set word wrap to ON to read this file properly. ________________________________________________________________________________ this program should not be distributed anywhere else than www.gtatools.com and other GTANET.com sites such as www.gtagarage.com. if you distribute this program on any other website your server shall crash and burn in flames and your wiener will never stand up anymore - in short: don't redistribute it. The software usage license was displayed when you have downloaded the program on www.gtatools.com ________________________________________________________________________________ TXD Workshop 4.0B build: 14030X Copyright 2003..2006 Delfi - Jernej L. email: jernejcoder@gmail.com always get latest and up-to-date copy of the program at http://www.gtatools.com this program can do everything with gta3 / vicecity / san andreas txd texture directory / dictionary archives you can possibly imagine. program is freeware, you may NOT gain any money with using, redistributing, copying, changing this file unless you have my permission! ________________________________________________________________________________ what's new? ________________________________________________________________________________ version 4.0B + Fixed bug when deleting files from img file (shouldnt corrupt files but there is a chance if you used it combined with other actions too) + Added toolbar button that can be toggled, it will toggle the image list to show extra large thumbnails. version 4.0 + inside-IMG editing ability + Fixed some more bugs that should reduce crashes and memory leaks + Fixed the file asociation checkbox, now works on XP too + Fixed a nasty bug if txd file was empty or corrupt ________________________________________________________________________________ version 3.8A + Fixed templates + Fixed some base-code stability bugs that should reduce crashes and memory leaks ________________________________________________________________________________ version 3.8 + GUI enchanchements + fixed some nasty TGA import / export bugs + image preview in image list ________________________________________________________________________________ version 3.7 + PNG import & export (including alpha channel but NO single-color transparency), i suggest using this rather than bmp or tga because pngs are not just smaller but also more stable, but beware that png I/O is also only supported for dxted and 32 bit images (just like tga I/O) + alpha mix view removed, a similar feature "mixed view" is now where you were switching between alpha and image viev + some fixes added to dff check feature (didn't repaint the lists after refresh) + new about box added + image templates work once again! + program now kinda works with xp themes, the vierdly painted toolbar isn't my fault. + some old readme sections fixed ( it isn't neccesary to use templates to add images to txds, you can do this easier way with image > new ) + some graphics on buttons etc were changed + fixed window startup positions (if you have multiple monitors you know what i mean - they were annoyingly opening in the middle of screen edges half on both screens) version 3.5 + fully working san andreas support + fixed some program errors and glitches, not much but i will try hard to remove all those "acces violation" errors in next version ________________________________________________________________________________ version 3.4: can save vice city and gta3 compatible again san andreas saving experimental, works only with some images, san andreas is acting vierd, i can replace images in LOADSCS.txd but others like LD_PLANE.txd just dhow up blank white ingame.. ________________________________________________________________________________ version 3.3: * hacked together support for san andreas, any mipmaps present are discarded on loading. do not use this version to do anyt editing with txds, they will probably end up corrupted. * this version removes the 255 images limit in previous versions note that this tool should not be used with either gta3, vc or san andreas. this program is unstable and i know that, i will fix and recode large portions of the program and make it plugin based (possible support for other games as well) if the program crashes on any san andreas txd or the images look vierd / wrong please tell me about such problems so i can locate and eliminate those bugs. ________________________________________________________________________________ version 3.1 (don't asociate this with windows 3.1..) this is more STABILITY update than functionality, altrough many functionalities were added: file -> dff check - this will list all your textures in dff file and opened txd file the textures with red X'es aren't found in other file (if you see dff having an x the image isn't in txd, if you see a red x on txd side the image isn't used in the dff.) note: the SPECA light map images aren't detected yet, so broken speca links are probably FALSE and you should ignore them. file -> new and image -> new functionality changed / added, you can create new txd's and add images of your color format choice into it. SUPER DRAG & DROP: note: you can use windows drag & drop from explorer and other supporting ptograms only dragging images out of txd workshop won't work. you can drop 3 types of files into txdw: dff models, the model file uv map will be flipped txd files, they will be opened in txd workshop bmp & tga files, they will be added to txd file, replacing original images with same names Command line 1.0 the program command line isn't case-sensitive, but it is sensitive to parameter order: /compress <in_file> <out_file> - compresses all images to DXT /decompress <in_file> <out_file> - decompresses all images from DXT to normal rgb /extract <in_file> - extracts all images from this txd dictionary to <dictionary_dir>\<dictionary_filename> /build <in_file> - in_file is a DFF file, this dff file will be checked for all image references and the images will be searched for in <in_file_dir>\<in_file_name> if the files won't be found there it will also check <in_file_dir> the file is saved to same file name from dff file, but with txd extension. please note, that /build doesn't know about speca light maps and doesn't add them to txd, do it manualy for now.. the files created with /build are marked as gta-vc. ________________________________________________________________________________ version 3.0 a lot. ________________________________________________________________________________ version 2.5 - if you opened a file by double-clicking the txd file's icon and you changed a file click close and when program asked to save it didn't know the file it opened - now fixed. - images are no longer flipped when doing image > compress all and image > properties - doing simple txd properties > rename texture recompressed texture, this won't happen anymore except if you change the image format. - the alpha checkbox in txd properties window - if you unchecked it it will now clear alpha name if you check it on it auto-names your alpha to zmodeler rules - see below, altrough you can still rename alphas whatever you wish.. the alpha and texture name "enter key issuse" was also fixed - you can no longer use multiline texture names - because they don't work :D - image > auto zmodeler alpha renamer: renames all used alphas to match zmodeler alpha namings, this should be also done if you edited a car like vicecity topfun and now all alphas look messed up, it renames alphas depending on their texture name - as zmodeler filter requires alphas to be named to work in gta3/vc: special cases: 'white128a' > 'crackedglass128a' 'white64' > 'scratcha64' 'black64' > 'scratcha64' if no above case then it does: texname + 'a' character read zmodeler's dff.txt on more about this - if your vice-city alpha dents on edited original cars are all screwed it is because of that vice-city makers named dented alphas as 'white64a' and their alphas 'scratcha64' but zmodeler still things that the images are with gta3 format namings: 'white64' and their alphas 'scratcha64' (note - white64 has no 'a' here as in vicecity) the auto-rename feature will fix these headaches for you ;) this function uses a new hot-key - CTRL+Z (the program has no undo feature :P ) so you can easily fix more files at once. - the images > insert from templates now clears any compressed state of the image but i had to do this to solve some problems with the image if you didn't re-import template inserted image it possibly corrupted the image. - when recompressing and tga-exporting 8 bit images they are no longer flipped - it uses the windows temp folder for all temporary files it needs - the file > batch converter can now process files to auto dxt compress them, but indeed it seems to be wasting system resources like microsoft's programs, it can't be a memory-leak, it is impossible - i free all the images when reloading and properly close all files.. you can also watch what is batch converter doing and which file it freezes at with www.sysinternals.com debug view program. File > UV Flip option flips texture mapping on a specified dff file on all objects, this easily fixes zmodeler's broken texture mappings on exported dff files. this utility uses kcow's dff loader - kcow's website: http://www.chronetal.co.uk/gta/ _________________________________________...
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