Unity DDS file exporter for compressed textures

ExportDDS.cs

// Adds context menu to TextureImporter objects, saves .dds next to input texture.
// Tested with Unity 2021.3.4

using System;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using System.IO;
using Unity.Collections.LowLevel.Unsafe;

struct DDSHeader
{
    public static uint FourCC(char a, char b, char c, char d)
    {
        return (uint)a | ((uint)b<<8) | ((uint)c<<16) | ((uint)d<<24);
    }
    public const uint DDSD_CAPS = 0x00000001;
    public const uint DDSD_PIXELFORMAT = 0x00001000;
    public const uint DDSD_WIDTH = 0x00000004;
    public const uint DDSD_HEIGHT = 0x00000002;
    public const uint DDSD_LINEARSIZE = 0x00080000;
    public const uint DDPF_FOURCC = 0x00000004;
    public const uint DDSCAPS_TEXTURE = 0x00001000;
    
    public uint fourcc;
    public uint size;
    public uint flags;
    public uint height;
    public uint width;
    public uint linearSize;
    public uint depth;
    public uint mipmapcount;
    public uint unused0, unused1, unused2, unused3, unused4, unused5, unused6, unused7, unused8, unused9, unused10;
    public uint pf_size;
    public uint pf_flags;
    public uint pf_fourcc;
    public uint pf_bitcount;
    public uint pf_rmask;
    public uint pf_gmask;
    public uint pf_bmask;
    public uint pf_amask;
    public uint caps1;
    public uint caps2;
    public uint caps3;
    public uint caps4;
    public uint unused11;

    public static DDSHeader Create(int width, int height, int dataSize, TextureFormat fmt)
    {
        uint fourcc = 0;
        switch (fmt)
        {
            case TextureFormat.DXT1: fourcc = DDSHeader.FourCC('D', 'X', 'T', '1'); break;
            case TextureFormat.DXT5: fourcc = DDSHeader.FourCC('D', 'X', 'T', '5'); break;
            default: fourcc = DDSHeader.FourCC('D', 'X', '1', '0'); break;
        }
        var dds = new DDSHeader
        {
            fourcc = DDSHeader.FourCC('D', 'D', 'S', ' '),
            size = 124,
            flags = DDSHeader.DDSD_CAPS | DDSHeader.DDSD_PIXELFORMAT | DDSHeader.DDSD_WIDTH |
                    DDSHeader.DDSD_HEIGHT | DDSHeader.DDSD_LINEARSIZE,
            width = (uint)width,
            height = (uint)height,
            linearSize = (uint)dataSize,
            mipmapcount = 1,
            pf_size = 32,
            pf_flags = DDSHeader.DDPF_FOURCC,
            pf_fourcc = fourcc,
            caps1 = DDSHeader.DDSCAPS_TEXTURE
        };
        return dds;
    }
}

public class ExportDDS : MonoBehaviour
{
    [MenuItem("CONTEXT/TextureImporter/Export DDS")]
    static unsafe void ExportTextureDDS(MenuCommand command)
    {
        var imp = (TextureImporter)command.context;
        if (imp == null) return;
        var inPath = imp.assetPath;
        if (!imp.isReadable)
        {
            imp.isReadable = true;
            AssetDatabase.ImportAsset(inPath);
        }

        var outPath = Path.ChangeExtension(inPath, "dds");
        var tex = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<Texture2D>(inPath);
        if (tex == null) return;
        var width = tex.width;
        var height = tex.height;
        var fmt = tex.format;

        var data = tex.GetPixelData<byte>(0);
        
        var header = DDSHeader.Create(width, height, data.Length, fmt);
        var headerPtr = UnsafeUtility.AddressOf(ref header);
        var headerSize = UnsafeUtility.SizeOf<DDSHeader>();
        if (headerSize != 128)
            return;

        uint dxgiFormat = fmt switch
        {
            TextureFormat.BC4 => 80,
            TextureFormat.BC5 => 83,
            TextureFormat.BC6H => 95,
            TextureFormat.BC7 => 98,
            _ => 0
        };

        using (var stream = File.Open(outPath, FileMode.Create))
        {
            using (var writer = new BinaryWriter(stream))
            {
                writer.Write(new Span<byte>(headerPtr, headerSize));
                if (dxgiFormat != 0)
                {
                    writer.Write(dxgiFormat);
                    writer.Write(3); // resource dimension: 2D
                    writer.Write(0); // misc flag
                    writer.Write(1); // array size
                    writer.Write(0); // misc flags 2
                }
                writer.Write(new Span<byte>(data.GetUnsafeReadOnlyPtr(), data.Length));
            }
        }
        AssetDatabase.ImportAsset(outPath);
        Debug.Log($"Texture {inPath} exported to {outPath}, {width}x{height}, {fmt}");
    }
}