KSP-Toolkit/Scripts/README.md

# Scripts

Python scripts for interacting with files

## Installation

All files require python3 to be installed.

`ddscompress`, `ddsdecompress` and `ddsck` require [ImageMagick](https://imagemagick.org/index.php) and [Nvidia Texture Tools](https://github.com/HeliumProject/NvidiaTextureTools) to be installed and available in your `$PATH`.

## Usage

### ddscompress.py
usage: `ddscompress.py [-h] [--format {auto,DXT1,DXT5}] [--convertcmd CMD] [--compresscmd CMD] [files ...]`

Converts any number of files to `.dds` format, automatically choosing dxt1 or dxt5 depending on if the source image has anything in its alpha channel. Designed to be used with a glob, e.g: `ddscompress.py *.png`

##### positional arguments:
* `files`: input texture files

##### optional arguments:
* `-h, --help `: show this help message and exit
* `--format {auto,DXT1,DXT5}`: output texture format (default: auto)
* `--convertcmd CMD`: name of imagemagick's convert tool (default: `convert`)
* `--compresscmd CMD`: name of the nvidia dds compress tool (default: `nvcompress`)

### ddsdecompress.py
usage: `ddsdecompress.py [-h] [--decompresscmd CMD] [files ...]`

Converts any number of files to `.tga` from `.dds`. Designed to be used with a glob, e.g: `ddsdecompress.py *.dds`

##### positional arguments:
* `files`: input dds files

##### optional arguments:
* `-h, --help`: show this help message and exit
* `--decompresscmd CMD`: name of the nvidia dds decompress tool (default: `nvdecompress`)

### ddsck.py
usage: `ddsck.py [-h] [--convertcmd CMD] [--infocmd CMD] [files ...]`

Checks any number of dds files for common issues, including formats not supported by KSP, and DXT5 textures that don't use the alpha channel. Designed to be used with a glob, e.g: `ddsck.py *.dds`

##### positional arguments:
* `files`: input dds files

##### optional arguments:
* `-h, --help`: show this help message and exit
* `--convertcmd CMD`: name of imagemagick's convert tool (default: `convert`)
* `--infocmd CMD`: name of the nvidia dds info tool (default: `nvddsinfo`)