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The DirectDraw Surface is file format that was introduced with DirectX 7 to store uncompressed and compressed (DXTn) textures. The file format supports mipmaps, cube maps, and volume maps. The DDS file format is supported by D3DX and other DirectX tools. Starting with Direct3D 10, DDS files support texture arrays.
The DirectDraw Surface is file format that was introduced with DirectX 7 to store uncompressed and compressed (DXTn) textures. The file format supports mipmaps, cube maps, and volume maps. The DDS file format is supported by D3DX and other DirectX tools. Starting with Direct3D 10, DDS files support texture arrays.
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