Note: All tools used are linked at the bottom of the post.
- Locate the Maps .ibd file that contains the textures you're looking for. For the Steam version of the game, they can be found in this directory:
Steam\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Deus Ex Invisible War\content\DX2\MapsNote: If you're not sure which .ibd file has the specific texture you're looking for, the method I used was downloading any texture pack mod, such as the Deus Ex: Invisible War ESRGAN Pack. You don't need to install anything or add the mod to your game, you can simply view the contents of the files in your file browser. I used this to scroll through all the textures and visually find the file I wanted, and thus the name of the file I was looking for. I searched for this file in the Deus Ex 2 Materials Spreadsheet (created by Akven on ModDB) to determine the original texture database that particular texture was from (found in the MLB file column on the right). - After locating the .ibd file, you can copy it and paste it in another folder on the desktop, and use that as your working directory.
- Next, download the Thief 3 Tools .zip from Thief 3 Sneaky Upgrade on ModDB. This .zip file contains the tools needed to extract the textures from the .idb files. The particular file we need from that .zip is ibt_xbt_ibd_texture_extract.exe. Unzip the archive and drag this .exe file into the folder you created earlier with the .idb file you want to extract.
- Double-click the .exe file, and it should run automatically on the .idb file in the folder, producing a subfolder called "Extracted" in the same directory.Note: I was describing how to find a specific texture in this guide as I didn't want to extract everything, however you can just extract all the textures by placing ibt_xbt_ibd_texture_extract.exe in the Maps folder and running it there instead, and all the textures should extract into a new subfolder called "Extracted" as before, but within the Maps folder.
- In the Extracted folder, all the image textures found in the .ibd file should be extracted in .dds file format.Note: If you want to edit the files they can be opened in an image editor, such as Photoshop, however a .dds file plug-in may be required, such as NVIDIA's Texture Tools Exporter (or the legacy version if you don't have access to a CUDA-accelerated GPU) or Intel's Texture Works Plugin. Links are provided below.
Tools
- Deus Ex: Invisible War ESRGAN Pack (created by Akven on ModDB):
https://www.moddb.com/mods/deus-ex-invisible-war-esrgan-pack - Deus Ex 2 Materials Spreadsheet (created by Akven on ModDB):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ib4faOmH2R7ru4I4ijuP2MzumjeKC-foNMty-zm6XV0/edit?gid=80360427#gid=80360427 - IBT/XBT/IBD Texture Extract [Thief 3 Tools] (created by snobel on ModDB):
https://www.moddb.com/mods/thief-3-sneaky-upgrade/downloads/thief-3-file-tools
Tools for Editing & Exporting DDS Files:
- NVIDIA Texture Tools Exporter (CUDA):
https://developer.nvidia.com/texture-tools-exporter - NVIDIA DDS Plug-In (Legacy):
https://developer.nvidia.com/legacy-texture-tools - Intel Texture Works Plug-In:
https://gametechdev.github.io/Intel-Texture-Works-Plugin
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