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Dark Areas
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 6:06 pm
by MrBalll
Ok no matter what I do I can't get the dark areas to go away. So far I've UberLightmapped. I've used the LOD Remover. I've cleared my cache. The only area it's not dark is around me. I don't know what else to do. Can someone please help me. Thanks. Also not sure if it makes a difference but I skinned these. I didnt skin them black as you can tell from the picture, it is skinned a darkish grey.
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:34 am
by Geo
Correct me if i'm wrong but I think that is to do with bump maps?
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:49 pm
by MrBalll
Is anyone sure thats my problem or is it something else?
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:00 am
by The Flying Dutchmen
MrBalll wrote:Is anyone sure thats my problem or is it something else?
bump maps dont make custom bitmaps go black.. you might wanna check up on how you save the .dds file
be sure to generate mipmaps..
thats all i can say
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:13 am
by Geo
You're probably right, the only reason I suggested that is because when skinning I found bump maps to alter the lightness and sometimes pattern of my custom skins from different angles, thought it could be the same thing.
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:16 pm
by MrBalll
The Flying Dutchmen wrote:
bump maps dont make custom bitmaps go black.. you might wanna check up on how you save the .dds file
be sure to generate mipmaps..
thats all i can say
Boy do I feel like a "noob". One of the dds's was saved as DXT1 when it was DXT 5 in dothalo.
Anyways thanks that mipmaps thing helped out.
