Custom Textures

Custom textures are accepted in the form of DDS files.

What is a DDS file?

DDS is a container format for GPU-native textures. The image data is ready to be uploaded to the GPU.

The image data of a DDS file can use various compression methods, with some methods focusing on specific use cases.

Convert standard picture to DDS using Texpresso

Texpresso is available via Cargo:

cargo install texpresso_cli

Usage example:

texpresso compress --format BC3 path/to/image.png

The resulting .dds file can then be used with WlxOverlay-S.

Recommended Formats:

• BC1: RGB with no transparency
• BC3: Has transparency, but takes twice the memory as BC1
• BC7: Same characteristics as BC3, but higher quality (Not supported by Texpresso)