messing with r8 texture files

[ian elliot]

Im playing with someone else's scenery and trying to drag it kicking and screaming into my install,
but the designer has used r8 textures for concrete and ashpalt taxiways ect and i cant lay an afcad underneath without things looking c**p, i can rename them bmp and view them with Dxtbmp, but thats all i can do, i need a program that opens up r8 files and maybe make them transparent.
i like the scenery but if its to much hassle, it may not be worth it.
cheers ian

[Tom Clayton]

If you can view it in DXTbmp, can you then save it as another type, such as 8-bit, and apply a black alpha?

Edit: Just tried it myself, and it will save as any other format. Now, whether applying a black alpha will make it transparent or not is another question. You may also need to rename it back to *.r8 when you're done.

[ian elliot]

Thanks Tom, had a go myself but not much sucsses, saved it in 256 color, can open it with any paint program, creat an alpha in Dxtbmp, save it again as 256, i can rename it back as r8 but the file its self stays bmp. but i'll play with it somemore.
cheers ian

[Matt Wynn]

you had a look at Martin Wrights ConvR8?

http://www.mwgfx.co.uk/programs/convr8.htm

same guy who did dxtbmp and a few other handy progs....

[ian elliot]

off to grab myself that one, thanks Matt,