Maybe there is a real easy answer to this question but easy answers are usually hard to get.

Sometimes when I place a decal with text in a brush it appears as a mirror image. How can you resolve this?

Im having trouble visualizing this and a screenshot is usually best to show what you are seeing.

However, what texture are you placing the decal on? I use decal no draw and then select the surface of that brush to place the decal on. Then I usually have to hit "S" "FIT" to place it properly.

What I mean is that if I put a decal on a wall and the decal has text in it, the text appears from right to left and not from left to right. I also use "S" but if you have a decal with text sometimes there are multiple lines in it and you dont want all to appear so pressing FIT is not a solution you need to space it out using the stretch and shift functions.

Sorry if I implied that my way will fix it. Just tried to provide some basic techniques that do work. There are other ways to do things of course. As you stated you can space it out and do whatever you like so do whatever you like to fix it.

Next time provide a screenshot so that those who are trying to help can help better and then dont slap them down when you dont like the simple answer...

I didn't mean to slap you down and I do appreciate your response. Your method works for decals or textures that are of 1 piece. If you have decals like in COD2 you have which are composed of different items it doesn't however. I was only trying to get a complete record of things to be done posted as this is for future reference for others experiencing the same problem.

Thanks again!!

there are a few neat little toolbar buttons to flip the texture:

http://wiki.modsrepository.com/index.php/Call_of_Duty_4:_Toolbar%23Texture_Manipulation_Tools

Thank you. As I said in my 1st post there was a simple answer.