which one that is for Freelancer, but you could try saving under different qualities and bitrates... and be sure the file is being saved in an uncompressed format.
I have the same problem with the invisible ship. For the .mat file, when you open it and it's blank, add the information to it then and save it. That should take care of the problem. I have redone my .mat files and still can't see my ships though.