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== <center>DDS Converter 2.1</center> ==
== <center>DDS Converter 2.1</center> ==
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This tool allows you to convert .dds files to tga/bmp format, and then back again.  It is a GUI interface that uses NVIDIA's nvdxt.exe command line tool.
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[http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/DDS_Converter;29412 link to DDS Converter 2.1]
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This tool allows you to convert .dds files to tga/bmp format, and then back again.  It is a GUI interface that uses NVIDIA's nvdxt.exe command line tool
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== <center>NConvert</center> ==
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An additional resource for DDS files is NConvert (freeware).  It can convert to and from DDS allowing DDS files to be converted to other formats.  I recently used this tool to convert the DDS files that the TCS generates from the "Generate Local Maps" functon to jpegs.  It is a console app (dos box) and not GUI.  It will batch convert and is very fast.
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[http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview/en_nconvert.html link to NConvert's site]
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[http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/DDS_Converter;29412 link to DDS Converter 2.1]
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== <center>NVIDIA Texture Tools</center> ==
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This page contains several useful texture manipulation tools.
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[http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html link to NVIDIA's tools]
[http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html link to NVIDIA's tools]
 
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An additional resource for DDS files is NConvert (freeware).  It can convert to and from DDS allowing DDS files to be converted to other formats.  I recently used this tool to convert the DDS files that the TCS generates from the "Generate Local Maps" functon to jpegs.  It is a console app (dos box) and not GUI.  It will batch convert and is very fast.<BR>
[http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview/en_nconvert.html link to NConvert's site]


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