Product Chat / terrain shaders looking plastified,,,how to fix ?

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Posted: 1st May 2017 21:08 Edited at: 1st May 2017 21:26
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Hi again guys ,
not sure what I'm doing wrong here
But , the ground textures all seem to look like plastic
when set on HIGH or HIGHEST settings.
What can I adjust to decrease that effect , but , still have great looking terrain.

here's a video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac78ZTZKHXA



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Posted: 1st May 2017 21:47
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Wow, that's some shiny terrain! I only have my phone right now so i cant test, but I would try lowering global specular and/or sun surface factor and/or any of the settings in the tab tab screen. Hope that helps.

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Posted: 1st May 2017 22:50
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First thing that springs to mind is turn the "Global Spec " slider down
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Posted: 2nd May 2017 00:58
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The specular is supposed to be controlled by the alpha in the _d.png file.
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Posted: 2nd May 2017 01:23
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Thx Guys
turning down the Global Specular cuts
it by about 75%....BUT....also kills the Specular of
EVERY other item in the whole map also.
So is it because the ALPHA channel in the _d.pgn file is set to high ?
Can we , in effect , lower it at all ?
so that all the other items in the map are not affected also?

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Posted: 2nd May 2017 03:38
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ok ,
I tried a few of the other terrain texture groups
and they do NOT all act the same with the SPECULAR at 100.
So , it must have something to do with the ALPHA setting as you said Pirate Myke.

Thanks for the info and the further understanding ,you guys.

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Posted: 2nd May 2017 03:59
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Ok here is an updated video

again FULL SPECULAR but different texture...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HqZtoEW7xs&feature=youtu.be


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Posted: 2nd May 2017 06:33
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Much better results.
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Posted: 2nd May 2017 07:23
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Yeah, the new terrain system breaks the old terrain textures - you have to adjust the alpha in them to get rid of the shine.

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Posted: 2nd May 2017 10:30
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Posted: 2nd May 2017 10:42
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I notice that the video is using the old terrain system, the new system doesn't use a specular texture and takes the specular from the alpha channel of the _d texture instead now, is that video still relevant?

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Posted: 2nd May 2017 14:17 Edited at: 2nd May 2017 14:18
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Pretty much Instead of adding it to the terrain bank you import the textures to the editor.
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Posted: 3rd May 2017 00:38
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hey guys ,
thank you are for the input and additional understanding concerning
the terrain textures and how they work.


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