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| Issue 2: General Texturing Here
are the Lightwave settings for the various texture types used on the White Star. You
should take these values and integrate them into the materials / textures editor of your
chosen 3D software. |
| Texture Types |
| Surface Type | Sample | Colour | Lum. | Diffusity | Spec. | Gloss. | Transp. | Special |
| All Grey Skin |  |
Use appropriate bitmap | 0% | Use WS_Diffusion.jpg | Use same bitmap as colour channel | Med | 0% | Use double-sided polygons |
| Engine Pod Skin |  |
Use WS3.6 Wave Texture.jpg mapped in vertical axis with texture size x15m, y15m, z15m | 0% | 100% | Same as colour channel | Med | 0% | |
| Yellow Lighting Strips |  |
255, 255, 160 | 75% | 100% | 0% | n/a | 0% | Has neon glow. (100%) |
| Engine Pod Nozzle |  |
200, 200, 255 | 100% | 100% | 60% | Med | 0% | Has neon glow. (100%) |
| Bridge Windows Inner |  |
255, 255, 255 | 50% | 100% | 0% | n/a | 0% | Has neon glow. (50%) |
| Bridge Struts |  |
Use WS3.6 Wave Texture.jpg mapped in x axis with texture size x15m, y15m, z15m | 0% | 100% | Same as colour channel | Med | 0% | |
| Gun Ports |  |
100, 100, 100 | 0% | 100% | 100% | Med | 0% | |
| Misc. Machinery |  |
100, 100, 100 | 0% | 100% with fractal texture at 45% | 100% with fractal texture at 45% | Med | 0% | |
| Blue Machinery | |
Use WS3.6 Wave Texture.jpg mapped in x axis with texture size x15m, y15m, z15m | 0% | 100% | Same as colour channel | Med | 0% | |
| Weaponry | |
100, 100, 100 | 0% | 100% with fractal texture at 45% | 100% with fractal texture at 45% | Med | 0% | |
| Bridge Window Glass |  |
255, 255, 160 | 0% | 100% | 100% | Med | 95% | |
| Lower Hull Skin |  |
Use WS3.6 Wave Texture.jpg mapped cubically with texture size x15m, y15m, z15m | 0% | 100% | Same as colour channel | Med | 0% | |
| Laser Beam Exterior |  |
0, 200, 0 | 100% | 0% | 0% | n/a | 0% with fractal texture at 100% | Additive with Transparent Edges. Neon Glow (100%) |
| Laser Beam Interior |  |
0, 200, 0 | 100% | 0% | 0% | n/a | 0% | Transparent Edges. |
| Explanation of terms: |
| Colour | Obvious really. A 24 bit colour value in the form R, G, B. |
| Luminosity | Values between 0 and 100%. Luminosity is the property of the surface to illuminate itself rather than be affected by the lights in the scene. |
| Diffusity | Values between 0 and 100%. The diffuse level deals with the ability of a surface to scatter the light it receives. The lower the diffuse level, the darker the surface appears. |
| Specularity | Values between 0 and 100%. Higher specular levels give more prominent highlights (in the colour of the light source causing the highlight). |
| Glossiness | Settings include Low, Medium, High and Maximum. Glossiness affects the size of the specular highlight. Low glossiness gives broad, soft highlights, whereas Maximum glossiness gives a very small, brilliant highlight. |
| Transparency | Values between 0 and 100%. 100% transparency removes all opacity from a surface. |
| Additive | The colour of the shaded surface is added to the colours behind it. For example, a black object with additive properties rendered on a white backdrop would not be seen. A 50% grey object with additive properties rendered on a 50% grey backdrop would appear white. A white object with additive properties rendered on a white backdrop would not be seen. |
| Neon glow | The surface has a glowing aura around it in the colour of the colour channel. The glow is an additive effect and its intensity is a value between 0 and 100% |
| Transparent edges | The surface is gradually faded to 100% transparency at its edges. |
| Double sided | The surface is treated as if the polygons have two surface normals, and so are rendered both when facing towards and away from the camera. |
| Cubic mapping | The renderer applies the texture map in all three axes, depending upon the direction of an individual polygon's surface normal. |