Civ4 Atlas.dds images unpack / repack - what to use ??

[onkelm]

Hi to all,

is there a tool/programm to unpack the Atlas.dds images into the seperate images and later repack all again ?

Or is it done all manually with gimp ?

Thanks for any hint

 

[onkelm]

no one ??

 

[Leoreth]

I am not aware of a tool for this purpose. Whenever I had to handle DDS files from an atlas I exported it to bmp and afterwards converted the output back to DDS.

 

[onkelm]

Thanks.
That means: the whole atlas imported in lets say gimp, convert, cut out, change, reimport to gimp and later convert back to atlas dds ?
so not very comfortable. I thought there will be an easier way

 

[Leoreth]

To be honest, I think so too every time I have to edit an atlas. Most of the buttons in my mod are in simple DDS files for that reason too. I should probably consolidate things into atlases at some point.

 

[onkelm]

That’s very disappointing. Really. Hmmmmmmm. One would have to ..
Let me think about it.

 

[<Nexus>]

1. Gimp can directly edit dds files.
2. Gimp can handle layers so you can copy one icon frame (attached), add your image, cut off the edges, merge and copy all over an existing atlas on a new layer to position everything properly and than remove or hide the old layer. Than you export it to dds. That's all.