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FPSC Classic Models and Media / Making .dds files

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AmazingGaming
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Posted: 13th Jan 2013 23:03
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I didnt know how to put the title correctly but i am wondering how to create a .dds file for your folders when yu build your fpsc game. For example the Vishnu launcher has it where it protects your files and makes them a .dds I was wondering just how to make your files .dds without any launcher etc. just a way to protect your files.

Is there a way to do this? I would like to know

and if you dont know what the vishnu launcher is it is this http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=187522&b=21
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raymondlee306
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Posted: 13th Jan 2013 23:30
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectDraw_Surface

This might help. .dds is primarily a type of texture like .tga, .bmp, or .jpeg. Open a texture in Photoshop or Gimp and "save as" the dds format. You may need a plugin for whatever program your using. Installing the microsoft direct x development kit installs a cool little right click convert option which includes .dds.
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AmazingGaming
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Posted: 14th Jan 2013 00:47
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Ok thanks imma try this out now!
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MrValentine
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Just for the records, .DDS does not mean the file is protected, but kind of is from the casual user... but then again the casual user is unlikely to dig into the game folders...

Food for thought

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AmazingGaming
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@MrValentine Correct..but getting into a .DDS folder isnt so easy for the casual user as well. For someone who REALLY wanted to go inside the files it wouldnt be one click away plus its better to have .DDS files then just letting anyone get in the folder.
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BlackFox
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Posted: 14th Jan 2013 02:45 Edited at: 14th Jan 2013 03:36
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Quote: "i am wondering how to create a .dds file for your folders when yu build your fpsc game. For example the Vishnu launcher has it where it protects your files and makes them a .dds I was wondering just how to make your files .dds without any launcher etc. just a way to protect your files."


Vishnu Launcher does not make any .dds protection for your file(s). I think you are getting some information mixed up. Vishnu Packer is an application that takes your built game and have it protect the "assets" of the game by encrypting the structure of the build. It does not use DDS- that is a graphic file format only. Nothing even related to Vishnu.

Raymondlee306 is correct to point out what DDS actually is.

Quote: "Just for the records, .DDS does not mean the file is protected, but kind of is from the casual user... but then again the casual user is unlikely to dig into the game folders..."


It appears you do not know what the application mentioned by the OP does, nor are you aware that your comment makes absolutely no sense to the topic at hand. DDS is a file format for a graphical image, nothing more. It is not protected in any way from anyone, including a "casual user". A casual user can open the file with Photoshop and the DDS plugin or GIMP for that matter.

By the sounds of it, the OP is looking to create "encryption" without using Vishnu. If so, the answer is NOT in DDS.


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MrValentine
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Posted: 14th Jan 2013 02:53
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Quote: "A casual user can open the file with Photoshop and the DDS plugin or GIMP for that matter."


Not everybody has GIMP or photoshop and DDS files are not accessible as standard, hence Casual user...

And I do know the application, I just pointed out exactly what you said and what raymondlee306 also said...

AmazingGaming - very strange I did not see your reply for Raymondlee306 until now... odd that...

I assumed he has Vishnu... but did not want to use it...

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As blackfox has said DDS is not a file encryption system just a texture format.

If you want fpsc to protect your files then this will have to be coded into fpsc itself by downloading the source code and moding it.

Vishnu launcher does not protect any files at all it is Vishnu packer that protect your files people get the two mixed up all the time.

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Posted: 14th Jan 2013 02:57
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And I do know the application, I just pointed out exactly what you said and what raymondlee306 also said..."


You do NOT know the application at all. Vishnu has nothing to do with DDS. If you knew that, you would have said what I said the first time, not make a statement as you did which was absolutely useless. All you are doing is adding confusion to the situation.


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MrValentine
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Posted: 14th Jan 2013 03:00 Edited at: 14th Jan 2013 03:00
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All you have to do is correct me, sheesh... what's got your bacon?

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Oh but I thought he joined the two together now? my bad any way

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Posted: 14th Jan 2013 03:07 Edited at: 14th Jan 2013 03:38
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Quote: "All you have to do is correct me, sheesh... what's got your bacon?"


I did correct you. I did so because we distribute the software for s4real. People giving misinformation to confuse people that seem to be confused over what the application does causes nothing but more confusion. And your comment of ".DDS does not mean the file is protected, but kind of is from the casual user... but then again the casual user is unlikely to dig into the game folders..."- what the heck does that even mean? There is no "games" folder with Vishnu Launcher.

So again, if you *knew* the application, you would have known this already.


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AmazingGaming
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Posted: 14th Jan 2013 03:07
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this is some good stuff...hold on lemme get some popcorn...ok continue
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Posted: 14th Jan 2013 03:19
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Quote: "what the heck does that even mean? There is no "games" folder with Vishnu Launcher."


I grasped that he was aiming to simply adjust his own project files 'without' using Vishnu, hence there would be a 'Folder' to dig into

Calm down, I did not talk about Vishnu directly, i was discussing DDS files...

Quote: "this is some good stuff...hold on lemme get some popcorn...ok continue"


Pass me some...

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Posted: 14th Jan 2013 06:30 Edited at: 14th Jan 2013 07:02
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Seriously though .dds is a texture format you would need to be extremely casual user not to be able to open, there are a gazillion posts around here and all over the web explaining how to do so. Its compression not encryption.
A .tga file is converted to .dds by FPSC itself as its direct draw format.

Anybody who cant figure how to open a dds isn't going to be doing much with it in the first place so they aren't the reason you want to protect your assets..
I think your confusing the lack of texturebank folder and textures as being something to do with dds, the textures are built into the imageblock.bin and this is FPSC's own form of media encryption and compression in one.

This encryption is a byproduct and no where near as good or aggressive as Vishnu, no encryption is unbreakable to the determined and savvy but its good as you'll get.

"Nope games aren't the problem."
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Posted: 14th Jan 2013 15:48
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Quote: "This encryption is a byproduct and no where near as good or aggressive as Vishnu, no encryption is unbreakable to the determined and savvy but its good as you'll get."


Vishnu packer been worked on to improve the encryption and a more secure method of protection. There will be like 3 methods to pick from in the new version so you can have your game packed and it only unpacks the game once this would be the lowest protection setting and then the higher protection setting where the game is unpacked all the time.

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