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Old 15th October 2006, 09:01 PM   #1
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Default Problems with DDS-Textures

Hi,

About the DDS-Plugin it's written: Only DXT1, DXT3 and DXT5 compressed formats are supported by this plugin.

But most DXT1 files don't display in AC3D, only a few. If I create my own DDS-DXT1-texures, none of them are shown, only if I save the as 24 Bit-DDS.

Can anybody help?

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Old 9th November 2006, 07:41 AM   #2
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Hi,

That's really a great forum. For none of my two questions I got an answer in a month.

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Old 9th November 2006, 11:21 AM   #3
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Say Willi, how many answers did you provide so far?
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Old 12th November 2006, 07:20 PM   #4
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coldby, forget it! A great way to welcome new members!

If I want to download plugins from the main page, I'm guided to this forum and have to search them together instead of there would be a download page for all plugins. Btw, without the plugins AC3D would be quite useless. So that's really a great customer service!

And I thought this is a support forum. I see, I was wrong! Unfortunately I have made a lot of promotion for AC3D on my forum. I wouldn't have done that, if I would have known, what jerks there are here!!!

Willi

P.S. No problem, there are other programs with friendly support. Not like here! I have never experienced something like that in my life, you a......!
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Old 12th November 2006, 07:32 PM   #5
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Admin,

How can I cancel my membership. I don't have to stand something like that!!!

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Old 12th November 2006, 11:21 PM   #6
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Hi Willi,

Sorry you feel the way you do. Most of the time the forum is very helpful.

Unfortunately, I think you may have asked a question that most users here don't have much experience with. The DDS format is not the usual format for most of the rendering software used with AC3D.

So please forgive the users of AC3D if they are not forthcoming with the info you want. It just may be we don't have much of a clue about that format.

I did a quick search on the DDS plugin and didn't find much. So I am thinking that it may be a fairly old plugin that worked with a much earlier revision of AC3D.

You will find that older plugins won't work properly with the most recent revision. It may be that one of the plugin programmers may have been looking at the plugin and revising it to work with the current revision. It does take time to recode a plugin.

Sometimes you just have to be patient and give folks some time to research the issue.

I wish I could be more helpful, but the program I work with creates the DDS images automatically in the engine itself.
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Old 13th November 2006, 12:09 AM   #7
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Hi mconn1,

Thanks, at least a reply, although it doesn't help. Is there also somebody on this forum who is responsible?

I have bought AC3D some time ago and spent $ 69.95. I would like to work with this software. But now I have spent another $ 29.95 to upgrade because I need x file and dds support and on the features page it's written:

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Texture/background image file formats supported:
* GIF
* JPG
* PNG
* BMP
* DDS
* PPM
* TGA (Targa)
* TIF
and

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# Supports many output/input formats including
* 3D-studio 3DS
* Lightwave LWO
* Alias triangle
* DXF
* VRML1 and 2 and Inventor
* Povray
* Renderman RIB
* Triangles
* Direct X
* Milkshape
* Quake 3 bsp
* MD2
* Wavefront OBJ
* OFF
* stl (ascii)
* sof (airfoil)
* SMF
* T3D
* LDRAW .ldr (Lego)
And now I must note that there's no x file import, the x file export seems to be as outdated as the dds support and I can't use the x files generated with AC3D before converting them with another software and the promised dds dxt formats don't work in AC3D. Really great! I feel really cheated!!!

So, if there's also somebody on this forum, who is responsible for the software, remove these lies on your features page and don't cheat even more buyers!

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Old 13th November 2006, 05:20 AM   #8
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This is probably not the best way to try and get support. Try contacting Inivis directly with full details.
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Old 13th November 2006, 07:11 PM   #9
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And I thought this is a support forum. I see, I was wrong! Unfortunately I have made a lot of promotion for AC3D on my forum. I wouldn't have done that, if I would have known, what jerks there are here!!!
I have alot to say about the above quote. But I will make it breif.


Willi I dont see how you can get mad over a question like how many anwsers have you provided so far.

Secondly not everyone here is a jerk thats a generalization there. There are plenty of people here who are willing to help you but you have to have the right attitude.

In anycase I would have to disagree with you maybe you where having a bad day.But this is a support forum. I have had plenty of help since I first joined here.

If you want support you just need to ask the right questions. learn to accept C&C.
comments and critquicts (not sure but think that is spelled right). There will be alot of people who will try to critique your work.
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