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FPS Creator X10 / For those who find CrazyBump a little to expensive

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Squalker
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Posted: 12th Sep 2008 00:38 Edited at: 12th Sep 2008 03:39
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Just thought I would let you guys know about a program I came across that it is that is really easy to use for making Normal and Specular Maps... best part is it only cost $19.95... Check it out

http://www.shadermap.renderingsystems.com/

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Posted: 12th Sep 2008 01:27
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http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=136224&b=24

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Lightning Bolt Studios
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Posted: 12th Sep 2008 01:34 Edited at: 12th Sep 2008 01:37
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Ya for a commercial licence at only $19.95 and functions almost the same as Crazy Bumps ya can't go wrong, and it will help anyone import their models into FPSC X10, that was the main reason I bought it.
They also have a freeware command line version of Shader Map for download also.


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Posted: 12th Sep 2008 03:38
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Y I was suprised when I tried not a bad app.... Lacks some of the control that Crazy bump has but all and all a great app for the price..
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Posted: 12th Sep 2008 16:35
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Quote: "Y I was suprised when I tried not a bad app.... Lacks some of the control that Crazy bump has but all and all a great app for the price.. "


I purchased this last night and had a quick play. It does seem good for the price in comparison with CrazyBump although I couldn't seem to find any options for changing the normal or specular effect.

It only appeared to allow me to select whether normal and specular maps were rendered and generated!?

As a result the 3D preview of my diffuse texture didn't look anywhere near as good as the examples on the website. How do you alter the normal and specular values?
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Posted: 13th Sep 2008 04:17 Edited at: 13th Sep 2008 04:21
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Nomad Soul@ If you load your diffused map first then click on the little normal map image to the left it will display adjustment controls on the bottom left corner of the app, so you can adjust the normal map, this also works for all the other maps as well

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Posted: 13th Sep 2008 05:23
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@chupra cabra

Thanks man. Guess I should have just gone to bed after downloading and tried the next day.

I see what you mean now. Nice application and especially useful for X10 content.

$19.99 well spent.
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Nomad Soul@ No problem.
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I'm going to try the command line version now...I'm getting an education in texture mapping.
There's lot of big words and I am on a lot of medication...

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Posted: 13th Sep 2008 11:55
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Hmm... only problem is that it doesn't import .dds textures

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Posted: 13th Sep 2008 13:24
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Photoshop has a plugin that will make normal maps.

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Posted: 13th Sep 2008 17:34 Edited at: 13th Sep 2008 17:35
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Quote: "Hmm... only problem is that it doesn't import .dds textures"


Crazy Bumps doesn't import .dds files either, at least the last beta I used didn't

Quote: "Photoshop has a plugin that will make normal maps."


Ya it will but it doesn't generate specular, ambient occlusion or displacement maps, You need a normal map and a specular map to import your models into X10, the whole point of Crazy Bumps and Shader Map Pro is to save the artist time by generating maps fast, sure you could make all these maps in Photoshop but most IGD's only have limited or no extra time to spend making them

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Posted: 18th Sep 2008 19:48 Edited at: 18th Sep 2008 19:50
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Quote: "Crazy Bumps doesn't import .dds files either, at least the last beta I used didn't"


Actually Crazybump opens and saves in dds format now..

Quote: "Photoshop has a plugin that will make normal maps."


Yes but you don't near the control or easy of use from the photoshop plugin that these programs can offer
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