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just noticed layers in the material editor.

by Scott Galloway · in Torque 3D Professional · 11/24/2009 (7:16 am) · 2 replies

just noticed layers in the mat editor, was wondering if this was what i thought it was and texture blending found it's way into the engine.

if that is the case a quick description on what defines layer 0-3 and i'll be happy to provide some example art. i was just wishing for it yesterday while i waited for my softimage regkeys to arrive in the inbox.

if it's not texture blending, any hints on what it actually is? it could still be a very handy piece of information.

#1
11/24/2009 (7:26 pm)
Its just for creating a more fancy material.

Like you could put a scrolling glowing texture on layer 0 and a alpha cutout material over it which partially obscures the first layer.

For example the crates in this video use that technique:




You could do other effects with it as well... just have to experiment.
#2
11/25/2009 (7:15 am)
well it may still prove useful, maybe i can mask the textures and blend them that way...i'll play around and see what i can achieve later.

thanks for the response.