How to make Textures and Skins for Iris 2
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| + | If you are working on textures. So please rework a whole set. For example if you are working on stone tiles. Please also redo, if possible, the other ones of the same categorie. A total patchwork set would not be so favorable. Another possibilty would be to orientate upon other examples. We will try to combine the textures for every style in as few textures as possible to enhanche the performance. | ||
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| + | ==How to make a seamless or tileable Texture?== | ||
I just recommend this [http://www.photoshoptextures.com/texture-tutorials/seamless-textures.htm Tutorial] | I just recommend this [http://www.photoshoptextures.com/texture-tutorials/seamless-textures.htm Tutorial] | ||
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| - | + | = Several Types of Textures= | |
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| - | + | [[Working on Ground Textures]] | |
| - | + | [[Working on Terrain Textures]] | |
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| - | + | [[Working on Building Part Textures]] | |
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| - | + | =Current Status= | |
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| + | *Makeover of Terrain Textures - done | ||
| + | *Tutorial and Faciliation to create Ground or Floortile Textures - done | ||
| + | *Working on a Tutorial for Building Parts | ||
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| + | =Naming Textures= | ||
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| + | tex_XXXXYYYZZ.png | ||
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| + | ==XXXX== | ||
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| + | XXXX stands for the brief description of the tile in four letters. | ||
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| + | *'''flow''' equals flowers | ||
| + | *'''blos''' equals blossoms | ||
| + | *'''lily''' equals lilypads | ||
| + | *'''gras''' equals grass | ||
| + | *'''pave''' equals pavers | ||
| + | *'''roof''' equals roof | ||
| + | *'''floo''' equals floor | ||
| + | *'''cobb''' equals cobble | ||
| + | *'''rock''' equals rocks | ||
| + | *'''wood''' equals wood | ||
| + | *'''wall''' equals wall | ||
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| + | ==YYY== | ||
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| + | YYY represents the material, number, place or color of the tile in three letters. | ||
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| + | *'''yel''' equals yellow | ||
| + | *'''whi''' equals white | ||
| + | *'''lil''' equals lila | ||
| + | *'''man''' equals many | ||
| + | *'''few''' equals few | ||
| + | *'''des''' equals desert | ||
| + | *'''sto''' equals stone | ||
| + | *'''mar''' equals marble | ||
| + | *'''dir''' equals dirt | ||
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| + | == ZZ == | ||
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| + | ZZ is the number of the texture beginning with 01 in decimals | ||
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| + | =Texture Samples= | ||
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| + | * [[Direct_Draw_Surface_%28DDS%29 Direct Draw Surface (DDS)]] - howto use DDS Texture compression | ||
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| + | * [[DDSLinuxGimpHowto DDSLinuxGimpHowto]] | ||
| + | For inspiration visit my [http://ghoulsblade.schattenkind.net/photos.php? Ghoulys photo collection] | ||
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| + | * [http://ghoulsblade.schattenkind.net/photos.php?subdir=data photos for ground textures] (some are already made to be tilable) | ||
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| + | * Info about a [[Texture_Atlas Texture_Atlas]] we use for all our Object Textures. | ||
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| + | * more links to textures on | ||
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| + | '''gui/hud''' | ||
| + | (things like window frames made of wood,metall,... , icons for buttons...) | ||
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| + | * später : ChatNoirs von [http://www.arvum-shard.de/] wäre evtl bereit bissl hübsches 2d zeugs für uns zu machen. | ||
| + | * later: chat noirs of [http://www.arvum-shard.de/] possibly ready bissl 2d would be nice to do stuff for us. (Google Translated) | ||
| - | = | + | =Links= |
| - | + | [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Texture_Tools Second Life Texture Tutorials] | |
