Useful programs for creating and editing mods...

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Useful programs for creating and editing mods...

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This post is to help others with finding useful tools in creating and editing mods for SW3DG games. These are programs that I use, so they are generally directly compatible with the various media formats used in my games.

Here is a link to the customizing kit itself for Evochron Legacy: http://www.starwraith.com/evochronlegac ... readme.htm

For image editing (PNG, JPG, BMP, etc):
NeoPaint for Windows (retired by developer, now 'PixelNEO' which I have not used) - https://visualneo.com/download
Paint Shot Pro - http://www.corel.com/corel/product/inde ... ageCode=en

For image compiling/compressing to DDS:
The Compressonator (I no longer use this software since moving to Vulkan and now use full quality lossless textures, link remains available for older games and their formats) - https://gpuopen.com/compressonator/

For sound editing and creation:
GoldWave - https://www.goldwave.com

For in-game screenshot, video, and audio recording:
OBS Studio - https://obsproject.com/

For 3D modeling:
Metasequoia - https://www.metaseq.net/en/

For quickly applying normals to models and UV editing:
Lithunwrap - http://www.sharecg.com/v/5169/Software- ... or-Windows
Commercial version (now named Ultimate Unwrap 3D):
http://www.unwrap3d.com/u3d/index.aspx

Video production and editing:
Kdenlive - https://kdenlive.org/en/
Vegas Movie Studio (no longer used since switching to Kdenlive) - http://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/
StarWraith 3D Games
www.starwraith.com | www.spacecombat.org
3D Space Flight and Combat Simulations
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Useful programs for creating and editing mods...

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Texture Compression & Texture Maps
Nvidia .DDS Import/Export for Photoshop - https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-tex ... -photoshop (Use 64bit plugin for Creative Cloud!)
MindTex 2 - http://frozenflamecorp.com/site/pages.p ... &entryid=2 (Not Freeware)


Modeling
DirectX (.X) Mesh Viewer - http://dead-code.org/misc/DXViewer.zip
Blender - https://www.blender.org/

Text Editors
Sublime Text - https://www.sublimetext.com/ (My Personal Fav for coding)
Notepad++ - https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ (Recommend over Win Notpad)

Image Editing
GIMP - https://www.gimp.org/ (Best Freeware Editor)
Photoshop CC - http://www.adobe.com/au/products/photos ... 21083345:s (commercial tool)
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