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DirectX Texture DDS

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VRAM, mips, and not guessing BC from a blog title

Unity

The editor can ingest PNG and crunch. Pre-baking helps constrained platforms. Still set sRGB versus linear correctly.

Unreal

Streaming and BC choices are project settings. A browser encode is an input, not a cooked .uasset.

Legacy Source/Cry

Those pipelines are picky about sizes and faces. Read the mod wiki, then encode.

How it works

  1. 1

    Look at the hitch

    Stat overlay or a capture. Confirm the plate is actually the offender.

  2. 2

    Encode a candidate DDS

    BC1 opaque, BC3/BC7 if you need alpha or quality. Follow the project sheet.

  3. 3

    Reimport and bias mips

    If terrain shimmers, the mip chain or filter is the next knob — in the engine.

Use cases

Mobile SKUs

Less CPU crunch at boot if the DDS is ready.

VR

Stereo already hurts. Predictable textures help.

CI sanity

Same flags every night, not artist laptops with random plugins.

Problems we solve

PNG spikes on first load

That is the problem this format exists to reduce — if the engine actually reads DDS.

Guessing BC7 for everything

Heavier. Use what the platform budget says.

Ignoring color space

A data map as sRGB is how normals look drunk.

Trust & technology

Local encode

Unreleased maps stay in the tab.

We point at engine docs

Not a fake “auto Unreal” button.

Sibling decode cluster

Look at a DDS you already have without plugins.

Frequently asked questions