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+ | ====== Skin Texture Property: height ====== | ||
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+ | Defines the height of surface points. | ||
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+ | |Excepted Data Source|1 component image| | ||
+ | |Data Range|0 to 1| | ||
+ | |Default Value|0.5| | ||
+ | |Affected Modules|Graphic| | ||
+ | |Linked Properties|[[gamedev: | ||
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+ | ====== Description ====== | ||
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+ | The **height** texture property defines the height of the surface. This allows Graphic Modules to improve lighting by taking small scale elevations on the surface into account. | ||
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+ | This is also a special texture property similar to the normal map one but this time the height of a surface relative to the mesh surface is stored. This height can be used for different purpose depending on the graphic module used. One usage is to derive a normal map from the height difference. Another usage is to dynamically increase the detail level of a mesh. The new vertices are then offset using this height. Terrain meshes can also use this height information to provide LODing (level of detail reduction over distance). | ||
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+ | A value of 0.5 indicates no surface height alteration. Values below 0.5 indicate a dent in a surface while values above 0.5 indicate a bump in a surface. The strength and offset of the height alteration can be set using the [[gamedev: | ||
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+ | The source is typically an 8 bit image with 1 color components inside the range from 0 to 1. 0 represents a point located at the lowest point underneath the surface. 0.5 represents a point on the surface. 1 represents a point located at the highest point above the surface. Using high definition range images values beyond can be used as well. | ||
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+ | The default value for this texture property is 0.5 . | ||
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+ | ====== Examples ====== | ||
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+ | ( TODO: example image ) |