Skins and decals
by Nate "Nateholio" Watson · in Artist Corner · 01/13/2004 (6:33 pm) · 4 replies
Can a decal be placed on a model such as a person or vehicle? Basically, I'm trying to put detailed things like logos and text on vehicles, but the skin (512x512) doesn't allow for a more detailed image to be used for these, so they appear as blurry "nasties". Also, how do you reduce pixellation when using a skin on a large vehicle? Can you use multiple texture "skins" on one vehicle or person?
#2
01/13/2004 (6:54 pm)
Thats good because the pixel exaggeration of a skin on a 55ft long vehicle is really nasty. 
#3
01/13/2004 (7:15 pm)
Yes you can use multiple skins on a dts as well. The main caveat is that the more textures you have, the more it impacts framerate.
#4
01/13/2004 (9:56 pm)
You might want to do detail textures...
Associate Ben Garney
You could also load larger skins, though that can be wasteful. I think the PNG loader can do 2048x2048 either stock or with minor tweaks.