[Flipside]

Ok, I know you guys are absolutely up to your ears in it atm, but I was just wondering if anyone had looked at this at all?

I create most of my models with 256 colour Bumpmaps in hopeful aticipation of this anyway, but I just thought I'd ask and make sure it's feasible

[Taristin]

Don't give up hope!

But remember to keep ICQ bombing bobbaou!

[Flipside]

LOL I think Bobb is all wrapped up in Shadow stuff afaik, at least when he has time.

I know some of the other coders had expressed an interest in getting their teeth into some more visual stuff as well

Ah well, as long as it's coming, I'll keep making these bumpmaps

[Taristin]

I have the feeling he's not working on the shadows at the moment, but more likely finishing BWO, which should be released in a few weeks, in my guestimation.

[Lightspeed]

ANOTHER set of textures? are we crazy?

*imagines FS2 taking up 4 GB of memory*
*shudders*

[Zarax]

Stupid question:
Isn't possible to blend some features in a single texture?
I have no experience in graphics, but can't you bump map a shinemap?

[Taristin]

I think the most ideal solution is to come up with our own texture format...

[Fineus]

*mutters something about rewriting it all to use Doom 3s engine*

[QuantumDelta]

Originally posted by Kalfireth
*mutters something about rewriting it all to use Doom 3s engine*

Normal mapping it would rock on high end compies

[Lightspeed]

Doom 3 engine? BLEH.

[Zarax]

How about creating multylayer textures support?
*runs away from coders*

[Flaser]

I don't want to induce mass histery or blow your candle of high hopes, but IIRC Bob mentioned it several times that he wants to make a material system.

It would basicly encompass and fuse our whole multi-layer, multi-texture, too-many-render-passes system into something that will be a single format with a lot more efficient rendering capabilities.

[Flipside]

Sounds good. As long as modding this game doesn't get so complex that it starts to drive away the less experienced people

[Zarax]

Question: How would you edit it?
Photoshop open?

[Overlord]

No, I guess Paint open.

[FireCrack]

add a material editor into Fred.

[Liberator]

Originally posted by Flaser
I don't want to induce mass histery or blow your candle of high hopes, but IIRC Bob mentioned it several times that he wants to make a material system.

It would basicly encompass and fuse our whole multi-layer, multi-texture, too-many-render-passes system into something that will be a single format with a lot more efficient rendering capabilities.

That sounds good, do that first.

[Bobboau]

at the moment, I'm working on Kazan's engine, more than anything else, and school...

[Overlord]

There was something I heard several days ago.
Ah, here it is:

Originally posted by Bobboau at FEP
I'm still alive and still capable of helping, but my #1 priority is still SCP.

So could you please concentrate more on SCP?

[Deepblue]

You could use da Gimp for editing.