I want to load a DDS file (mipmaps included) to the CPU. That means loading its values to a D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA in d3d11 (in the case of sharpdx, that would be loaded in a dataRectangle).

I can't use the graphics device & its context (multithreading issues), plus it's silly to load a texture to the graphics card just for the cpu to read it back.

It seems though that WIC doesn't support DDS? I've found suggestions to use DirectX TK, but I am using sharpDX. So is there some easy solution to this, or do i have to write a managed version of whatever Directx TK does to read DDS?

-thanks

If you need to decompress the file, try Squish. Just call the squish::Decompress function (converting to c# shouldn't be an issue).

Eh.... It's like including a reference to XNA when all you want is just to import a DDS file. So... I think i'll start cannibalizing.

It just seemed strange that a MS framework (WIC) wouldn't support a MS filetype (DDS), out of the box.