Virtual Ambient Light Textures - Revision history

Peter spy at 07:35, 11 December 2020

2020-12-11T07:35:24Z

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	As of TDM 2.08 none of the below is needed, as TDM uses ambient lights to calculate this instead of textures. The option to switch between this and legacy system is no longer in the menu, but you can type '''tdm_ambient_method 0''' in the game console to make sure you use the correct system.		Edited by peter_spy, 2020<br><br>
			As of TDM 2.08 none of the below is needed, as TDM uses ambient lights to calculate this instead of textures. The option to switch between this and legacy system is no longer in the menu, but you can type '''tdm_ambient_method 0''' in the game console to make sure you use the correct system.<br>
	'''OLD VERSION:'''		<br><br>
			'''OLD VERSION:'''<br>
	To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much textures should be illuminated once only instead of continuously. Players can select between three methods for ambient rendering, so those with faster machines can use the true ambient light which gives better quality.		To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much textures should be illuminated once only instead of continuously. Players can select between three methods for ambient rendering, so those with faster machines can use the true ambient light which gives better quality.

Peter spy: This is no longer needed.

2020-12-11T07:31:16Z

This is no longer needed.

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			As of TDM 2.08 none of the below is needed, as TDM uses ambient lights to calculate this instead of textures. The option to switch between this and legacy system is no longer in the menu, but you can type '''tdm_ambient_method 0''' in the game console to make sure you use the correct system.

			'''OLD VERSION:'''
	To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much textures should be illuminated once only instead of continuously. Players can select between three methods for ambient rendering, so those with faster machines can use the true ambient light which gives better quality.		To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much textures should be illuminated once only instead of continuously. Players can select between three methods for ambient rendering, so those with faster machines can use the true ambient light which gives better quality.

Nbohr1more at 14:33, 9 May 2017

2017-05-09T14:33:20Z

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	</pre>		</pre>

	are no longer needed as the Ambient light now has it's own dedicated render path.		are '''no longer needed''' as the Ambient light now has it's own dedicated render path.

	[[Category:Textures]]		[[Category:Textures]]
	[[Category:Ambient Light]]		[[Category:Ambient Light]]
	[[Category:Lighting]]		[[Category:Lighting]]

Nbohr1more: Removed obsolete enhanced ambient stage

2017-05-09T14:32:56Z

Removed obsolete enhanced ambient stage

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	blue global4		blue global4
	}		}
	{
	~~if (global5 == 2)~~
	~~blend add~~
	~~program ambientEnvironment.vfp~~
	~~vertexParm 0 1, 1, 1, 1 // UV Scales for Diffuse and Bump~~
	~~vertexParm 1 1, 1, 1, 1 // (X,Y) UV Scale for specular~~
	~~vertexParm 2 global2, global3, global4, 1~~

	~~fragmentMap 0 cubeMap env/gen1~~
	~~fragmentMap 1 textures/darkmod/yourname_local // Bump~~
	~~fragmentMap 2 textures/darkmod/yourname // Diffuse~~
	~~fragmentMap 3 textures/darkmod/yourname_s // Specular~~
	}
	</pre>		</pre>

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	inverseVertexColor		inverseVertexColor
	}		}
	{
			</pre>

			AS OF TDM 2.0 the old Enhanced Ambient Stages:

			<pre>

			{
	if (global5 == 2)		if (global5 == 2)
	blend add		blend add
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	fragmentMap 6 textures/darkmod/materialB_s // Specular B		fragmentMap 6 textures/darkmod/materialB_s // Specular B
	}		}

	</pre>		</pre>

			are no longer needed as the Ambient light now has it's own dedicated render path.

	[[Category:Textures]]		[[Category:Textures]]
	[[Category:Ambient Light]]		[[Category:Ambient Light]]
	[[Category:Lighting]]		[[Category:Lighting]]

Nbohr1more at 20:46, 13 April 2011

2011-04-13T20:46:25Z

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	[[Category:Textures]]		[[Category:Textures]]
	[[Category:Ambient Light]]		[[Category:Ambient Light]]
			[[Category:Lighting]]

Nbohr1more at 20:36, 13 April 2011

2011-04-13T20:36:33Z

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	[[Category:Textures]]		[[Category:Textures]]
			[[Category:Ambient Light]]

Stifu: Added further explanations and ambient stages for vertex-blended Materials

2010-12-27T11:52:08Z

Added further explanations and ambient stages for vertex-blended Materials

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-To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much textures should be illuminated once only instead of continuously. Players can select between three methods, so those with faster machines can use the true ambient light which gives better quality.
+To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much textures should be illuminated once only instead of continuously. Players can select between three methods for ambient rendering, so those with faster machines can use the true ambient light which gives better quality.
 '''So all textures should include these two stages:'''
 <pre>
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                  if (global5 == 1)
                  blend add
-                 map                             textures/darkmod/yourname
+                 map                     textures/darkmod/yourname                         // Diffuse
                  scale                   1, 1
-                 red                             global2
+                 red                     global2
                  green                   global3
                  blue                    global4
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                  blend add
                  program ambientEnvironment.vfp
-                 vertexParm              0               1, 1, 1, 1              // UV Scales for Diffuse and Bump
+                 vertexParm              0               1, 1, 1, 1                        // UV Scales for Diffuse and Bump
-                 vertexParm              1               1, 1, 1, 1      // (X,Y) UV Scale for specular
+                 vertexParm              1               1, 1, 1, 1                        // (X,Y) UV Scale for specular
                  vertexParm              2               global2, global3, global4, 1
                  fragmentMap             0               cubeMap env/gen1
-                 fragmentMap             1               textures/darkmod/yourname_local                  // Bump
+                 fragmentMap             1               textures/darkmod/yourname_local   // Bump
-                 fragmentMap             2               textures/darkmod/yourname                        // Diffuse
+                 fragmentMap             2               textures/darkmod/yourname         // Diffuse
-                 fragmentMap             3               _black                  // Specular
+                 fragmentMap             3               textures/darkmod/yourname_s       // Specular
+         }
 </pre>
 [[Category:Textures]]

Tels: update for v1.03

2010-11-26T06:08:06Z

update for v1.03

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	~~''written by Fidcal''~~		To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much textures should be illuminated once only instead of continuously. Players can select between three methods, so those with faster machines can use the true ambient light which gives better quality.

	~~To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much~~ textures should ~~be illuminated once only instead of continuously. Players can select either method so those with faster machines can use the true ambient light which gives better quality.~~		'''So all textures should include these two stages:'''

	~~'''So all~~ textures ~~should include this stage~~.~~..'''~~		<pre>
			// TDM Ambient Method Related
			{
			if (global5 == 1)
			blend add
			map textures/darkmod/yourname
			scale 1, 1
			red global2
			green global3
			blue global4
			}
			{
			if (global5 == 2)
			blend add
			program ambientEnvironment.vfp
			vertexParm 0 1, 1, 1, 1 // UV Scales for Diffuse and Bump
			vertexParm 1 1, 1, 1, 1 // (X,Y) UV Scale for specular
			vertexParm 2 global2, global3, global4, 1

	// ~~TDM Ambient Method Related~~		fragmentMap 0 cubeMap env/gen1
	{		fragmentMap 1 textures/darkmod/yourname_local // Bump
	~~blend add~~		fragmentMap 2 textures/darkmod/yourname // Diffuse
	~~map~~ <~~mappath~~/~~name~~>		fragmentMap 3 _black // Specular
	~~red global2~~		}
	~~green global3~~		</pre>
	~~blue global4~~
	}

	[[Category:Textures]]		[[Category:Textures]]

Fidcal: New page: ''written by Fidcal'' To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much textures should be illumi...

2008-06-18T08:30:06Z

New page: ''written by Fidcal'' To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much textures should be illumi...

New page

''written by Fidcal''

To improve performance on some low-end systems, Dark Mod textures can simulate the main ambient light. This feature pre-calculates how much textures should be illuminated once only instead of continuously. Players can select either method so those with faster machines can use the true ambient light which gives better quality.

'''So all textures should include this stage...'''

// TDM Ambient Method Related
{
blend add
map <mappath/name>
red global2
green global3
blue global4
}

[[Category:Textures]]