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   AusAllerWelt

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   13 April 2023, 7:10AM

   You probably mean normal maps?
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      Nuke4Duke

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      13 April 2023, 5:54PM

      No, i mean height maps, normals are similar but dont contain height information as far as i know
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      Ramzai123

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      13 April 2023, 9:50PM

      Normals contain height info in the blue channel, but also 2 other directions and is RGB map because of that, unlike height maps which only contains up/down and is grayscale.
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      MuteSignals

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      14 April 2023, 12:24PM

      I think this is one of those occasions where the terms mean roughly the same thing but different points in time. Like how Base_Colour has replaced Diffuse since shadows don't have to be part of the texture no more (lighting engines b*tches!) Nice heightmap though, would love to see the workflow! Feel like part of the reason modders don't bother is cause time, they're only junior artists or its just a really minimal detail.
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      Nuke4Duke

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      14 April 2023, 1:28PM

      I use MindText 2 to make texture maps from diffuse / basecolour
      
      Photoshop 2020 with the nvidia texture plugin (works on amd cards as well) to convert pngs to dds BC3 / BC5, GIMP is optional but gives noticibley gainy textures when exported
      
      Nifskope 2.7 to add the paralax textures to the mesh and to add the shader flag required fot heightmaps to be visible
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   parsleyispunk

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   14 April 2023, 12:28AM

   damn, looking good!
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   saitofutoshi88

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   13 April 2023, 5:19AM

   Nice :D
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   hideaki411

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   13 April 2023, 3:53AM

   Double Post  >:(
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   hideaki411

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   13 April 2023, 3:52AM

   Yes PLEASE!