Double-click on the installer and follow the prompts as you would with any other application. Some GIMP extensions come pre-packaged with their own installer. Restart GIMP, and they should be ready to use. If they're in the SCM format, move them into the Scripts folder.
Dds plugin for gimp code#
"Default" (namely "Wrap") is the best choice with tileable textures, since it repeats the texture in a 2D tiled manner.
It's recommended to use the best scaling filter available, as it improves the quality of textures rendered further away from the player, without any additional performance cost. If you're not sure which one to choose, pick the last one. The dropdown list is ordered from faster/low-quality to slower/high-quality algorithms. Mipmaps: Always pick "Generate Mipmaps", to avoid in-game errors. In the resulting "DDS Exporter" dialog box, choose from available options:Ĭompression: Use DXT1 for opaque images and DXT5 for textures with alpha channel. In the "Name" field at the top, change the file extension from ".tga" to ".dds". In the "Export Image" window, use "Browse" to navigate to the proper folder in your DDS directory structure (discussed in DDS creation).