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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Dark textures

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Butt monkey
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Posted: 15th Nov 2008 15:14
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Hi there.

I've made some signs using Firma, but light doesn't affect them, only the ambience. So if I have ambience down at around 5, the sign is completely black unless I turn it up. How do I fix this?
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Butt monkey
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Posted: 16th Nov 2008 00:57
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Is there something in the .fpe I can change to make an ambience just for the sign?
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Cool Dan
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Posted: 16th Nov 2008 02:01
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i think you have to make the nromal map, illumination and / or bump map for the sign

i dont know exactly but you need the ..._N.dds, ..._d2_dds or ..._d.dds
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Butt monkey
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Posted: 16th Nov 2008 11:29
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Ah, I see, and firma doesn't do this for you?
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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 16th Nov 2008 11:33
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No. You don't need a normal map, but I think a Specular Map, (_S), may be needed, and also you may need a Diffuse, (_D), that's slightly lighter than the normal one, _d2....

They all need to be .dds files as well.....

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Plystire
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Posted: 16th Nov 2008 11:41
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Quote: "They all need to be .dds files as well....."


Don't worry about that.

If the textures AREN'T .dds files, FPSC makes it's OWN .dds version of your images, so just use a format that supports alpha channels, like .png or .tga


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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 16th Nov 2008 11:56
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Yay.....

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