Detail Maps?
by Dave Young · in Torque Game Engine · 03/09/2006 (8:41 am) · 8 replies
In my \data\init.cs, I have:
addMaterialMapping("church_stone.jpg","detail:starter.fps/data/interiors/detail/stone_detail.png");
From the manual, it looks like that is how to do detail mapping with TLK. I read this as, wherever church_stone.jpg iss used as a texture, use stone_detail.png as a detail map.
However, I cannot seem to see any difference, the detail texture does not get applied.
Can someone give me a pointer?
addMaterialMapping("church_stone.jpg","detail:starter.fps/data/interiors/detail/stone_detail.png");
From the manual, it looks like that is how to do detail mapping with TLK. I read this as, wherever church_stone.jpg iss used as a texture, use stone_detail.png as a detail map.
However, I cannot seem to see any difference, the detail texture does not get applied.
Can someone give me a pointer?
#2
addMaterialMapping("church_stone" , "detail: starter.fps/data/interiors/detail/stone_detail");
03/09/2006 (10:20 am)
Try removing the extensions, like this:addMaterialMapping("church_stone" , "detail: starter.fps/data/interiors/detail/stone_detail");
#3
03/09/2006 (10:23 am)
To clarify; the detail map name probably can have the extension, but the material is looked up by name (in this case 'church_stone'), using the name with extension causes Torque to look for the material 'church_stone.jpg' instead of 'church_stone'.
#4
03/09/2006 (10:55 am)
Aha, I will try that out. Thanks you *very* much for the help.
#5
I have the disadvantage of not knowing what some of the material names are in prebuilt models. However, in models I make myself I can see the material names.
So:
addMaterialMapping("HardwoodFloor","detail:starter.fps/data/interiors/detail/wood_detail");
when the material was named HardwoodFloor worked perfectly.
Bad lineup of detail, but working example, ignore the experimental flashgui hehe:
03/10/2006 (8:15 am)
It worked wonderfully.I have the disadvantage of not knowing what some of the material names are in prebuilt models. However, in models I make myself I can see the material names.
So:
addMaterialMapping("HardwoodFloor","detail:starter.fps/data/interiors/detail/wood_detail");
when the material was named HardwoodFloor worked perfectly.
Bad lineup of detail, but working example, ignore the experimental flashgui hehe:
#6
03/10/2006 (2:28 pm)
You can get rid of the 'light radius' effect by making sure the detail map intensity averages to half intensity (127 in PS, PSP, and Gimp - use the histogram to check the current value, then adjust the brightness/contrast accordingly).
#7
03/10/2006 (2:36 pm)
Woah, thanks! I had no idea how to fix that. 
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