Remake HL textures

[Pericolos0]

The nvidia tools disregard gradients completely. Try making a 256² texture that is simply a black/white gradient and converting that into a normal map. It simpyl outputs as flat blue.

isn't that what you would expect then? The slope between a 255 255 255 pixel and 244 244 244 pixel isn't big

[kleinluka]

black= 0, 0,0

white= 255,255,255

[sensee]

I just made a simple texture with a black-white gradient from one corner to the other. And yes the nVidia tool can't do it, but neither the ATI tool.

Can you make an example of a grayscale that nVidia tools can't handle? Just wanna know its limits.

I like the idea of modeling basic shapes. This probably increases the workflow.

[Pericolos0]

black= 0, 0,0

white= 255,255,255

yes but you were talking about a gradient 256 pixels wide

a gradient represents an angular surface, and because your gradient is so big then ofcourse you will get a blue surface... It would just be a little bit angular

If you render this gradient in 3dsmax you will get a blue face too, same with the ATI tool

they all do their job quite fine

to illustrate (side view of the heightmap):

[kleinluka]

ah i get you know. that is correct.

[D3ads]

That's so awesome Term!

[G-Man]

Wow, those textures are really great!!

Did ook ever finished the charger texture?

I mean did he also made the second texture?

[Supernorn]

I had nothing to do today. So I decided to make these from scratch. They are for a Health recharger model on the HIT forums, but I guess you can have them too. Took longer than I expected, but I'm happy with them. They go nicely with the HEV textures. (They are the same width and length)

[Tequila]

OH NO THE NORN HAS FOUND US.

Nah, looks good, champ. Some nice detail work with the monitor readout etc.

[G-Man]

Very great work on the Health charger textures Supernorn!!

Here is something I sticked together with your edited HEV charger textures:

(original was made by ook)

[hazardous!]

LIVE, THREAD! LIVE!

Hello there!

After my last try at making game textures ended up like this:

I didn't proceed, due to noobish abilities and insufficient hardware.

A year, a digicam and a graphic tablet later, I'm back:

I remade out_w6b:

Here's what I've got so far:

normal map:

specular map:

Here's everything in action with the 1024*1024 version of the textures (150kb each):

http://w.rabid-monkey.com/~hazardous/bms_texture_test/out_w6b_test1_haz.jpg

http://w.rabid-monkey.com/~hazardous/bms_texture_test/out_w6b_test2_haz.jpg

I am trying to get a position as a texture artist in the Black Mesa Source team (that's why I branded them) and my task is to recreate 3 textures to test my abilities - this is one of them.

Alright.

Any kind of constructive criticism is very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[st0lve]

I love the huge watermark.

And I like the 2nd texture.

[curman]

I love the huge watermark.

And I like the 2nd texture.

i still dunno why people do that.. we have game devs. here who don't even do that.

[Tequila]

I love the huge watermark.

And I like the 2nd texture.

i still dunno why people do that.. we have game devs. here who don't even do that.

Yeah.

Great texture though.

[kleinluka]

here's a normal swatch btw: