Dealing with several textures/materials

[walfridson]

Hey
Got 50 textures for my object. Would like to control all of these within one material.
Is this possible or do I have to have 50 materials?

Thanks

[nfollmer]

First off, what the hell are you making that has 50 textures! Secondly...well... I need to know what the hell you're making that has 50 textures so I can better understand what you're trying to do :)