Night Texture's!

[Southwest]

Hi All,

I have read the amazing tutorial on how to create a night texture,

Just one slight problem, i am using adobe photoshop 7 and are unable to locate the day/night setting and also the light's setting!

Could somebody please enlighten me!

Best Regards

 

[MichaelD]

Piran,

There is no "Day/Night" setting in Photoshop. What you would do is make a copy of your normal(daytime) texture, rename it to something appropriate and then use the "Brightness" option in Photoshop to darken the image.

On the main menu, click on Image -> Adjustments -> Brightness/Contrast

and reduce the overall brightness of the image to your liking.

To add lighting effects, go to: Filter -> Render -> Light Effects.

Just play around with it.

-Michael

 

[Southwest]

Most appreciated,

Thanks, Now the fun can begin.

Thanks again

Southwest

 

[Southwest]

Upon saving the image!

What should it be named as or a particular format?

 

[MichaelD]

The general naming convention is to keep the same name as your
Diffuse texture and append an _LM extension ("LM" stands for Light Map").

So.. Diffuse texture = Mybuilding.bmp
Ambient texture = Mybuilding_LM.bmp

The name doesn't matter at all in FSX. I can't remember if the "_LM" is required in FS9 or not (but I don't think so). So you could just as easily name it "Mybuilding_Night.bmp"


-Michael.

 

[Southwest]

Thanks for the help again,

Will give that a shot!

Best

 

[Southwest]

Sorry, to be a pain, But when you save the image file,

what do you need to save it as, At present it isn't showing in fs, i believe this is due to the image format. I have saved a s a .bmp then as a dxt1!

is this correct?

 

[BASys]

Hi FOlks

Piran -
Ensure the name matches what the model is expecting.

If the model doesn't call a night texture,
then your night texture will never show.

For info on texture types
please see the Wiki - Texture - Formats (Overview)

HTH
ATB
Paul

 

[GHD]

Piran,

You are not alone. I had exactly the same problem with night textures. It has nothing to do with texture format or naming, it is that FSX needs an almost black unlit texture and a very bright lit area:





George

 

[PakMac]

Sorry, to be a pain, But when you save the image file,

what do you need to save it as, At present it isn't showing in fs, i believe this is due to the image format. I have saved a s a .bmp then as a dxt1!

is this correct?

Did you assign it in GMAX? If not, it goes under the Ambient button.

 

[Southwest]

So i have to assign the texture in GMAX?

 

[BASys]

So i have to assign the texture in GMAX?

Yes

If the model doesn't call a night texture,
then your night texture will never show.

ATB
Paul

 

[GHD]

So i have to assign the texture in GMAX?

Yes, apply it under "Self-Illumination":



George

 

[Southwest]

Thanks, Most appreciated!

 

[Southwest]

Ok............

So when i do that it applies that texture.

Is that normal.

 

[GHD]

Ok............

So when i do that it applies that texture.

Is that normal.

Is what normal

 

[Southwest]

i applied the night texture via your previous post, by the "Self-Illumination" tool, is the texture supposed to be applied to the model in GMAX like in my piccy?

best

 

[GHD]

i applied the night texture via your previous post, by the "Self-Illumination" tool, is the texture supposed to be applied to the model in GMAX like in my piccy?

best

Only if you apply it in Material Navigator.

Day:



Night:



George

 

[Southwest]

Ok.......... Im seeing you image's are at all nothing like mine.

This is my day image:

Could you then please talk me through the next stage of how to apply the night texture from here,

it is greatfully appreciated!

best

 

[Southwest]

Aby Clue's?