Upcoming Skins & Shader Maps

[yzmxer608]

By alpha are you talking about the actual alpha channel you add, or just how transparent the color is?

So if you start out with a fully transparent blank document, then use that as a base. The less transparent a color is the "harder" the shine is, the brighter the color the brighter the reflection in game? I thought I got it figured out before, if it works how I think it works then it isn't too bad.

[Garasaki]

By alpha are you talking about the actual alpha channel you add, or just how transparent the color is?

AH HA!!!

See I'm not the only one confused by the way you guys use the term "alpha"!!!

To answer your question, I believe they are refering to opacity of the image.

On my Oneal gear, the basic idea of the specular map is the skin's image at low opacity with white (or black depending on the area) set over the top (also at low opacity) to reflect light that is the same color as underneath.

Look at the trim color on the screens I've posted - note how it shines compared to the rest of the skin. It's a combination of having the color of the shin AND the opacity of the information in the specular map.

[yzmxer608]

I get it now, that helped . Thanks saki!

[DJ99X]

To answer your question, I believe they are refering to opacity of the image.

Its the same thing dangit. Lowering opacity is lowering the alpha

[DJ99X]

No skin shading on the plastics, some on the metals. I love it





Mind you, the normal map is pretty rough at this stage. See:

[Shadow]

Damn DJ that looks good

[Judan]

ORGASMIC, this well make it so much easyer no more shading

[Garasaki]

DJ,

Nice stealth Oneal preview

I notice the specular map on my gear is YOUR specular map. Not the one I included.

Makes me wonder - either:

1) You deleted mine, which is absolutely fine (although it is named so it should only affect that one skin, so it would be illogical that you would need to do it)

2) The specular maps will stack, if you have a "skin specific" one and a "model" one...

Hopefully it's #1...?

[Garasaki]

[RaNDoM HeRO]

the blue on the gear reminds me of this!! hhaha

[DJ99X]

DJ,

Nice stealth Oneal preview

I notice the specular map on my gear is YOUR specular map. Not the one I included.

Makes me wonder - either:

1) You deleted mine, which is absolutely fine (although it is named so it should only affect that one skin, so it would be illogical that you would need to do it)

2) The specular maps will stack, if you have a "skin specific" one and a "model" one...

Hopefully it's #1...?

I had to rename the normal map so it only applied to your skin, because you left it as -ddmxv2_norm. Obviously didnt see that there was a specular map, and clicked 'no' when it asked if i wanted to replace files already in my folder

[Garasaki]

My specular map has a unique name for each skin so that should not have been the issue.

But yeah my normal map is currently "generically" named.

So anyway check to see if you DO have the "skin specific" specular map...

[DJ99X]

Yeah, I didnt put the spec map in from the first beta, that was my problem

[yzmxer608]

No skin shading on the plastics, some on the metals. I love it

http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad77 ... hader2.png

http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad77 ... hader1.png

Mind you, the normal map is pretty rough at this stage. See:

http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad77 ... f_norm.png

Looks good . Only thing I noticed is that the seat looks a little too shiny and the texture/pattern for it is too large, unless the shine is making the texture look different than it really is. Pretty crazy how good that looks though .

[DJ99X]

Yeah, the specularity is the same right throughout the bike, haven't made a spec map yet. And yeah, ill have to refine that pattern