DDS File Problems

Henford · 02-19-2003, 01:49 AM

Im having a problem saving a skin i have created in bmp format to DDS.
I am using PSP 8 and have created the skin in BMP format. The skin fits the model and is applied to the .gmax model.
I have gone to save the bmp into dds format, selecting explicit alpha in the nVIDIA save box, however, the save icon remains ghosted! Can somebody help me out plz?

DeeZire · 02-19-2003, 07:51 AM

http://online.deezire.net/modules.ph...rtid=24&page=2

You need to convert the BMP to TGA and follow the instructions above

Henford · 02-19-2003, 09:21 AM

thanx man

Henford · 02-21-2003, 11:14 AM

Ok problem still it still wont convert I have followed every step???

Henford · 02-21-2003, 11:41 AM

Hey guys no problem anymore!
I had to resize my tga image to 512 x 512

mastermind2003 · 04-05-2003, 04:49 PM

Do you need to save them (texture files) as DDS, or will Generals recognize the .tga files and use that instead?

Tebrey · 04-05-2003, 05:10 PM

generals will use the .tga file fine, it's what I've been using.

the .dds are need for different game LOD I think. But .tga will work as default.

mastermind2003 · 04-05-2003, 06:09 PM

After a bit of quick testing, if the file you initially use is a tga it will work fine, but if the file is initially dds you need to use a dds. I tested it with the humvee texture, and the controlbar texture.