i attempted to add normal mapping to barney... it works... but it's so subtle that you'll rarely even see it working



http://necropimp.home.insightbb.com/attempt1.jpg at least it isn't like the first attempt where the normal maps were horribly broken

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extract files to [stuffhere]\steamapps\loginhere\half-life source\hl1\

i was gonna post this in showcase but i didn't really make anything... it was mostly converting the textures and turning them into normal maps then adding one line to all the vmt files

Haha I like the second one.. He looks melted.

i'm thinking of doing the headcrab next... if i do i'll probably stop there... editing existing HL skins when a complete HL remake is inevitable is not really worth the effort...

So what exactly does this do?

Cool. I can see the normal mapping on the upper parts of his sleeves, anyway.

*thumbs up* Now if only I could be bothered to buy a DVD drive and then pass by my local retailer to purchase a copy of Half-Life 2.



See his sleeves, and how they're a bit wrinkly and folded? Normal mapping means that it isn't just a static painted texture, but that it'll react to lights around it as if it were real geometry instead of a flat triangle, you know, like how bump-mapping works.

headcrab done... and i stop there

bump...

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new link old one won't work this adds the headcrab normal maps

That looks really good! Do more.

There is a total of 3 projects going on for Half-Life:Source that seems like they will actually get released

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52734
High definition version

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1011274#post1011274
high res textures

And then theres the mod to re-make half-life completely.


However none are doing what you are doing and aside from the High Def pack i don't think any of those things (especially the re-make thing) are going to be out soon. So i'm sure if you completed a pack people will take notice. However its all really up to you....... Time to Choose

what... is normal mapping... as compared to say bump mapping?? like is there normal mapping in doom 3?

normal mapping is a type of bump mapping...

skipped to a later level

Those look nice, except for the first one. Looks like you embossed his face. :p

That last shot of the headcrab looks great!

i thought the face looks sweet now

Is it me or does Barney resemble G-Man in the first picture :|

Nicely done though