Texture Guidelines - Revision history

Datiswous: /* Compression Standards */ pretty sure it's supposed to be dxt5, not dxt3

2025-01-28T11:01:44Z

Compression Standards: pretty sure it's supposed to be dxt5, not dxt3

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:01, 28 January 2025
Line 15:		Line 15:

	== Compression Standards ==		== Compression Standards ==
	* Diffusemaps: DDS (DXT1/~~DXT3~~)		* Diffusemaps: DDS (DXT1/DXT5)
	* Normalmap: TGA (uncompressed, no RLE) '''NEW:''' As of TDM 2.10 we now support BC5 DDS normalmap compression		* Normalmap: TGA (uncompressed, no RLE) '''NEW:''' As of TDM 2.10 we now support BC5 DDS normalmap compression
	* Specularmap: DDS		* Specularmap: DDS

Nbohr1more: /* Compression Standards */

2024-12-21T07:48:34Z

Compression Standards

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:48, 21 December 2024
Line 16:		Line 16:
	== Compression Standards ==		== Compression Standards ==
	* Diffusemaps: DDS (DXT1/DXT3)		* Diffusemaps: DDS (DXT1/DXT3)
	* Normalmap: TGA (uncompressed, no RLE)		* Normalmap: TGA (uncompressed, no RLE) '''NEW:''' As of TDM 2.10 we now support BC5 DDS normalmap compression
	* Specularmap: DDS		* Specularmap: DDS
	* Editor Image: JPG (medium quality (e.g. 85 in Photoshop), not over-compressed)		* Editor Image: JPG (medium quality (e.g. 85 in Photoshop), not over-compressed)

OrbWeaver: Fix broken paragraph layout

2024-06-16T20:20:53Z

Fix broken paragraph layout

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:20, 16 June 2024
Line 2:		Line 2:

	== 2.08 update (2020) ==		== 2.08 update (2020) ==
	The guidance is for standard tiling textures. A single large texture with a unique pattern shouldn't cause too much harm, especially if it is		The guidance is for standard tiling textures. A single large texture with a unique pattern shouldn't cause too much harm, especially if it is used sparingly. The other consideration is whether this "beautiful" texture matches the pixel density of other textures at natural scale.

	~~used sparingly. The other consideration is whether this "beautiful" texture matches the pixel density of other textures at natural scale.~~		You may be admiring your great new texture but players will be looking at TDM textures next to it and thinking "why is everything except the wall so blurry"? To which the answer will not be "OK, we are going to increase all the texture resolutions and make the game unplayable except for high-end hardware from 2016+". Doom 3 \ TDM is more texture heavy than many other engines since it relies on normal maps for most detail so you have to budget textures differently than an engine where half of the detail is baked into the diffuse because of baked lighting. The limit is there to act as a sane guideline.

	You may be admiring your great new texture but players will be looking at TDM textures next to it and thinking "why is everything except the wall

	so blurry"? To which the answer will not be "OK, we are going to increase all the texture resolutions and make the game unplayable except for

	high-end hardware from 2016+". Doom 3 \ TDM is more texture heavy than many other engines since it relies on normal maps for most detail

	so you have to budget textures differently than an engine where half of the detail is baked into the diffuse because of baked lighting. The limit

	is there to act as a sane guideline.

	Forum discussion link: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/9082-newbie-darkradiant-questions/&do=findComment&comment=445922		Forum discussion link: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/9082-newbie-darkradiant-questions/&do=findComment&comment=445922

Duzenko: /* 2.08 update (2020) */

2020-04-09T09:35:13Z

2.08 update (2020)

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:35, 9 April 2020
Line 2:		Line 2:

	== 2.08 update (2020) ==		== 2.08 update (2020) ==
	The guidance is for standard tiling textures. A single large texture with a unique pattern shouldn't cause too much harm, especially if it is		The guidance is for standard tiling textures. A single large texture with a unique pattern shouldn't cause too much harm, especially if it is

	used sparingly. The other consideration is whether this "beautiful" texture matches the pixel density of other textures at natural scale.		used sparingly. The other consideration is whether this "beautiful" texture matches the pixel density of other textures at natural scale.

Duzenko at 09:35, 9 April 2020

2020-04-09T09:35:01Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:35, 9 April 2020
Line 1:		Line 1:
	This should be a rough guideline for choosing the correct dimensions and format for your custom TDM texture.		This should be a rough guideline for choosing the correct dimensions and format for your custom TDM texture.

			== 2.08 update (2020) ==
			The guidance is for standard tiling textures. A single large texture with a unique pattern shouldn't cause too much harm, especially if it is

			used sparingly. The other consideration is whether this "beautiful" texture matches the pixel density of other textures at natural scale.

			You may be admiring your great new texture but players will be looking at TDM textures next to it and thinking "why is everything except the wall

			so blurry"? To which the answer will not be "OK, we are going to increase all the texture resolutions and make the game unplayable except for

			high-end hardware from 2016+". Doom 3 \ TDM is more texture heavy than many other engines since it relies on normal maps for most detail

			so you have to budget textures differently than an engine where half of the detail is baked into the diffuse because of baked lighting. The limit

			is there to act as a sane guideline.

			Forum discussion link: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/9082-newbie-darkradiant-questions/&do=findComment&comment=445922

	== Dimensions ==		== Dimensions ==

Stifu: Added exception for skybox textures

2010-03-24T11:41:18Z

Added exception for skybox textures

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:41, 24 March 2010
Line 28:		Line 28:
	* Alphamaps: '''rough_grey_dirty_a.tga'''		* Alphamaps: '''rough_grey_dirty_a.tga'''
	* Occlusion maps: '''rough_grey_dirty_occ.tga'''		* Occlusion maps: '''rough_grey_dirty_occ.tga'''

			== Exceptions ==
			* Skyboxes: Doom can't handle DDS for Skyboxes, so uncompressed TGA should be used here. If the dimensions of your skybox textures exceed 1024 Pixels, JPEG compression on maximum quality should be applied. (Uncompressed TGA on six 2048 x 2048 textures would result in 72 MB altogether, which is definitely too much and the high resolution will compensate the anyway negligible JPEG artifacts.)

	== Material File Conventions ==		== Material File Conventions ==

Greebo at 06:25, 8 February 2010

2010-02-08T06:25:29Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:25, 8 February 2010
Line 39:		Line 39:

	{{tutorial-textures}}		{{tutorial-textures}}
	~~{{needs-update}}~~

Greebo: /* Material File Conventions */

2010-02-08T06:24:44Z

Material File Conventions

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:24, 8 February 2010
Line 30:		Line 30:

	== Material File Conventions ==		== Material File Conventions ==
	~~to be written~~		See here: [[Material File Naming Convention]]

	Remember: Do keep a backup of the ultra hi-res versions of your work as well as your working files (photoshop, gimp files). These should be added to the '''texture_src''' repository, which keeps all the "working" or "source files".		Remember: Do keep a backup of the ultra hi-res versions of your work as well as your working files (photoshop, gimp files). These should be added to the '''texture_src''' repository, which keeps all the "working" or "source files".

Serpentinee: /* Compression Standards */

2010-02-01T15:18:20Z

Compression Standards

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:18, 1 February 2010
Line 8:		Line 8:

	== Compression Standards ==		== Compression Standards ==
	* Diffusemaps: DDS (DXT1/DXT3~~) as well as a TGA for the hires repository (can be RLE-compressed~~)		* Diffusemaps: DDS (DXT1/DXT3)
	* Normalmap: TGA (uncompressed)		* Normalmap: TGA (uncompressed, no RLE)
	* Specularmap: DDS		* Specularmap: DDS
	* Editor Image: JPG (medium quality (e.g. 85 in Photoshop), not over-compressed)		* Editor Image: JPG (medium quality (e.g. 85 in Photoshop), not over-compressed)

			* If the texture is to be included in TDM : A high res copy of the diffusemap (can be RLE)

	== Naming Conventions ==		== Naming Conventions ==

Greebo: /* Naming Conventions */

2008-11-16T07:20:36Z

Naming Conventions

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:20, 16 November 2008
Line 24:		Line 24:

	* Heightmaps: '''rough_grey_dirty_h.tga'''		* Heightmaps: '''rough_grey_dirty_h.tga'''
	* Alphamaps: '''rough_grey_dirty_a.tga''		* Alphamaps: '''rough_grey_dirty_a.tga'''
			* Occlusion maps: '''rough_grey_dirty_occ.tga'''

	== Material File Conventions ==		== Material File Conventions ==