Ship textures

posted on June 29th, 2011, 7:59 pm

Maybe it's just the map? I've had models that don't react to light correctly on some maps but work fine on most, even when the lightmap and material settings were fine.

posted on June 29th, 2011, 8:11 pm

How do I check if the lightmap is on white or black? I use milkshape 3d for models and psp8 for textures.

When doing a lightmap  the only way I know is by croping the sections I want to light and then while they are selected clicking save to alpha channel. I dont even know how to add 'lights' (or the light effect like on the ships name and reg).

posted on June 29th, 2011, 8:17 pm

There is a list of links in the guide to modding programs, including ones for textures and lightmaps. I use TGATool (in the guide list) because it shows both the texture and lightmap as seperate images.

External Modding Resources

posted on June 29th, 2011, 8:32 pm

Just used TGA tool and the smaller pic on the top right had a black background.

posted on June 29th, 2011, 8:38 pm

If it was black, then the lightmap might not be the problem. Are you sure it's not dark grey?

posted on June 29th, 2011, 9:00 pm

looked very black to me. I could send u the model and see what it does for you?

posted on June 29th, 2011, 9:04 pm

Ok, send me the model and textures and lets see if it screws up or works.

fadm_tyler@yahoo.co.uk

posted on June 29th, 2011, 9:05 pm

send to what address?

posted on June 29th, 2011, 9:06 pm

The one I just added to the last post, or the one in my account. They're the same one.

posted on June 29th, 2011, 9:14 pm

sent

It might not be the model pack, but some setting on my FO install, or somethin like that.

posted on June 29th, 2011, 9:39 pm

It's the light settings on the map; I tried it in the same map you used and got the same, but it went pitch black like it should on multiple other maps. The ambient light on that map is set to an obscenely high level, and resetting it to black made it work.

Though my game seems to have disabled the lightmaps on it for some reason... strange.

[score1_uk]

posted on June 29th, 2011, 9:53 pm

Last edited by score1_uk on June 29th, 2011, 9:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.

so far I have only loaded it up in the mapeditor. If its the map, how come the stock FO models work fine? U are right though. Tried on some other maps and works fine.

posted on June 29th, 2011, 10:07 pm

I don't know why it happens, though I've had the same problem with non-FO models before.

posted on June 29th, 2011, 10:16 pm

Do u know of any good tutorials for bump mapping?

posted on June 29th, 2011, 10:20 pm

No, I've asked about how they attach them to models before. All I know for now is that the color affects how high or low a section is, similar to how the color of lightmaps affects how light or dark it is.