Maximum Terrain Textures
by Paul Darcy · in Torque 3D Beginner · 09/29/2009 (6:45 am) · 7 replies
Hi all,
Couldnt see the answer anywhere so sorry if this is covered.
I see in the tutorials and so on that the maximum texture levels is 4 for assets and models but what is the maximum textures for terrain. I dont mean diff, normal spec and so on I mean total different textures such as dark grass, light grass, mud, sand and so on. I started way back with TGE but moved away to work with the cryengine 2 as its so artist friendly and I'm an artist more than a programmer. Cost is a major restriction though cryengine.
Couldnt see the answer anywhere so sorry if this is covered.
I see in the tutorials and so on that the maximum texture levels is 4 for assets and models but what is the maximum textures for terrain. I dont mean diff, normal spec and so on I mean total different textures such as dark grass, light grass, mud, sand and so on. I started way back with TGE but moved away to work with the cryengine 2 as its so artist friendly and I'm an artist more than a programmer. Cost is a major restriction though cryengine.
#2
09/29/2009 (12:29 pm)
Ok thanks. I'll have a little play with the demo then. 
#3
09/29/2009 (1:43 pm)
I've had 14 materials at one point... 
#4
In practice you would never need that much.
For 1.1 i would like to get multiple TerrainBlock support back up and running to allow for *really* big levels.
09/29/2009 (7:27 pm)
The hard limit is 254 layers per-TerrainBlock as we use an 8bit index for the layer storage.In practice you would never need that much.
For 1.1 i would like to get multiple TerrainBlock support back up and running to allow for *really* big levels.
#5
That'd be nice. :)
Though I fear 2048 x4 would spell doom for my old PC!
09/29/2009 (7:33 pm)
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For 1.1 i would like to get multiple TerrainBlock support back up and running to allow for *really* big levels.
That'd be nice. :)
Though I fear 2048 x4 would spell doom for my old PC!
#6
But yeah, that whole multiple TerrainBlock and *really* big levels bit sounds interesting!
09/29/2009 (7:52 pm)
I knew it was a large number anyway. 254 is more than enough for practically anything.But yeah, that whole multiple TerrainBlock and *really* big levels bit sounds interesting!
#7
09/30/2009 (5:05 am)
Right thanks all. Large terrain is a must for me but I can work around that for now. Once again thanks for clearing that up folks. 
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