Quekel Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi all, I've made a few skins and want to start compressing them to DDS. What is the best way ( converting settings etc ) with GIMP to do it to maintain best quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Zach Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi all, I've made a few skins and want to start compressing them to DDS. What is the best way ( converting settings etc ) with GIMP to do it to maintain best quality? Use DXTBmp or the GIMP plugin. However they're old and uses an outdated form of .DDS. The best result though, pluck out the 9.99 a month and get photoshop, then download the .DDS plugin for Photoshop from Intel Hardware: T-50 Mongoose, VKB STECS, Saitek 3 Throttle Quadrant, Homemade 32-function Leo Bodnar Button Box, MFG Crosswind Pedals Oculus Rift S System Specs: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS, RTX 3090, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 32GB DDR4-3200, Samsung 860 EVO, Samsung 970 EVO 250GB Modules: AH-64D, Ka-50, Mi-8MTV2, F-16C, F-15E, F/A-18C, F-14B, F-5E, P-51D, Spitfire Mk LF Mk. IXc, Bf-109K-4, Fw-190A-8 Maps: Normandy, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Use DXTBmp or the GIMP plugin. However they're old and uses an outdated form of .DDS. The best result though, pluck out the 9.99 a month and get photoshop, then download the .DDS plugin for Photoshop from Intel what settings do you use to save the DDS with from photoshop? SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Zach Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 what settings do you use to save the DDS with from photoshop?BC3 8bpp Linear compression, texture type Color+Alpha Hardware: T-50 Mongoose, VKB STECS, Saitek 3 Throttle Quadrant, Homemade 32-function Leo Bodnar Button Box, MFG Crosswind Pedals Oculus Rift S System Specs: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS, RTX 3090, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 32GB DDR4-3200, Samsung 860 EVO, Samsung 970 EVO 250GB Modules: AH-64D, Ka-50, Mi-8MTV2, F-16C, F-15E, F/A-18C, F-14B, F-5E, P-51D, Spitfire Mk LF Mk. IXc, Bf-109K-4, Fw-190A-8 Maps: Normandy, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 BC3 8bpp Linear compression, texture type Color+Alpha Awesome, many thanks! SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 also what are the correct options for saving as NORM and Roughmet, also do you used the PDS or the DDS to create these files? SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 also what are the correct options for saving as NORM and Roughmet, also do you used the PDS or the DDS to create these files? Some good info here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18SHKVEB9dhxW5qfkViTwb3uyIBYAHbaVrbAD8B58BOE/edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Some good info here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18SHKVEB9dhxW5qfkViTwb3uyIBYAHbaVrbAD8B58BOE/edit I have the intel add in. this doesn't seem to map? is the link for norm or roughmet ? SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko417 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Roughmets can be saved in the same DDS format as mentioned above, BC3/DXT5. Normal Maps should be saved as in the bottom example in the link for best results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 many thanks! that got me working ! SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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