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MX vs ATV (and prior MX games) Forum => Track Creators => Topic started by: The_Trevinator on February 24, 2006, 03:14:28 AM

Title: using povray program
Post by: The_Trevinator on February 24, 2006, 03:14:28 AM
Hey, i've been going throught the tutorial/help files for this program, and it's kinda overwhelming.  Does anyone have a tutorial or some quick and dirty method for rendering track textures? 

Also can I input a povray tga file or ASCII file and output a standard grayscale height map using this program?
Title: Re: using povray program
Post by: Bulldog on February 24, 2006, 10:22:09 AM
See if this helps you out.

http://dirttwister.com/mcm2/mcmpov.html

Pete
Title: Re: using povray program
Post by: DirtTwister on February 24, 2006, 02:14:43 PM
If you use a solid white texture you will get a grey scale shadow map.

Bruce
Title: Re: using povray program
Post by: The_Trevinator on February 25, 2006, 02:01:34 AM
Bing, Bruce!  I could do the same thing with Armadillo for MCM2.  I can't do it with the mxvsatv editor because it turns everything black.  Good thinking though.  And thanks for the tutorial link.
Title: Re: using povray program
Post by: RaceX on April 10, 2006, 06:50:18 AM
Quote from: DirtTwister on February 24, 2006, 02:14:43 PM
If you use a solid white texture you will get a grey scale shadow map.

Bruce

Then how can i use this grey scale shadow map (as a layer?). It would help me. thanks
Title: Re: using povray program
Post by: Fixer on April 10, 2006, 10:08:58 AM
Paste your shadow map as a layer onto your texture and change the layer's properties to multipy then adjust the % to get the shading you want.
Title: Re: using povray program
Post by: DirtTwister on April 10, 2006, 03:21:07 PM
Depending on your textures you may need to paint them brighter than you would normally because the shadow map can darken them.  You also may want to blur the shadow map a little.

Bruce
Title: using povray program
Post by: papowera73 on October 19, 2009, 11:51:05 AM
Has anyone tried to run Track n Trade Pro v4.0 on virtual PC and if so what kind of Mac were you using.  Any specific issues that I need to look at?  Thanks..