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* Nontiling textures have the '''_nontiling_''' part in their name: '''rough_grey_dirty_nontiling_local.tga'''
* Nontiling textures have the '''_nontiling_''' part in their name: '''rough_grey_dirty_nontiling_local.tga'''
* Textures tiling into one dimension only get the '''_tiling1d_''' part added: '''rough_grey_dirty_tiling1d_local.tga'''
* Textures tiling into one dimension only get the '''_tiling1d_''' part added: '''rough_grey_dirty_tiling1d_local.tga'''
* Heightmaps: '''rough_grey_dirty_h.tga'''
* Alphamaps: '''rough_grey_dirty_a.tga''


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

Revision as of 07:19, 16 November 2008

This should be a rough guideline for choosing the correct dimensions and format for your custom TDM texture.

Dimensions

  • Diffusemap: max. 1024 pixels (when used for smaller areas: 512)
  • Normalmap: max. 1024 pixels
  • Specular: max. 512 pixels
  • Editor image: max. 256 pixels

Compression Standards

  • Diffusemaps: DDS (DXT1/DXT3) as well as a TGA for the hires repository (can be RLE-compressed)
  • Normalmap: TGA (uncompressed)
  • Specularmap: DDS
  • Editor Image: JPG (medium quality (e.g. 85 in Photoshop), not over-compressed)

Naming Conventions

Assuming your texture is named rough_grey_dirty, the names are

  • Diffusemap: rough_grey_dirty.dds
  • Normalmap: rough_grey_dirty_local.tga
  • Specularmap: rough_grey_dirty_s.dds
  • Editor Image: rough_grey_dirty_ed.jpg
  • Nontiling textures have the _nontiling_ part in their name: rough_grey_dirty_nontiling_local.tga
  • Textures tiling into one dimension only get the _tiling1d_ part added: rough_grey_dirty_tiling1d_local.tga
  • Heightmaps: rough_grey_dirty_h.tga
  • Alphamaps: 'rough_grey_dirty_a.tga

Material File Conventions

to be written

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".

See also


The information in this article might be out of date and needs to be updated.