XnView Software

OK, thanks for the explanation, and that makes sense. I realize it's too much to ask to have this particular capability added to XNView, since the number of people who might use it are....me. LOL. Anyway, it seemed worth pursuing since even though this is a VERY old game, CTP2 is one of the rare ...

Well, something has certainly changed. Look at the image below and you can see the file size of the original (152K) has increased in the "saved as" version (234K). And the game will not display the altered file, but the original works fine. If the displayed bit size is "false information", than what ...

If you simply open that file in XNView and save it (doing nothing else to it), the number of bits changes: After saving in XNView.JPG

I was hoping to use XNView to edit files and save them in the 8-bit format, but when saving TGA files, the only selections available under "options" are check boxes ...

When you look at the file properties in the XNView browser, it is 8 bits:

Hi Pierre - Thanks for your kind offer to look into the issue. I've attached one of the graphic files from the game. Open the file in XNView MP and then just save it (or "save as" so you have the original as a comparison), and you'll see the "bit depth" has changed from 8 to 24. It would be greatly ...

I'm working on a mod for an old game (Call to Power 2) in which all the graphics are uncompressed, RGB, 8-bit TARGA Type 2 TGA. At even the most basic level (open file and then save), XnView MP alters the file from 8-bit to 24-bit.

The question is, how does one retain the 8-bit setting?