bump mapping, opacity,...

Pellinore · Post by **Pellinore** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:22 pm

hi,

i'm working on a poject named betrayal of heroes, i'll be posting some more info about it later.
but i have a few questions..

1. how do i include bump mapping with using 3d studio max, do i have to put something in the script? it seems it is only shows the bump map itself...a black & white texture...

2. how do i make objects transparant with using the opacity function in 3d studio max. its a bit like the same problem i have with bump mapping, it only shows a black and white texture...could it be i'm using the wrong file format (jpg)?.

srry for this noobish questions, they are probally easy to solve

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TheGameMaker · Post by **TheGameMaker** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:01 pm

hmmm... so.. first, you cannot use bumpmaps&alpha direct out of max. The maps have to be singel maps in the gamefolder and hve to be applied via a shader. Irrlicht itself doesn´t have a shader that can manage Tex+alpha+Normal(you know the different bewteen Normal&bumpmap, right?). So you have to do one by yourself... sry

Pellinore · Post by **Pellinore** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:25 pm

k, thnx anyway

but bump-mapping should be really cool.
i guess opacity is done by shaders thing too

and...this might be a stupid question, but how do i increase max visible polys?