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Posted: 11th Aug 2014 13:52
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Hey Guys,

Did a search of the forum for this but couldn't find anything.
I'm a programmer learning modelling (not a match made in heaven...) and I have a question about texture compression.

I'm using GIMP to create textures but I don't know what compression to use for FPSCR models.
Right now, I'm just using uncompressed, but as you can imagine, the texture file sizes are big.

So, what compression should I be using as a matter of standard practice?

Thanks in advance,

Gary.

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Posted: 11th Aug 2014 13:58
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Dxt1 for stuff without opacity. Pure black will still be able to be transparent if you set transparency to 1, but might not render in the right order in the engine.

Dxt3 or Dxt 5 for opacities that need to be in spec or normal map.

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Posted: 11th Aug 2014 14:16
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Thanks Myke!

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