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2014-02-01, 15:42 | #13 |
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Re: DDS format in BF2 explained
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2014-06-02, 16:47 | #15 |
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Poland
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Re: DDS format in BF2 explained
And what are _b and _c textures? Example: eotech_b.dds, eotech_c.dds? I am asking becouse Eotech is reflecting like a mirror.
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2014-06-02, 19:14 | #16 |
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Re: DDS format in BF2 explained
_b is usually the bump map or normal map. if its reflecting to much then its the Spec that is to brigth and needs to get toned down, the spec is usually in the Alpha Channel of the _c file but sometimes its in the Alpha of the _b file
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2014-06-02, 19:25 | #17 | ||
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Re: DDS format in BF2 explained
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Your problem is that you need to setup your material as "ColorMapGloss" in the export as the spec map is in the Diffuses (_c.dds) alpha channel and not the Normals (_b.dds) and by default it tries to load the spec from the _b.dds alpha channel. | ||
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2014-06-02, 21:18 | #18 |
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Poland
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Re: DDS format in BF2 explained
My _c.dds had fully white alpha channel, and that was the problem. Thanks guys
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2014-08-23, 13:24 | #19 |
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Re: DDS format in BF2 explained
A really good program to view DDS thumbnails is Sage Thumbs, which actually works in Windows 7 etc compared to the old Nvidia DDS tool which doesn't work in 7, 8. This way, you can view multiple .dds files at a glance without opening one after the other, and it even tells you the type of format it has and the resolution (DXT5, 300 x 300 etc)
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2016-03-30, 07:50 | #20 |
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Re: DDS format in BF2 explained
Just felt like throwing in two nice things I've found while working on my tool
If you just want to view DDS thumbnails you can use DDS Viewer from Nvidia And if you're not using Photoshop you can use nvDXT from Nvidia DDS Utilities to compress to .DDS It's a commandline tool so launch it once through commandline to see options. |
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