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Bumpmap Base Texture Question

by Devildrew · in Torque Game Engine Advanced · 05/05/2006 (11:16 am) · 3 replies

I believe i have the bumpmaps working from using the example in data\interiors\test. The only thing i noticed is when i open solidmetal.png in Photoshop it has a checkerboard face covering it. All the Jpegs i converted to PNG do NOT but all my normal maps do.

1. What is it?
2. Does it need to be on the base texture?
3. How do i do it?


Thanks.
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Torque Owner Kevin Johnson
#1
05/05/2006 (11:56 am)
I think the checkerboard is photoshop showing you the texture has an alpha channel, but i could be wrong as i use gimp..

Torque Owner Devildrew
Davis Technologies Inc
#2
05/06/2006 (6:24 am)
Ye i thought that too but also in Gimp it shows the checkered board in the forground, i just want to make sure i am not missing a step in converting my jpegs to the base texture maps for bump mapping effect.

Torque Owner Dave
#3
05/07/2006 (7:43 am)
If you have several layers the different paint progs might default to different layers. Therefore you will see a different one on top. Have a look at the layer selection panel and see which ones are selected.