[Mark Walton]

I don't know what you have done so far, but these are the steps to check:

1. Make a new directory under pictures/races called whatever your race is called. (for instance "xyz"

2. Put all the gfx files in there. Make sure you have ALL the pictures from the shipset you copied. The message indicates the race portrat is missing - this is the picture of the alien's face itself, not the ships

3. Rename the pictures to the format xyz_Portait_Battleship.BMP
(name_picturesize_shiptype.bitmap format)
You will need ALL the pictures - Portrait and Mini. Make sure they are in bitmap format (not jpg or gif or anything else)

That should do it.