hey i was wondering, what are all the programs that can convert .dds files into targa files? i made a pretty seet tank and now i wanna put the palidin skin on it, and i was reading your tut on skinning, but i cant get past teh conversion from .dds to targa (.tga). What are all the programs that i can use to convert it? thanks
converting .dds files to targa (.tga)
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Posted 08 August 2004 - 08:20 AM
Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro can both do it if you download this DDS plugin.
Just unzip into the plugins folder in your photoshop/paint shop directory. It will allow you to open DDS files and save to DDS files.
Now just open the DDS, select no when it asks to show Mip Maps and save as tga.
Just unzip into the plugins folder in your photoshop/paint shop directory. It will allow you to open DDS files and save to DDS files.
Now just open the DDS, select no when it asks to show Mip Maps and save as tga.
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Posted 08 August 2004 - 10:15 AM
I used Paint Shop Pro 5 for my converting since I found 7 crashed a lot when Block Converting. If your looking to do several converts at the same time then there is a fuction for Block Converting in which you select several .dds' and then block convert them to .tga's
Be careful if you try too many at a time it can crash Paint Shop Pro.
Be careful if you try too many at a time it can crash Paint Shop Pro.
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Posted 15 August 2004 - 01:06 AM
XCC Mixer is the best thing I've found for batch conversions to TGA. It is a great utility, and I can't think of enough things to do with it.
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 05:49 AM
XCC Mixer is the best thing I've found for batch conversions to TGA. It is a great utility, and I can't think of enough things to do with it.
thats what I use for getting all my dds textures to tga so I can use in Generals..
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Posted 22 November 2005 - 07:56 AM
i have this qns, i convert the tga files to pcx edit them in PSP8, convert them back to TGA using XCC mixer, tried ingame and lost the units remap parts.. how? tell me why?? thx
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Posted 23 November 2005 - 02:01 PM
the remap parts must use a greyscale (black/white) texture as it colours using vertex colour shaders. Any coloured texture under it tends to wipe out the effect.
The lighter the greyscale, the better. White shows the remaps brilliantly and black doesn't at all.
The lighter the greyscale, the better. White shows the remaps brilliantly and black doesn't at all.
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