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night texture help ???

keith104

keith104

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Hi lads,
I need a little bit of help,i just like to know in the gmax material editor which button i need to click on to add my nigth texture in the maps.
Is it the ambient colour mapping or the self-illumination mapping button.:confused:
as i have three irish scenery i want to finish off,so that i can redo eime baldonnel aerodome. any help would greatful lads.
 
That depends!

FS9 uses the Material Editor Ambient slot

FSX uses the FSX Material Editor Self-Illumination slot
 
Hi,

I found that for aircraft FS9 needs no _L.bmp night texture added to the material, as long as it is a _t.bmp type texture. Just make sure LightMaps is checked in the MakeMDL properties (I think it's Light Map and not Night Map...). Then just include the night texture in your aircraft's folder. For non _t.bmp textures I have been adding them to the Self Illumination slot and they appear just fine.

For scenery textures (_LM.bmp night maps), I add those to the Ambient slot, and they get added OK (even though Night Maps is not checked in the MakeMDL properties).

Hope this helps,
 
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