Can someone help? I cannot get TS tools to work and I need to convert a DDS file to a TgPcDx file. I have tried RSBin Tools and that will allow me to convert a TgPcDx to DDS but not convert it back after I have modified it.. I have read somewhere in my trawl of the internet that it may be that both of the above are incompatible with Windows 10. Now that UK Trainsim has folded there seems to be little or no help anywhere for issue like this. There is a rather shady group for developers that is "by invitation only". I suspect they may be Freemasons or something.
I meant to say that I get the message "MCCOMCTL.OCX is missing or one of its dependencies no correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid". I followed the instructions in the README accurately and said yes to the MW graphics utilities. The installation was "Run as Administrator". I also tried to run the programme itself as administrator without success.
You can use Blueprint Editor to export DDS to TgPcDx. I suggest using the same folder structure inside Source as the texture folder in Assets. I highly recommend not editing the DDS directly, but save it as a TGA or PNG while working on it. DDS is not a lossless format so it will be compressed for each time you save it. The TGA or PNG can be converted to ace with RWAceTool.exe (Railworks folder) I use DDS Converter 1.4 for converting my textures to DDS or Photoshop. Supported formats are B8G8R8A8 and B8G8R8X8, in DDS Converter this is RGBA. Photoshop (Nvidia plugin) BGRA 8.8.8.8 or BGRX 8.8.8.x (no alpha) There is also a DDS plugin for Blender that lets you import and export DDS files. Hope this helps.
Thank you Oystein for the courtesy of your reply, it is greatly appreciated. I'll try your advice tomorrow (I've just drunk a bottle of Malbec and need a clear head to take this forward). I'll get back to you later. Thanks again. Paul
That depends. DDS can be lossless or not. DXT1, 3 and 5 are compressed. You should not use this format anymore, only uncompressed 32bit ARGB. I'm using RSBinTools for quick editing of TgPxDc files. (TgPcDx is actually a DDS file with TS metadata headers per mipmap)
