RSTOOLS Erroe When Converting DDS to RS Format?

[boleyd]

I get the error in the picture when converting a DDS file to RS Format with RSTOOLS. I used M. Wright's DXTBMP program to convert a TGA to the DDS (DXT1 with Alpha). Also tried DDSConvert 2.0 with same error ?????

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Found that original conversion must be done with rstools or have dds file in rstools temp folder.

[Paddington bear]

hi,
Pure curiosity here, why not use ToAce (found in the main RS directory) and go directly from tga into the RS format? No middle step.

Ross

[MikeSimpson]

Hi Dick,

RS_Tools will only convert a .dds file back to .TgPcDx if the original file was converted from .TgPcDx using RS_Tools in the first place. This is because RS_Tools saves the .xml headers and footers for the .dds file when it does the first conversion, then adds them back on from the TempFiles folder when it finishes.

There is another program, RSBinTool.exe available on uktrainsim.com which is easier to use for working on .TgPcDx files.

Mike

[jamesc25313]

The way I do it because its an old habit and I used DXTbmp for a few years now is open RSBinTool and open serz and export as a DDS and then open the DDS with DXTbmp and then send it to paintshop the save it in paintshop when finished and in DXTbmp click the green up arrow and it reloads the texture and then I save as a DDS and then in RSBinTool I import the DDS and then save the file as the desired RS format.

[boleyd]

"There is another program, RSBinTool.exe available on uktrainsim.com which is easier to use for working on .TgPcDx files."

Off to get RSBinTool - Thanks!