Func_Msgboard: Batch Texture Fullbright Removal Tool

Posted by ericw on 2014/11/06 00:22:03

Here's a little tool for removing fullbrights in wad files. It simply processes all mip's in a wad file, remaps any fullbright pixels to the closest non-fullbright color, and saves the result in to a new file. WAD2 and WAD3 are supported.

As a secondary feature, it can save TGA previews of all textures in a wad at a dim light level (with fullbrights at full brightness); run the tool with the '-preview' flag for this.

Windows exe provided, you should be able to compile it on mac/linux by running 'make defullbright'.

http://quaketastic.com/files/tools/windows/wad_editors/defullbright-v0.1.zip

#1 posted by necros on 2014/11/06 21:37:26

I think this is great, but could it be modified to work with skins? Load a model file and modify the skins files, or maybe it could load a pcx file?

Yup

#2 posted by ericw on 2014/11/06 22:05:12

pcx and/or mdl support should be pretty easy to add, will put that on the todo list.

#3 posted by necros on 2014/11/06 22:46:20

Cool, I think that will be very helpful. Removing fullbrights from textures that originate from 24 bit colour images can be a real pain.

Thanks For This

#4 posted by Tronyn on 2014/11/08 01:55:23

Definitely a helpful utility.

Does anyone know if there's a version of Mergewad (merges wads and removes duplicate textures) that works with modern Windows?

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