#arma3_texture | ARMA | Page 33

full quarry Dec 4, 2018, 5:47 PM

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especially if you dont have access to the orginial head they were made with

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but for modded faces the options are fairly limited

velvet fractal Dec 5, 2018, 1:00 AM

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@full quarry i have a question about textures, i've been following along the forum link you gave me earlier

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that tutorial states that you want to open and extract the .pbo file that contains the item you want to retexture using eliteness, however, i am not sure which one mine is. how can i find that out?

velvet fractal Dec 6, 2018, 1:11 AM

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maybe anyone else who could answer my question?

severe rune Dec 6, 2018, 7:46 AM

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how can i find that out look at the internal path of the file. Look at all the pbos that could be it. And take a good guess

leaden fox Dec 6, 2018, 9:09 AM

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Hey guys, what workflow should one use to have seamless textures on A3 buildings/other big objects?

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I'm used to UV-mapping stuff manually and applying textures on a set of textures, but seamless is just a completely different story

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where do I even start with it?

golden niche Dec 6, 2018, 9:21 AM

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multimaterial?

leaden fox Dec 6, 2018, 9:23 AM

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I don't know, that's why I'm asking 😄 Seems like multimaterial allows of mixing layers of different textures, does it allow applying seamless?

golden niche Dec 6, 2018, 9:24 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multimaterial

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Mondkalb's_MultiMaterial_Tutorial

fringe pivot Dec 6, 2018, 10:17 AM

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o3nbF9ZJyXbkr6MYHdlhZuP-0dEOaod5TayKU-B9-FI/edit?usp=drivesdk

full quarry Dec 6, 2018, 12:06 PM

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@fringe pivot thats pretty nice tutorial for MM

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@honest pagoda could we get the 3 above links pinned?

honest pagoda Dec 6, 2018, 12:09 PM

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full quarry Dec 6, 2018, 12:10 PM

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Thank youuu!!

leaden fox Dec 6, 2018, 2:01 PM

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Oh, such a nice tutorial, thx

fringe pivot Dec 6, 2018, 2:41 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/429937244565012487/430109538725920778/len_building_texturing_tut_APR2018.rar

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Also the sample files for the tutorial

obsidian nimbus Dec 6, 2018, 10:20 PM

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https://i.imgur.com/TUsrg5v.png
Does anyone know why my ADS texture looks like this?

knotty marsh Dec 6, 2018, 11:02 PM

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SSAO you mean?

fringe pivot Dec 6, 2018, 11:02 PM

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Increase the brightness of the black in the green channel.
@obsidian nimbus

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If you see the sample in my tutorials I use about 50% gray instead of full black.

obsidian nimbus Dec 6, 2018, 11:08 PM

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I'll give it a try

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non of the actual visible part of the texture is black

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your ads texture is so bright

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I try to make mine look closer to the vanilla ones

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If I understand how ads works correctly, green channel is the standard AS, and the blue channel is what it looks like at a distance

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is this accurate?

frozen blade Dec 7, 2018, 2:03 AM

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@obsidian nimbus yes

vagrant lake Dec 7, 2018, 10:31 AM

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Hey Guys would be nice if you could upvote the following Link so we maybe get a standard A3 Renderer in Substance Painter someday https://bit.ly/2zMVT2V

onyx quest Dec 7, 2018, 11:12 PM

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2 hopefully simple question:
a) i seem to have trouble converting pictures to paa with the ARMA tools. why is that?
b) how can i make a texture for a flag?

worn fog Dec 7, 2018, 11:15 PM

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Does anyone think they will come out with an arma 4?

severe rune Dec 7, 2018, 11:16 PM

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@worn fog do you think that should be asked in #arma3_texture ?

worn fog Dec 7, 2018, 11:16 PM

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@severe rune Maybe not. But there is nobody in general.

severe rune Dec 7, 2018, 11:16 PM

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there are 3500 people online.

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#arma3_questions might be the channel for that. But I'd advise to visit #rules first

worn fog Dec 7, 2018, 11:17 PM

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Yes, it just so happens, that there is nobody in the general chat

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Ok

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Thanks

full quarry Dec 7, 2018, 11:38 PM

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everyone online are on all channels

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not everyone speak on every channel

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and the server does get more quiet in the middle of the night here in Europe

severe rune Dec 7, 2018, 11:39 PM

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Plus.. If everyone of the 15 thousand members would answer a "hey fellas" it would be pure spam hell here without anything productive ever getting done

onyx quest Dec 8, 2018, 12:31 PM

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it would be nice to see that once though

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anyhow... nobody know why the stupid ImageToPAA thing returns me Failed to convert?

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its jpgs and pngs. should work i thought

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if i rightclick the file i see a warning that conversion may not work, and some X and Y coordinate

full quarry Dec 8, 2018, 12:40 PM

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Wrong dimensions probably

stray relic Dec 8, 2018, 12:46 PM

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Image has to be size 2^m x 2^n

onyx quest Dec 8, 2018, 5:01 PM

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hmm i have one jpg here in 512x512 that doesnt work. and one 128x128 png that does work

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there a max size?

nocturne lake Dec 8, 2018, 5:04 PM

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is the .jpg 8 bits per channel or 16?

onyx quest Dec 8, 2018, 5:04 PM

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i have no idea

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says "bit depth 24"

nocturne lake Dec 8, 2018, 5:05 PM

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hmm, that should be 8 bits per channel then

onyx quest Dec 8, 2018, 5:08 PM

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can i send you the pic to have a look at? its just a unit logo

stray relic Dec 8, 2018, 5:25 PM

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Have you tried converting to a tga and then using Texview 2 to save as a paa. That always works for me.

onyx quest Dec 8, 2018, 5:32 PM

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hm if i convert it to tga with gimp i cant even open it with texview 2

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but i guess texview does the conversion from the jpg to paa without an issue...

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at least i hope that is what just happened

stray relic Dec 8, 2018, 5:39 PM

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If you can't even open the tga in Texview it sounds like something is very wrong.

Two things, double check your file name is "myTexture_co.tga" or "myTexture_ca.tga" for a texture with transparency. Also double check the dimensions are exactly correct eg 512x512.

wet sonnet Dec 8, 2018, 5:40 PM

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I think that GIMP uses RLE for TGA as default? I had some issue like that in past

stray relic Dec 8, 2018, 5:41 PM

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Could be, I use paint.net. The tga should be uncompressed.

wet sonnet Dec 8, 2018, 5:41 PM

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Yeah...

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I recommend using Paint.net too

onyx quest Dec 8, 2018, 5:44 PM

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well it seems to have worked now using the original jpg and texview 2.

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that same conversion did not work with imagetopaa

umbral shore Dec 8, 2018, 6:15 PM

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Does anyone have a high quality version of French CEU Camo that they would be nice enough to share?

celest obsidian Dec 9, 2018, 1:22 PM

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@umbral shore Check your DMs 😃

dense peak Dec 9, 2018, 6:03 PM

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Hey there guys!

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I've been using Substance Painter for quite a long time for ARMA 3

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I was recently repurposing a project of mine that used a PBR Roughness/Metallic set up (Was meant for UE4 but now I"m trying to export to ARMA 3)

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I had an RVMAT export preset that uses Specular/Gloss

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I was wondering if anyone has an export preset for Roughness/Metallic

severe rune Dec 9, 2018, 6:05 PM

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Arma uses specular. So no, you cannot just export metal/rough and use that

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You can use Substance Designer or other tools to convert your texture from metal/rought to spec/gloss

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https://forum.allegorithmic.com/index.php?topic=8567.0

dense peak Dec 9, 2018, 6:07 PM

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SP does allow for export to a different workflow, but I don't have a preset the translates Metal/Rough to Spec/Gloss then RVMAT

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It has a native option to export PBR SpecGloss from MetalRough and vice versa

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I just don't have one that does the same as the above then RVMAT

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Its fine though

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I'll figure it out somehow

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Thanks @severe rune

severe rune Dec 9, 2018, 6:10 PM

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You could do the normal export to rvmat conversion in substance designer
Only thing you need to do that I can think of is combine the Specular map

vagrant lake Dec 9, 2018, 6:11 PM

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Friendly Reminder: would be nice if you could upvote the following Link so we maybe get a standard A3 Renderer in Substance Painter someday https://bit.ly/2zMVT2V

severe rune Dec 9, 2018, 6:12 PM

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I don't think allegorithmic will make renderers for every oh so special game in existance.

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Also we already have the Arma shader for Substance painter

vagrant lake Dec 9, 2018, 6:16 PM

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yeah that dont work for newer versions 😄

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i ask them on twitter, they said it wouldnt be a problem if there will be enough people that want them, and that i should make that entry i posted

dense peak Dec 9, 2018, 6:27 PM

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@severe rune So there's a shader for ARMA 3 made for SP?

severe rune Dec 9, 2018, 6:27 PM

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https://github.com/ianbanks/arma_3_substance_shader

dense peak Dec 9, 2018, 6:27 PM

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YES

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Thank you!

severe rune Dec 9, 2018, 6:28 PM

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But i guess broken after 2018.1
I'll see what I can do about that.. no promises

frozen blade Dec 9, 2018, 6:58 PM

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the a3 substance shader needa to be used from the start of the project btw

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last i know

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it doesn’t work indeed with 2018.1 + versions

severe rune Dec 9, 2018, 7:02 PM

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ian fixed it for 2018.1 so I guess that once works

frozen blade Dec 9, 2018, 7:06 PM

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isn’t ian about, maybe worth pinging the bloke

severe rune Dec 9, 2018, 8:56 PM

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Okey I got my painter updated to latest version.. Only took an hour 🙄
I see what's broken. Doesn't look too hard to fix

white apex Dec 9, 2018, 8:56 PM

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Every programmer in the history of computers has said that 😂

severe rune Dec 9, 2018, 9:40 PM

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Okey I fixed all the errors it threw.. Now the output is black though 😄

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yeah... black output makes sense if you use diffuse instead of base color 🤦

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Please try out and tell me if you notice something wrong
https://github.com/ianbanks/arma_3_substance_shader/pull/1

📎 arma3apex.glsl

severe rune Dec 9, 2018, 10:07 PM

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🤔 IRay uses a seperate MDL material to render.. We need that too so that we can render Arma shader in IRay...
Looks possible...

I'm not really a texture guru so help me a little here. I'd love to be able to switch back and forth between PBR spec/gloss and arma shader. The only real thing that's preventing me from doing that is that arma shader uses base color while PBR uses Diffuse.
Can I just change the arma shader to use Diffuse instead, or would that be a horrible shader abomination that noone should even think about doing?

runic dagger Dec 9, 2018, 11:07 PM

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Is there anyone that happens to have a Sliding wooden planks smart material for Substance Painter?
Such as the one in this pic: https://gyazo.com/0a20b8f24addc5cfc027df145c2cb09c

frozen blade Dec 10, 2018, 11:39 AM

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@severe rune neah i think that would work, you can conver from diffuse to base color afaik

severe rune Dec 10, 2018, 1:24 PM

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Why didn't ian do that then, would make it alot easier to convert a existing PBR specGloss project over to the Arma shader. You basically only have to adjust the brightness of the existing diffuse to match what you expect.
I might try that later

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ALso pls tell me if that shader works as expected :u

gentle mango Dec 11, 2018, 2:31 PM

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Does anyone have the time to talk me through how to make a good smdi texture? Unfortunately due to absolutely terrible internet YouTube is pretty much a nil option. (I'm talking dial up speed internet)

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I've used substance painter to make a texture and split it into the group's but it's coming up really shiney and I know that means reducing the blue channel but I can't figure it out.

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Ping me a PM for more details cheers.

silver gull Dec 11, 2018, 5:17 PM

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@gentle mango blue channel (gloss) is just how "tight"/"small" the highlight dot is, if you take a sphere as sample object. In addition, there is a multiplier for the blue channel in rvmat called "specularPower".

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shiney can also mean too much light reflected in general, which means G channel (and the specular[] values in rvmat as multiplier. )

gentle mango Dec 11, 2018, 5:20 PM

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so in the blue channel the more whiter the shinier?

silver gull Dec 11, 2018, 5:26 PM

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shiny is a bad word. It can mean one or the other.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/RVMAT_basics Look at blue sphere. See how the highlight shrinks with growing specular power (or white in texture) of blue channel

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red sphere is specular -> highlight size stays same, but intensity of light reflected rises with increasing value

gentle mango Dec 11, 2018, 11:37 PM

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Cheers @silver gull

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I'll keep going over this til it sinks in 😂

severe rune Dec 12, 2018, 12:48 PM

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Okey I tested just changing the arma shader's base color over to diffuse.
Can now just switch back and forth between pbr-spec-gloss and arma3apex shader.

ocean river Dec 12, 2018, 7:30 PM

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Anyone knows why it wont show the full texture?

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https://i.imgur.com/m1KEPlm.png

severe rune Dec 12, 2018, 7:37 PM

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checked RPT for errors? tripple checked that file paths are correct?

ocean river Dec 12, 2018, 7:38 PM

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Theres only one texture for the headset

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haha i don't understand why won't show the rest

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this is the config

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class CfgGlasses {

class BEA_Peltor_M81_glasses {
    scope = public;
    author = "BullsEyE";
    displayname = "Peltor Headset";
    model = "\BEA_Gear\Models\Peltor";
    hiddenSelections[] = {"_headstrap"};
    hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = 
    {
        "BEA_Gear\Data\Peltor\Textures\BEA_Peltor_m81.paa"
    };
    picture = "\BEA_Gear\UI\Peltor\Peltor.paa";
    identityTypes[] = {"NoGlasses", 0, "G_NATO_default", 0, "G_NATO_casual", 0, "G_NATO_pilot", 0, "G_NATO_recon", 0, G_NATO_SF, 0, "G_NATO_sniper", 0, "G_NATO_diver", 0, "G_IRAN_default", 0, "G_IRAN_diver", 0, "G_GUERIL_default", 0, "G_HAF_default", 0, "G_CIVIL_female", 0, "G_CIVIL_male", 0};
};

};

stray relic Dec 12, 2018, 7:55 PM

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@ocean river Try renaming your texture to BEA_Peltor_m81_co before converting to .paa
"BEA_Gear\Data\Peltor\Textures\BEA_Peltor_m81_co.paa"

severe rune Dec 12, 2018, 8:03 PM

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also I see you are setting the hidden selection for _headstrap... Makes it sound like headstrap and earcups are seperate

ocean river Dec 12, 2018, 8:18 PM

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How do i make it into one?

severe rune Dec 12, 2018, 8:19 PM

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make a single selection in the model and model.cfg

ocean river Dec 12, 2018, 8:21 PM

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damn

full quarry Dec 12, 2018, 10:31 PM

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Odd that it does not have any default texture applied to it.

rapid wasp Dec 13, 2018, 3:44 AM

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@severe rune when trying to use that shader in substance painter 2018.3.0 and 2018.3.1 i get the error below. I also noticed that there are no settings to change under the shader settings, it's empty.

[ResourceShader] arma3apex:396 | 6(396) : error C1115: unable to find compatible overloaded function "texture(struct SamplerSparse, vec2)"

obsidian nimbus Dec 13, 2018, 4:29 AM

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Why does the multimaterial shader have texgen = # as an option if you can't actually change it?

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I remember someone saying it just couldn't be previewed in buldozer from object builder but even after it's binarized and in game it uses an incorrect texgen

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I just need the normal map of one texture to use a different uvset than the texture itself

severe rune Dec 13, 2018, 7:55 AM

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I got that error yesterday too, but it worked fine 2 days ago 😄 And the texture call doesn't exist at line 396 🤔
There is a textureSparse at 397 https://github.com/ianbanks/arma_3_substance_shader/blob/893b7b6e5e001fda4dcee9c02107745b1dfa9202/arma3apex.glsl#L397
I have no idea where that error is coming from.

@rapid wasp

severe rune Dec 13, 2018, 1:07 PM

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Does anyone have experience with the SuperHair shader for hair rendering? I might want to have some fur on a silencer (don't ask) but I've never seen anyone use the Hair shader

acoustic dove Dec 13, 2018, 1:08 PM

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there isnt much info on superhair other than Miller's head using it

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it might have better transparency/shading with hair maybe

severe rune Dec 13, 2018, 1:23 PM

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It's a combination of Super Shader, with tree shader alpha.
Dunno... Probably won't really help me

nocturne lake Dec 13, 2018, 1:48 PM

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Hmm, can it use _ca without the shitty weird glowing effects?

severe rune Dec 13, 2018, 1:54 PM

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There is also SuperHairAtoc, I don't really know what it does
It's the same just "with atoc" ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Ah that's what it does. https://medium.com/@bgolus/anti-aliased-alpha-test-the-esoteric-alpha-to-coverage-8b177335ae4f scroll down to "Alpha to Coverage" it makes the edges softer

rapid wasp Dec 14, 2018, 4:47 AM

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@severe rune looks like its working properly again. the file i download yesterday must've been corrupted or something.¯_(ツ)_/¯ 😀

severe rune Dec 14, 2018, 7:36 AM

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Yeah I dunno.. Same thing happened with mine. But after painter restart it was fine again with no changes... Painter probably caches something somewhere and mixes them up

faint geyser Dec 16, 2018, 12:26 AM

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Hi guys, I have some problems with ground textures normal maps that my friend created... As far as he knows, he created them correctly, but somehow these textures are totally flat in-game. Any clues what are the most common mistakes in creatin arma normal maps?

full quarry Dec 16, 2018, 12:29 AM

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Terrain material normalmaps also need the alpha layer component and need to be named _NOPX before converting to .paa

faint geyser Dec 16, 2018, 12:30 AM

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Are capitals necessary? I've renamed them before converting to .paa but did use lowercase

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OK, it seems there was no alpha channel, will try adding it. Thanks for guidance 😃

full quarry Dec 16, 2018, 12:39 AM

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all lowercase is better

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also dont use extreme ends of the greyscale in the normalmap

vivid sentinel Dec 17, 2018, 12:39 AM

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So I am getting some pretty sweet pure blue tinted textures after switching my textures out on my map. Is this due to them being 1600x1600 instead of 2048x2048 (or 1024x1024?)

nocturne lake Dec 17, 2018, 12:40 AM

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yes

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they have to be a 2^n

vivid sentinel Dec 17, 2018, 12:40 AM

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Would it be smarted to downscale to 1024 or upscale to 2048?

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smarter*

full quarry Dec 17, 2018, 12:41 AM

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upsclaing usually looks worse as it does not use all the pixels it can

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but Id say test it out

vivid sentinel Dec 17, 2018, 12:41 AM

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Eh, 1024 can't look that bad

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fingers crossed

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terribly wrong, upscaling it is

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 1:43 PM

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I'm currently experiencing some difficulty with the specular, parts are dark where there should be light reflected on it, and vice versa. I bet it has to do something with the channels, but could somebody point it out? Thanks in advance!

severe rune Dec 17, 2018, 1:47 PM

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is your texture named _smdi before you convert to paa?

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 2:12 PM

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yes

severe rune Dec 17, 2018, 2:13 PM

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green channel is the specularity and blue channel is multiplier. Usually blue channel is all 0xFF

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 2:14 PM

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and what is red suppose to be?

severe rune Dec 17, 2018, 2:15 PM

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in SMDI it doesn't matter according to wiki. It's set to all 0xFF when you convert to paa

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SMDI should be mostly red with shades of pink

full quarry Dec 17, 2018, 2:29 PM

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might need to flip the green channel

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 2:35 PM

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Alright, I'll try that

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I tried that, and didn't seem to change much

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so either I completely screwed up my _smdi, or something in the .rvmat is not right

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Bare in mind, I'm just a novice texturer

severe rune Dec 17, 2018, 2:47 PM

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maybe just show us the texture and rvmat so that we can see for ourselves

full quarry Dec 17, 2018, 2:48 PM

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also its possible your normalmap is not right

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 2:56 PM

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Can I just post a link to google drive for you guys to download?

severe rune Dec 17, 2018, 2:57 PM

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ye

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 2:57 PM

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-hi7PKLxjC_BN9wtEhSDhTRP93VReRIY

severe rune Dec 17, 2018, 3:04 PM

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Uh.. interesting.. When I downloaded the rvmat two doc files mysteriously appeared in my Downloads folder.. Although I never doesnloaded them 🤔

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 3:05 PM

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Well, if me to upload it somewhere else?

severe rune Dec 17, 2018, 3:05 PM

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dir[]={0,0,0}; is technically wrong. Needs to be dir[]={0,0,1}; but I don't think that matters

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 3:05 PM

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*if you want me

severe rune Dec 17, 2018, 3:05 PM

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your fresnel in Stage6 is missing the argument in the right parenthesis

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Default is texture = "#(ai,64,64,1)fresnel(0.4,0.2)";

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 3:06 PM

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Ah, alright

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Alright, I changed that around, no noticable difference

severe rune Dec 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

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specular[]={1,1,1,1}; maybe set that to null?

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Is the problem that everything is reflecting?

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 3:11 PM

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The problem is that reflection is inversed

full quarry Dec 17, 2018, 3:12 PM

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whats your normalmap made in?

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and is its green channel/ Y-axis direction correct?

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 3:29 PM

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Nah, my stupid mistake. Green channel inverse did fix it, thanks!

full quarry Dec 17, 2018, 3:30 PM

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👍

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 7:17 PM

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Guys, I just wanted to come back and say thanks again. After some tries I figured out it wasn't the green channel or the _SMDI, but it was the normal map's blue channel that needed to be inverted

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Thank for your time!

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*Thank you

full quarry Dec 17, 2018, 7:24 PM

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usually it is the green channel of the normalmap that needs inverting

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@dire crane you sure it was the blue for you?

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also what did you create the normalmap with?

dire crane Dec 17, 2018, 7:25 PM

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I'm 200% sure it was the blue

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just changed it back and forth again, and it did work

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Nvidia texture tools

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I just mean photoshop btw

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Anyways, it's solved now so thank you!

full quarry Dec 17, 2018, 7:31 PM

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dont use that myself and cant remember what way it made the normalmap axis

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but if it works for you then 👍

odd crane Dec 17, 2018, 9:50 PM

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I have like 30 magenta post-its on my desk. I thought "if I rendered this half of my desk would be invisible" lol

tulip prawn Dec 18, 2018, 11:06 AM

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Hi all. Been doing some texturing lately and have made 2 so far, however with vehicles there is no specific layout that is transformed from one to another. Is there any anatomy tool used to identify what parts what on vehicles?

nocturne lake Dec 18, 2018, 11:49 AM

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Apply a UV checker to the model https://i.imgur.com/TJeCmcL.png

frozen blade Dec 18, 2018, 11:53 AM

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and/or use setObjectTextures to check what is what and where it is https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setObjectTexture

setObjectTexture

tulip prawn Dec 18, 2018, 12:42 PM

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Thanks

tulip prawn Dec 18, 2018, 1:17 PM

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Oh fk. Whoops was finding a format to trade mark some of my missions. Lol

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Was ment to be pasted into another discord as a clipboard

slim elbow Dec 19, 2018, 12:27 AM

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Alright so I have a question guys so I am working on this texture and I am experiencing a weird issue. So I am doing a retexture of a mod with their permission as well as doing a default uniform retexture. The default uniform is correct and I made the vest with the same photoshop techniques. I even went as far as copying the rvmat to the vest (while maintaining my file paths to smdi and no_hq). However the uniform is substantially darker than the vest. I have a feeling that it has something to do with the rvmat. But I am unsure where to look at this point.

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Vest rvmat https://pastebin.com/Ngwffe7B

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Uniform rvmat https://pastebin.com/xQarhNkV

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example of the two: https://gyazo.com/120c05158f8860643016661a336f6c47

full quarry Dec 19, 2018, 1:25 AM

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in the other ambient and diffuse values at the top are 1,1,1,1 and in the other 0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5

heavy apex Dec 20, 2018, 11:26 PM

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hey guys, would anyone know why when I go inside a building the texture on the hat I made is completely black.

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I figure it is a RVMAT issue but have been messing around with the values and no luck

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i might have fixed it from the @slim elbow example

full quarry Dec 20, 2018, 11:37 PM

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probably bad ambient values or wrong kind of AS map

heavy apex Dec 20, 2018, 11:53 PM

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I have a blank AS of pink

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I don't know if that is even correct

nocturne lake Dec 21, 2018, 12:32 AM

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should be white if it's to be unshaded

sudden marlin Dec 22, 2018, 4:29 PM

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https://imgur.com/a/aCfcrED

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texture is appearing with some sort of yellow.
RVMAT: https://pastebin.com/iYR7SL0R

full quarry Dec 22, 2018, 4:32 PM

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so whats it supposed to look like?

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why do you have such basic rvmat on it anyway

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theres pretty much nothing in it

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also youre probably missing all the relevant stages in it

sudden marlin Dec 22, 2018, 4:33 PM

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I'll make some of the other textures and try again.

full quarry Dec 22, 2018, 4:33 PM

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make proper rvmat too

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also textures must be have right dimensions and they must have correct suffixes on them before converting to .paa

sudden marlin Dec 22, 2018, 4:35 PM

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I made sure of that, yes

sudden marlin Dec 22, 2018, 5:31 PM

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Um... well I fixed but I'm not sure how because I did multiple things: Re-exported from blender to p3d, added normal a specular maps, and rewrote the .rvmat file.

full quarry Dec 22, 2018, 5:42 PM

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likely a combination of things

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for starters the rvmat was all wrong

umbral shore Dec 23, 2018, 6:02 AM

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Hi Folks....I'm looking for some high quality Kamysh camo patterns...Woodland, Urban, etc. I'd greatly appreciate them if you could send them my way.

rain crest Dec 24, 2018, 10:30 PM

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This is a retexture so the normals weren't flipped on the model or anything. Not exactly sure what's happening but the texture appears to only be displaying on the rear-side of some of the polys. Any ideas?

https://i.imgur.com/Z5aaAC5.png
https://i.imgur.com/xaI8fg3.png

brittle cosmos Dec 24, 2018, 10:41 PM

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Is the texture size a power of 2 (e.g. 512x1024, 2048x2048)?

nocturne lake Dec 24, 2018, 10:52 PM

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looks like the texture doesn't have correct alpha channel

rain crest Dec 24, 2018, 10:56 PM

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@brittle cosmos yes, they're all 1024 or 2048

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@nocturne lake I'm not sure that's case.... the black shape you're seeing is caused BY the alpha. The polys themselves are rectangles I believe

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doesn't mean that's not the case but I'm not sure why it would show up in some places and not in others

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@nocturne lake Everything looks as expected in textView:
https://i.imgur.com/wzfdozr.png

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And the alpha itself:
https://i.imgur.com/5ia1VBE.png

Just a note, these are not true to size, they're screen captures

nocturne lake Dec 24, 2018, 11:02 PM

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is the texture saved as _ca or _co though?

rain crest Dec 24, 2018, 11:02 PM

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neither

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should it be _co?

nocturne lake Dec 24, 2018, 11:03 PM

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that might be your problem then, since the suffix tells the tools how to encode the texture

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if the original is _co, probably best to use _co

rain crest Dec 24, 2018, 11:03 PM

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it's not

nocturne lake Dec 24, 2018, 11:04 PM

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_co is 1 bit alpha, _ca is 8 bit alpha

rain crest Dec 24, 2018, 11:04 PM

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this model has problems but it's the closest I could find to what I needed

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as a matter of fact, it complains about a texture it can't find in the P: drive when you first load it but there's no way around it that I can find

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now I have a _ca file that looks like this:

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https://i.imgur.com/J7EO1eW.png

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I'm thinking I may have just found my issues

nocturne lake Dec 24, 2018, 11:11 PM

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if it is looking for P: drive ingame, texture path is wrong

rain crest Dec 24, 2018, 11:11 PM

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yeah, but there's nothing I can do about that is there?

nocturne lake Dec 24, 2018, 11:11 PM

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file paths ingame should only look inside .pbo space

rain crest Dec 24, 2018, 11:14 PM

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These headaches make me question things like why BIS decided to have the stalker ghillie attached to another uniform instead of available to be placed over top all of them

rain crest Dec 24, 2018, 11:37 PM

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@nocturne lake If I manage to get the textures to actually function, is there anyway to rememdy the fact that the model is looking in P:/ for textures?

brittle cosmos Dec 25, 2018, 12:01 AM

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The model would only be looking for the textures in P:\ if the path for the texture within the model included it. All file paths should not contain drive letters like C:, or P:

rain crest Dec 25, 2018, 12:06 AM

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@brittle cosmos So you're saying it's in the model itself? It's definitely not listed in the rvmat like that but nothing in the config file I've setup looking drive P:/

full quarry Dec 25, 2018, 1:11 AM

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Where is the model from

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If you're missing it's original texture or materials you don't have all ot it's relevant data unpacked

gaunt kindle Dec 25, 2018, 4:51 AM

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is it possible to have an emissive texture in arma?

stray relic Dec 25, 2018, 10:00 AM

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Yes, set the emissive values in the rvmat.

full quarry Dec 25, 2018, 11:22 AM

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But do note that emmisive things just look glowing , they don't actually illuminate their surroundings

leaden fox Dec 25, 2018, 12:19 PM

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Do the body parts use multimaterial as texture?

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Scince there is the "HL" hidden selection

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But it changes the basic color of skin according to character's skin color

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Yet the shadows and details are added to it somewhat

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So is that multimaterial or some second level magic?

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Asking science I'm considering making a naked torso model

full quarry Dec 25, 2018, 12:21 PM

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No the skin shader is its own thing

leaden fox Dec 25, 2018, 12:21 PM

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Any reference of how do use it?

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Or is it even possible to make a naked torso then?

full quarry Dec 25, 2018, 12:22 PM

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And the identity changing is special too

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Sure it should be.

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Open up a skin material and see how it works.

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As usual documentation is nil though.

leaden fox Dec 25, 2018, 12:24 PM

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O'right

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Thanks, have a good holiday!

full quarry Dec 25, 2018, 12:27 PM

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Actually there is this

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Skin_shader

Skin shader

rain crest Dec 25, 2018, 12:35 PM

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@full quarry I figured it out, I had to get the model loaded up and saw that it's LODs were referencing textures incorrectly. I've almost got this thing figured out

full quarry Dec 25, 2018, 2:37 PM

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👍

toxic urchin Dec 25, 2018, 10:20 PM

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hey, how can i make a transparent texture?

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i'm editing the texture for the shoulder pad vests, so only the shoulder pads are actually textured and everything else is transparent

full quarry Dec 26, 2018, 4:39 AM

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Texture needs to have alpha channel transparency and it needs to be saved in file format that supports it (tga) and named with proper suffix (_CO, _CA, _NOHQ etc, in your case "yourtexture_co.tga" and then converted to .PAA

toxic urchin Dec 26, 2018, 6:47 AM

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cool, thanks!

white cargo Dec 26, 2018, 8:52 AM

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_ca is the suffix you need if there's an alpha channel on the texture

full quarry Dec 26, 2018, 11:11 AM

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No, in case of simple transparency, _CO is enough as it has 1bit (on/off) alpha layer instead of _CA that has the smooth 8bit alpha.

white cargo Dec 26, 2018, 11:29 AM

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ah I see

severe rune Dec 26, 2018, 1:14 PM

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So _co is a flip flop alpha going bit bop bip?

toxic urchin Dec 26, 2018, 9:23 PM

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okay so essentially, make a transparent texture (sans the bits i need) and then save it as .tga, add suffix _co, and then convert to .paa?

severe rune Dec 26, 2018, 9:28 PM

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.png should work too..
But yes.

toxic urchin Dec 26, 2018, 9:32 PM

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cool, thanks lmao

full quarry Dec 26, 2018, 11:14 PM

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Tga is more lossless format

severe rune Dec 26, 2018, 11:15 PM

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PNG is lossless too tho

woeful magnet Dec 27, 2018, 12:00 AM

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https://i.imgur.com/62eNiAP.png from PNG to PAA

severe rune Dec 27, 2018, 12:00 AM

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fails to load the png

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as the message says

woeful magnet Dec 27, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Ye, but others which i Convert works

severe rune Dec 27, 2018, 12:00 AM

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your png is probably broken

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Yeah. That further indicates that png being broken

woeful magnet Dec 27, 2018, 12:04 AM

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Found the issue, it was the COnverter

frigid escarp Dec 27, 2018, 9:27 AM

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is stage numbering important? like starting with stage0 vs stage1?

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https://i.imgur.com/ihmn5qY.png

Imgur

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are mainLight and fogMode still relevant parameters?
and is renderFlags[] = {"AlphaTest"}; the same renderFlags[] = {"AlphaTest32"};?
https://i.imgur.com/BUrL8Cq.png

Imgur

full quarry Dec 27, 2018, 9:40 AM

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Stage0 would define the main texture?

severe rune Dec 27, 2018, 9:42 AM

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@frigid escarp is stage numbering important? like starting with stage0 vs stage1? no. It's read like a config. Actually it is a config

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Stage0 is the diffuse defined in the model. I've never seen anyone use stage0 in rvmat and I never tested if it works aka overwrites the one set in p3d, But from memory I'd say it won't.

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and is renderFlags[] = {"AlphaTest"}; the same renderFlags[] = {"AlphaTest32"};? No. https://github.com/dedmen/armake/blob/cpp/src/material.h#L126

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AlphaTest doesn't exist.

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And yeah mainLight and fogMode are still used for smth

frigid escarp Dec 27, 2018, 10:45 AM

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@tender fjord left side is DeP3d -Em output

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texGen classes are like base classes to avoid duplicating code, right?

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https://i.imgur.com/URHp6nD.png

Imgur

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is uvSource="Tex5"; valid and is the mismatch indicating a bug?

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/RVMAT_basics

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here it doesnt mention Tex5

severe rune Dec 27, 2018, 11:01 AM

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yes

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texGen entries are ignored if you don't actually have texGen classes in there

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Also your uvTransform matrix is wrong

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dir should be 0,0,40

frigid escarp Dec 27, 2018, 11:33 AM

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well this is coming from said mod (jones snow objects) - which should be basically plain A2

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so either things have changed, or more likely its bad data from BI 😃

severe rune Dec 27, 2018, 11:40 AM

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We already know BI doesn't do everything correctly always 😄

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The devs who wrote that stuff 10 years ago knew how to use it correctly.

frigid escarp Dec 28, 2018, 7:09 AM

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is anything in rvmat case sensitive?

tender fjord Dec 28, 2018, 7:11 AM

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none

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i have never seen mainlight or fogmode, and there is nothing in a p3d which bakes such items. It might have relevance to massaging the values baked into the p3d, but nothing detectable.

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alphatestXXX are used solely for clutter, corrected alphatest to alphatest32. a gremlin crept in, or I was tired.

frigid escarp Dec 28, 2018, 7:19 AM

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mainLight: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/gzqpDWY9sf/

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fogMode: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/dtjTWJxtM8/

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should be the same files

tender fjord Dec 28, 2018, 7:21 AM

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I'll have a look kju but as stated, this vars= are not baked into the p3d

frigid escarp Dec 28, 2018, 7:21 AM

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relevant for wrp creation maybe? seems unlikely clutter is read for it though

tender fjord Dec 28, 2018, 7:24 AM

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there's nothing in a p3d which refers to, or nuances, these names. with or without, the resulting p3d is identical.

frigid escarp Dec 28, 2018, 7:28 AM

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@severe rune can you tell what/how mainLight and fogMode are read from said clutter rvmat?

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VertexShaderID = "NormalMapDiffuseAlpha";

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not listed in here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/RVMAT_basics#List_of_individual_shaders

RVMAT basics

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but in A3 data

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p:\a3\map_data\gdt_concrete.rvmat
p:\a3\map_data_exp\gdt_asphalt.rvmat
p:\a3\map_data_exp\gdt_beach.rvmat
p:\a3\map_data_exp\gdt_forest.rvmat
p:\a3\map_data_exp\gdt_grass_short.rvmat
p:\a3\map_data_exp\gdt_grass_tall.rvmat
p:\a3\map_data_exp\gdt_reddirt.rvmat
p:\a3\map_data_exp\gdt_rock.rvmat
p:\a3\map_data_exp\gdt_seabedexp.rvmat
p:\a3\map_data_exp\gdt_vbeach.rvmat
p:\a3\map_data_exp\gdt_volcano.rvmat
p:\a3\map_vr\data\gdt_vr.rvmat

severe rune Dec 28, 2018, 12:37 PM

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@frigid escarp can you tell what/how mainLight and fogMode are read from said clutter rvmat?

https://github.com/dedmen/armake/blob/cpp/src/material.cpp#L328
https://github.com/dedmen/armake/blob/cpp/src/material.h#L164

i have never seen mainlight or fogmode, and there is nothing in a p3d which bakes such items
wut? Written to p3d embedded rvmat right here: https://github.com/dedmen/armake/blob/cpp/src/material.cpp#L533

@frigid escarp Correct. That shader doesn't exist in Arma client
See https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462541215358976/523473653900247051

frigid escarp Dec 28, 2018, 2:23 PM

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thank you

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"terrain exclusive shader" means read then by binarize for wrp creation?

verbal briar Dec 29, 2018, 1:41 AM

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Hello folks, I am wanting to retexture a Vanilla Arma 3 building to another color, is this possible with hiddenSelections and hiddenSelectionsTextures within the config?

full quarry Dec 29, 2018, 9:11 AM

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If object has hidden selections configured such can be used for in game placed objects but terrain placed objects that won't work.

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@verbal briar

verbal briar Dec 29, 2018, 3:26 PM

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So then the Research HQ and House can not be retextures then?

full quarry Dec 29, 2018, 3:59 PM

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no

verbal briar Dec 29, 2018, 4:30 PM

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thank you

indigo trail Jan 1, 2019, 4:43 AM

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any good guides for re texturing?

full quarry Jan 1, 2019, 4:46 AM

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get the texture .paa file convert to .tga edit in insert your choise of image editor save and convert to new .paa and setup config classes for new items that use your texture in hiddenselections.

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BIforum editing section has a pinned thread for the topic I recall.

indigo trail Jan 1, 2019, 4:52 AM

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Ok thank you very much sir

full quarry Jan 1, 2019, 4:53 AM

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but basically its just editing the texture or painting your own

obsidian nimbus Jan 5, 2019, 3:49 AM

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is there a detailed explanation of exactly how SMDI textures work anywhere?

severe rune Jan 5, 2019, 4:05 AM

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something something sun angle something fresnel something angle of incidence something something.

Anything specific you are looking for?

obsidian nimbus Jan 5, 2019, 4:10 AM

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Not really

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I guess it would be nice to know how to create arma-friendly specular textures from traditional specular maps or material textures from textures.com

severe rune Jan 5, 2019, 4:11 AM

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I just convert my PBR specular maps directly

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didn't notice problems with that yet.. I think. Though I don't look very closely

obsidian nimbus Jan 5, 2019, 4:13 AM

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what is your workflow to convert them

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everything I try just looks wrong

severe rune Jan 5, 2019, 4:13 AM

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Export from Substance using the preset thingy 😄

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I guess otherwise I'd use substance designer to swap the channels around

obsidian nimbus Jan 5, 2019, 4:14 AM

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I don't use anything other than photoshop

severe rune Jan 5, 2019, 4:17 AM

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specular on green channel, glossiness on blue

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and red channel is constant 1 aka 255

obsidian nimbus Jan 5, 2019, 4:18 AM

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that never seems to work though lol

severe rune Jan 5, 2019, 4:19 AM

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does it looked right when compared to a known working smdi?

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fresnel value in rvmat is also important

obsidian nimbus Jan 5, 2019, 4:21 AM

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using the metallic and roughness maps in any channel order never looks correct

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or just using one or the other

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I usually just take the fresnal from an existing .rvmat of a similar material

severe rune Jan 5, 2019, 4:25 AM

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using the metallic and roughness maps

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smdi is specular map

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metallic roughness vs specular glossiness

obsidian nimbus Jan 5, 2019, 4:26 AM

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what should go in which channel?

severe rune Jan 5, 2019, 4:27 AM

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R = 1
G = specular
B = glossiness

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Substance Designer can convert metal/rough to spec/gloss I think

obsidian nimbus Jan 5, 2019, 4:28 AM

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why can't I do it manually?

severe rune Jan 5, 2019, 4:29 AM

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https://marmoset.co/posts/pbr-texture-conversion/#metaltospec

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Guess that works.. never tried

obsidian nimbus Jan 5, 2019, 4:31 AM

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Ill check it out

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thanks

dense peak Jan 6, 2019, 5:31 PM

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Guys I just bought corel draw and graduated with a diploma. But the most important thing is: what can I do with it about arma 3?

full quarry Jan 6, 2019, 5:32 PM

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Paint textures if you like.

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More important thing is what do you want to do for Arma 3

dense peak Jan 6, 2019, 5:35 PM

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Custom flags

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And icons

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And logos

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I think it's the same of painting textures

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But the most important. How to don't get errors about colors and supported file format

full quarry Jan 6, 2019, 5:40 PM

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well since its a painting program you can do any image creation and editing with it.

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Dont know what you mean about errors about colors and file formats though

silver gull Jan 6, 2019, 5:40 PM

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.tga or .png is fine - conversion is done with arma tools

full quarry Jan 6, 2019, 5:41 PM

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yah you cant open the .paa files outside armas tools

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have to be converted to .tga or .png - edited and converted back to .paa

nocturne lake Jan 6, 2019, 5:41 PM

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.png is fine so long as it's not >8bit per channel

silver gull Jan 6, 2019, 5:41 PM

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textures always power of 2 pixel size (128, 256, 512, 1024, etc) otherwise you get weird errors ingame

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thats all there is to it

dense peak Jan 6, 2019, 5:41 PM

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Ok thank you

full quarry Jan 6, 2019, 5:42 PM

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also https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Texture_Naming_Rules

ArmA: Texture Naming Rules

dense peak Jan 6, 2019, 5:43 PM

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Also if someone need a artist you can call me. I'm trying to improve my ability of corel draw

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Though my approve points were 99% loved my corel draw class. But I am sad I couldn't be more longer than 70 hours.

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😄

full quarry Jan 6, 2019, 5:46 PM

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thats unfortunately how school works. The classes end and you just have to continue on your own

dense peak Jan 6, 2019, 5:47 PM

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Yeah... also corel draw is easy to use

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Better than photoshop some times

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It depends on the job you want to perform

full quarry Jan 6, 2019, 5:50 PM

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indeed

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and what program you use the longest

leaden fox Jan 6, 2019, 8:52 PM

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hey guys, what RGB channels should I invert to invert a SMDI?

nocturne lake Jan 6, 2019, 8:58 PM

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G if your inverting specular, B if you're inverting gloss

leaden fox Jan 6, 2019, 9:13 PM

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aye, thx

distant hornet Jan 7, 2019, 5:21 PM

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what the ideal brightness level for Unit Insignias?

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useing adobe phototshop

full quarry Jan 7, 2019, 5:28 PM

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Id compare to the vanilla patches and such

proper pivot Jan 8, 2019, 11:23 AM

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On the subject of SMDI maps, I recently got IanBanks' Arma3 shader to work with Substance Painter. (SP Version 2018.3.1) However, as far as I can tell, I don't seem to be able to influence the spec/gloss or be able to replicate what the SMDI file would do with this shader. (E.g. if I change roughness of a part, there is no visible difference or if I add a specular texture layer and change its value/colour) it seems to have not effect. So it seems like all I see in SP is the equivalent of the what would be the _CO and _NOHQ in ggame. (I'm not sure I can tell the difference when I remove my AO in SP.) Is this to be expected?

severe rune Jan 8, 2019, 11:23 AM

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I recently got IanBanks' Arma3 shader to work with Substance Painter
https://github.com/ianbanks/arma_3_substance_shader/pull/1 yeah.

reflections should be working properly. Didn't try that out though

proper pivot Jan 8, 2019, 11:31 AM

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Ah!

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Although just checking, the file I'm using is your modified one (https://github.com/ianbanks/arma_3_substance_shader/blob/893b7b6e5e001fda4dcee9c02107745b1dfa9202/arma3apex.glsl) as I ggot absolutely nothing working before tryingg this.
Is there something else I need to setup to get reflections to work? All I've done is change shader within SP.

severe rune Jan 8, 2019, 11:39 AM

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You need specular glossiness workflow. The shader should use the normal Specular/Glossiness channels

proper pivot Jan 8, 2019, 11:44 AM

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OK but I tried adding a specular texture set, adding a fill layer with specular values and changing the fill from all the way from black to white but it made no difference. Initially, I exported spec and gloss maps, then re-imported them onto spec and gloss texture set 'fill' layers and saw no difference - hence trying the black/white trick. So this still suggests I'm missing something!

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Just giving it another try now to make sure I didn't fat finger somewhere....

severe rune Jan 8, 2019, 11:45 AM

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if you export them with the Arma preset, do the textures look correct too?

proper pivot Jan 8, 2019, 11:47 AM

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I'm not quite sure I know what you mean. I'm trying the shader on a project that's already 'finished' i.e. I have successfully got it in game and looking OK if that's what you mean.
But this project was one where I was really disapointed at how poor it looked in game compared to SP so I thought I'd try this shader to see if it could help me improve it.

severe rune Jan 8, 2019, 11:51 AM

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I'd have to check for myself if I can reproduce that. Won't have time today though

proper pivot Jan 8, 2019, 11:52 AM

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Understood and very much appreciate your time and effort!

mellow zinc Jan 17, 2019, 2:52 AM

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Playing with ammo counters.
When in shadows the "colors" dissapear.
Which setting in my RVMAT are borked?
I tried playing with both diffuse, and forcediffuse (as I understand it one is for direct light, and one is for light in shadow) with not much luck

ambient[] = {1.0,1.0,1.0,1};
diffuse[] = {1.0,1000.0,1.0,1};
forcedDiffuse[] = {1,1000,1,0};
emmisive[] = {0,1000,0,0};

Working: https://gyazo.com/b69224a76a5d6044b758f477ac9dc6dc
Not working because of shadow: https://i.gyazo.com/ad15c3448753bd80dcdd750db256dca8.png

golden niche Jan 17, 2019, 2:57 AM

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ambient[] = {1.0,1.0,1.0,1}; try ambient[] = {1.0,1000,1.0,1};

mellow zinc Jan 17, 2019, 4:06 AM

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@golden niche That fixed it

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What does Ambient actually do?

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And thank you btw

golden niche Jan 17, 2019, 4:07 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/RVMAT_basics#Theory

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multiplies color values (color texture R,G,B,A) of the surface that is not lit by main directional light.

full quarry Jan 17, 2019, 8:08 AM

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Could use emissive if you want it to glow like that VR suits stripes.

proper pelican Jan 19, 2019, 3:09 PM

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What is the best DXT1 or DXT5?

severe rune Jan 19, 2019, 3:23 PM

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use the one you are supposed to use

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use the proper suffix and it'll choose the correct one

proper pelican Jan 19, 2019, 3:46 PM

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¿?

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Im making a texture for a mod, Wich one Im suposed to use

wet sonnet Jan 19, 2019, 3:53 PM

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It depends on texture

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Compression is different between e.g. _CO and _CA textures

nocturne lake Jan 19, 2019, 4:02 PM

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Name your textures properly and use ImageToPaa instead of texView, then you wont need to pay attention to anything like that, and you can batch convert your files instead of doing them one at a time

proper pelican Jan 19, 2019, 4:03 PM

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hmm so what is CA for?

nocturne lake Jan 19, 2019, 4:05 PM

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glass mainly

covert light Jan 19, 2019, 5:31 PM

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Hello a question is it possible with a Rvmat to adjust so only the white lights and the black not?

ancient smelt Jan 19, 2019, 5:53 PM

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https://github.com/ianbanks/arma_3_substance_shader is working for SP 2018.3.0 courtesy of a patch from Dedmen.

nocturne lake Jan 19, 2019, 6:07 PM

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@frozen blade ^^

frozen blade Jan 19, 2019, 6:31 PM

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@ancient smelt great cheers man

proper pivot Jan 20, 2019, 12:25 PM

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I think I must be doing something wrong with that latest shader as I can never get it to show specular and gloss effects - just the base colour. Is there an "Idiots' guide" to using that shader anywhere? (As I clearly seem to be falling into that category!)
One possibility is that I'm using 2018.3.1 NOT 2018.3.0 so perhaps it's related to that?

real summit Jan 20, 2019, 1:14 PM

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I just get black diffuse and can't see any of the materials, it's my first time using shaders in SP so I've probably done something wrong. I was on 3.1 and dropped to 3.0 didn't make a difference

hardy atlas Jan 21, 2019, 12:27 PM

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I prefer to work in metal rough now and just convert the textures afterwards

proper pivot Jan 21, 2019, 1:15 PM

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That's my workflow as well but the final appearance in game seems to be somewhat hit and miss. I might be mis-understanding what the shader allows us to do but I had assumed that if you convert the metal/roughness to specular/gloss and apply that to the model in SP, you'd be able to see something much more like the in game effects directly within SP.
But as I say, I might have mis-understood the intention of the SP-Arma3 shader.

chrome anchor Jan 22, 2019, 8:02 AM

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did anyone ever change the raindrop texture? 🤔

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I am having some trouble to get the new one in without being totally strechted into one direction 😅

severe rune Jan 22, 2019, 8:11 AM

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same dimensions as original?

chrome anchor Jan 22, 2019, 8:11 AM

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yep

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however, I think they are rescaled somehow

severe rune Jan 22, 2019, 8:12 AM

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🤔 maybe the original is stretched too. But compensated for that in the image file

chrome anchor Jan 22, 2019, 8:13 AM

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also the tranperancy doesnt really work (altho its even _CA)

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not even the original one really has a transparent background

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its basically just raining greyish squares now

severe rune Jan 22, 2019, 8:14 AM

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Maybe they don't need transparency and the engine does it's own processing on the image

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your new rain texture should look basically the same as the old. Don't try to "improve" things by making it really transparent or such

chrome anchor Jan 22, 2019, 8:15 AM

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actually wanted to change it to snow and some other weather effects

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I guess I will try to compensate some stuff with the texture, maybe that will work

severe rune Jan 22, 2019, 8:17 AM

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If arma expects special properties of the input image. Then you need to replicate that. Like if it get's stretched when rendered, you probably need to do the opposite in the input image

tulip monolith Jan 22, 2019, 2:05 PM

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glass texture only showing on 1 side? in blender i made a "plane" as the glass panel, in object builder i set it to a color and added the rvmat. from the outside it works, but while inside looking out theres nothing. any ideas?

full quarry Jan 22, 2019, 2:06 PM

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Blender by default shows the backface of a face

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you need to enable backface culling in Blender viewport to see how stuff actually work in game engines (usually use only 1 sided faces)

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if you want 2 sides you need to duplicate and flip the faces

tulip monolith Jan 22, 2019, 2:08 PM

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so with the blender to arma weirdness its only showing up as 1 face. ok, thanks

full quarry Jan 22, 2019, 2:09 PM

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it is just a 1 face

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of which the front side is drawn

tulip monolith Jan 22, 2019, 2:11 PM

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would a .0001 thick cube be better, then a plane?

full quarry Jan 22, 2019, 2:11 PM

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no

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unless you want the glass to look its thick

nocturne lake Jan 22, 2019, 2:11 PM

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literally just duplicate the plane and reverse the normals

full quarry Jan 22, 2019, 2:12 PM

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easiest way 👆

tulip monolith Jan 22, 2019, 2:23 PM

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thanks!

late geyser Jan 23, 2019, 2:38 PM

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Anyone that has a template for the MB 4WD?

frozen blade Jan 23, 2019, 3:08 PM

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😢
https://news.adobe.com/press-release/creative-cloud/adobe-acquires-allegorithmic-leader-3d-editing-and-authoring-gaming

Adobe Newsroom

Adobe Acquires Allegorithmic, the Leader in 3D Editing and Author...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it has acquired Allegorithmic,
makers of Substance, the industry standard for 3D textures and material
creatio

severe rune Jan 23, 2019, 3:13 PM

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o no

frozen blade Jan 23, 2019, 3:14 PM

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you can forget about perpetual licenses

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and most likely indie licenses will be canned

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so from 20$/mo to 100$/mo

severe rune Jan 23, 2019, 3:15 PM

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Okey.
From allegorithmic staff: Adobe was at the board, meaning they had a power on every big decision happening in the last 2 years: rent to own, new products, Alchemist, etc... Adobe was part of all those decisions

frozen blade Jan 23, 2019, 3:18 PM

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yeah except the fact that they will now create subscription plans to cater this

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Later this year, Adobe will announce an update on new offerings that will bring the full power of Allegorithmic technology and Adobe Creative Cloud together.

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and for creative cloud it doesn't matter if you are indie or pro/bussiness

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well, will see how this pans out

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pity quixel didn't put up a fight in the same department due to financial reasons

severe rune Jan 23, 2019, 3:21 PM

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CEO of Allegorithmic is now lead of 3D department at adobe. So he still has his hand over that. But I guess creative cloud stuff is too big for him to decide

frozen blade Jan 23, 2019, 3:22 PM

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allego had one of the best licenses ranges out there

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pay to own or perpetual, you could have either

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i doubt the head of any department actually make meaningful decisions about how a product is sold

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lol, there is an ongoing backlash about it, was expected, but whatever, doubt that anything will affect it since there is no direct competitor to substance anyways

ancient smelt Jan 23, 2019, 6:07 PM

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It won't take much to compete, much of SP's base code was other Open Source libraries. I think the only reason they didn't have competition was that the prices were so reasonable.

silver gull Jan 23, 2019, 6:34 PM

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FUCK adobe

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"Adobe will empower video game creators, VFX artists working in film and television, designers and marketers to deliver the next generation of immersive experiences" i dont want immersion, i want tools that work well and dont cost an arm and a leg

limber basalt Jan 24, 2019, 2:20 AM

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What is nice about substance is they give students a free copy if you can provide a valid ID

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I suspect adobe won’t be continuing that practice

crude skiff Jan 24, 2019, 2:22 AM

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is there something that could cause a paa file to not work in game?

limber basalt Jan 24, 2019, 2:29 AM

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Bad texture path is probably the most likely

crude skiff Jan 24, 2019, 2:33 AM

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that was my first thought, but im 99% sure its correct

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thinking maybe something up with texview2? i remember some issue in arma 2 while back

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an example of my paths, "clothing\data\bags\omni_moutain_black_hs_full.paa"

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pbo is clothing, inside is data/bags/the paa files

severe rune Jan 24, 2019, 7:38 AM

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if the path is not correct then RPT would/should tell you

full quarry Jan 24, 2019, 7:41 AM

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Wrong dimensions, bad conversion, no suffix

jaunty depot Jan 24, 2019, 3:12 PM

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Hello, I am trying to retexture another mods asset for my units mod. I got permission from the other mod maker but I have no idea how to path to the other mod if it’s possible. I know how to in my own mod files but have no idea how for another mod. Is that even possible?

frigid escarp Jan 24, 2019, 3:14 PM

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@jaunty depot https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA_3_Replacement_Config_Tutorial

hardy atlas Jan 24, 2019, 5:50 PM

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The only plus side I can see to Substance being acquired by Adobe is potentially some fancy Photoshop integration allowing for better placement and manipulation of text / photo textures

silver gull Jan 24, 2019, 6:15 PM

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why would it need that? I like substance because i no longer need photoshop because of it 😄

rough cradle Jan 25, 2019, 6:39 AM

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What is the best way to compress texture files while maintaining decent quality? Looking to implement some re-textured uniforms into a vanilla server through the mission file, and need to get the file size down.

full quarry Jan 25, 2019, 6:43 AM

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Not really possible to reduce the file sizes other than lowering the resolution.

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Each suffix type has its set compression methods from source file to PAA

rough cradle Jan 25, 2019, 6:48 AM

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Had a suspicion that was gonna be the answer just had to make sure I wasn't missing out on some trick. Follow up question tho, I seem to remember reading something about re-texturing vanilla objects breaking with the EULA, is that a thing?

frozen blade Jan 25, 2019, 6:51 AM

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vanilla no

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3rd party (user made content) possibly

rough cradle Jan 25, 2019, 6:54 AM

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Ah thats good, thx for the quick answers 😀

mellow star Jan 25, 2019, 7:44 AM

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@rough cradle Back in the A2 day I'm sure I used a command line utility that would create PAAs which are significantly more compressed than what TV2 will spit out by default. Can't find any trace on my hard drive but I'd ask @frigid escarp as I'm pretty sure he remains familiar with it. Perhaps more usefully, I recently ran across a mod that assigned (in config.cpp, but then it would probably also work via script) JPEGs to hidden selections - didn't actually test it but have no reason to assume it didn't work for that modder.

mellow star Jan 25, 2019, 8:14 AM

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kju has just reminded me that it's .\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3 Tools\TexView2\pal2pace - no switches required but IIRC the output is more compressed by default

severe rune Jan 25, 2019, 8:41 AM

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you can just edit TexConvert.cfg and define your own suffix with the compression that you want

rough cradle Jan 25, 2019, 3:47 PM

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Thx for the additional input lads, will give them a go and find out what works best

cinder perch Jan 28, 2019, 12:49 AM

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Would anyone here have access to a workable version of the Prowler texture templates? The version supplied in the ArmA 3 Samples pack isn't retexture-friendly (in my opinion at least), as the colour and detail layers seem to have merged into one.

waxen cargo Jan 28, 2019, 4:51 PM

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Hi guys 😀 I've just finish modelling and texturizing an object.
While creating the RVMATs and testing it I saw that they look fine when they are illuminated but they look completely black at shadow.
Does anyone know why this happens? Probably some RVMAT parameter that I don't know.

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https://gyazo.com/9d4bc605e1098bdbb5a821868eea8c19

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https://gyazo.com/f850df22e21ca25c5da6162f1dc25007

nocturne lake Jan 28, 2019, 4:53 PM

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_as is too dark

waxen cargo Jan 28, 2019, 4:53 PM

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https://pastebin.com/yC31kNp3

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That´s the RVMAT

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@nocturne lake Just that? So I light it up or something?

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Yes it was that, thank you very much 👏

severe frost Jan 28, 2019, 7:51 PM

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Hello people, I am having issues with saving a .paa as DXT1. I was only ever able to get it working in res size in powers of 2 - but for my purpose I need a different ratio (in my example 512x335). Can anyone point me towards a solution?

full quarry Jan 28, 2019, 7:57 PM

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you cant have different ratio

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at best 512x1024 and so on

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but not odd ratios between

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so if you need some exact pixel size you need to leave part of the texture empty

severe frost Jan 28, 2019, 8:01 PM

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I read that much about it, but I managed to find paa files in dxt1 from a while ago that a friend made and they are follow the specifications that I would like to have

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https://i.gyazo.com/93993b4bcba169d3801c60e06ac9a9e0.png

full quarry Jan 28, 2019, 8:02 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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the sizes are in power of 2

severe frost Jan 28, 2019, 8:02 PM

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yikes, I was under the impression that only means 512x512

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my bad, thank you 😅

full quarry Jan 28, 2019, 8:03 PM

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also it is usually bad to convert without proper suffixes.

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why does it need to be dxt1?

severe frost Jan 28, 2019, 8:04 PM

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I was making images for the ace slideshow module for a mission, in any other mode I tried the red channel was black on the images

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or turned out very blue ingame in other words

full quarry Jan 28, 2019, 8:05 PM

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feels like you may have been doing something else wrong there

severe frost Jan 28, 2019, 8:06 PM

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it must only be that i used 335 height instead of 256

full quarry Jan 28, 2019, 8:06 PM

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yeah that would mess up stuff

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I recommend you try correct dimensions with _CO suffix

severe frost Jan 28, 2019, 8:07 PM

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will do, thanks again

lofty quartz Jan 29, 2019, 5:03 AM

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Is there a place where I can find a texture map for the VR blocks in editor? I want to use them as custom walls but the textures I put on them never fit the block itself

daring iron Jan 29, 2019, 7:10 PM

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who would be the best person to go to for a mod to be created with modern federal LEOs including homeland security, fbi, dea, and atf, uniforms and cars with lights and sirens? what should i expect to pay for it?

full quarry Jan 29, 2019, 7:15 PM

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you ask for real price?

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I mean thats a lot of work

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probably closer to 10k€

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minimum

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in general mods are made by people who are intersted in the topic and thus do it for fun (and free)

frozen blade Jan 29, 2019, 7:20 PM

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place a 2500EU average per asset, then do the total sum

daring iron Jan 29, 2019, 7:22 PM

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im clearly in the wrong business haha thats a butt load of money

full quarry Jan 29, 2019, 7:44 PM

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I dont really think mods as business

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if it becomes business/commercial its not a mod, its a DLC

silver gull Jan 29, 2019, 8:26 PM

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"butt load of money"... erm its a butt load of work to create. "Make me half a game in assets" costs its price...

daring iron Jan 30, 2019, 12:21 AM

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actually its really just textures the cars with lights and sirens are open source its just uniforms and vehicle textures but i should have explained that

silver gull Jan 30, 2019, 7:28 AM

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99% of the time someone on this channel claims open source it is in fact not ...

proper pivot Jan 30, 2019, 11:17 AM

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2500EU per asset requires some as efficient at asset creation as the vets here like Pufu. If I tried to make a living at those rates, I’d have a very low hourly pay! My projects often have well over 100 hours of research before I even craft my first pixel. Which is why mod making is definitely a hobby for me...

frozen blade Jan 30, 2019, 11:42 AM

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i am not saying everyone should be using the same rates, i am saying that the real prices for game art creation is pretty steep for the aversge user

placid thicket Jan 30, 2019, 3:15 PM

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Anyone know why an rvmat would fail to apply to a helmet 50% of the time on loading?

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https://vgy.me/zqmc9l.png

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this helmet does have an rvmat that works

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https://vgy.me/c7gLAW.png

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or at least the non-net version does

severe rune Jan 30, 2019, 3:24 PM

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hiddenSelectionMaterials?

placid thicket Jan 30, 2019, 3:32 PM

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it has hiddenSelectionMaterials, it's what I'm using to change the rvmat texture

severe rune Jan 30, 2019, 3:32 PM

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yeah. That's flaky

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Not really reliable if you load a rvmat that wasn't on the model previously

placid thicket Jan 30, 2019, 3:32 PM

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but the model.cfg inherits from the default helmet config

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I guess using a separate model with preset textures would work

severe rune Jan 30, 2019, 3:33 PM

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Don't know if there is a better trick that doesn't need a seperate model. I guess you could just have all materials on atleast one face on the model

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then the hiddenSelectionMaterials should work fine

placid thicket Jan 30, 2019, 3:38 PM

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mhm

nocturne lake Jan 30, 2019, 3:48 PM

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stick it in an edit LOD

severe rune Jan 30, 2019, 3:50 PM

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but they should be gone after binarize. And materials are saved per-lod.

nocturne lake Jan 30, 2019, 3:52 PM

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we did it on a vehicle where the un-applied .rvmats were not being packed in the .pbo

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but that was using VhC to change the mats

severe rune Jan 30, 2019, 3:53 PM

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rvmat's don't need to be backed into pbo usually. They are binarized directly into the p3d if possible.
Sounds more like a pboProject/Addon Builder bug

robust dune Jan 30, 2019, 6:27 PM

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Any ideas why my texture mod would work one day then magically not the next? Randomly working and not for each person trying

full quarry Jan 30, 2019, 6:28 PM

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some other mod could be breaking it

robust dune Jan 30, 2019, 6:28 PM

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But its only the .paa files failing to load

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Same modsets and no changes in those

full quarry Jan 30, 2019, 6:29 PM

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required addon dependency chain could be incorrect

robust dune Jan 30, 2019, 6:29 PM

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Okay

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That would affect why its only the .paa files that dont work properly?

full quarry Jan 30, 2019, 6:31 PM

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possibly if 2 or more addons try to replace same stuff

daring iron Jan 30, 2019, 6:33 PM

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I guess I’ll try to make them myself then, and the workshop maker and all of the mods that used the cars and sirens all said it’s open to use and I did not find them anywhere else so I’m going to go with it’s probably open source as claimed.(crown Victoria, Dodge Charger, Ford Explorer, Chevy Tahoe police models) if anyone knows otherwise that would be great information but I probably am just going to try to decently do them for my own use....after months of research and trial and error lol

full quarry Jan 30, 2019, 6:33 PM

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yeah well I would not trust those "open source" models

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quality models are rarely free

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and even if someone bought them I doubt they can be released as free

slow schooner Jan 31, 2019, 6:58 AM

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Hey all, I made some substances mimicking the Independant and Csat forces camo patterns, link here: https://gumroad.com/l/hAEhK Only really useful for Substance Painter users.

Don't worry, they're free, just enter 0.

Gumroad

Arma 3 Procedural Camo Substances

Here you will find two substances for Substance Painter, designed with Arma 3 in mind for the Independent and CSAT factions. Free for all, redistribute freely.

bold kayak Jan 31, 2019, 4:55 PM

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I just wanted to say hi to all the fellow texture designers out there! Respect.

robust dune Feb 1, 2019, 9:11 PM

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Would anyone happen to know why i keep getting "Cannot load texture" when the same texture being loaded the same way on multiple computers is now not working on any of those computers without any changes?

pale bough Feb 1, 2019, 10:39 PM

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Would anyone happen to know how I can get a paa in ARGB8888?

severe rune Feb 1, 2019, 10:43 PM

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why do you need that

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you can modify texConvert.cfg to create your own suffix

pale bough Feb 1, 2019, 10:47 PM

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tried that, didn't work

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it made it ARGB4444 instead

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and I need it because I have some small stuff that needs a good bit of detail

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I'm not gonna make 2048^2 textures in ARGB8888 😛

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I'm not stupid

robust dune Feb 3, 2019, 1:07 PM

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would anyone be willing to talk to me in DMs for a couple minutes as i try to diagnose the issue with my texture mod?

frozen blade Feb 3, 2019, 1:11 PM

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there is no need for DMs

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this is the reason this discord server and more specifically this channel exists

robust dune Feb 3, 2019, 1:12 PM

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fair enough

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screenshot dump then

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wait nvm

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i cant send images nor screenshare here

frigid escarp Feb 3, 2019, 1:41 PM

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upload to imgur/etc and post the links

rough cradle Feb 3, 2019, 2:15 PM

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This might be more of a scripting issue, but I'm trying to get a custom patch into my mpmission in the editor. And I can't for the life of me figure out how? All I need is to get the patch in-game so I can check the quality and make adjustments, anyone know how to do this in a simple manner?

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Got this in my description.ext

{
    class Test
    {
        displayName = "Test"; // Name displayed in Arsenal
        author = "Ateir"; // Author displayed in Arsenal
        texture = "textures\Coyotes_ca.paa"; // Image path
        textureVehicle = ""; // Does nothing currently, reserved for future use
    };
};```

hardy atlas Feb 3, 2019, 5:38 PM

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Green in the AS layer is fine if the area will be transparent correct?

frozen blade Feb 3, 2019, 6:07 PM

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?

hardy atlas Feb 3, 2019, 6:09 PM

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I have a model that has alpha. The AS is exporting from substance with green in the areas that are transparent

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I assume that is okay?

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From what I understand it just means there is no ambient lighting in that area?

frozen blade Feb 3, 2019, 6:13 PM

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a. keep alpha textures separate from the rest of the textures

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b. AS is basically AO - it just behaves differently

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c. no idea what your substance exporter is

hardy atlas Feb 3, 2019, 6:16 PM

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Assuming my transparency is defined in the CA. Is it an issue that my AO exports from substance painter like this? Where the green circles are where the transparent areas are green

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https://imgur.com/a/EtyM13X

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for reference this is the ca

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https://imgur.com/a/HjM19x7

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my export settings are

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https://imgur.com/a/AdNVqE8

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never had an issue with them before, Just the first time I have been making use of opacity

nocturne lake Feb 3, 2019, 6:22 PM

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that means there's a black circle there in the R and B channels right?

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that'll disappear when it converts to .paa

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.paa will only use the G channel

hardy atlas Feb 3, 2019, 6:23 PM

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yeah the CA should be fine, Just wondering if the AS will be fine

nocturne lake Feb 3, 2019, 6:23 PM

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you can keep your _as.tga as black and white

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if it's green there, it suggests it's black in red and blue channels and white in green. If it's white in green it wont have any AO shading regardless of whether the _co has an alpha there or not

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so it'll be a non issue

hardy atlas Feb 3, 2019, 6:25 PM

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Okay great thanks

slim elbow Feb 3, 2019, 9:26 PM

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Random question, but can you apply a normal map to a patch (left shoulder, not Arma 3 units) to give the patch a more 3d feel?

nocturne lake Feb 3, 2019, 9:35 PM

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can try if material = is valid in the same way texture = is

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make a .rvmat

slim elbow Feb 3, 2019, 9:40 PM

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I'll give it a try thanks for the quick response

coarse scaffold Feb 4, 2019, 6:16 PM

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Hi I got an issue. I export textures from SP and convert them to ARMA. It looks like it doesnt even use gloss channel, here is comparison :
https://imgur.com/Hgp8hyh
https://imgur.com/a/5EzMNaX

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Is there something I am maybe missing in rvmat?

severe rune Feb 4, 2019, 6:16 PM

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correct suffix? Fresnel in rvmat?

coarse scaffold Feb 4, 2019, 6:17 PM

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https://pastebin.com/zkTjsumJ
I am not sure about fresnel part

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suffix is _smdi

severe rune Feb 4, 2019, 6:17 PM

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your dir's are incorrect. Last number needs to be 1 too.
But seems like Arma doesn't care

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Super_shader#6._Fresnel_function
I guess yours looks fine, don't know how fresnel stuff works.

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 6:19 PM

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what channels do you have used in the smdi texture?

coarse scaffold Feb 4, 2019, 6:19 PM

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Me too unfortunately

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Green is Spec, Blue is Gloss, Red is white

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 6:20 PM

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my advice is to copy a rvmat of an object thats close to what you have

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and fill in your textures

coarse scaffold Feb 4, 2019, 6:20 PM

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will try now

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 6:20 PM

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where did you get the current one?

coarse scaffold Feb 4, 2019, 6:21 PM

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I honestly dont remember, I think I based it on some other jet, F35 or something like that

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But just to be clear, if everything is correctly set, the Gloss part should be variable right? Like in some areas it is shiny and in some it isnt?

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 6:22 PM

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yes

coarse scaffold Feb 4, 2019, 6:23 PM

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I wish ARMA supported normal PBR

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 6:23 PM

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too old for it

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better to just not even think about such

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also F35 is a mod plane yes?

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tat rvmat has a bit odd feeling values here and there

coarse scaffold Feb 4, 2019, 6:26 PM

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Yeah, it is pretty old jet, it was called FC37 I think

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 6:26 PM

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I recommend never to trust such sources as examples.

coarse scaffold Feb 4, 2019, 6:33 PM

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So I tried now with rvmat from F181 and everything looks the same :/

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When I extract channels from smdi and put it back to SP it looks fine

mellow zinc Feb 4, 2019, 9:06 PM

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When creating stadiometric optic textures, is there any specific guidelines to keep our scale right upon going ingame?

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 9:09 PM

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anything special about stadiomeric optic textgure?

mellow zinc Feb 4, 2019, 9:09 PM

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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H8KDKpNcbYo/TRoHwNhBXAI/AAAAAAAABck/NkeRw90aYR8/s1600/image010.gif

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http://www.pkfirearms.com/sites/pkf.sdsaccess.net/files/reticle-123-large.png

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so all the mildots and and stuff. Everytime ive make one for ArmA its been....horrible off

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 9:10 PM

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you could compare to the vanilla textures

mellow zinc Feb 4, 2019, 9:11 PM

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suppose that is true

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 9:13 PM

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it also probably depends what optic model you use

mellow zinc Feb 4, 2019, 9:14 PM

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Yeah probably

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Though BI kept their optics very basic lol

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 9:19 PM

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there is a reason for that

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Arma does not have super advanced ballistics for example

mellow zinc Feb 4, 2019, 9:21 PM

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That is true

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Goal im currently attempting is to recreate something like this but as a sniper

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https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ypDKLUJQ5cc/maxresdefault.jpg

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so the Distance, Compass, Bearing. Is that handled through a texture/p3d or more of a config?

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 9:26 PM

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config aadn maybe p3d. not sure if the p3d contained memorypoints for certain dynamic elements

mellow zinc Feb 4, 2019, 9:26 PM

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Alright ill start looking there.

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 9:28 PM

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check out rangefinders config for example

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or class RscOpticsRangeFinderVorona

mellow zinc Feb 4, 2019, 9:37 PM

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Ill poke at that when im home

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Rangefinder is pretty close to what im looking for, just different reticule and UI

full quarry Feb 4, 2019, 9:42 PM

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the rcs class is what defines all the dynamic stuff

mellow zinc Feb 4, 2019, 9:48 PM

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Danke ill see how its made

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😃

median anvil Feb 5, 2019, 4:46 PM

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hey guys. I don't know where to ask but what size should a camo picture be to use in texturing uniforms? i usually find small pictures don't really work because the pattern repeats too often.

full quarry Feb 5, 2019, 4:48 PM

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Depends completely on how the particular piece of uniform is unwrapped on the texture, usually patterns in similar size as what the vanilla uniforms have work best

median anvil Feb 5, 2019, 4:49 PM

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Vanilla is 2k right?

full quarry Feb 5, 2019, 4:50 PM

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yes but the pattern size is not tied to the image resolution

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📎 unknown.png

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the image resolution matters not if your pattern does not repeat enough

median anvil Feb 5, 2019, 4:52 PM

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ok, im a noob at this

nocturne lake Feb 5, 2019, 4:52 PM

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it depends on something called "texel density"

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pixels per meter on the 3d model

median anvil Feb 5, 2019, 4:54 PM

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The image i have right now is this one - https://i.imgur.com/i0k5el8.jpg

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to make it fit i have to copy it to make it bigger

full quarry Feb 5, 2019, 4:55 PM

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you likely need to make it tiling

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right now it wont repeat

median anvil Feb 5, 2019, 4:56 PM

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yeah, but i didn't make the camo on my own, this was a picture of uniform that is in production

nocturne lake Feb 5, 2019, 4:56 PM

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I think your best bet would be to trace over it with path vectors in photoshop and try to make a tiling version that you can scale as big or as small as you want

full quarry Feb 5, 2019, 4:56 PM

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like how it is now it wont work for retexture purpose

median anvil Feb 5, 2019, 4:58 PM

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That camo is the new Portuguese camo they are testing, they sometimes post facebook pictures with the camo as background but has a lot of stuff over it, i was asking what size is best because im going to try and ask for a picture from them

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I will try to trace as you said monkey

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thx for the help guys

mortal path Feb 6, 2019, 7:37 AM

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hi everybody , the normal map are in OpenGL or in DirectX ?

severe rune Feb 6, 2019, 7:42 AM

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dx

mortal path Feb 6, 2019, 7:43 AM

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thx

edgy veldt Feb 6, 2019, 10:50 AM

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is it normal for substance painter to generate weird artifacts on mesh that is copypasted around? ambient occlusion has some really weird stuff going on and it seems to affect only the components that are copypasted around the model and mapped to the same UV islands

full quarry Feb 6, 2019, 12:06 PM

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If they share same uv but the locations are different the occlusion might be too

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So yes

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If it tries to generate multiple different occlusion on same texture space

edgy veldt Feb 6, 2019, 12:23 PM

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i see

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yea that's most likely the case 🤔

frigid escarp Feb 8, 2019, 9:06 AM

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useWorldEnvMap=true; in rvmat - anyone knows more about it?

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and what are envMaps are used for besides optics?

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finally does class EnvMaps in world config relate to it too, or something different altogether?

severe rune Feb 8, 2019, 9:12 AM

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It's a entry in the texture. If you set it then it won't use the texture defined in texture but instead the env map from the world config as the texture.
Usually you define the env map stage as a texture path, but if you do that it's the same on every terrain.
If you set it to use world env map it will be different on different terrains.
It should also work in other texture stages but doesn't really make sense as a normal map or detail texture or whatnot 😄
Is there a shader type where you define the diffuse in rvmat? Multimat maybe? That way you could have the env tex as a diffuse... If you wanted to..

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and what are envMaps are used for besides optics? Well SuperShader takes a env map doesn't it?

frigid escarp Feb 8, 2019, 9:38 AM

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useWorldEnvMap=true; seems to be used actually by most rvmat besides layers in A3 data

full quarry Feb 8, 2019, 9:38 AM

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stage 0 should work for diffuse texture

frigid escarp Feb 8, 2019, 9:39 AM

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however only VR worlds sets a custom one: envTexture = "A3\Map_VR\data\env_land_ClearSky_ca.paa";

severe rune Feb 8, 2019, 9:45 AM

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stage 0 should work for diffuse texture
~~Stage 0 is stored seperately in the binarized p3d as a plain string path to it, it doesn't have a special transform nor does it have the useWorldEnvMapFlag.~~
The texture path atleast.. Investigating.. I think there's a bug in armake 😄

severe rune Feb 8, 2019, 10:01 AM

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not enough time to look into that further, not sure if it does. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Atleast armake doesn't let you.
Stage0 texture path is stored seperately. The Stage0 in the material is ALSO stored though, default's to empty texture path and stuff.

full quarry Feb 8, 2019, 10:13 AM

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Im fairly certain that stage0 has worked but could be my imagination

left sapphire Feb 10, 2019, 6:35 PM

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Why are no camo patterns textured the same, every mod has it different

full quarry Feb 10, 2019, 6:44 PM

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what do you mean different?

silver gull Feb 10, 2019, 6:52 PM

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propably color tint, pattern size etc...

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so it wont match if you add 2 things of same camo. 1st world problems

full quarry Feb 10, 2019, 6:53 PM

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yeah no point discussing it here

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its on general_chat too

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ist not really question related to making stuff

robust trout Feb 10, 2019, 7:33 PM

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Anyone know why the specular portions of my rvmat are glowing blue rather than shining? I've played with a bunch of different settings in the .rvmat and assume it's something wrong with the texture or fresnel.

full quarry Feb 10, 2019, 7:35 PM

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drop your rvmat to pastebin.com and post link to it

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and also picture to the problematic blue glow

robust trout Feb 10, 2019, 7:37 PM

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https://pastebin.com/5ig4HZrt
https://imgur.com/a/dCQ7CN2

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Top picture is what it looked like earlier before I tweaked it to the bottom result

severe rune Feb 10, 2019, 7:39 PM

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Line 9. You put specularity over your whole material. You probably don't wanna do that

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if that doesn't fix it then look at your fresnel values

robust trout Feb 10, 2019, 7:40 PM

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What should it look like?

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0,0,0?

severe rune Feb 10, 2019, 7:40 PM

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just 0

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yeah

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4 0's. RGBA

full quarry Feb 10, 2019, 7:40 PM

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missing as map will also not be good thing for proper material testing

robust trout Feb 10, 2019, 7:40 PM

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I have one, I just removed it for testing

full quarry Feb 10, 2019, 7:40 PM

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what did you make the normalmap with

robust trout Feb 10, 2019, 7:41 PM

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X+ Y- Z+

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Krita's height to norm tool

full quarry Feb 10, 2019, 7:41 PM

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aright that should be ok

robust trout Feb 10, 2019, 7:41 PM

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I'll try the spec

full quarry Feb 10, 2019, 7:42 PM

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I think you might need to invert your smdi

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it looks to me that the shine is in the concave bits not on the edges

robust trout Feb 10, 2019, 7:44 PM

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That may or may not be intentional atm

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I think I did that to see what it would do

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Setting the spec to 0 seemed to cause the normal map to disappear so I assume that just completely removed any specularity

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I'm gonna bump it up slowly

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at 0.5 the normal map shows back up

full quarry Feb 10, 2019, 7:53 PM

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compare to vanilla weapons rvmats too

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and also make sure your diffuse is not too blue tinted

robust trout Feb 11, 2019, 2:17 AM

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Fooling with it again, I exported a texture from 3dcoat with no issue and then opened Krita to adjust the diffuse texture's levels and the blue tint came back. I think I might have saved the image in the wrong color space on re-export

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Saving it as a _CA removed the tint

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And modifying specularpower brought it back

frozen blade Feb 11, 2019, 3:01 AM

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@robust trout blue tint is usually a sign of non 2^n textures

robust trout Feb 11, 2019, 3:03 AM

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They're all 2048x2048

frozen blade Feb 11, 2019, 3:06 AM

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how do you convert your files from png/tga to paa?

robust trout Feb 11, 2019, 3:06 AM

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Texviewer

frozen blade Feb 11, 2019, 3:06 AM

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do you have the file named with the correct suffix before converting?

robust trout Feb 11, 2019, 3:07 AM

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_co, _nohq, _as, _smdi

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I'm assuming I've buggered something in the .rvmat

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Are the suffixes case sensitive?

wet sonnet Feb 11, 2019, 5:46 AM

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Shouldn't be

nocturne lake Feb 11, 2019, 11:46 AM

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if it was .png, was it 8 bit or 16 bit?

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best to use imageToPaa really, because that will actually refuse to convert to .paa if you don't have the source image correctly formatted

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texView will oblige to spitting out crap when you feed it manure

robust trout Feb 11, 2019, 4:25 PM

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They're all 8bit, I just ran them through imageToPaa

ripe sparrow Feb 12, 2019, 4:52 PM

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Hi , I Google about Apex ghex carmo texture on Green but found not the right , maybe can help me . I need for Paint Skript

coarse scaffold Feb 14, 2019, 12:25 AM

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I am having issue with glass. I used same material and texture for glass as in Black Wasp but the result is that everything inside cockpit is black

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https://imgur.com/laZVaHx

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https://imgur.com/YgsTAMz

limber basalt Feb 14, 2019, 12:31 AM

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It looks like you need to change how your alphas are sorted

coarse scaffold Feb 14, 2019, 12:32 AM

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What do you mean? I am not sure

limber basalt Feb 14, 2019, 12:32 AM

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Im assuming this is your own custom model, right?

coarse scaffold Feb 14, 2019, 12:32 AM

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Yep

limber basalt Feb 14, 2019, 12:33 AM

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if you go into object builder and select the glass you can go to faces and select sort alphas

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it will sort out some of the alpha issues (assuming that is the issue)

coarse scaffold Feb 14, 2019, 12:34 AM

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Testing it now

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Unfortunately it didnt help

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Any special thing needs to be done to mesh?

frozen blade Feb 14, 2019, 12:58 AM

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@coarse scaffold move to top

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the alpha part

coarse scaffold Feb 14, 2019, 1:03 AM

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@frozen blade
What do you mean by moving to top?

frozen blade Feb 14, 2019, 1:18 AM

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faces > move top

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sorting alpha doesn't always work btw

coarse scaffold Feb 14, 2019, 1:24 AM

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trying now

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Big thanks it worked 😃

blissful condor Feb 15, 2019, 10:47 PM

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Does the Arma 3 tools come with a program to convert text files to .RVMAT?

silver gull Feb 15, 2019, 10:52 PM

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you need a special addon for windows for this

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its called windows explorer

blissful condor Feb 15, 2019, 11:08 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/dodgeball-ben-stiller-youre-funny-joke-gif-5487857

white cargo Feb 15, 2019, 11:13 PM

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you just rename the file extension from .txt to .rvmat

blissful condor Feb 15, 2019, 11:15 PM

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Okay, when I saved it from Code Writer, I saved it as ACV_body.rvmat, and it shows up like that but when I look at the file's properties, it says that the file type is ".txt". That threw me off.

white cargo Feb 15, 2019, 11:17 PM

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have you disabled the "hide extensions" thing in windows? otherwise you're just renaming just the filename

blissful condor Feb 15, 2019, 11:19 PM

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let me try that, I wasn't aware of that

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That did the trick, thank you!

white cargo Feb 15, 2019, 11:22 PM

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common mistake

silver gull Feb 17, 2019, 12:06 PM

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microsoft should be sued for making hide extensions the default... propably millions wouldnt have been scammed if invoice.jpg would actually display invoice.jpg.exe ...

buoyant beacon Feb 17, 2019, 12:12 PM

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^^

dry otter Feb 17, 2019, 3:07 PM

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Just dropping this here in case it helps someone

https://youtu.be/nKnoGrbPzlY

frigid escarp Feb 17, 2019, 3:22 PM

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https://youtu.be/nKnoGrbPzlY

YouTube

BattleGroup 21

Create a parallax surface texture in ArmA 3 (nopx file)

CfgSurfaces wiki : https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_CfgSurfaces_Config_Reference Substance source : https://source.allegorithmic.com

▶ Play video

dense peak Feb 19, 2019, 6:59 PM

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anyone using the arma3apex shader for substance? I'm having real weird results with the smdi, no matter what I adjust my objects are always overly specular on the whole object and not only on my metal scratch details.

severe rune Feb 19, 2019, 6:59 PM

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Deja'vu? We recently had someone with exact same issue

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it's probably your rvmat

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Check specular value and fresnel in your rvmat

dense peak Feb 19, 2019, 8:44 PM

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Yeah, I've literally copied the spec and fresnel values of items ingame that I wan't to replicate

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It's as if the smdi doesn't affect the value at lal

vestal sundial Feb 19, 2019, 8:59 PM

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I had issues with the Apex shader and newer versions of substance(2018.2.2 and up i think).. Has there been a recent update to it?

dense peak Feb 19, 2019, 9:11 PM

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Im using it with 2018.3 but I just recently started using the shader since I couldnt get my results as I wanted with the default specgloss

ancient smelt Feb 19, 2019, 9:32 PM

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@cinder granite Can you post an imgur of your channel setup in SP?

severe rune Feb 20, 2019, 7:47 AM

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Also just look at the texture you get out at the end, whether it looks correct-ish

amber belfry Feb 20, 2019, 1:30 PM

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Where are the 2d scope reticle textures stored? In a p3d or a separate paa? I can't find any vanilla reticles.

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 1:31 PM

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textures are always .paa

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but they are projected on a flat object

amber belfry Feb 20, 2019, 1:32 PM

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Yep, I understand that, but what about the scope reticles?

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They aren't projected anywhere, they appear on the screen directly

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 1:33 PM

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no they are still projected on a plane thats shown on your screen

amber belfry Feb 20, 2019, 1:33 PM

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Oh

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Do you happen to know where I can find them

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Which pbo

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 1:33 PM

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probably in the weapons

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or the data_f

amber belfry Feb 20, 2019, 1:34 PM

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Right, I'll have a look

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 1:35 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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@amber belfry

amber belfry Feb 20, 2019, 1:35 PM

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They aren't paas then?

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 1:37 PM

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theyre in the data folder of that particular folder...

amber belfry Feb 20, 2019, 1:37 PM

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Aaa, thanks

mellow star Feb 20, 2019, 2:19 PM

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pretty sure they're selected on the ref in the reticle p3d (in which case you'd need to mod both if you're planning on revising existing reticles)

solid mist Feb 20, 2019, 8:54 PM

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How do you know the size of the texture layer when creating a new mapframe?

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 8:58 PM

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terrain related questions would be best to be kept in the #arma3_terrain, but generally you will want textures with 1m/px ration so if your terrain is 20480m x 20480m your textures for it would be 20480px x 20480px

solid mist Feb 20, 2019, 8:58 PM

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hang on ill ask you the next question in that chat

coarse scaffold Feb 20, 2019, 9:36 PM

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How could I use refraction texture?

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 9:38 PM

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there is no refraction texture, there is refraction material however

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where do you want to use it

coarse scaffold Feb 20, 2019, 9:38 PM

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On the window I would like to add rain water droplets

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 9:39 PM

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mm I dont think there is any good way to do such in Arma

coarse scaffold Feb 20, 2019, 9:41 PM

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:/ I thought that If I repeat the reflect_ca texture(found in Particle textures) with applied correct rvmat few times I could achieve water droplets with refraction on surface

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 9:42 PM

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well you can try but I dont think you can make that kind of pretty stuff in Armas engine

coarse scaffold Feb 20, 2019, 9:43 PM

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I tried but after applying rvmat, texture just wen transparent . ```
ambient[] = {1,1,1,1};
diffuse[] = {1,1,1,1};
forcedDiffuse[] = {0,0,0,0};
emmisive[] = {0,0,0,1};
specular[] = {1,1,1,1};
specularPower = 1000;
PixelShaderID = "Refract";
VertexShaderID = "Super";

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 9:44 PM

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did you have any texture on it?

coarse scaffold Feb 20, 2019, 9:45 PM

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Yes, it was _ca aswell

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That is rain texture I used:

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 9:45 PM

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do you have normalmap for it?

coarse scaffold Feb 20, 2019, 9:45 PM

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https://imgur.com/g7Bo4QJ

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You mean for glass or for water droplets?

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 9:47 PM

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whichever turned invisible

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also I think All A3 glass use supershader

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the refraction stuff is possibly broken

coarse scaffold Feb 20, 2019, 9:49 PM

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Just wanted to give it a try, not that it is super important. Would have been neat effect

full quarry Feb 20, 2019, 9:49 PM

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it would for sure

odd crane Feb 21, 2019, 1:54 AM

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Any ideas how I can making something glow in the dark, but not glow during the day...since glowy stuff does work during the day...cause it's light????

full quarry Feb 21, 2019, 7:23 AM

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Animate parts to hide/unhide with clockHour24

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Or try the windowlight shader from take on helicopters

coarse scaffold Feb 22, 2019, 1:54 PM

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Can I dynamically adjust texture transparency?

wet sonnet Feb 22, 2019, 2:09 PM

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Not really, maybe if you'd use procedural texture and with script change it

coarse scaffold Feb 22, 2019, 2:10 PM

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Yeah I know about those. There is no way to combine procedural with regular one?

full quarry Feb 22, 2019, 11:16 PM

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nope

cunning flare Feb 23, 2019, 1:08 AM

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Having some issues with applying a new normal map to a texture i made.
(You might notice part of the texture is from VSM, this was used with permission)

I modified the AAF uniform's nohq in gimp, using the normal map plugin.
I believe i set up the config and rvmat to work correctly but it throws an error regarding the RVMAT:
"Cannot load texture \foxcoat\data\vkn_foxcoat_nohq.paa"
I've been scratching my head regarding this for hours now, so I hope I can get some help in pinpointing what exactly is wrong.
Could it be a fault in the actual texture? Or is it something in the config?
Anyways, here are some of the files im working with. This is the first time I'm experimenting with the RVMAT, so any glaring mistakes might get past me for the time being :)
Rvmat:
https://pastebin.com/vWRBMPA6
Config:
https://pastebin.com/Hqe3e1XJ
Textures:
https://imgur.com/a/AtcOhLC

full quarry Feb 23, 2019, 1:11 AM

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first of all you are doing the retexture in wrong config class

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cfgWeapons class is the item you see on ground

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not the uniform/character

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you have to rexture the cfgVehicles class

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next thing would be how is your development environment set up (P: drive, tools) and what do you pack it with?

cunning flare Feb 23, 2019, 1:19 AM

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I see. I started off with using vehicles, but when I did that it did not even show up in the arsenal, somehow changing it to weapons seemed to work, but apparently not. Not using a P: drive out of necessity, since my laptop does not have enough space to mount it (I know, I'm on vacation alright... SadCat )
Im using the BinPBO personal edition to mount it, and I'm not binarizing it. The source and destination directories are correct, so that does not seem to be the issue.

full quarry Feb 23, 2019, 1:20 AM

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🙈

cunning flare Feb 23, 2019, 1:25 AM

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When I change it to cfgVehicles it throws "No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgVehicles/U_I_CombatUniform.scope'.

full quarry Feb 23, 2019, 1:26 AM

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you may need to add correct config entries to the class..

cunning flare Feb 23, 2019, 1:29 AM

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That... might actually be the issue

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Hang on let me double check that

full quarry Feb 23, 2019, 1:31 AM

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so what does your config look like?

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Because I have an incling that U_I_CombatUniform may not be a cfgVehicles class

cunning flare Feb 23, 2019, 1:34 AM

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Correct, it is in cfgWeapons

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Im trying to find the correct class in the vehicles now

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I dont really know where to start looking though so im just scrolling through the config viewer right now

full quarry Feb 23, 2019, 1:36 AM

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the classname of the unit you want to retexture

cunning flare Feb 23, 2019, 1:41 AM

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uniformClass = "U_I_CombatUniform";

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Am I looking at the right place?

full quarry Feb 23, 2019, 1:42 AM

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I think not

cunning flare Feb 23, 2019, 1:44 AM

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configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "I_engineer_F" >> "uniformClass"

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Is the path if that helps

full quarry Feb 23, 2019, 1:44 AM

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then it might be the I_engineer_F that you want to edit

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or use make a new class from

cunning flare Feb 23, 2019, 1:46 AM

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Let me try that

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No bueno

full quarry Feb 23, 2019, 1:52 AM

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I think your whole process is not correct.

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cant really help when 9/10 of what you do does not follow the normal development process

cunning flare Feb 23, 2019, 1:56 AM

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I figured it was worth a shot. Thank you for the help anyways

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Guess I'll sleep on it 😂

ashen plank Feb 23, 2019, 2:25 AM

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What's the rules on retextures for a mod? If you add in textures that link to another mod's model (that you set as a dependency), without prior consent from the dependency's author, does this infringe on their intellectual property?

full quarry Feb 23, 2019, 2:40 AM

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there are few cases where mod authors have prohibited retextures in their license but I think if such is not declared and your mod does not contain anything made by the other author it should be kosher

solemn peak Feb 23, 2019, 2:12 PM

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Is there a tool for mass PAA -> PNG/JPG/TGA conversion? ImageToPaa rejects paa files

sudden quarry Feb 23, 2019, 3:44 PM

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Does anyone possibly have a texture template (psd preferably) for the Zafir/Negev?

empty lance Feb 24, 2019, 12:39 AM

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@solemn peak im using Photoshop to save files as .paa's...it'll crash if your canvas isn't set to 128x128 pixels

empty lance Feb 24, 2019, 1:49 AM

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but the issue I'm having is that the 'shoulder patch' texture im using seems to be repeating itself along the sides

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even though ive kept the canvas at 128x128 and reduced the size of the image, ARMA appears to be maximizing the actual image size...

frozen blade Feb 24, 2019, 3:15 AM

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@empty lance lol what? why would you save as .paa with PS?

empty lance Feb 24, 2019, 3:16 AM

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because thats what the tutorial said to do...

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is there another file type that is also readable?

frozen blade Feb 24, 2019, 3:26 AM

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what tutorial?

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paa needs to be in 2^n format (128x128 / 128x256 etc)
save it as tga with proper suffix and use imagetoPaa or texview to convert

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the existing .paa plugin for PS is 100% absolete

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even when it was newer it was creating more trouble than it was worth it

delicate viper Feb 24, 2019, 11:23 AM

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hey, I was wondering if anyone knew where I can find the stock arma template textures (as compared to extracting the pbos and finding the right texture one by one)

full quarry Feb 24, 2019, 11:44 AM

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there are some in the Arma3 samples

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there are not one for each model though

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some you have to make yourself

delicate viper Feb 24, 2019, 11:54 AM

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aight thanks

empty lance Feb 25, 2019, 3:35 AM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/496033931993415700/549279261614145571/20190224121030_1.jpg

success ❤

solemn peak Feb 25, 2019, 7:12 PM

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In the name of Kane!

coarse scaffold Feb 27, 2019, 1:02 PM

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Why those two glass parts look different?

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https://imgur.com/NkZay2M

nocturne lake Feb 27, 2019, 1:19 PM

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just the env map I think

coarse scaffold Feb 27, 2019, 1:40 PM

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ok then, thanks

gentle mango Mar 1, 2019, 11:09 PM

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Hi all, followed good advice from Apollo WRT setting up my ARMA 3 export config and making a working smdi texture from substance painter and my current workflow is:

Extract to tga > open with texview and run the SMDI filter > save and open with gimp > adjust the blue/green channel a little darker > save and open with Tex view and then export to .paa

It works ok, but can be a bit difficult to get the balance correct. Is there anyway that I can improve on my method?

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I know things like this will improve with time and experience but if anyone can see a little bit of an easier path then it'd be much appreciated.

fading thorn Mar 2, 2019, 1:40 AM

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Anyone able to help out with getting a texture mod setup? I'm not sure how to find the right configs and edit them.

empty lance Mar 2, 2019, 7:29 AM

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im having issues too, like getting my custom insignias to show up on soldier uniforms by default in config files. im following what the wiki is saying...but im not seeing it when i test the Eden editor map im working on

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i see it in the arsenal listing...and it exports a syntax code when applied to the full loadout...but i could use some guidance

tawdry flare Mar 2, 2019, 12:59 PM

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I have a picture called file_co.jpg sized 300x100px and the Arma tool ImagetoPAA wont converte it. why so ?

full quarry Mar 2, 2019, 1:01 PM

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you resolutions are all wrong

tawdry flare Mar 2, 2019, 1:02 PM

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Why ? If I want it to be 300x100 how would I do it

full quarry Mar 2, 2019, 1:02 PM

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basically you cant

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with .paa you can only use power of 2 resolutions

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512*128

tawdry flare Mar 2, 2019, 1:03 PM

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okay then I'll just stay in jpg then ?

full quarry Mar 2, 2019, 1:03 PM

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would fir that area

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no

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jpg is not Arma texture format

tawdry flare Mar 2, 2019, 1:04 PM

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it's not a texture just a picture

full quarry Mar 2, 2019, 1:04 PM

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it is only suitable for the editor preview picture

tawdry flare Mar 2, 2019, 1:04 PM

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so that's fine

full quarry Mar 2, 2019, 1:04 PM

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suit yourself then

tawdry flare Mar 2, 2019, 1:04 PM

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this picture is for briefing

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thanks for your help

odd crane Mar 3, 2019, 7:49 PM

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uh...anybody know why the sun is shining through my helmet but not the head???

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/329978448938532868/551853713929535521/Arma3_x64_2019-03-03_13-47-08-90.png

full quarry Mar 3, 2019, 7:52 PM

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wrong kind of texture type in use or possibly badly configured rvmat

odd crane Mar 3, 2019, 7:53 PM

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it's a co

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`#define ARMA

//Class clothing1.rvmat{
class StageTI
{
texture = "US_Military_Gear\textures\helmet_pasgt_ti_ca.paa";
};
ambient[]={1,1,1,1};
diffuse[]={1,1,1,1};
forcedDiffuse[]={0,0,0,0};
emmisive[]={0,0,0,1};
specular[]={0.34,0.34,0.34,0.34};
specularPower=51;
PixelShaderID="Super";
VertexShaderID="Super";
class Stage1
{
texture="US_Military_Gear\textures\helmet_pasgt_nohq.paa";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
aside[]={1,0,0};
up[]={0,1,0};
dir[]={0,0,0};
pos[]={0,0,0};
};
};
class Stage2
{
texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,DT)";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
aside[]={1,0,0};
up[]={0,1,0};
dir[]={0,0,0};
pos[]={0,0,0};
};
};
class Stage3
{
texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0,MC)";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
aside[]={1,0,0};
up[]={0,1,0};
dir[]={0,0,0};
pos[]={0,0,0};
};
};
class Stage4
{
texture="US_Military_Gear\textures\helmet_pasgt3_as.paa";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
aside[]={1,0,0};
up[]={0,1,0};
dir[]={0,0,0};
pos[]={0,0,0};
};
};
class Stage5
{
texture="US_Military_Gear\textures\helmet_pasgt_smdi.paa";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
aside[]={1,0,0};
up[]={0,1,0};
dir[]={0,0,0};
pos[]={0,0,0};
};
};
class Stage6
{
texture="#(ai,64,64,1)fresnel(1.32,0.94)";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
aside[]={1,0,0};
up[]={0,1,0};
dir[]={0,0,0};
pos[]={0,0,0};
};
};
class Stage7
{
texture="a3\data_f\env_co.paa";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
aside[]={1,0,0};
up[]={0,1,0};
dir[]={0,0,0};
pos[]={0,0,0};
};
};
`

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I am using the hiddenSelectionsMaterials[] = {stuff}; which has been a pain in the neck

full quarry Mar 3, 2019, 7:56 PM

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yout TI textrue has both TI and CA

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though that should not matter in this case

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does the CO texture of yours have alpha channel?

odd crane Mar 3, 2019, 7:57 PM

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nope, avoided that like the plague

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What should the ti texture be?

full quarry Mar 3, 2019, 7:58 PM

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TI

odd crane Mar 3, 2019, 7:59 PM

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no _ca?

full quarry Mar 3, 2019, 8:02 PM

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no

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TI

odd crane Mar 3, 2019, 8:02 PM

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ok, I'll make that change

full quarry Mar 3, 2019, 8:06 PM

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does the helmet have _CA textured parts?

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and when you say you are messing with hiddenSelectionMaterials do you mean you are changing some other objects material with it?

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as that can be buggy

odd crane Mar 3, 2019, 8:09 PM

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For the main texture I'm switching the rvmat with different _as because of the extra junk on the helmets like cat eyes, rhino mounts and elbows

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oh, I also have a box with a transparent texture around the whole helmet

nocturne lake Mar 3, 2019, 8:12 PM

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that'll be the cause

odd crane Mar 3, 2019, 8:14 PM

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I hope not

nocturne lake Mar 3, 2019, 8:14 PM

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why do you need the box?

odd crane Mar 3, 2019, 8:16 PM

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It's my reupload deterrent, the box's texture is in another pbo, so in order to use the helmet you have to use the pbo, which could help deter reuploads and help search using the workshop crawler

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Maybe I can make the transparent texture a _co