diff --git a/include/devil1tex.h b/include/devil1tex.h
index 7b1678a..46183ef 100644
--- a/include/devil1tex.h
+++ b/include/devil1tex.h
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ void gettbd(struct TextureBatchDescriptor**,
             const char*,
             unsigned int);
 
-void gettexturebatch(struct TextureBatch**,
+unsigned int gettexturebatch(
+                     struct TextureBatch**,
+                     struct TextureBatchDescriptor**,
                      const char*, 
                      unsigned int);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/devil1tex.c b/src/devil1tex.c
index 002b372..0b5f91e 100644
--- a/src/devil1tex.c
+++ b/src/devil1tex.c
@@ -56,23 +56,30 @@ void gettbd (struct TextureBatchDescriptor **descriptors,
     return;
 }
 
-void gettexturebatch(struct TextureBatch **tb,
+// returns total count of textures in the file.
+unsigned int gettexturebatch(
+                     struct TextureBatch **tb,
+                     struct TextureBatchDescriptor **bds,
                      const char *filedata, 
                      unsigned int filesize) {
     struct TexturePack *tp              = (struct TexturePack*)filedata;
-    struct TextureBatchDescriptor **bds = NULL;
-    bds = (struct TextureBatchDescriptor**)malloc(tp -> batchNumber);
-    gettbd(bds, filedata, filesize);
+//    struct TextureBatchDescriptor **bds = NULL;
+//    bds = (struct TextureBatchDescriptor**)malloc(tp -> batchNumber);
+//    gettbd(bds, filedata, filesize);
     unsigned int offset = tp -> firstBatchOffset;
     unsigned int i;
     unsigned int j;
+    unsigned int totaltextures = 0;
     // TextureBatch shares a starting address with the first texture
     // and shares the ending address with the last texture.
     for (i = 0; i < tp -> batchNumber; i++) {
         printf("%x \n", offset);
         tb[i] = (struct TextureBatch*)filedata + offset;
         // the next texture batch is TextureSize * number of textures away.
-        offset += bds[i] -> textureSize * (bds[i] -> texNumber);
+        offset        += bds[i] -> textureSize * (bds[i] -> texNumber);
+        totaltextures += bds[i] -> texNumber;
     }
-    free(bds);
+//    free(bds);
+    return totaltextures;
 }
+
diff --git a/test/main.c b/test/main.c
index 2f70e06..ba8f4a9 100644
--- a/test/main.c
+++ b/test/main.c
@@ -102,18 +102,55 @@ bool unpackpld (const char *filedata,
     }
     free(bds);
     return;
+    
+        const char *fmt = (const char*)malloc(strlen(filename) + 3 + 3);
+    strcat(fmt, filename);
+    strcat(fmt, "%d.dds");
 } */
 
+void unpacktextures(const char *filedata, 
+                    unsigned int filesize) {
+    struct TexturePack *tp        = (struct TexturePack*)filedata;
+
+    struct TextureBatch **batches = NULL;
+    batches   = (struct TextureBatch**)malloc(tp -> batchNumber);
+
+    struct TextureBatchDescriptor **descripts = NULL;
+    descripts = (struct TextureBatchDescriptor**)malloc(tp -> batchNumber);
+    gettbd(descripts, filedata, filesize);
+    // array of pointers - texture data exists in memory in filedata.
+    unsigned int texturecount = gettexturebatch(batches, 
+                                                descripts, 
+                                                filedata, 
+                                                filesize);
+    struct Texture **textures = NULL;
+    textures = (struct Texture**)malloc(texturecount);
+    
+    unsigned int i;
+    unsigned int j;
+    // k is access to index of textures.
+    unsigned int k = 0;
+    unsigned int offset = 0;
+    for (i = 0; i < tp -> batchNumber; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < descripts[i] -> texNumber; j++) {
+            printf("texture offsets %x\n", offset + tp -> firstBatchOffset);
+            textures[k] = (struct Texture*)batches + offset;
+            offset += descripts[i] -> textureSize;
+            k++;
+        }
+    }
+    free(textures);
+    free(descripts);
+    free(batches);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     char *f = argv[1];
     unsigned int bufsize = 0;
     char *buffer         = loadfile(f, &bufsize);
 //    unpackpld(buffer, bufsize, f);
 //    unpacktextures(buffer, bufsize);
-    struct TexturePack *tp = (struct TexturePack*)buffer;
-    struct TextureBatch **batches = NULL;
-    batches = (struct TextureBatch**)malloc(tp -> batchNumber);
-    gettexturebatch(batches, buffer, bufsize);
+    unpacktextures(buffer, bufsize);
     free(buffer);
     return 0;
 }