Texture error

[Simon Peace]

Hi Guys,

Im getting a texture error...

"DDS Format Cube required for this stage" when importing some TSO from RFactor1... I am going to produce in both rF1 and rF2 versions... but the shader stage has an associated dds file but it keeps complaining... any ideas why?

Cheers

Simon

[Guineapiggy]

Is it specifically a DDS cube map? It's quite a specific format.

[Simon Peace]

it "should be" a DDS Cube map because it is what is being "imported" how do i tell if a DDS is in the correct format?

[Simon Peace]

current file says it is...

1024x512 RGBA color 8 bits/channel - single image

[Guineapiggy]

it "should be" a DDS Cube map because it is what is being "imported" how do i tell if a DDS is in the correct format?

I think rF1 was far more lenient about environmental maps but cube maps are a very specific format. They've got a 6:1 aspect ratio for a start - edit - so no, 1024 x 512 is not a DDS cube map.

[Simon Peace]

should it be 3072 x 512 then to make the 6:1?

[Simon Peace]

3072 x 512 didn't work

[Guineapiggy]

Don't mean to sound superior on this one but you'll likely need to re-export anyway, so google is your friend here.

[Simon Peace]

yes i did re-export... anyway downloaded another cube map and that works good enough for me... so fixed.

[Guineapiggy]

Not really, and a quick google search would have answered everything.

Oh well.

[blakboks]

Just making the image wider won't make it a cubemap. When exporting to DDS, make sure you tell it that it's a CubeMap. I'm not 100% sure on this one, but I also don't think you want to do MipMaps. The image below should help in creating them. NOTE: In determining orientation, the sign comes before the axis (i.e. +X, -X, +Y, -Y, +Z, -Z).

Cubemaps.jpg