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Screenshots would be nice.
Do you still need specular maps? How fast is it?

Opening maps in 2.5 b8 Editor I still see no slider to zoom in. OK, maybe it's me. I open my map, I see things from above, a lot of objects cluttered on each other. I want to zoom in to precisely select one. How do I do that? In the past there was a slider for zoom in. Now I have to move the camera vertically using Space Bar.
I move the cam down, adjust the object placement in detail. I move the cam up, cool, fine, everything is in place. I Hit Cmd-R, player falls from the sky and dies.
Not convenient.

ccccc Wrote:Screenshots would be nice.
Do you still need specular maps? How fast is it?

Specular and bumps are not required.

[>] Brian

Bradamante Wrote:Opening maps in 2.5 b8 Editor I still see no slider to zoom in. OK, maybe it's me. I open my map, I see things from above, a lot of objects cluttered on each other. I want to zoom in to precisely select one. How do I do that? In the past there was a slider for zoom in. Now I have to move the camera vertically using Space Bar.
I move the cam down, adjust the object placement in detail. I move the cam up, cool, fine, everything is in place. I Hit Cmd-R, player falls from the sky and dies.
Not convenient.

Do you have a mouse with a wheel? The wheel does the same as the magnify used to do.

[>] Brian

Brian, I meant "Do you need specular maps to make something specular"?

I have the "device-with-a-scrollball-that-can-only-scroll-in-one-direction-after-two-weeks-because-of-human-sweat-and-stuff" that some at Apple call a mouse, yes.

ggadwa Wrote:Do you have a mouse with a wheel? The wheel does the same as the magnify used to do.

[>] Brian

ccccc Wrote:Brian, I meant "Do you need specular maps to make something specular"?

You're confusing me, but I think yes

[>] Brian

Sorry.
btw: Are specular maps supposed to be grayscale?

ccccc Wrote:Sorry.
btw: Are specular maps supposed to be grayscale?

The ones I've seen are, and the doom 3 ones are, and so that's what I'm doing, so yes.

[>] Brian

ccccc Wrote:Sorry.
btw: Are specular maps supposed to be grayscale?

Depends read below.

ggadwa Wrote:

ccccc Wrote:Sorry.
btw: Are specular maps supposed to be grayscale?

The ones I've seen are, and the doom 3 ones are, and so that's what I'm doing, so yes.

[>] Brian

90% are going to be grayscale, but colored spec maps are really useful, what they do, is set the color of the specular shine, which allows some pretty neat effects. They also allow you to make the shine white even if the texture is red, and you do this by making the spec map color the OPPOSITE color of the color-map.