Bulldozer PNG to PAA conversion

[Skid 0]

I've been able to create a basic map. At first I wasn't able to get any textures and I think this was because the textures that came with the SampleMap are in .png format. After I replaced them with the .paa files that were in the PBO that came with SampleMap I was able to get the basic textures in the game.

However, my version of buldozer doesn't seem to convert the other files that get created when you import the satellite, layers and terrain mask from .png to .paa. As a result, terrain begins to white out at a distance.

Does anybody know how to get buldozer to convert the .png files to .paa when it is connected to visitor 3 like the documentation suggests?

[luki 53]

This is not possible atm with visitor (or i dont find the function ) u can use pal2pac i comes with Textview 2

START Pal2Pace %1

I then added it to the right-click context menu in Windows Explorer :

Tools/Folder Options/File Types

Select PNG and click the Advanced button, create a new action and give it a name (I called mine png2paa) then point it towards the batch file (I saved my batch file in the Windows folder).

Then copy Pal2PacE.exe and ijl15.dll into your Layers folder from the TexView2 folder.

Now when you select one/some or all the PNG files and right-click on them you should see png2paa in the menu, click it and all the files should convert.

Edited May 17, 2010 by W0lle

[Skid 0]

Thanks for that, worked like a charm!

[suma 8]

Automatic PNG to PAA It does not work yet, because it relies upon tools which we did not release yet.

[hund 0]

He lost me at the right-click context menu. I simply cannot see that tools thing...

[dob 0]

that true we need just to convert png to paa for seeing textures in buldozer ??

[opteryx 1562]

He lost me at the right-click context menu. I simply cannot see that tools thing...

Hund, if you're who I think you are, you're Danish and will understand Norwegian

Had little trouble myself understanding due to the language barrier the first time I did this too.

Need more help you can PM me.

[hund 0]

I am indeed, long time no see!

The problem it seems, is Vista...

There doesn't seem to be any task bar at all in this god-forsaken operating system.

If in doubt: Blame Vista!

[opteryx 1562]

Damn, real shame.

[fasad 1]

If Vista has a command prompt, you can use the following command to convert all PNG's in the current folder to PAA.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">Pal2PacE.exe *

[hund 0]

Alright, I did the following and it sorta worked:

1. Copy png2pacE and the dll thing from the texview folder to my layers folder.

2. right click on any ol' png file in my layers folder and select "run with", remembering to keep "always run with this prog" ticked.

3. Select png2pacE in my layers folder as the prog to run the png with.

4. Double-click every damn png in my layers folder, which opens a black screen briefly and makes an identical paa copy of the file.

7. Delete all my png files from the folder once im done, leaving only the converted paa files.

6. Go in V3 and all the textures are suddenly there.  

It's very manual but it seems to do the trick. I'll go replace my worn-out mouse and try fasad's way now...

[dob 0]

yeah very nice, i'v open 242 files in one time and all fille been converted to PAA big thank

[Auss 208]

To do the whole lot in one go use this pal2pace *.png