Add Specular texture function

[hek293]

Hi Arno,

That'd be an easy one could we have the 'add specular texture' function embedded into the material template drop-down? It's the second most common after the night texture.


I think most people use the *_S.dds
convention.



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[Pyscen]

Actually,... the default is "*_specular.dds". This is what FSX uses... but why have it embedded when you can create your own template for such.

 

[hek293]

Actually,... the default is "*_specular.dds". This is what FSX uses... but why have it embedded when you can create your own template for such.

not sure you understood what I mean.
need to create a template that copies the diffuse name into the specular slot with the *_S suffix, like the preset 'add night texture' that Arno has included in the build. Not sure that this can be done from the editor.

 

[Pyscen]

I know what you meant,... specular can be done the same way as any of the other different slots,... specular isn't used as much though,.. unlike the light map (*_lm).,... if missing,... could cause problems.

 

[hek293]

this slowly becomes a pointless thread.



Arno, when you read this, please let me know if you'd like to add this in the presets.
thanks

 

[arno]

Hi,

I think that would be a good addition. But I need to know what the most common naming schema is. For night textures this is _lm, but what is the preference for specular textures?

It would indeed need a special template like the night textures, since it needs to look at the diffuse texture name. So you can't create this yourself easily.

 

[ralinn]

I normally use _S for specular maps.

Would this be a new ground poly wizard feature? Because I've always wanted that

 

[arno]

No, this would be for the material editor itself.

The ground polygons use fs2002 style code, which means that advanced features like bump or specular mapping don't work.

 

[ralinn]

Oooh, I see! Thanks for the info

 

[hek293]

Hi,

I think that would be a good addition. But I need to know what the most common naming schema is. For night textures this is _lm, but what is the preference for specular textures?

It would indeed need a special template like the night textures, since it needs to look at the diffuse texture name. So you can't create this yourself easily.

I think *_S.dds is the most common Arno, at least from what I ve seen from all scenery add-ons

 

[arno]

OK, I'll go for that then.

And if somebody later complains that he uses another standard I can always add an option to provide your own suffix

 

[arno]

I have added the new material template now, so it will be in the next development release.

 

[hek293]

I have added the new material template now, so it will be in the next development release.

Thank you very much (again) Arno!

 

[RicherSims]

@arno is there a way to do this as well for bump, detail, etc? Is it possible that we could do this ourselves in the editor? Example: DetailTexture+"_bump"+Extension?

 

[arno]

It would have to be coded. I guess _bump and _detail would be logical suffixes?

 

[RicherSims]

Ok.
If the option for using your own suffixes is to much work, yes, we can assume that everyone uses _bump and _detail.

 

[arno]

Maybe I can make the suffix an option as well, let me check.

 

[arno]

Hi,

The next development release will have this feature. I have added templates for detail, bump and fresnel maps. The suffixes can now also be specified in the options.

 

[RicherSims]

Great, thanks arno. This will help a whole bunch.
Regards,
Zev.