Have custom skins been disabled in v1.05.15950?

[Mossman]

Thanks for the responses.
"custom skin take a long moment to be downloaded ( very very long !!! )
you can wait severals minutes to see the custom skin of your friends..."

Addressing this quote, ive seen how long it normally takes to load up the custom skins. Normally at most my buddies skins will show after the 2nd re-spawn, but we've been playing hours at a time most evenings and have yet to see skins.
For whatever reason i cant see skins, ive looked in my cache folder (which has a ton of skins) and can see a few of my buddies skins which i would normally see in-game. Should i clear my cache and start over? If so how should i clear it? Should i delete the folder or delete the individual skins within the folder? Thanks, Mossman