Bump Mapping

I love this, wonder what it could be applied to, having this in my vanila update project would definately spruce up the game.

So if you have done any vanila objects, please share!

Well, if you can provide a full and complete tutorial step by step, that would be awesome.

The game will appeal to more players if I can create an unofficial patch that includes some of these graphical updates along with a hell of a lot of other stuff the fantastic modders have come up with over the years!

Well, I was mainly looking for a more in-depth tutorial than a quick guide, if you have the time to write one, or anyone else who has this technique down.

It looks to me you are adding a layer of detail based on the shadows with the grayscale element of it.

Could that work with other types of image processing, such as psuedo-hdr in photoshop?

Thanks

No problem, I understand.

You people just keep coming out with more awesome things I can add to my unofficial patch, things such as this may create problems for lower spec machines, but this is mainly an update to show off Freelancer to the people who are buying new games with higher spec machines.

If I can improve the detail, graphics, sound etc in any way possible without changing the main experiences, I welcome it, as I welcome the possibilities and potential of this technique.

There aren’t many ppl out there left with lower specs PCs so I wouldn’t worry too much about that. Many upgraded their pc when Crysis came out so if they can play that game they could play any version of Freelancer that will ever see the light of the day

Izz veeeerrry naaaeeeiisss, goooood yob!

CoT is a n00b

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Well, especially on the fighter picture comparison you can see that its clearly detail mapping. It doesnt look bumped at all, its just more dirty.

aye, also found this line in dacom.ini thought id check there first haha

name = ^detailmap_.* = BtDetailMapMaterial

Simply put: I doubt it.

Also, this isn’t a new technique. Just read up on texture baking; you can do exactly the same effect if not much better with good knowledge of 3d texture making.

Easy way to find out if you do have bump mapping is to apply a single color (white or light gray) diffuse texture to the model, that way any real bump mapping will show as lumps & bumps, and detail maps will show flat & smooth.

If you want to see what this does to vanilla models look here at the pack I made of a whole heap of vanilla models with this applied to them, I think I got all the liberty and bounty hunter ship models plus most of the utility done.

Ozed

I’d like to know where i’m going wrong. Followed the instructions, and i end up with a transparent model for some reason. All the nodes are correct, they look like the ones in the tutorial at any rate

All done on the tuturial, but nothing is working, ships, stations and all the rest just transparent, tell me in what may be . Thank you.

Add later: it works, thanks. I would like to know how to apply it to 3db files.