diff --git a/src/Common/Game/IW3/IW3_Assets.h b/src/Common/Game/IW3/IW3_Assets.h
index e1a9ba2d..de2939d9 100644
--- a/src/Common/Game/IW3/IW3_Assets.h
+++ b/src/Common/Game/IW3/IW3_Assets.h
@@ -787,6 +787,19 @@ namespace IW3
         TS_WATER_MAP = 0xB,
     };
 
+    enum ImageCategory
+    {
+        IMG_CATEGORY_UNKNOWN = 0x0,
+        IMG_CATEGORY_AUTO_GENERATED = 0x1,
+        IMG_CATEGORY_LIGHTMAP = 0x2,
+        IMG_CATEGORY_LOAD_FROM_FILE = 0x3,
+        IMG_CATEGORY_RAW = 0x4,
+        IMG_CATEGORY_FIRST_UNMANAGED = 0x5,
+        IMG_CATEGORY_WATER = 0x5,
+        IMG_CATEGORY_RENDERTARGET = 0x6,
+        IMG_CATEGORY_TEMP = 0x7,
+    };
+
     struct GfxImage
     {
         MapType mapType;
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW3/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderGfxImage.cpp b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW3/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderGfxImage.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1d08945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW3/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderGfxImage.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#include "AssetLoaderGfxImage.h"
+
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "Game/IW3/IW3.h"
+#include "Image/DdsLoader.h"
+#include "Pool/GlobalAssetPool.h"
+#include "Image/IwiTypes.h"
+
+using namespace IW3;
+
+void* AssetLoaderGfxImage::CreateEmptyAsset(const std::string& assetName, MemoryManager* memory)
+{
+    auto* image = memory->Create<GfxImage>();
+    memset(image, 0, sizeof(GfxImage));
+    image->name = memory->Dup(assetName.c_str());
+    return image;
+}
+
+bool AssetLoaderGfxImage::CanLoadFromRaw() const
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool AssetLoaderGfxImage::LoadFromRaw(const std::string& assetName, ISearchPath* searchPath, MemoryManager* memory, IAssetLoadingManager* manager, Zone* zone) const
+{
+    // Do not load any GfxImages from raw for now that are not loaded
+    // TODO: Load iwis and add streaming info to asset
+    if (assetName.empty() || assetName[0] != '*')
+        return false;
+
+    std::string safeAssetName = assetName;
+    for (auto& c : safeAssetName)
+    {
+        switch (c)
+        {
+        case '*':
+            c = '_';
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    const auto file = searchPath->Open("images/" + safeAssetName + ".dds");
+    if (!file.IsOpen())
+        return false;
+
+    const DdsLoader ddsLoader(zone->GetMemory());
+    auto* texture = ddsLoader.LoadDds(*file.m_stream);
+
+    if (texture == nullptr)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Failed to load dds file for image asset \"" << assetName << "\"" << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    auto* image = memory->Create<GfxImage>();
+    image->name = memory->Dup(assetName.c_str());
+    image->picmip.platform[0] = 0;
+    image->picmip.platform[1] = 0;
+    image->noPicmip = !texture->HasMipMaps();
+    image->semantic = TS_FUNCTION;
+    image->track = 0;
+    image->cardMemory.platform[0] = 0;
+    image->cardMemory.platform[1] = 0;
+    image->width = static_cast<uint16_t>(texture->GetWidth());
+    image->height = static_cast<uint16_t>(texture->GetHeight());
+    image->depth = static_cast<uint16_t>(texture->GetDepth());
+    image->category = IMG_CATEGORY_AUTO_GENERATED;
+    image->delayLoadPixels = false;
+
+    switch (texture->GetTextureType())
+    {
+    case TextureType::T_2D:
+        image->mapType = MAPTYPE_2D;
+        break;
+
+    case TextureType::T_3D:
+        image->mapType = MAPTYPE_3D;
+        break;
+
+    case TextureType::T_CUBE:
+        image->mapType = MAPTYPE_CUBE;
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        image->mapType = MAPTYPE_NONE;
+        break;
+    }
+
+    const auto mipCount = texture->HasMipMaps() ? texture->GetMipMapCount() : 1;
+    const auto faceCount = texture->GetFaceCount();
+
+    size_t dataSize = 0;
+    for (auto mipLevel = 0u; mipLevel < mipCount; mipLevel++)
+        dataSize += texture->GetSizeOfMipLevel(mipLevel) * faceCount;
+
+    auto* loadDef = static_cast<GfxImageLoadDef*>(zone->GetMemory()->Alloc(offsetof(GfxImageLoadDef, data) + dataSize));
+    image->texture.loadDef = loadDef;
+    loadDef->levelCount = static_cast<char>(mipCount);
+    loadDef->flags = 0;
+    if (!texture->HasMipMaps())
+        loadDef->flags |= iwi6::IMG_FLAG_NOMIPMAPS;
+    if (texture->GetTextureType() == TextureType::T_CUBE)
+        loadDef->flags |= iwi6::IMG_FLAG_CUBEMAP;
+    if (texture->GetTextureType() == TextureType::T_3D)
+        loadDef->flags |= iwi6::IMG_FLAG_VOLMAP;
+    loadDef->dimensions[0] = image->width;
+    loadDef->dimensions[1] = image->height;
+    loadDef->dimensions[2] = image->depth;
+    loadDef->format = static_cast<int>(texture->GetFormat()->GetD3DFormat());
+    loadDef->resourceSize = dataSize;
+
+    char* currentDataBuffer = loadDef->data;
+    for (auto mipLevel = 0; mipLevel < mipCount; mipLevel++)
+    {
+        const auto mipSize = texture->GetSizeOfMipLevel(mipLevel);
+
+        for (auto face = 0; face < faceCount; face++)
+        {
+            memcpy(currentDataBuffer, texture->GetBufferForMipLevel(mipLevel, face), mipSize);
+            currentDataBuffer += mipSize;
+        }
+    }
+
+    manager->AddAsset(ASSET_TYPE_IMAGE, assetName, image);
+
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW3/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderGfxImage.h b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW3/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderGfxImage.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9541a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW3/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderGfxImage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "Game/IW3/IW3.h"
+#include "AssetLoading/BasicAssetLoader.h"
+#include "AssetLoading/IAssetLoadingManager.h"
+#include "SearchPath/ISearchPath.h"
+
+namespace IW3
+{
+    class AssetLoaderGfxImage final : public BasicAssetLoader<ASSET_TYPE_IMAGE, GfxImage>
+    {
+    public:
+        _NODISCARD void* CreateEmptyAsset(const std::string& assetName, MemoryManager* memory) override;
+        _NODISCARD bool CanLoadFromRaw() const override;
+        bool LoadFromRaw(const std::string& assetName, ISearchPath* searchPath, MemoryManager* memory, IAssetLoadingManager* manager, Zone* zone) const override;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW3/ObjLoaderIW3.cpp b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW3/ObjLoaderIW3.cpp
index 566cc762..3f57c37c 100644
--- a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW3/ObjLoaderIW3.cpp
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW3/ObjLoaderIW3.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "Game/IW3/GameAssetPoolIW3.h"
 #include "ObjContainer/IPak/IPak.h"
 #include "ObjLoading.h"
+#include "AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderGfxImage.h"
 #include "AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderRawFile.h"
 #include "AssetLoading/AssetLoadingManager.h"
 #include "Image/Dx9TextureLoader.h"
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ ObjLoader::ObjLoader()
     REGISTER_ASSET_LOADER(BASIC_LOADER(ASSET_TYPE_XMODEL, XModel))
     REGISTER_ASSET_LOADER(BASIC_LOADER(ASSET_TYPE_MATERIAL, Material))
     REGISTER_ASSET_LOADER(BASIC_LOADER(ASSET_TYPE_TECHNIQUE_SET, MaterialTechniqueSet))
-    REGISTER_ASSET_LOADER(BASIC_LOADER(ASSET_TYPE_IMAGE, GfxImage))
+    REGISTER_ASSET_LOADER(AssetLoaderGfxImage)
     REGISTER_ASSET_LOADER(BASIC_LOADER(ASSET_TYPE_SOUND, snd_alias_list_t))
     REGISTER_ASSET_LOADER(BASIC_LOADER(ASSET_TYPE_SOUND_CURVE, SndCurve))
     REGISTER_ASSET_LOADER(BASIC_LOADER(ASSET_TYPE_LOADED_SOUND, LoadedSound))
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Image/DdsLoader.cpp b/src/ObjLoading/Image/DdsLoader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d26d566e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Image/DdsLoader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+#include "DdsLoader.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "Utils/ClassUtils.h"
+#include "Utils/FileUtils.h"
+#include "Image/DdsTypes.h"
+
+class DdsLoaderInternal
+{
+    static constexpr auto DDS_MAGIC = FileUtils::MakeMagic32('D', 'D', 'S', ' ');
+
+    MemoryManager* m_memory_manager;
+    std::istream& m_stream;
+
+    TextureType m_texture_type;
+    bool m_has_mip_maps;
+    size_t m_width;
+    size_t m_height;
+    size_t m_depth;
+    const ImageFormat* m_format;
+
+    _NODISCARD bool ReadMagic() const
+    {
+        uint32_t magic;
+        m_stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&magic), sizeof(magic));
+        if (m_stream.gcount() != sizeof(magic))
+        {
+            std::cout << "Failed to read dds data" << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (magic != DDS_MAGIC)
+        {
+            std::cout << "Invalid magic for dds" << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    _NODISCARD bool ReadDxt10Header()
+    {
+        DDS_HEADER_DXT10 headerDx10{};
+        m_stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&headerDx10), sizeof(headerDx10));
+        if (m_stream.gcount() != sizeof(headerDx10))
+        {
+            std::cout << "Failed to read dds data" << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (headerDx10.resourceDimension == D3D10_RESOURCE_DIMENSION_TEXTURE3D)
+        {
+            m_texture_type = TextureType::T_3D;
+        }
+        else if (headerDx10.resourceDimension == D3D10_RESOURCE_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D)
+        {
+            if (headerDx10.miscFlag & DDS_RESOURCE_MISC_TEXTURECUBE || headerDx10.arraySize == 6)
+            {
+                m_texture_type = TextureType::T_CUBE;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                m_texture_type = TextureType::T_2D;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            std::cout << "Unsupported dds resourceDimension " << headerDx10.resourceDimension << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        for (const auto* imageFormat : ImageFormat::ALL_FORMATS)
+        {
+            if (imageFormat->GetDxgiFormat() == headerDx10.dxgiFormat)
+            {
+                m_format = imageFormat;
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        std::cout << "Unsupported dds dxgi format " << headerDx10.dxgiFormat << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    _NODISCARD bool ReadPixelFormatFourCc(DDS_PIXELFORMAT& pf)
+    {
+        switch (pf.dwFourCC)
+        {
+        case FileUtils::MakeMagic32('D', 'X', 'T', '1'):
+            m_format = &ImageFormat::FORMAT_BC1;
+            return true;
+
+        case FileUtils::MakeMagic32('D', 'X', 'T', '3'):
+            m_format = &ImageFormat::FORMAT_BC2;
+            return true;
+
+        case FileUtils::MakeMagic32('D', 'X', 'T', '5'):
+            m_format = &ImageFormat::FORMAT_BC3;
+            return true;
+
+        case FileUtils::MakeMagic32('D', 'X', '1', '0'):
+            return ReadDxt10Header();
+
+        default:
+            std::cout << "Unknown dds FourCC " << pf.dwFourCC << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void ExtractSizeAndOffsetFromMask(uint32_t mask, unsigned& offset, unsigned& size)
+    {
+        offset = 0;
+        size = 0;
+
+        if (mask == 0)
+            return;
+
+        while ((mask & 1) == 0)
+        {
+            offset++;
+            mask >>= 1;
+        }
+
+        while ((mask & 1) == 1)
+        {
+            size++;
+            mask >>= 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    _NODISCARD bool ReadPixelFormatUnsigned(DDS_PIXELFORMAT& pf)
+    {
+        unsigned rOffset, rSize, gOffset, gSize, bOffset, bSize, aOffset, aSize;
+
+        ExtractSizeAndOffsetFromMask(pf.dwRBitMask, rOffset, rSize);
+        ExtractSizeAndOffsetFromMask(pf.dwGBitMask, gOffset, gSize);
+        ExtractSizeAndOffsetFromMask(pf.dwBBitMask, bOffset, bSize);
+        ExtractSizeAndOffsetFromMask(pf.dwABitMask, aOffset, aSize);
+
+        for (const auto* imageFormat : ImageFormat::ALL_FORMATS)
+        {
+            if (imageFormat->GetType() != ImageFormatType::UNSIGNED)
+                continue;
+
+            const auto* unsignedImageFormat = dynamic_cast<const ImageFormatUnsigned*>(imageFormat);
+
+            if (unsignedImageFormat->m_r_offset == rOffset && unsignedImageFormat->m_r_size == rSize
+                && unsignedImageFormat->m_g_offset == gOffset && unsignedImageFormat->m_g_size == gSize
+                && unsignedImageFormat->m_b_offset == bOffset && unsignedImageFormat->m_b_size == bSize
+                && unsignedImageFormat->m_a_offset == aOffset && unsignedImageFormat->m_a_size == aSize)
+            {
+                m_format = imageFormat;
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        std::cout << "Failed to find dds pixel format: R=" << std::hex << pf.dwRBitMask
+            << " G=" << std::hex << pf.dwGBitMask
+            << " B=" << std::hex << pf.dwBBitMask
+            << " A=" << std::hex << pf.dwABitMask << std::endl;
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    _NODISCARD bool ReadPixelFormat(DDS_PIXELFORMAT& pf)
+    {
+        if (pf.dwFlags & DDPF_FOURCC)
+            return ReadPixelFormatFourCc(pf);
+
+        return ReadPixelFormatUnsigned(pf);
+    }
+
+    _NODISCARD bool ReadHeader()
+    {
+        DDS_HEADER header{};
+        m_stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&header), sizeof(header));
+        if (m_stream.gcount() != sizeof(header))
+        {
+            std::cout << "Failed to read dds data" << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        m_width = header.dwWidth;
+        m_height = header.dwHeight;
+        m_depth = header.dwDepth;
+        m_has_mip_maps = (header.dwCaps & DDSCAPS_MIPMAP) != 0 || header.dwMipMapCount > 1;
+
+        if (header.dwCaps2 & DDSCAPS2_CUBEMAP)
+            m_texture_type = TextureType::T_CUBE;
+        else if (header.dwDepth > 1)
+            m_texture_type = TextureType::T_3D;
+        else
+            m_texture_type = TextureType::T_2D;
+
+        return ReadPixelFormat(header.ddspf);
+    }
+
+    _NODISCARD Texture* ReadTextureData() const
+    {
+        Texture* result;
+
+        switch (m_texture_type)
+        {
+        case TextureType::T_2D:
+            result = new Texture2D(m_format, m_width, m_height, m_has_mip_maps);
+            break;
+
+        case TextureType::T_3D:
+            result = new Texture3D(m_format, m_width, m_height, m_depth, m_has_mip_maps);
+            break;
+
+        case TextureType::T_CUBE:
+            result = new TextureCube(m_format, m_width, m_height, m_has_mip_maps);
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+
+        const auto mipMapCount = m_has_mip_maps ? result->GetMipMapCount() : 1;
+        const auto faceCount = m_texture_type == TextureType::T_CUBE ? 6 : 1;
+
+        result->Allocate();
+
+        for (auto mipLevel = 0; mipLevel < mipMapCount; mipLevel++)
+        {
+            const auto mipSize = result->GetSizeOfMipLevel(mipLevel);
+
+            for (auto face = 0; face < faceCount; face++)
+            {
+                m_stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(result->GetBufferForMipLevel(mipLevel, face)), mipSize);
+
+                if (m_stream.gcount() != mipSize)
+                {
+                    std::cout << "Failed to read texture data from dds" << std::endl;
+                    delete result;
+                    return nullptr;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+public:
+    DdsLoaderInternal(MemoryManager* memoryManager, std::istream& stream)
+        : m_memory_manager(memoryManager),
+          m_stream(stream),
+          m_texture_type(TextureType::T_2D),
+          m_has_mip_maps(false),
+          m_width(0u),
+          m_height(0u),
+          m_depth(0u),
+          m_format(nullptr)
+    {
+    }
+
+    Texture* LoadDds()
+    {
+        if (!ReadMagic()
+            || !ReadHeader())
+        {
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+
+        return ReadTextureData();
+    }
+};
+
+DdsLoader::DdsLoader(MemoryManager* memoryManager)
+    : m_memory_manager(memoryManager)
+{
+}
+
+Texture* DdsLoader::LoadDds(std::istream& stream) const
+{
+    DdsLoaderInternal internal(m_memory_manager, stream);
+    return internal.LoadDds();
+}
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Image/DdsLoader.h b/src/ObjLoading/Image/DdsLoader.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d80ab36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Image/DdsLoader.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <istream>
+#include "Utils/MemoryManager.h"
+#include "Image/Texture.h"
+
+class DdsLoader
+{
+    MemoryManager* m_memory_manager;
+
+public:
+    explicit DdsLoader(MemoryManager* memoryManager);
+
+    Texture* LoadDds(std::istream& stream) const;
+};
diff --git a/src/ObjWriting/Image/DdsWriter.cpp b/src/ObjWriting/Image/DdsWriter.cpp
index 5934ce7e..fef3429c 100644
--- a/src/ObjWriting/Image/DdsWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/ObjWriting/Image/DdsWriter.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
 
-
 #include "Image/DdsTypes.h"
 #include "Image/TextureConverter.h"