Planet problems

Alucard

On the .sph file, in the nodes, I understand the first 4. Example:

M0 = -x /left
M1 = +z /front
M2 = +x /right
M3 = -z /back
M4 = ? +y /top (maybe)
M5 = ? -y /bottom (maybe)

I know they have to be flipped vertical, the first 4 nodes, but which way to flip the last 2? Flipping the last 2 vertical isn’t right, as the edges don’t match.

FriendlyFire

I’ve never had to flip any texture for mapping onto SPH files, so I’m not sure what you mean by that.

Alucard

Are you saving as dds or tga?

FriendlyFire

Always DDS. TGA serves no purpose, especially for planets, which should always have square power of 2 textures.

Alucard

Maybe this will help you understand. Look in the txm file, and click a node. When the picture comes up, on the bottom right corner, it say flip. I packed it all up if you try it out and see where the messed up cords are.

FriendlyFire

The UTFEditor will always have the “Flip” box checked, whether the texture should be flipped or not. If the texture is a DDS, you should NOT flip the texture, ever. Just untick the box to see it as it will be used by the game.

Alucard

So let me some it up, even if it’s flipped in utf, that doesn’t mean its flip ingame unless I do it in photoshop, correct? Sorry, just wanna make sure FF.

FriendlyFire

The game will flip TGA textures upside down. It will leave DDS textures intact.

UTF Editor by default displays textures upside down, regardless of format.

Alucard

Cool beans, I test when I get on my comp. Cheers.

Alucard

Thanks FF, got it to work, though flickering is a issue now. Used the hack, no go. Anything over 200k away from your spot flickers. (wonders how Swat did it in thier Sol system, seen it on youtube ) But I have another question. I asked before, did a search on it here first, about FL material types. The link to LS’s old forum is dead. Anyone have the types and what exactly the do?

LancerSolurus

Try this link, don’t know if it has what you are looking for…

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10971457/Freelancer/Digital Brilliance backup.tar.gz

Alucard

Wow, LS. Alot of good stuff in there. I haven’t found it in there. Here’s what I meant:

Fl material type:

DcDt
Oc
Ec

You use to have a page that named them all and what they did. Don’t know if you remember what they were.

FriendlyFire

D = Diffuse
O = Opacity
E = Emissive
c = Color
t = Texture
Two = two-sided

That’s basically all you need to know.

Alucard

Thanks FF, that’s exactly what I was asking. One more thing, in the atmosphere nodes there are i.e. fade, alpha, etc. Will these do anything for the other the other material nodes? I tried and saw no results.

FriendlyFire

Nah, it’s a special node type, just like Nebula in starspheres. They have unique properties.