rosvitacousland Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 For retexturing I need some original (*d.dds) files. I know the files and I know there site. Most of them work. So far, so good. However, there are some of them which are just black in Paint and in IrfanView respective grey in Gimp. Could this be a kind of program mistake or do I something wrong? Is there a way to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risibisi Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I have the same problem with the diffuse map files. They are grey in Gimp but in Photoshop they show up correctly. I have no idea why. :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patdc Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Sounds like an Alpha Channel Problem . You could try this I open the texture with Irfanview (with the dds plugin enabled) and save it as a png or jpg.The saved images in png/jpg format won't have an alpha map and can be loaded with Gimp or Photoshop without problems and you can proceed as usual. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosvitacousland Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) Thank you very much for your kind hint! Unfortunately I haven't got the dds plugin for IrfanView. It's not in the list of the installed plugins under the menu option "help" of IrfanView. I tried to download from the specified website "http://www.irfanview.com". However it's not been part of the packet with "all" plugins although it's declared as supported file format on the official website of IrfanView. Rosvita Edited July 8, 2016 by rosvitacousland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patdc Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Hi In Irfanview go to Options Tab then Properties/Setting then Extensions and then check the DDS option (I believe the DDS plugin is bundle in the main program and just needs activating ) (note instruction's if using Win 10 on the right hand side and follow those instructions ie click control panel button then on control panel select Irfview and select the chose default option ) Pat _EDIT_ Just tried this on my new PC and isn't working but is on my old one . I'm going to do a very checks and will get back to you -==Update Version 4.36 with associated plugins works . But I can't get latest versions 4.42 (32 and 64 bit) bits to work==-- If you want to send me the d.dds you're having problems with I can try to remove the alpha channel on my old pc and send them back as PNG or DDS without Alpha channel Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patdc Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Found the Problem on the Options tab in Properties/Setting select Viewing and then untickShow PNG/TIF/TGA/DDS alpha/transparent color .You should you be able to view the DDS file . You will still need to save this without the Alpha channel as in my earlier post This works on the 32 bit option Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosvitacousland Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's like a kind of miracle! Now I can open all of the d.dds files. Hurrah! (I've tested it with several files, which had been black before.) Rosvita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patdc Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 That's Great. So glad it solved your problems and a big Thanks belong to Entopie who told me how do this then I had this problem a few years ago Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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