Detail textures

[Beherith]

I have some questions about the detail texture, as I am quite bored of springs default one, and I think there are many better ones around.

I think the default detailtex was 256*256, and that looks fine on a decent enough zoom level, but I would like to add some 512 and 1024 width detail textures, and it is possible to add them in the .smd file, and the engine even renders it correctly, but i would like some control over what resolution the detail map is rendered.

At the moment a detail map tile is approximately 6*6 (not exactly 6*6 for some reason...) pixels on the heightmap, I would like to increase this to 8*8 or even 16*16.

Also, is there any way to up the render threshold on it? As it would be nice if I could start rendering it earlier.

Can multiple detail textures be assigned to a map, based on, for example the typemap?

[smoth]

even if you make a larger detail texture, the texture will still be the same sized tile on the map and yeah, I know, that sucks.

[Beherith]

Aww, I was hoping that wouldnt be the case

Any way to use multiple detail textures on the same map?

[smoth]

not in smf

[hunterw]

changing the way the detail texture works is imo one of the best ways to greatly increase spring's graphical appearance...

if someone writes a mod that can use the detailtexture as a normal map everyone will be jizzin all over the place at those gfx

[Forboding Angel]

changing the way the detail texture works is imo one of the best ways to greatly increase spring's graphical appearance...

if someone writes a mod that can use the detailtexture as a normal map everyone will be jizzin all over the place at those gfx

100% agree

BTW the same thing happens with ocean textures btw.

[Beherith]

Anyway, im just plain old sick of springs default detail texture, so I would hereby like to thank the maker of Zeus (Cronos) for his much better one, I have been using it on all my newer high quality textures, cause it adds detail in a very subtle way, not masking out the original texture like the default one does.

[smoth]

you can specify your own detail texture beherith. Look at the map real or was it the rock.. one of those.. it has a large plateau in the middle.

[Beherith]

I did use a different detail tex, the one I found in Zeus05 :)
I tried specifying my own, but I found springs limited ability to draw it very hindering, as it was a high detail 1024 detail texture