LOTR: Battle For Middle Earth I & II EditingDiscuss any modding related issues to do with the Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth I and II RTS games here.
It actually does look for the .tga file, but the .dds, if found, takes priotity over the .tga. Models work the same way: you can't apply a .dds but if you apply the .tga of the same filename it'll find the .dds and use it instead.