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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: Jouzin on November 08, 2009, 02:29:49 am

Title: DDS convertor and creating a skybox
Post by: Jouzin on November 08, 2009, 02:29:49 am

Hi guys.

I have some questions.

1/ My first question is about some free jpg/tga to dds convertor... Do you know any ? Thank you very much

2/ My second question is about creating a skybox... How are you doing this ? Do you know any quick turorial or ... ?

Thank you very much.

have a nice day

Title: Re: DDS convertor and creating a skybox
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on November 08, 2009, 02:33:07 am

1/ nvDXT is probably the best converter out there. It's free and it gives a whole load of options. It's a command-line tool, but you'll get used to that easily.

2/ Rip a skybox from an existing mod (Blue Planet had some, for example) and change its textures in PCS2.

Title: Re: DDS convertor and creating a skybox
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on November 08, 2009, 03:27:09 am

Paint.net works well too. 

Title: Re: DDS convertor and creating a skybox
Post by: Spoon on November 08, 2009, 05:02:27 am

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1/ My first question is about some free jpg/tga to dds convertor... Do you know any ? Thank you very much

Dear sir, I have just what you need: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zmnymzyzmt4
DDS converter 2. Can convert a whole bunch of file formats into .dds. Can convert batches and isn't some ****ty command line tool.

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2/ My second question is about creating a skybox... How are you doing this ? Do you know any quick turorial or ... ?

You can either take an existing skybox/sphere from someone's mod and change the texture for it (creating a good looking texture is by far the hardest part) or create the model yourself. Which just has to be 60-64km big, flipped and needs the textures you have for it.

Title: Re: DDS convertor and creating a skybox
Post by: Jouzin on November 08, 2009, 06:48:16 am

OK big thanks to you guys :)

I will try it.