> it says that the files are not found is there a certain directory that i have to put them so that they are found

no, they just have to be in the same one as the 3ds file.

btw do you have version 0.132 of 3ds2vxl ?

did you check to see if the texturing actually appears because i think my program still says that it doesn't find a BMP when it finds a TGA or says it doesn't find a TGA when it finds a BMP