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@iMrShadow iMrShadow released this 28 May 08:28
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Summary

A long awaited release, probably the biggest one since the start of this project. This update brings a lot of new features, improvements and bugfixes. For more information, read the changelog below, thank you.

Help

An updated tutorial will come out later, but the original is still valid. After this release, I can finally focus on the wiki and tutorial. Additionally, check out this quick tutorial made by Arrizble, showing how to easily mod Telltale textures.

Some important information regarding the new GUI features.

Conversion Type Combobox

  • It's used for converting legacy Telltale textures with unknown mVersion (Before Poker Night 2).
  • There are 4 options at the moment:
    • Default - for games with a known mVersion (after Poker Night 2). Additionally, if the mVersion is not recognised, you can convert to DDS, but it will not generate a JSON file and you need to use the old way to convert back to D3DTX.
    • Legacy Version 1 - The Walking Dead (2012)
    • Legacy Version 2 - Jurassic Park (2011)
    • Legacy Version 3 - Back to the Future: The game (2010)

Debug Info Button

  • Shows texture information in a dialog window.
  • Supports DDS and D3DTX files.

Changelog

Converter:

  • Added Poker Night 2 (2013) support (mVersion 3 games).
  • Added Minecraft Story Mode: Season One - Xbox One support (mVersion 6 games). (Thanks Knollad Knolladious!)
  • Added TWD: Michonne (2016) support (mVersion 7 games).
  • Added support for some legacy Telltale games (pre-Poker Knight 2). These include:
    • The Walking Dead (2012) (Thanks Lucas Saragosa!)
    • Jurassic Park (2011)
    • Back to the Future: The game (2010)
    • Puzzle Agent 2 (Untested)
    • Law & Order: Legacies (Untested)
  • Added array texture support (Thanks Knollad Knolladious!).
  • Added cubemap texture support. Previously they were split into 6 separate DDS images.
  • Added cubemap array texture support (They usually do not exist. Please report if you find any).
  • Added volumemap texture support (They usually do not exist. Please report if you find any).
  • Added support to export a DDS image even if the version is not recognized (it will not generate a JSON file). This is a feature parity with Telltale Explorer and should work for any Telltale game.
  • Reworked the JSON file - it now has an additional field class that includes the conversion type used. The app is still compatible with older versions.
  • Added the Debug CLI back, which will act as the main one for now. In the future I may add a proper one.
  • Improved the bulk conversion performance, it now converts more textures per thread.

GUI:

  • Added a Conversion Type combobox.
  • Added support for previewing older D3DTX files. It should be almost up-to-par to that of Telltale Explorer.
  • Added a Debug info button. When clicked on, it will display in a dialog the information about DDS images and D3DTX files.
  • Added a new exporting feature, when the mVersion is unknown. It is used when the "Default" option is used.
  • Changed the names of some Telltale surface formats. They are now shown a little bit more consistent with their more known DXGI counterparts.
    • DXT1 now shows as BC1
    • DXT3 now shows as BC2
    • DXT5 now shows as BC3
    • DXT5a now shows as BC4
    • DXN now shows as BC5
  • Reorganized some elements. Image preview should be a little bigger than before.
  • Enhanced some functions.
  • Renamed the app title to "Telltale Texture Mod Tool".
  • The tool can be resized into smaller size.

Bugfixes:

The converter is now more robust than before, which fixes a lot of bugs.

  • Fixed a lot of bugs regarding DDS header writing including flags, mips and pixel formats.
    • Fixed Telltale A8 surface format conversion.
    • Fixed potentially ARGB2101010.
    • Fixed sRGB conversion.
    • Fixed other pixel formats headers.
    • Fixed extracting the data correctly.
    • Fixed an inconvenience where if the texture had no mips it still had it enabled in the header.
  • Fixed incorrect Telltale surface formats enum values.
  • Fixed writing non-existing compression formats.
  • Fixed a lot of DDS reading bugs.
  • Fixed region indexing when writing to D3DTX.
  • Fixed SurfaceGamma not changing depending on the DDS format.
  • Fixed channel count displaying wrong values in image properties (partially).
  • Fixed transparency issue DDS images. Previously transparent pixels appeared white. Now, a side effect is slower load time (but worth it).
  • Fixed displaying rare surface formats which include but are not limited to A8, L8, A8L8, L16, R16, RGBA16, ARGB16 and more.
  • Fixed SamplerState not having correct values.
  • Fixed not reading images with uppercase extensions.
  • Fixed bulk conversion when the output directory was not set.
  • Fixed "Delete File" from context menu not working.
  • Fixed error message notification when converting from DDS to other file formats, even thought it is created.
  • Fixed error message notification that when converting from other file formats to DDS the JSON was not found.
  • Fixed GUI resizing of some elements
  • Fixed many other minor bugs.

Technical Improvements:

  • The project now fully utilizes the DirectXTex .NET wrapper. This brings a lot of bug fixes, overall improvements and readability to the codespace.
  • Reorganized the whole project for better readability.
  • Refactored a lot of classes and functions.
  • Removed or archived a lot of unused code and files. The project should be a lot cleaner with less code.
  • Reduced tool size (with around 15MBs).
  • Deprecated D3DTX_V8.
  • Bumped DirectXTexNet to v1.0.7 (it now uses DirectXTex March 2024 version).
  • Bumped Avalonia.Xaml.Behaviors to v11.0.10.9.
  • Bumped Avalonia.Svg.Skia to v11.0.0.18.
  • Bumped ImageSharp to v3.1.4.

Known issues:

  • Refresh button does not work correctly sometimes.
  • The selected datagrid item fails to unfocus when converting images.

Installation

Download the "Telltale.Texture.Mod.Tool.v2.4.0.PrR1.zip" to your desired location. Extract the contents, open the folder, and run the .exe file. You require .NET 8.0 to run the application.
NOTE: Your computer's antivirus might detect the software as malware. This is a false-positive, as the software requires read/write access.

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