DDS help again!

[Somebody131]

Hey all I managed to convert my picture to DDS format and then when I viewed it it was like blue and stuff. I looked at other downloaded textures and each had a blue and a colour one how do you get the one in colour I am using DD converter 2

 

And if you make a mod and want to add a file to a book do you type it like this C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\Textures\??????\????.dds or Data\Textures\??????\????.dds or what please help

[chjoco15]

Hey all I managed to convert my picture to DDS format and then when I viewed it it was like blue and stuff. I looked at other downloaded textures and each had a blue and a colour one how do you get the one in colour I am using DD converter 2

 

And if you make a mod and want to add a file to a book do you type it like this C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\Textures\??????\????.dds or Data\Textures\??????\????.dds or what please help

 

You are probably viewing it in the wrong program. I use GIMP. Easy for conversions, and you can edit the pics as well. Also there seems to be a certain texture file for each one that is blue. Dont know about that though.

[Abramul]

The blue ones are normal maps. Why are they blue?

Each color channel in the bitmap (red, green and blue) corresponds to a spatial dimension (X, Y and Z).

So, since Z displacements are the most common (at least in Oblivion's assets), most of the normal maps will be blue.

[Somebody131]

But it isnt a map its a pic for a book

[Abramul]

But it isnt a map its a pic for a book

Ehh, missed that.

 

Make sure you're opening FileName.dds rather than FileName_n.dds.

 

As for what path format you are supposed to use, I think it's path relative to the \Data folder. Check an existing book that includes a texture, for instance the Gray Fox wanted posters.