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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: FreeTerran on May 25, 2003, 11:53:12 am

Title: glowmaps ?
Post by: FreeTerran on May 25, 2003, 11:53:12 am

How can i make glowmaps ?
What do i need and what must i do ?

Title: glowmaps ?
Post by: Stunaep on May 25, 2003, 12:29:41 pm

You need:

FS_open, 3.5 and up. Or bobboau's special Glowmapped version.
The map of the ship you want to glowmap.

What to do:

Find the spots that need to glow.
Using the actual texture map as a template, make the glowy spots the color they need to glow, the rest 0,0,0 black. Save as (insert texturmap name)-glow.pcx

Title: glowmaps ?
Post by: FreeTerran on May 25, 2003, 01:14:52 pm

OK thx.

My first try :D

(http://swooh.com/peon/FreeTerran/Screenshots/galaxy_glow.jpg)

Title: glowmaps ?
Post by: FreeTerran on May 25, 2003, 01:19:01 pm

And how can i make glowpoints ?

Title: glowmaps ?
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 25, 2003, 01:31:34 pm

To make glowpoints use the latest version of PCS, it is reasonably self-explanatory, but you'll also need ModelView to check the coordinates.