.TGA Format SUCKS!!

[Horser01]

Hey Frontier! WHY does everyone not using WIn 10 have to use an obscure and horrible format!? I can't even use the frontier pictures!

I have not been able to find even ONE file converter that lets me use any picture that isn't extremely washed out and ugly. I was really excited about the billboards. I'd love to love them. But right now I can't even use them.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love them. But I REALLY hope Frontier does an update that removes this ridiculous restriction.

[Jaggid Edje]

You need to make sure to use the right color format. The colors get washed out with the other image file types too if you don't.
A little more information here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/custom-billboard-resources.566935/page-7

[Just Kevin]

I use windows 10 pro, and have no idea what .TGA is. I normally work with .jpgs. .TGA is ancient is it not?

Anyway, there is this >>> https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Image-Convertors/Graphics-Converter.shtml

[Horser01]

Originally posted by Just Kevin:

I use windows 10 pro, and have no idea what .TGA is. I normally work with .jpgs. .TGA is ancient is it not?

Anyway, there is this >>> https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Image-Convertors/Graphics-Converter.shtml

.TGA IS ancient. I had to go look up what it was just to use the billboards. I have no idea why they'd make such an arbitrary choice. Win 7 and others are perfectly capable of using .Jpeg, .PNG, and all the others. I feel like Windows is just trying to blackmail people at this point.

In the meantime I will try out your suggestion (thank you), as well as GIMP. I've tried three different converters so far with no success (they work, but I don't want to use the resulting pictures).

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Horser01:

.TGA IS ancient. I had to go look up what it was just to use the billboards. I have no idea why they'd make such an arbitrary choice. Win 7 and others are perfectly capable of using .Jpeg,

I don't think they made it as a choice, I think something about the older version of windows is causing a problem which, hopefully, they will be able to fix.
It wouldn't be the first time a game has glitches on older versions of Windows than the most current one.

BTW, to be fair, bmp, png and jpg are also all rather ancient formats, though TGA does predate them by a few years all of them were created between 1985 (tga) to 1995 (bmp). jpg and png fall in between at 1989 and 1992 respectively. And that's just for the current versions of the formats. BMP was first born in 1969!

[Horser01]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

You need to make sure to use the right color format. The colors get washed out with the other image file types too if you don't.
A little more information here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/custom-billboard-resources.566935/page-7

Ok, well that helped a lot. But it's still not near as bright and vivid as the original unconverted pic is. At least they're usable now...

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Horser01:

Ok, well that helped a lot. But it's still not near as bright and vivid as the original unconverted pic is. At least they're usable now...

Glad it helped a lot. Hopefully they fix it soon so you can use the other formats.

[Horser01]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by Horser01:

Glad it helped a lot. Hopefully they fix it soon so you can use the other formats.

Thank you for your help!