Anyone know if normal maps are usable in UT2004?

[legacy-sangwoo_h]

Just wondering.

[legacy->X<]

whats are normal maps... and what are not???

[legacy-NeoNautica]

There is no normal map support in UT2004... unless you want to do a lot of coding.

[legacy-ThanadoS]

what the f*ck are you guys talkin' about? -.-

[legacy-{RA}SKYFURNACE]

"normals", im pretty sure they are talking "3d app" normals :)

[legacy-NeoNautica]

If you don't know what we're talking about here is a pic of one:

http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/images/normalmap_tangentspace.jpg

More info on this site (http://www.monitorstudios.com/bcloward/tutorials_normal_maps1.html)

Basically they allow a low poly surface to look high poly. If you've seen the Unreal 3 video they use normal maps.

[legacy-Aaron M]

Funnily enough, there is a texture package called NormalMaps.utx included with the game that suggests to me they did at some stage think about including support for it (you can view a normal map test texture in there). Perhaps they decided it just wasn't worth the effort to include it with the UT series, but I'm sure if you licensed the engine you would get access to it :)

Also, for those people above who don't know what normal maps are - a single search on google and you would find this link, which explains the whole process and is a bloody good read to boot.

http://members.shaw.ca/jimht03/normal.html

[legacy-StiGMaT]

Originally posted by ThanadoS
what the f*ck are you guys talkin' about? -.-

i belive its japanise