My first bump map

[llamaboy772]

This is my VERY FIRST bump map so please tell me if it's good or not. I myself think it looks "modeled on" but I want to see want you guys think of it. (this is for CE, click for bigger pics)

[Veegie[Temp]]

Congratulations?

[GametagAeonFlux]

Neato...now put it on something a little more practical.

[Jordan]

Gotta love Jester font.

[CtrlAltDestroy]

It looks flat when you view it from an angle. >_>

Gotta love Jester font.

It's called Jokerman, and it doesnt look very good tbh. :/

[Juniorman030790]

Haha, cool. I like the way it makes it look.

[V0Lt4Ge]

It looks flat when you view it from an angle. >_>

Don't all bump maps do that?

That's one thing I've always noticed whenever I look at any bump mapping.

[Tanasoo]

It looks flat when you view it from an angle. >_>

Don't all bump maps do that?

That's one thing I've always noticed whenever I look at any bump mapping.

That's just how bump maps work. Without going into nerdish details, it alters the shading to give the illusion of "bumps". Normal maps do sort of the same thing, except they are more advanced and optimised for real time.

[V0Lt4Ge]

Yeah, I know already. I said that because I was thinking that all bump mapping looks flat if you look at it at the right angle (and according to you, I was right).

[DWells55]

Hell, even parallax mapping goes flat from an extreme angle. And parallax mapping rocks.

[FS2006]

im a bit of a starter at Bumpmapping too, but, if i were to save the DDS after editing, what should it be? i can save it as.....




ive been wanting to know how to do bumpmapping ever since ive started skinning.

(i know some of you might say im a noob, but thats y im asking for help)

[Boney526]

I think you save it as a 24 bit.... maybe 32? Just look at the bumpmap... Also I think it dpends on if it's in Halo 1 or 2.

[FS2006]

well i mean Halo 1 as of now, but ill try saving as a 24/32 bit. ill post later with results.

[Caboose{SE}]

k...it's a bumpmap...congrats?

Hell, even parallax mapping goes flat from an extreme angle. And parallax mapping rocks.

halo 3 needs parallax mapping... it looks so awsome

[DWells55]

It already uses it. Did you see the big hole in the swirling sky vertex in the trailer? That wasn't physical geometry, it was a parallax map.

[Veegie[Temp]]

well i mean Halo 1 as of now, but ill try saving as a 24/32 bit. ill post later with results.

...you just save it as a .tif
Like every single bitmap, ever.

[HK-47]

well i mean Halo 1 as of now, but ill try saving as a 24/32 bit. ill post later with results.

...you just save it as a .tif
Like every single bitmap, ever.

Mod Edit: Edit this post when you have more to say than "rofl".

[darco9x2]

bump mapping just alters the way light hits the object.

[SnaFuBAR]

why post a topic just for your first bump? masterbatory self congrats? gj.

[Veegie[Temp]]

bump mapping just alters the way light hits the object.

You mean it just altars the mesh's normals.