Parallax Mapping Advanced Category: CS:S > Mapping Author(s): Misto Also Special Thanks to MihailNajdenov for writing the code for this to work. Because of issues with Source and the custom code, this method does not work with HDR lighting. The author is working on an updated version to fix this but until it is released, you will have to use LDR. Programs you need First, you need THIS . That is the custom code you need to get all of this to work correctly. Also included are some custom textures and a text map so you can see how it looks in game. I will also take the screenshots from this map to save some time. An image editing program. I used Photoshop CS1, but almost any will work. You only need a very basic knowledge, so don't worry if you don't know any advance techniques. Here is also the VTF plugin for Photoshop which is very helpful. If you are not using Photoshop or a program that this works with, you will need to find another way to convert to VTF format. You may want THIS as well if you plan to use Source standard textures. I AM NOT GOING TO COVER NORMAL MAP CREATION. HERE if you are curious.Installation *Drive Letter*\\Steam\steamapps\*Username*\counter-strike source\cstrike , Half Life 2 would be *Drive Letter*\\Steam\steamapps\*Username*\half-life 2\hl2 , etc.Heightmaps Screenshot A with what the two should look like. VMTs and Map Compiling //"MN_PrlxLightmappedGeneric"
"$heightmap" "texture name"
So if you had a texture named wall1 and the heightmap named wall1_height, (wall1_normal would be the normal file, if you have one) you would have this as a vmt: "LightmappedGeneric"
"$heightscale" 0.5
This defines the depth of the texture. If not manually set, it will default at 0.4. "LightmappedGeneric"
//"LightmappedGeneric"
Now, you can go and run your map to test it.Remember, you must change each and every VMT file for each texture you use every time you compile and run your game. Added: 18 days agoTags: parallax , mapping , texture , heightmaps
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