BZ2 DXT Texture Generator updated

[GSH]

Update: posted a v11. There's a UI for mouse weenies. It still supports the commandline as well for those of us who believe that if we were meant to use a mouse, God would have given us a third hand.

-- GSH

[BNG Da BZ Fool]

I installed the dxt generator and apparently converted a ton graphic files to dxtbz2. Is there a file viewer available to see the files that were created? Looks pretty easy to use as well. 

[Red Devil]

1.3?

[mrtwosheds]

Is there a file viewer available to see the files that were created?

other than 1.3, no.
I make models and skin in lithunwrap, a .bmp is used to view here, I don't bother veiwing textures in threed (its crap at 512)
they come out looking fine in 1.3

[OvermindDL1]

BZ2's DXT is a normal DXT file but with a changed header for more information storage basically.  It would be simple to make a viewer or plugin for many things...

[GSH]

Update: posted a v12 then v13 - updated a bunch of 3rd party libs, made pre-scaling preserve more quality. Also added a vista security manifest (harmless on pre-Vista machines), and tweaked the readme slightly.

-- GSH

[TheJamsh]

okay question... DXT textures override any other textures you have in the folder with it right... so i can just

use this with my textures (which saing that are just the white ones ) and stick them into my pak file and itll cut down on...

what exactly?

[GSH]

.dxtbz2 files will override any .pic/.tga/.bmp/.whatever file if their timestamp on disk is newer than the .pic/.tga/.bmp/.whatever file. Think of them like .msh vs .xsi. .dxtbz2 files are also a (1) a lot smaller than most of the source files, (2) load a LOT faster (once again like msh), (3) make it harder for end users to modify (thought not quite as hard as .msh) and (4) have precomputed mipmaps for better quality ingame.

Once you've converted your source textures into .dxtbz2, you can ship only .dxtbz2 files with your mod. The size and no-edit features are great for that.

-- GSH

[TheJamsh]

sweet... ill do that then

can someone tell me how to use the tool?

[Red Devil]

It's in the Readme.txt that comes with it.

[TheJamsh]

ah okay ive got it... i understand now

apparently though any textures in .PAK files have to be exported into a folder first then imported back when they are converted

[GSH]

Update: posted a v14 of this app - libpng had a security update.

-- GSH

[Dataanti]

i had a problem with it

i tried to convert some bmp but it said this

Fri Jun 20 10:41:53 Begin processing
  1/  3 Cliff.BMP Skip: not power-2-size (1536 x 1152)
  2/  3 Ice.BMP Skip: not power-2-size (1536 x 1152)
  3/  3 Snow.BMP Skip: not power-2-size (1536 x 1152)
Fri Jun 20 10:41:53 Finished processing

Files with errors in processing
Cliff.BMP
Ice.BMP
Snow.BMP

Is there anyway i can fix this?

[Red Devil]

Make their sizes powers of 2.

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[Dataanti]

yay! ty its working