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Opening TGA's? - pomak249 - 28.02.2008

Guys,

Anyone come up with a way of opening the .tga files? Notice some open some dont - been using the screenshot capture method but its bloomin annoying!

I've tried several different utilities off the web but none of em work !

- fabianfred - 28.02.2008

(The link is inoperative)

- Jaypack44 - 28.02.2008

what about the .tgb files? I can open .tgas, but the tgbs don't work. Ive tried to change the extension by rtenaming it, but it doesn't work.

Re: Opening TGA's? - stuka_40 - 28.02.2008

pomak249 Wrote:Guys,

Anyone come up with a way of opening the .tga files? Notice some open some dont - been using the screenshot capture method but its bloomin annoying!

I've tried several different utilities off the web but none of em work !

Hi!
As i know both .tga and .tgb files are actually not real tga files, if you open one with hexeditor or
wordpad you will see the word "IMF 10" in file header, they are actually .imf files, and as i understood from this forum:

http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ ... ategory=17

if you go there and choose"Theatre of War Modding Forum" you will see that they discuss also same subject ("unviewable .tga" files), because both "Theatre of War " and "il2 "are developed by 1C company and as i understood they also have some kind of "sfs Extractor" for .SFS files in "Theatre of War ", and the important thing in the same package as with their "sfs Extractor" comes also "IMFviewer.exe" which you can view "unviewable .tga" files.
To view you must first change the file extentions from .tga and .tgb to .imf.
To download their packge: "TOWEXTRACTOR02FIX.ZIP" you go here:

http://www.cmmods.com/web/CMMods.nsf

and you must register, as I know some of them still have problem with "IMFviewer.exe" and the german guy who developed "TOWEXTRACTOR" promised upload newer version of "IMFviewer.exe"
to http://www.cmmods.com/web/CMMods.nsf
I hope these informations will help you and others as myself, to open those .tga and .tgb files, i tried but i am not so handy, and i think i have got the old version of "IMFviewer.exe".
if you succeed, you can explain for us too.

- may-bug - 29.02.2008

Hi,

you can open *.tgb files with IrfanView (free): click your *.tgb file, then IrfanView says "incorrect file" and asks you to rename it. Click no. IrfanView opens it, you just have to save it as *.tga or *.bmp where you want and open it with your favorite editor.
Hope it helps.

may-bug.

- pomak249 - 29.02.2008

Thanks guys,

JayPack how you opening ALL the .tga's - can you share this here?

I've registered at CCMods but where do I find the IMF Viewer ? Will Irfanview open .imf's ?

I will try renaming a few & see what happens - i'm particularly after cockpit .tga's !


POMAK

- Guest - 29.02.2008

Using Windows for the only one thing it's good at (playing games) I have several advantages, one of which is that Ubuntu Linux (my OS of choice) comes with the Linux version of Gimp, which handles tga files just as easily as it handles jpg or bmp
(key words: dual boot, "stripped-down windows")

- stuka_40 - 01.03.2008

pomak249 Wrote:Thanks guys,

JayPack how you opening ALL the .tga's - can you share this here?

I've registered at CCMods but where do I find the IMF Viewer ? Will Irfanview open .imf's ?

I will try renaming a few & see what happens - i'm particularly after cockpit .tga's !


POMAK

Hi "pomak249"!

Read carefully pal, It was me "stuka_40" not "JayPack" who wrote about "IMF Viewer" at CCMods, after you loged in at "CCMods" on the left blue side of page click on" Theatre of War" a new screen will open at the same place go down and klick at "ToW Mod Tool", new page will open at the right, download "TOWEXTRACTOR02FIX.ZIP", IMF Viewer is inside this zip file.
As i explained on my first answer to you it seems there is som kind av difficulty to run "IMF Viewer", as they have discussed in:
http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ ... ategory=17

the german guy "Dr.jones" who both wrote and uploaded "TOWEXTRACTOR02FIX.ZIP" promised, upload newer version of "IMF Viewer" at "CCMods" but it seems he hasn't done it yet, my problem is that i can't viewe any posts at "battlefront.com" anymore, i don't know why? anyway if you could manage "IMF Viewer" drop a post and explain how you did it.

- pomak249 - 02.03.2008

Can you read carefully too? Didnt suggest Jaypack gave me a link for IMF Viewer at all mate! If you read it properly I wanted to know how he opens ALL his .tga's!!

BTW, Thanks for the hot poop !

- fly_zo - 02.03.2008

IrfanView is no good for map textures tga's .... just checked it ....


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- stuka_40 - 03.03.2008

pomak249 Wrote:Can you read carefully too? Didnt suggest Jaypack gave me a link for IMF Viewer at all mate! If you read it properly I wanted to know how he opens ALL his .tga's!!

BTW, Thanks for the hot poop !

I read very carefully, but in the same post you asked and wrote too: "I've registered at CCMods but where do I find the IMF Viewer ?" I answerd this part of your post and i described how!!

Take it esay, i wanted only to help!!

TGA enquiry - checkmysix - 01.06.2010

HI Guys
I have now got TOW and was wandering HOW you access TGA files and where they are located, and is it possible to change the Uniform skins,I have looked in Root folder but cant find anything that says Human TGA :???:
I would really appreciate your help with this.
BTW: I have Kalypso Version of TOW.
Regards
Keith Big Grin :???: