How to reduce 4096 textures to 2048 ones?

[Holgi 1]

Hi all! What is the best way to reduce the repaint textures (default 4096 pixel) to 2048 pixel? I tried with IRFANVIEW and generelly it works but unfortunatelly there after the cabin lights are missing :-( Any idea? Thank you in adavanced!

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

dxtbmp free program

[nrcrate 40]

dxtbmp free program

Love that program! Although I did get the DDS plugin for PS CS5 and just run a recording to have it resize them for me. :DCheers!

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

I couldnt figure out how to use that dds plugin your a better man than me Cheers

[Holgi 1]

dxtbmp free program

I already have tried DXTbmp but same result as with IRFANVIEW (no cabin lights anamore). I don´t have PS How do you exactly do it with DXTbmp ? Thanks!

[FreightDawg 10]

Holger Get a program called Texture Max Load Editor http://www.avsimrus....on=download&hl=

[B747tebs 80]

Get a program called Texture Max Load Editor http://www.avsimrus....on=download&hl=

why? i can change that in the fsx.cfg

[Holgi 1]

Holger Get a program called Texture Max Load Editor http://www.avsimrus....on=download&hl=

Thanks John, will give it a try!

why? i can change that in the fsx.cfg

This seems not to be the same as when you reduce the textures size yourself. Don´t no why but the loading time is definetely longer when you only do it in the FSX.cfg

[B747tebs 80]

Thanks John, will give it a try! This seems not to be the same as when you reduce the textures size yourself. Don´t no why but the loading time is definetely longer when you only do it in the FSX.cfg

not for me.. tried it out

[GSalden 4,656]

TMLE makes FSX load 4096 textures and then scale them down to 2048.This gives a better framerate than with 4096 textures , but not as good as with textures who are already 2048 by default. That is not the way you want it. If you want the best performance you need to resize the ry textures and several vc texures. What I did :

1. Load a texture in BXTBMP
2. Sent the texture to my bitmap editor ( in my case Painthop Pro )
3. Resize the texture to 2048 and sharpen the texture
4. Save the texture and reload with DXTBMP
5. I then sent the alpha channel bitmap to my bitmap editor and do the same thing.
6. After reloading I then save the bitmap.
7. Now the bitmap is ready for use.

[Holgi 1]

Ah okay, the programm do the same as when you modify the FSX.cfg yourself. I´m looking more for a possibility to modify the textures itselves. This is what I do with DXT.bmp - Load the original texture- click the edit button- a texture window opens which you can now modify- I modify the solution to 2048x2048- save it as bmp (dds not possible)- open that new texture with dxt.bmp- save it as dds5 with this method Iose the cabin night texture. Seems there is a problem with the alpha channel or so ... What I´m doing wrong?

TMLE makes FSX load 4096 textures and then scale them down to 2048.This gives a better framerate than with 4096 textures , but not as good as with textures who are already 2048 by default. That is not the way you want it. If you want the best performance you need to resize the ry textures and several vc texures. What I did :

1. Load a texture in BXTBMP
2. Sent the texture to my bitmap editor ( in my case Painthop Pro )
3. Resize the texture to 2048 and sharpen the texture
4. Save the texture and reload with DXTBMP
5. I then sent the alpha channel bitmap to my bitmap editor and do the same thing.
6. After reloading I then save the bitmap.
7. Now the bitmap is ready for use.

Thank you, I think you got the point which is missing. Will give it a try!

[Holgi 1]

Thanks again Gerard, this one works very fine!

[Holgi 1]

One last question on this .... Is it problematical (in sense of causing CTD´s or so) to remain the alpha-channel in the 4096 size whereas I change the rest to a 2048 size?

[aentwis 61]

First of all, make a backup of the original file you wish to resize... Try loading the 4096x4096 textures you want resized into DXTBMP. Then, you need to export the alpha channel. Once you have done that, you use dxtbmp to send the original file to your chosen editor. Resize it to the chosen new size and save it as a bmp. Then open that saved bmp in dxtbmp again. Now import the alpha channel you previously exported. You will get a warning that the alpha will be resized and so on, which is what you want... Now, save you resized file as a dds DXT5 file. Make sure you rename this file exactly as the original file (which you backed up and moved...) Do this with all the files you wish to resize. Not all files will need it. Andrew

[newtie 533]

Love that program! Although I did get the DDS plugin for PS CS5 and just run a recording to have it resize them for me. :D Cheers!

Hey Nick- I used the PS5/nVidia plugin combo to reduce the texture size and I also mipped them as well. How did you set up the recording? I did them one at a time