There was a minor problem with pre 5 which Ethatron asked me to show him files to reproduce the problem (some normal maps which when resized down a mip would have the normal map data downsized from say 1024 to 512, but the resulting image still had a 'canvas' size of 1024, with the resized data positioned in the upper left 512x512 quarter of the whole image) ..
At the time Ethatron mentioned that some of the new options in the beta were just graphical placements for the time being which I take to mean not functional. However DDSOpt is also executeable via command line, and has a command line help - Which I think was hinted at having some of those new options available if run by the command line switches method)
In pre 5b the problem I reported seems to be resolved, but I dont know if any more advancement on the new options have been put in place.
The ini has been updated more in the latest betas too compaired with previous versions which I had become very familiar with.
I have to admit I dont use it for its intended objectives (ie optimisation), in my case I use it to speed up what would take hours added onto G.I.M.P processing all the files in batch scripts .. After those I use DDSOpt to do a final fast pass on all files to remip them, with a lot of options switched off so as to lose as little detail / quality as possible for vanilla reduced textures.
The way things are developing though, I am starting to wonder if one day DDSOpt will be capable of doing what I have done with that mod .. in like 20 minutes :), by degrees DDSOpt is refining what was already a remarkable tool. The newer percentage reduction options has eliminated half my objectives battle, used on different batches of textures which need halving in different ways, you can just about do everything vanilla. I am not obsolete yet though :P
There was mention of a pre 6 to come, but the next beta to appear was pre 5b, so whether this is a stepping stone to pre 6 or not I dont know.
PS - Thank you Frihyland for the shiny :)
