Need Help

Reinhard Hardegen · 04-09-13, 09:37 PM

I am looking for a free convertor to change .dds to .jpg and back to .dds

Any idea's. I am trying to make flags for the Fleet Boats.

razark · 04-09-13, 11:06 PM

Don't know why you'd need to convert .dds to .jpg and back, but I've always used GIMP with the DDS plugin if I need to work with .dds.

04-10-13, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reinhard Hardegen

I am looking for a free convertor to change .dds to .jpg and back to .dds

Any idea's. I am trying to make flags for the Fleet Boats.

just use paint.NET it lets you edit and save dds files without needing to convert them, its way easier and less likely to have issues forgetting something

Reinhard Hardegen · 04-10-13, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razark

Don't know why you'd need to convert .dds to .jpg and back, but I've always used GIMP with the DDS plugin if I need to work with .dds.

Thanks I download them and put them to use. I needed to convert so I could do my work within Photoshop.

Jeff1959 · 04-10-13, 05:42 PM

Look around for a program called DDS Converter 2. I used it with other .dds files for other sims. Works good.

Reinhard Hardegen · 04-10-13, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff1959

Look around for a program called DDS Converter 2. I used it with other .dds files for other sims. Works good.

Thanks,

I have made 5 flags, to include Submarine Battle Flags, and I am trying to find were the files are placed so as not to change the name of the flag to the one in the command file.

[Equipment 19]
NodeName=I08
LinkName=SubFlag_US
StartDate=19410101
EndDate=19600631

;[Equipment 19]
;NodeName=I08
;LinkName=SubFlag_US_01
;StartDate=19410101
;EndDate=19600631

;[Equipment 19]
;NodeName=I08
;LinkName=SubFlag_Pirate
;StartDate=19410101
;EndDate=19600631

Need to find these files, instead of changing the name SubFlag_US_01
to SubFlag_USto see the flag in the game.

Reinhard Hardegen · 04-10-13, 06:31 PM

Quote:

I have made 5 flags, to include Submarine Battle Flags, and I am trying to find were the files are placed so as not to change the name of the flag to the one in the command file.

[Equipment 19]
NodeName=I08
LinkName=SubFlag_US
StartDate=19410101
EndDate=19600631

;[Equipment 19]
;NodeName=I08
;LinkName=SubFlag_US_01
;StartDate=19410101
;EndDate=19600631

;[Equipment 19]
;NodeName=I08
;LinkName=SubFlag_Pirate
;StartDate=19410101
;EndDate=19600631

Need to find these files, instead of changing the name SubFlag_US_01
to SubFlag_USto see the flag in the game.

This is a question for Privateer or Ducimus, the makers of the Flag mod and TMO.

Reinhard Hardegen · 04-10-13, 07:02 PM

Some of the flags I made:

BigWalleye · 04-10-13, 07:45 PM

Sanitary!

04-10-13, 08:48 PM

Ok.

The link name calls a node in the .dat files that hold the flags stuff.
The actual dds file can be in that dat or in the textures folder.

I'll have to check the files to give you a better answer and those are on a different system right now.
I run up to 7 servers here at home and storms have the whole system shut down!

I'll get back with a detailed answer ASAP.

04-10-13, 09:12 PM

Sub_flag.dat in the Library folder.
The images are placed in it.
You can use S3D to create new nodes just like what is in it now.

Although you really don't need to do it the same way if you want to save some file size.

What I mean is, only some parts are needed if done in a way that many don't realize can be done.

04-09-13, 09:37 PM	#1
Reinhard Hardegen Raiders of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: U-123 (CA7225) Posts: 495 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	Need Help I am looking for a free convertor to change .dds to .jpg and back to .dds Any idea's. I am trying to make flags for the Fleet Boats. __________________ A quote from Donitz; “The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis.” “For the lessons one fails to learn during peacetime, one pays a high price in war.”

04-09-13, 11:06 PM	#2
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	Don't know why you'd need to convert .dds to .jpg and back, but I've always used GIMP with the DDS plugin if I need to work with .dds. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

04-10-13, 07:02 PM	#8
Reinhard Hardegen Raiders of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: U-123 (CA7225) Posts: 495 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	Some of the flags I made: __________________ A quote from Donitz; “The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis.” “For the lessons one fails to learn during peacetime, one pays a high price in war.”

04-10-13, 05:42 PM	#5
Jeff1959 Watch Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 27 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Look around for a program called DDS Converter 2. I used it with other .dds files for other sims. Works good.

04-10-13, 07:45 PM	#9
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	Sanitary!

04-10-13, 08:48 PM	#10
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Ok. The link name calls a node in the .dat files that hold the flags stuff. The actual dds file can be in that dat or in the textures folder. I'll have to check the files to give you a better answer and those are on a different system right now. I run up to 7 servers here at home and storms have the whole system shut down! I'll get back with a detailed answer ASAP.

04-10-13, 09:12 PM	#11
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Sub_flag.dat in the Library folder. The images are placed in it. You can use S3D to create new nodes just like what is in it now. Although you really don't need to do it the same way if you want to save some file size. What I mean is, only some parts are needed if done in a way that many don't realize can be done.