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Looking For Texture Conversion Program/Software

RL_201

RL_201

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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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:
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