How to use overlay textures

dEMolite · 2008-01-28T05:21:00+00:00

What are overlay textures? \r\n Well some of the wadfathers wadfiles has 2 textures which looks like the other ones on the first view. But no they aren't same! If you look right the overlay texture has no borders(they are black!). \r\n\r\n Normal Texture | Overlay Texture | Editor Picture \r\n\r\n When are we going to use overlay textures? \r\n The overlay textures will be used when you are going to light up a computer or a normal light without border. It is a nice effect too. Because if you set the textlight on the normal texture, the whole texture will be brighter! \r\n\r\n Startup: \r\n So you create a computer or a light for a overlay. Now make a new brush with the same size like the computer or the light, but it should be 1unit thin! Texture the whole brush with the nulltexture and after that give the frontside the overlay texture. Make the brush with the overlay texture to a func_illusionary with render mode additive and the fx amount is depends on your lightsettings.\r\nNow apply on the overlay texture your textlight.\r\nCompile and view your new overlay effect ingame! \r\n\r\n Ingame overlay

dEMolite

28/01/2008 05:21(edited 28/01/2008 05:22)

What are overlay textures?
Well some of the wadfathers wadfiles has 2 textures which looks like the other ones on the first view. But no they aren't same! If you look right the overlay texture has no borders(they are black!).

Normal Texture | Overlay Texture | Editor Picture

When are we going to use overlay textures?
The overlay textures will be used when you are going to light up a computer or a normal light without border. It is a nice effect too. Because if you set the textlight on the normal texture, the whole texture will be brighter!

Startup:
So you create a computer or a light for a overlay. Now make a new brush with the same size like the computer or the light, but it should be 1unit thin! Texture the whole brush with the nulltexture and after that give the frontside the overlay texture. Make the brush with the overlay texture to a func_illusionary with render mode additive and the fx amount is depends on your lightsettings.
Now apply on the overlay texture your textlight.
Compile and view your new overlay effect ingame!

Ingame overlay

D@NG3R`

21/06/2014 21:36

update links

KarLi

22/06/2014 13:50

you can use decals instead =D

D@NG3R`

22/06/2014 14:09(edited 22/06/2014 14:10)

I'm not talking about me. A lot of the tutorials have expired links

KarLi

22/06/2014 14:37

Well perhaps you wanna help us and make new links then ? =)