Looking For Texture Conversion Program/Software

[RL_201]

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is a software program (freeware) that could convert textures from 32 bit to DXT format which I hear is much more frame friendly. Any help explaining on how to convert the textures would also be of great help.

[Mongo]

This what I've been using, and it seems to work OK for me. Hope it helps!

http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/DDS_Converter;29412

[monk1]

I like DXTbmp. Look here, http://fly.to/mwgfx/

[Tom Clayton]

Or ditch the Fly To frame and go straight to the source...

http://www.btinternet.com/~mnwright

Also, many of the Microsoft SDK's include a copy of Imagetool. One file at a time, it's a little cumbersome, but it supports batch operation with either command prompt inputs (yuck!) or *.bat files.

[RL_201]

Thanks for the suggestions guys :ernae:, I'll try them out and see what happens.

[dandog]

Tom, you put together a neat little file called "imagetool_batch_files.zip" back in 2006 ( I think it was you). I'm still using it. One can convert a whole folder of textures in a heartbeat. Made the Feel There Caravan flyable on my machine.

[Tom Clayton]

Yep - sounds like me. I think I still have the old zip floating around somewhere.

Here's the one I use most often:

imagetool -batch -r -dxt3 -nomip -e bmp *.bmp

Just paste that into Notepad and save it, then change it from .txt to .bat and you're set.

The two commands in blue control the output format. But watch the "-r." That's the one that will cause trouble if you use it incorrectly. Without that command, the batch only works in the folder where the batch file is located. With the command, it goes into "recursive" mode, digging into all subfolders. So if you don't move the panel folder someplace else for a moment, you'll convert those bitmaps too, and FS will not see them if they're DXT.

Here's a list of all possible commands:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/tomclayton/simshots/Help.gif