Inspect Window
The Inspect window shows one model or texture file on its own: no project, no item list, no editor. Use it to check a .ydd or .ytd you have downloaded or exported before you add it to a project: what it holds, how its textures look at full size, and whether it can be read at all.
It is free. The window was redesigned in 2.0.8, with a texture browser and zoom.
Opening it
The tool adds three entries to the Windows Explorer right-click menu of .ydd and .ytd files:
| Entry | Files | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Quick Preview | .ydd, .ytd | Opens the file in the Inspect window. |
| Quick Optimize Textures | .ytd | Opens the Inspect window on its Optimize tab. |
| Quick Add to Project | .ydd, .ytd | Adds the file to a project. It does not open the Inspect window. |
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Find the file
Open the folder in Windows Explorer. -
Right-click it
On Windows 11 the entries are under Show more options (or press Shift+F10). -
Choose Quick Preview
The Inspect window opens on that file.
The entries are on by default. To remove or restore them, go to Settings → General → Explorer context menu. Nothing else about .ydd and .ytd files changes: they keep opening in whatever program you already use.
The Look button in version history also opens an older version of a garment in this window. See Team Collaboration.
The header
The top of the window names the file and shows chips for its extension, its kind (Model, Texture dictionary, Escrowed or Unreadable) and its size. Open folder shows the file in Explorer.
A readable file has two tabs, Preview and Data. A .ytd has a third, Optimize.
A model (.ydd)
Preview
The model is drawn on its own, without a ped under it. The bar above it has:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Textures | Shows or hides textures. Greyed out when there is no texture to show. |
| Wireframe | Draws the mesh edges. |
| Floor | Shows a floor under the model. |
| Turn slowly | Spins the model. |
| Front, Side, Back, ¾ | Camera angles. |
| Reset view | Puts the camera back. |
| Three swatches | Dark, grey or light backdrop. |
Drag to turn, right-drag to move, use the wheel to zoom, and double-click to reset.
The panel on the right lists:
- File: how many Drawables it holds and the Texture dictionary it uses.
- Model: Triangles and Vertices for the highest LOD, the LODs, the Skeleton (bone count), Cloth and Shaders.
- Textures: the textures of the
.ytdfound beside the model. Click one to zoom.
If no matching .ytd is found next to the file, a banner says so and the model is drawn without textures. Keep the .ytd in the same folder with the matching name. See Naming.
Data
The same facts in more detail: geometry per LOD, a note when there is only one LOD (the game then draws the model at every distance), the skeleton (or a note that the file has no skeleton and is a rigid prop), whether a .yld sits beside it, the shaders, and the textures split into Embedded in this .ydd and In the beside .ytd.
A texture dictionary (.ytd)
The texture browser
The Preview tab shows every texture as a tile with its size and format, plus the total count and the megapixels in all. Find a texture… filters the tiles by name.
Zoom
Click any texture, in a .ytd or in a model's texture list, to open it large. The header shows its size and format.
| Key or control | What it does |
|---|---|
| R, G, B, A | Show only that channel, in grey. Press the same key again to go back to RGB. |
| 1 | Switch between actual size (1:1) and Fit. |
| Sun button | Turns the checkerboard behind transparent areas on or off. |
| Esc | Closes the zoom. |
Optimize
The Optimize tab lets you pick one texture, compare Now and After, and run Optimize on it. Sizes shown are estimates. Texture optimisation is Premium; see Texture Optimization.
Files that cannot be shown
Escrowed files
A file locked by FiveM asset escrow shows This file is escrowed. It is encrypted to the buyer's server, so KOJA cannot preview, edit, optimise or import it. Ask the author for the unprotected source files.
Unreadable files
A file that will not parse shows This file could not be read, with the reason.
GTA V Enhanced files
New in 2.0.8. If the unreadable file is a GTA V Enhanced (gen9) file, the window says so. The preview reads Legacy (gen8) files only.