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Nvidia Texture Tools Exporter settings for DDS files

RonFleur

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Hi guys and girls, quick question!


Last week I upgraded my PC, made a nice clean install of all my programs including Photoshop. To export my textures I previously used the older DDS-plugin from Nvidia to export from Photoshop, elimination the annoying process of using LM’s ImageTool.exe for the conversion.

However, I couldn’t find the old plugin and instead tried the new Nvidia Texture Tools Exporter (OpenGL). Now the problems already start when applying the textures in ModelconverterX and the models won’t even show in Prepar3d, (both v4.5 and v5). I know it’s got something to do with the chosen setting, because when I convert with the ImageTool.exe everything is fine.

All names in the Nvidia plugin have changed, probably because of newer imaging techniques. The BC3 option, aka DTX 4 or DTX 5, should be the right one, as DTX 5 gave the best results in the past, but this doesn’t work for me at the moment.

Does anyone use this tool? Any suggestions for the subsettings?
 

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Pyscen

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Looks like the stand-alone version - are you sure thats the plugin version of?
 
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On the nVidia page you downloaded that tool from, the very next item as you scroll down is the plug-in. Further down is the legacy DDS plug-in for Photoshop CS6 back to v5. Seek and ye shall find.
 
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Pyscen said:
Looks like the stand-alone version - are you sure thats the plugin version of?
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It is the same as the stand-alone, only you don’t have to open the texture there but you can save them from Photoshop.


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I haven't had any problems with the newer version with Photoshop, but the older version is still available. As mentioned above.
 
RonFleur

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Pyscen said:
I haven't had any problems with the newer version with Photoshop, but the older version is still available. As mentioned above.
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Thanks, after some searching I found it.


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If someone actually knows the settings for the standalone, it might be of help those that do not have photoshop
 
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