viewing maps

[grunion]

if i have a .dat file for a map, is there an easy way to view it without copying it over an existing map and then open that map in polutils?

ideally i'd just like a program that can view it somehow

[Keyura]

ffxi-atlas.com that what u want?

[Stromgarde]

mmm... I think I know what he's asking. You need to use Changetex to extract the .dds file (which is the texture in a .DAT file) and then view it using NVidia's .dds photoshop plugin. Changetex is in one of the stickies, the .dds plugin is googlable, and photoshop... well, I'm sure we all know where to 'aquire' that.

[grunion]

sounds like the same amount of work as using polutils , thanks for the info tho