Texture types?

Accountant · Post by **Accountant** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:13 pm

Is it possible to texture our cockpits with JPGs? All I have been able to make work are BMPs, and those take up so much space. I tried assigning a JPG texture in Metaseq but when I go in game the textures of my cockpit are white. When the texture format is BMP they work normally.

-Accountant

Post by **Vice** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:20 pm

BMP is the required format (essentially an engine X format limitation). IIRC, you can use lower color depth to reduce size though or reduce the resolution. For example, a small section of a cockpit doesn't need an obscurely large texture, like 1030X800, a 64X64 might fit well for a small section. Also be sure to use 1:1 resolutions so alpha blending can be applied. 32X32, 64X64, 128X128, 256X256, 512X512, 1024X1024 are target sizes.

Accountant · Post by **Accountant** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:23 pm

Ok, I see. I was hoping to do all of the texturing on one large texture to reduce clutter, but it looks like I will have to cut it up into many smaller textures to keep the download size small.

Thanks for the quick response, Vice.

-Accountant

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:37 pm

Small bytes and bits go a long way towards a computers digestive system!LOL:P

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:42 am

Originally posted by Accountant
Ok, I see. I was hoping to do all of the texturing on one large texture to reduce clutter, but it looks like I will have to cut it up into many smaller textures to keep the download size small.

Thanks for the quick response, Vice.

-Accountant

Work with jpg as a big large texture. Finish your mod.
When converting to *.X file, texturing section, leave "convert texture files to bmp" box checked, or manually convert *.jpg files to bmp...
You have got small bmp files now.