Auto-Texture Generator Bugs (maybe)

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:11 pm

Software:Universal Client
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Description:
Textures in the namesfile:
AUTOGENTEXTURE,0=a-blue.bmp (not the transparent #255 blue)
AUTOGENTEXTURE,1=a-green.bmp
AUTOGENTEXTURE,2=a-green.bmp
AUTOGENTEXTURE,3=a-red.bmp
AUTOGENTEXTURE,4=a-red.bmp
AUTOGENTEXTURE,5=a-white.bmp
AUTOGENTEXTURE,6=a-white.bmp
AUTOGENTEXTURE,7=a-yellow.bmp

The textures are just things I quickly made up in ms paint for the sake of testing each is a 24-bit bmp that is 111x127 and 41.7kb. All made exactly the same way. Just used flood fill then save so I am certain it isn't an image issue. Relogged my client between each change as well.

I know I've seen others useing auto texture generation stuff, so I know it has to work. Could it be breaking because of having to a landscape height scale of 500 to get the mountains on the 1024x1024 map?

Auto-Texture Generation Mode=1
Auto-texture height level 1=200
Auto-texture height level 2=190
Auto-texture height level 3=180
Auto-texture height level 4=170
Auto-texture height level 5=0
Auto-texture height level 6=0
Auto-texture height level 7=0
Auto-texture height level 8=0

Should have:
blue on top of the mountain - over 200
blend from blue to green - 190-200
only green - 180-190 (green + green = green)
blend from green to red - 170-180
only red - under 170

The stuff for Auto-texture height level 1 isn't being recognised or displayed at all, not even as part of the calc for between heights 1 and 2. The game seems to be treating slot 2 as if it were slot 1 and green only is being used for everything higher then 200. If the blend from red to green is taking place in a narrow strip down in the vally between heights 170-180, then certainly the mountain I am sitting on is well over height 200 and should be a light blue color

Auto-Texture Generation Mode=1
Auto-texture height level 1=200
Auto-texture height level 2=190
Auto-texture height level 3=180
Auto-texture height level 4=170
Auto-texture height level 5=160
Auto-texture height level 6=150
Auto-texture height level 7=140
Auto-texture height level 8=130

Things are far ven worse when trying to use all 8 height slots.
Same spot on the map. Only thing chaged was adding the 4 additional heights.
Now that red is up near the top of the mountain for some reason.

Should have:
over 200 - blue on top of the mountain (Texture #1)
190-200 - blend from blue to green (texture #1 + #2)
180-190 - only green (texture #2 + #3, both green)
170-180 - blend from green to red (texture #3 + #4)
160-170 - only red (texture #4 + #5, both red)
150-160 - blend from red to white - (texture #5 + #6)
140-150 - only white (texture #6 + #7, both white)
130-140 - blend from white to yellow (texture #7 + #8)
below 130 - only yellow (texture #8)

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zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:13 pm

2nd picture is supposed to be:

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:14 pm

morbydvisns · Post by **morbydvisns** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 5:23 pm

he changed the way those work.

I don't recall right off the top of my head but I've got it set on Ariya.

morbydvisns · Post by **morbydvisns** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 5:30 pm

Just use the top 4 texture slots in the server console

1 and 2 control the first texture
2 and 3 for the 2nd texture

etc

i believe it's the first number is the height it starts solid, and the 2nd number is when it starts to fade from the next texture down.

Post by **Mit** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:01 pm

aye, aye.. like morb said.

The new autoTextureGenMode 1 shader stuff uses the first 4 textures only atm. (The other 4 might get used to specify normal maps for each level).
The 8 height parameters are used to determine when those 4 textures fade in and out.

So something like..

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Auto-texture height level 1=200 
Auto-texture height level 2=190 
Auto-texture height level 3=180 
Auto-texture height level 4=170

is saying..
Texture 1 is fully visible from 200, to 190. Then it blends between tex 1 and tex 2 from 190 to 180. From 180 to 170 tex 2 is fully visible. etc.

am fiddling with this a bit atm to try to get some better results so I may add more settings or change behaviour again. (Hence why i haven't documented it properly yet)

Note also that to go along with this you've also got *settings -> Landscape -> Shader Tiling Scale which is used to determine.. well.. you know.. the tiling scale.. for the shader

. The 0 default value is equivalent to 1000.. smaller number tile the landscape sources less. That can need a relog to see the proper effect.