DDS texture loading

c++ opengl textures directdraw
Tom J Nowell picture Tom J Nowell · Feb 23, 2009 · Viewed 7.8k times · Source

How would I load a dds texture file into an OpenGL 2dtexture or cube map texture?

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Dan Olson picture Dan Olson · Feb 23, 2009

I believe you use the glCompressedTexImage2DARB method and its friends.

This PDF seems to contain some promising info that may be helpful to you.

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