ghun1 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I installed GB North for X-Plane with no problems. I tried to install both GB Central and GB South for X-Plane and got an error message about missing dds files that should be in the texture folder. Somehow my conversion of the texture files to dds was not 100% successful. When I try to run the conversion again, it starts in terminal but then says it is complete. The texture file still contains png versions of the missing dds files, so they were not converted. How can I re-run the converter please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Hello, there should be png files. The files that are converted are .jpg files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghun1 Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 sorry for my confusion. I downloaded the converter again and now it is converting those jpg files into what I do not know. I assumed we need the dds files, especially as that is the problem file type which is missing in my case. So does the converter make dds and png from jpg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 No, it leaves the png files alone and converts the jpg files to dds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghun1 Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 so do we need png files too? Trying to understand the logic of whats going on. JPG I assume because they are small. DDS preferred by X-Plane and I think it will use them in preference to a png if both are present. So DDS is all we really need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Following a successful installation, in the Central texture folder for example, there are 7188 dds files and 145 png files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghun1 Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 Thank you for the info. It is still churning away of course, hopefully the missed files will be there aftR this rerun of the converter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghun1 Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 OK all is well so this topic can be closed. Just to summarise from my experience on a Mac: 1) if the converter program gets stuck or fails in any way it refuses to rerun. 2) To rerun the converter, or start again you need to download it again (just the program). 3) When it has finished successfully I deleted the jpeg files manually all runs nicely now. Very pleased customer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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