View source for Elbereth's BloodRayne Texture Convert

This program is ''Freeware''.
Last know version is '''1.2''' (there is also a '''1.3 ''Beta'' ''' - A non-working test version for Bloodrayne ''XBox'' version)
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Download from [[http://download.elberethzone.net/brtex/ http://download.elberethzone.net/brtex/ ]]<br/>

== Description: ==

This program allow you to convert Bloodrayne textures (.'''TEX''') to ''Windows Bitmap''
pictures (.'''BMP'''). It does also the inverse operation ('''BMP''' to '''TEX''').

== How to use it: ==

There is three modes:
 
* '''Single File'''
Convert a single file from '''TEX''' to '''BMP''' or '''BMP''' to '''TEX'''.
 
You select the source file in the ''Source File'' text field (click the button to
open a file explorer dialog box). You can then either change the destination
filename or keep as it is.

Clicking on the ''Preview'' checkbox will display the '''BMP''' or '''TEX''' file.
 
To convert the file click on the ''Convert'' button. Easy uh?
 
If the source file is a Bloodrayne .'''TEX''' file then the destination file will be a ''Windows'' .'''BMP''' file (8bpp uncompressed).
If the source file is a Windows .'''BMP''' files then... what do you think ? :)
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* '''Multiple Files'''
Convert all files in a directory from '''TEX''' to '''BMP''' or '''BMP''' to '''TEX'''.
 
You select the source directory in the ''Source Folder'' text field (click the
button to open a directory explorer dialog box). Choice what kind of convertion you want to do.
 
The ''Found'' label will indicate how many source files he has found in the source
directory.

You can change the destination directory or keep the same as the source. (''Destination'' folder is created if it doesn't exists).
 
Then click on ''Convert''.
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* '''Pattern'''
This is only possible from command line.
 
Very easy:
Just run ''ElbBRTexConv.exe'' with source pattern and destination dir. Destination dir is optional.
 
If source pattern are .'''BMP''' files then they will be converted to Bloodrayne '''TEX'''. If source pattern are .'''TEX''' files then they will be converted to '''BMP'''.
 
Exemple:
: ElbBRTexConv.exe "C:\BloodRayne\*.BMP" "C:\BloodRayne\Result"
: All BMP files from C:\BloodRayne will be converted to TEX files and the resulting files will be in C:\BloodRayne\Result.
          
: ElbBRTexConv.exe *.TEX
: This will convert all TEX files from current directory to BMP files. The resulting files will be placed in current directory.
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'''VERY IMPORTANT NOTE''': Input ''Windows'' '''BMP''' files MUST be 8bpp uncompressed. All other '''BMP''' formats are unsupported (ex: 24bpp or 8bpp RLE).