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Old 04-24-25, 04:11 PM   #1
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Default How to open the _shp and _sil files in Windows 11?

New Rig. windows 11

Some of the _sil files and _ship files in the Sea folders will not open with Windows Media Player legacy as most will.

What is best program app to view these? Aggravating lol.
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Old 04-24-25, 09:45 PM   #2
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New Rig. windows 11

Some of the _sil files and _ship files in the Sea folders will not open with Windows Media Player legacy as most will.

What is best program app to view these? Aggravating lol.
Viewing Methods. How to view DDS files?
To view DDS files, you can use various image viewers or software like Jumpshare's online DDS viewer, XnView, or Paint.NET. Additionally, some image editing software like GIMP and Photoshop, with appropriate plugins or settings, can also open and display DDS files.
i used Gimp to help Fifi with the current version of Dark Waters.
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Old 04-24-25, 10:02 PM   #3
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I've been using GIMP now for years.

I'm still on the legacy 2.10 since I wasn't too happy with the interface in the new 3.0 version.

It has a built-in dds capability.

From the info on the GIMP site, the new 3.0 version should be fine with Win-11.

Like I said, I just didn't like the way the 3.0 looked.

"Old Dog," used to his "old ways" I guess.

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