DirectDraw Viewer

DirectDraw Viewer is a Visual Studio Code extension that lets you open and explore DDS (DirectDraw Surface) files directly inside the editor.
It provides a clean, layer‑by‑layer view of DDS textures and makes it easy to inspect or export them as PNG images.

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✨ Features

• Open .dds files with a custom editor in VS Code.
• View DDS textures one layer at a time in the main viewer.
• Switch between multiple layers using a thumbnail selector in the bottom‑right corner.
• Save any layer as a PNG file with the built‑in download button.
• Powered by parse-dds, dxt-js, and pngjs.

🚀 Usage

1. Install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace.
2. Open a .dds file in VS Code.
3. Choose “DirectDraw Viewer” when prompted to select an editor.
4. Use the thumbnail selector to switch layers.
5. Click the Download button to save the current layer as PNG.

🛠️ Requirements

• Visual Studio Code ^1.46.0 or later.
• No additional dependencies required.

📦 Extension Settings

This extension does not contribute any settings at the moment.

📝 Known Issues

• Large DDS files may take longer to parse and render.
• Only standard DDS formats supported by parse-dds are currently handled

📄 Release Notes

0.0.1

• Initial release with basic DDS viewing and PNG export.

💡 Contributing

If you encounter issues or have feature requests, please open an issue on GitHub.

📜 License

MIT