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TiMan at 06:31, 9 September 2020

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Assigning Materials to Static Objects

TiMan: /* Assigning Materials to Static Objects */

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Assigning Materials to Static Objects

TiMan: /* Assigning Materials to Static Objects */

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Assigning Materials to Static Objects

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Assigning Materials to Static Objects

TiMan at 20:39, 8 September 2020

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TiMan: /* Assigning Materials to Entities */

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Assigning Materials to Entities

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In HPL3, materials are used only every 3D object, be it a model, entity, terrain or even a 2D plane.
Materials are created using the Material Editor, and then assigned to the 3D object. There are several ways to assign a material to a 3D object, depending on the type of object.

==Assigning Materials to Entities==

==Assigning Materials to Static Objects==

[[Category:HPL3 Materials]]
[[Category:English]]

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-In HPL3, materials are used only every 3D object, be it a model, entity, terrain or even a 2D plane.
+In HPL3, materials are used on every 3D object, be it a model, entity, terrain or even a 2D plane.
 Materials are created using the Material Editor, and then assigned to the 3D object. There are several ways to assign a material to a 3D object, depending on the type of object.
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 </syntaxhighlight>
 #The material file name must have the same name as the base texture file (diffuse). For example, if your texture file is called <code>my_texture_file.dds</code>, the material file should be named <code>my_texture_file.mat</code>. This way, the game will automatically know what material file to pick for the static object.
 <br>
 {{tip|Multiple static objects can reference to the same material file/texture if needed.}}

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 </syntaxhighlight>
 #The material file name must have the same name as the base texture file (diffuse). For example, if your texture file is called <code>my_texture_file.dds</code>, the material file should be named <code>my_texture_file.mat</code>. This way, the game will automatically know what material file to pick for the static object.
+<br>
-{{tip|Multiple static objects can reference to the same material file/texture}}
+{{tip|Multiple static objects can reference to the same material file/texture if needed.}}
 ==See More==

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 </syntaxhighlight>
-#The material file name must have the same name as the base texture file (diffuse). For example, if your texture file is called <code>my_texture_file.dds</code>, the material file should be named <code>my_texture_file.mat<code>. This way, the game will automatically know what material file to pick for the static object.
+#The material file name must have the same name as the base texture file (diffuse). For example, if your texture file is called <code>my_texture_file.dds</code>, the material file should be named <code>my_texture_file.mat</code>. This way, the game will automatically know what material file to pick for the static object.
 ==See More==

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    </library_images>
 </syntaxhighlight>
+#The material file name must have the same name as the base texture file (diffuse). For example, if your texture file is called <code>my_texture_file.dds</code>, the material file should be named <code>my_texture_file.mat<code>. This way, the game will automatically know what material file to pick for the static object.
 ==See More==

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 In HPL3, materials are used only every 3D object, be it a model, entity, terrain or even a 2D plane.
 Materials are created using the Material Editor, and then assigned to the 3D object. There are several ways to assign a material to a 3D object, depending on the type of object.
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 ==Assigning Materials to Static Objects==
 In order to assign a material to a static object, you need to make sure that:
 #The diffuse texture is assigned to the model file. For example, a <code>dae</code> file should have a texture assignment like so:
-##
+#The diffuse texture is assigned to the model file. For example, a <code>dae</code> file should have a texture assignment like so: <syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
 ==See More==
 * [[HPL3/Modeling/Static_Objects|Static Objects]]
 [[Category:HPL3 Materials]]
 [[Category:English]]

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 ==Assigning Materials to Entities==
-In order to assign a material to an entity, you need to use the [[HPL3/SOMA/Entities/Entity_Mesh|Model Editor]]. By selecting the mesh, you will have the option to add an existing <code>.mat</code> file.
+In order to assign a material to an entity, you need to use the Model Editor. By selecting the mesh, you will have the option to add an existing <code>.mat</code> file.
 ==Assigning Materials to Static Objects==
 [[Category:HPL3 Materials]]
 [[Category:English]]