Texture Question

[GI Morpheus]

I have noticed some textures like windows have additional files with a *.fcm or *.dds extension. They are some sort of compiled object files (i.e. I can't read them). Does anyone know what these files are, how do I use/abuse/change them? None of my paint programs will touch them (Photoshop/Paint Shop Pro).

[Random]

Please do a search either here or on the web for a .dds plugin and you will find what you are looking for.

Ah heck here is a link for you:.dds plugin thread

Hope this helps

Random

[GI Morpheus]

Actually I did find a Photoshop Plug-in for the .dds format (still haven't found out what it's native to, or why it's used instead of .jpg or .tga).

The .fcm format is like a diff file that's distributed instead of the entire file (from what I've been able to read).

I've decided that I really don't need either one. I'll just stick to the standard .jpg or .tga files.