What programs open .mesh files?

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So... I'm trying very hard to figure out how to make planets with different colors than the standard. I can't seem to find any texture files for the planets in the game info, which leads me to believe that they are somehow in the .mesh planet files.... I've never worked with .mesh files before and don't know what programs are used to open/edit them...

So I'm wondering two things:

1. What programs can be used to view / open / modify / what not .mesh files?

2. Is it possible to just change the color of a texture (via a hue/saturation style thing) without substantially altering the original file?

Any ideas?
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
The .mesh files are the 3d models themselves. The ones that come with the mod tools are simple text so you can open them with notepad. They do not store the textures, but they do store the name of the textures.

At the moment, the only program (That I know) that will import .mesh files is 3ds max.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
the name of the texture they store is located in your texture folder in your sins installation directory. just move the texture you want to edit to some other folder so you don't save over the original.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
The textures are DDS format, BTW. You can find some tools here