Oolite Bulletins

Nite Owl wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 7:51 am

Correct me if wrong but are not normal maps very difficult to make without the original Wings 3d files?

No. I used a normal mapping filter for GIMP applied to RGB diffuse textures to create the normal map texture. The filter has several different format and scale settings to achieve the desired result. I assume one can do the same thing with Photoshop.

Because of it's shininess this one could take a gloss of 0.85 or higher.

Here 0.85

Those pictures look great; how is it done?

My usual workflow...

extract oxz to oxp.
admire the textures.

and in this case

adding a normal map ( gimp )
adding a b/w specular map ( gimp )

adding these textures to the model definitions in the shipdata.plist ( see http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Materials_in_Oolite )
adding gloss = 0.85 in shipdata.plist



All this in 1.91 oolite - trunk with reduced eh 'intensity' ( see difficult stuff from Another Commander )

That looks fun - is it going to be available via the upload manager?

Here is the needed information used in screenshot above...

Shipdata
This is a generic normalmap which can be used for all models



A quick specular map

cbr wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:52 pm

[...]
specular_map = "fireball_xl5_s.jpg";
[...]
shininess = 55;

This specular map won't work; jpg image format is not recognized by the engine. The shininess is also not in use by the engine, unless you manually edit the default shaders and enable the Blinn-Phong specular model.

Ah, wrong turn saving some bits...

materials =
{
"fireball_xl5_auv.png" =
{
diffuse_map = "fireball_xl5_auv.png";
emission_map = "fireball_xl5_glow.png";
normal_map = "fireball_xl5_n.png";
specular_map = "fireball_xl5_s.png";
gloss = 0.85;

};
};

XL5 with above png's in oolite-trunk

Thanks, tThe ship now looks great. Just one point - your shipdata entries use:

normal_map = "fireball_xl5_n.png";
specular_map = "fireball_xl5_s.png";

whereas your images have a dash rather than an underscore:

fireball-xl5-n.png
fireball-xl5-s.png

cbr wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:52 pm

Here is the needed information used in screenshot above...

Definitely better than mine, may I use your maps for the fixes cbr ?

I believe you have a similar set for Cylon Raider Mark 1, which would be more than welcome as well.

It seems postimage does something with at least the name ( dash vs underscore ), I will look into it...

may I use your maps for the fixes cbr ?

I believe you have a similar set for Cylon Raider Mark 1, which would be more than welcome as well.

Yes, they were uploaded to be used

( I will make the raider textures available at a later date )

Cool ship, but I forgot to save before I launched and managed to crash it trying a Planetfall landing! I'll give it another try soon.

The earlier used specular map make the diffuse map look a bit dirtier...

without specular map it looks like this



The cute custom escape pod needed a normal map too ofcourse



Here are the current normalmaps ( download original image in 2048 ) rename accordingly...

https://postimg.cc/9zzty748
https://postimg.cc/9zSPbQZW