[Aardwolf]

What it'd do:

• Takes a model
• Takes user input on what parts of the model will get what types of map (and possibly how much resolution, tiling, other factors)
• Takes input on how to generate said textures (i.e. a mode selection and parameters for that mode)
• Generates uv-coordinates based on the shape of the model and the choices of textures
• Bakes a texture onto the texture map(s) using a combination of one or more of the following:
  
  • Fractal analysis of some sort
  • Application of prefab textures
  • Bump maps/height maps
• Saves the textures, and possibly some sort of project file, in an easy-to-POF format, possibly using OBJ + pcx/tga/dds

It would also, ideally, be able to generate all of the maps used by FreeSpace 2 Open, including possibly animated glowmaps.





This is not a small project; it would take more than just me and one other coder, but I think the payoffs would be awesome if we made it versatile and robust enough... also expansibility with user-written plugins/modes/filters/whatnot would help.

[Titan]

unrelated question: what is texture baking?

[Aardwolf]

My understanding (and thus, usage) is that texture baking is taking textures from model coordinates and putting them back into uv-space.

Edit: However this is more complicated if the texture is mirrored or overlaps itself in some other way.

[Goober5000]

Put your entire question in the thread title.

[CP5670]

I agree with you, but there was no reason to lock this and have him start a new thread for just that reason.

[edit] I unlocked this on Aardwolf's request. I generally don't like to override other moderators' decisions, but this one made no sense at all.

Back on topic, Bobboau was working on something like this a while ago. He made a program to generate various kinds of effects and was planning to integrate that into the game, but I don't know if he ever got around to that.

[Goober5000]

It made perfect sense.  A lesson plus a lock is more memorable than a lesson by itself.

I was going to reopen the thread once he complained or made a new one with a complete title, but I see you went over my head already.  Or under it, since I outrank you.

[Aardwolf]

Now that we're back in business...

I understand from a brief discussion I had with chief1983 that almost all the coders are busy with SCP stuff... What I was wondering is, are there any coders who have been reluctant to join the SCP, for whatever reason (like me, out of fear I'd f*** the whole thing up permanently), who would like to help in some other way?

Also, is there anyone with experience working on projects with multiple programmers, like using CVS/SVN? (I don't have much at all in that area)

Although so far we have got no coders, I'm willing to make a preliminary roadmap:

• Create an expansible internal format
• Get the model stored in said format to display on screen
• Work on other aspects of a GUI
• Have texture loading capabilities, and the ability to bind textures to triangles (even if initially we make no effort to align them in any way)
• Model/texture export
• Get auto-alignment options, and begin adding a variety of easy ways to change the alignment/seams/etc.
  

[iceman7870]

for some reason, i can't get the launcher to work on a macbook pro with mac OS 10.4. the debugged FS2 works almost perfectly, but i don't know how to access FS1 and the expansion. any help?

[Polpolion]

for some reason, i can't get the launcher to work on a macbook pro with mac OS 10.4. the debugged FS2 works almost perfectly, but i don't know how to access FS1 and the expansion. any help?

Wrong thread?