Why only .blp files?

[Tiberius_XXVII]

I was just wondering, if you want to add icons for download to this site, how come you have to use .blp files, and tga's aren't allowed? :?

 

[Sopho]

Hi

1. .blp are files are unique and only support wc3 related tools/programs.

2. They are much smaller than .tga - the other high quality image format that WE supports. which is very important.

3. .tga aren't allowed but could be in the future. As I said, .tga files are much bigger than .blp and Darky (the admin) doesn't like that.

 

[Tiberius_XXVII]

Okay

Oh, thanks for answering... :?

 

[acolyteofdoom]

Also, only .blp files are recognized in the editor. If someone would submit a .tga you would have to convert it to .blp yourself, and then there would be alot of angry newbs

 

[Sopho]

Well, .tga is still supported in WE in some cases.

 

[Ike]

The editor recognizes targas as far as icons go because they don't need to wrap to anything. They're just flat images. But they're usually about 3-4 times the filesize of .blp files. If you're too lazy to convert it to a .blp then don't upload it.

 

[Sopho]

The editor recognizes targas as far as icons go because they don't need to wrap to anything. They're just flat images. But they're usually about 3-4 times the filesize of .blp files. If you're too lazy to convert it to a .blp then don't upload it.

Well, .tga is high quality and has alpha channels you know