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mesh_layer_base

A mesh_chain_base material is used for blending of two different materials selectively: it operates on two sets of textures, which are showed through on the surface according to the mask. Can be applied to meshes, dynamic meshes and skinned meshes.

Mesh layer material

States

In the States tab you can set rendering passes and available options. Enabling some of the states activates additional textures and parameters in the Textures and Parameters tabs respectively.

The states divide into 2 groups: Passes and Options.

Possible values for an Ambient pass:

GUI name XML name Description
Skip none Material is not rendered.
Opacity opacity Material diffuse colors are blended with the ambient color.
Transparent transparent Material diffuse colors are not modulated by the ambient color.
LightMap lightmap Material is rendered lit by a light map. Material diffuse colors are multiplied by the light map and the ambient color. To create and automatically set a light map for an object, a Lightmap Generation Tool can be used.

Possible values for all the other passes:

GUI name XML name Description
Skip none Material is not rendered during the pass.
Default default Material is rendered during the pass.

The options can be either enabled or disabled by ticking the respective boxes.

All the states can be set to default ones - click a Set to parent button near the state (if the state is different from the default one, its field will be highlighted with green).

The states available for this kind of material are listed below.

Passes

Passes specify during which rendering pass the material should be rendered. They are modified in the Passes field of the States tab.

GUI name XML name Description
Deferred deferred Deferred rendering pass. Specifies if the material should be rendered during the deferred pass. For the transparent surfaces see also a Post deferred option.
Auxiliary auxiliary Auxiliary rendering pass. Specifies if the material should be rendered into the auxiliary buffer to create a custom post-process.
Ambient ambient Ambient rendering pass. Specifies, how the material should be rendered during the Ambient light pass for the opaque objects. The actual opacity or transparency of the material depends solely on the set blending options.
Light prob light_prob Probe lights rendering pass. Specifies, if the material should be rendered illuminated by the Probe light sources during the light and shadows rendering passes.
Light spot light_spot Spot lights rendering pass. Specifies, if the material should be rendered illuminated by the Spot light sources during the light and shadows rendering passes.
Light omni light_omni Omni-directional lights rendering pass. Specifies, if the material should be rendered illuminated by the Omni light sources during the light and shadows rendering passes.
Light proj light_proj Projected lights rendering pass. Specifies, if the material should be rendered illuminated by the Projected light sources during the light and shadows rendering passes.
Light world light_world World lights rendering pass. Specifies, if the material should be rendered illuminated by the World light sources during the light and shadows rendering passes.

Options

The following options are set in the Options field of the States tab.

GUI name XML name Description
Shadow shafts volumetric Specifies if volumetric shadows from world lights will be rendered from surfaces with the applied material.

Textures

In the Textures tab of the Materials Editor you can:

  • Load the textures - click a Load button near the texture and specify the path to the texture or type the path in the texture field manually
  • Open the view window to see texture's details - click a View button near the texture
  • Set the current texture to default one - click a Set to parent button near the texture (if the texture is different from the default one, its field will be highlighted with green)

The textures available for this kind of materials are listed below.

Base Textures

Base textures are loaded and modified in the Base field of the Textures tab.

GUI name XML name Description Channels
Mask mask A mask for two materials. Determines the way for two materials to be rendered. R:
  • Black (R value = 0) areas - Diffuse 0 material will be shown
  • White (R value = 0) areas - Diffuse 1 material will be shown
Diffuse 0 diffuse_0 Diffuse map for the first material. A texture to define a surface's main color.
Notice
The diffuse color is visible only if in a given pixel the alpha value is 0.5 or higher. Otherwise, non-blended diffuse color of the second diffuse texture is used.
RGBA:
  • RGB values store a color of the texture
  • An alpha (A) value contains either transparency values or a detail mask
Notice
An alpha (A) value will store transparency values if an Alpha test option is enabled. Otherwise it will store a detail mask.
Normal 0 normal_0 Normal map for the first material. A texture to store information about a surface's normals deviation. RG:
  • RG values contain two components of a normal
  • The third component's value is calculated from the given components in run-time
Specular 0 specular_0 Specular map for the first material. A texture to define a surface's shininess and highlight color. RGBA:
  • RGB values store reflection color and intensity (black color means no reflection)
  • An alpha (A) value specifies the specular power: 0 means specular highlights are very bright and intense, 256 - specular highlights are dull
Diffuse 1 diffuse_1 Diffuse map for the second material. A texture to define a surface's main color. RGBA:
  • RGB values store a color of the texture
  • An alpha (A) value contains either transparency values or a detail mask
Notice
An alpha (A) value will store transparency values if an Alpha test option is enabled. Otherwise it will store a detail mask.
Normal 1 normal_1 Normal map for the second material. A texture to store information about a surface's normals deviation. RG:
  • RG values contain two components of a normal
  • The third component's value is calculated from the given components in run-time
Specular 1 specular_1 Specular map for the second material. A texture to define a surface's shininess and highlight color. RGBA:
  • RGB values store reflection color and intensity (black color means no reflection)
  • An alpha (A) value specifies the specular power: 0 means specular highlights are very bright and intense, 256 - specular highlights are dull

Additional Textures

Additional ambient texture is modified in the Additional field of the Textures tab.

GUI name XML name Description Channels
Ambient ambient

Ambient map. A texture to modulate the global environment illumination (when an object is lighter at the top from sky above, darker at the bottom from the ground below etc).

The texture takes effect only if the scene environment texture is loaded.

RGBA:

  • RGB values store a glowing color
  • An alpha (A) value stores a glow mask: black is for non-glowing areas, white - for glowing ones

Second UV map channel.

Notice
The above textures with the _d (diffuse map), _n (normal map) and _s (specular map) postfixes in the name respectively, located in a folder named uncompressed, will be automatically compressed by the engine.

Parameters

In the Parameters tab you can set or modify base and additional parameters.

Parameters of different types are set in different ways:

  • expression - vector values can be set either in the field near the parameter or in the dialog window opened when double clicking this field
  • slider - the value can be set either by smoothly moving the slider of the scroll box or manually in the box near the parameter (if required, the value bigger than maximum one for the slider can be set)
  • color - the color can be chosen in the dialog window, activated after double clicking the color field

All the parameters can be set to default ones - click a Set to parent button near the parameter (if the parameter is different from the default one, its field will be highlighted with green).

The parameters available for this kind of materials are listed below.

Transform Parameters

Texture transformation parameters are modified in the Transform field of the Parameters tab.

GUI name XML name Type Description
Base base_transform expression Base texture native coordinates transformation. A vector of the four float components, consisting of two pairs of vector elements:
  1. Scale texture coordinates, along X and Y axes.

    For example, by the scale of 2;2 the texture will be repeated four times on the surface.

  2. An offset of the texture respectively to its initial position along X and Y axes.

    For example, by the offset of 0.5 along X axis the texture will be repositioned to the right (so the left edge of the texture will be rendered in the center).

Mask mask_transform expression Mask texture native coordinates transformation. A vector of the four float components, consisting of two pairs of vector elements:
  1. Scale texture coordinates, along X and Y axes.
  2. An offset of the texture respectively to its initial position along X and Y axes.
If there are some base transformations, the final result for the first pair of coordinates will be multiplied with it, for the second - added to it's value.
Notice
If mask is disabled, transformations would not take an effect.
Layer 0 layer_0_transform expression Diffuse 0 texture native coordinates transformation. A vector of the four float components, consisting of two pairs of vector elements:
  1. Scale texture coordinates, along X and Y axes.
  2. An offset of the texture respectively to its initial position along X and Y axes.
If there are some base transformations, the final result for the first pair of coordinates will be multiplied with it, for the second - added to it's value.
Layer 1 layer_1_transform expression Diffuse 1 texture native coordinates transformation. A vector of the four float components, consisting of two pairs of vector elements:
  1. Scale texture coordinates, along X and Y axes.
  2. An offset of the texture respectively to its initial position along X and Y axes.
If there are some base transformations, the final result for the first pair of coordinates will be multiplied with it, for the second - added to it's value.

Notice
Besides the native texture coordinates transformation, there are more options of setting texture coordinates. They are described in the Texture coordinates transformation article.

Auxiliary Parameters

Auxiliary color parameter is present only if an Auxiliary pass is set as a Default. The parameter is modified in the Auxiliary field of the Parameters tab.

GUI name XML name Type Description
Auxiliary auxiliary_color color A color picker to choose an auxiliary color for the Auxiliary rendering pass.

Mask Parameters

Mask parameters are modified in the Mask field of the Parameters tab.

GUI name XML name Type Description
Value mask_value slider A coefficient to define the fill factor for the final material:
  • By the minimum value of 0, only the second material (Diffuse 1) is rendered
  • By the medium value of 0.5 the materials are rendered half-and-half
  • By the maximum value of 1, only the first material (Diffuse 0) is rendered
Threshold mask_threshold slider A coefficient to modify the blending factor between two materials:
  • By the minimum value of 0, there is no blending and the line between two materials is clearly visible
  • By the medium value of 0.5 the materials are rendered half-and-half
  • By the maximum value of 1, the transition line between two materials is smoothly blended

Ambient Parameters

Ambient parameter is modified in the Ambient field of the Parameters tab.

GUI name XML name Type Description
Environment environment_scale slider Environment lighting scale. A coefficient to scale how much the global environment texture illuminates the surface.

The higher the value, the more the colors will be corrected (lightened or darkened) according to the environment component.

Lightmap Parameters

Light map parameter is present only if an LightMap option is set during the Ambient Emission rendering pass. The parameter is modified in the Lightmap field of the Parameters tab.

GUI name XML name Type Description
Scale lightmap_scale slider A coefficient to scale the intensity of illumination by the light map.

By the value of 0 the light map does not illuminate the surface with this material applied.

The higher the value, the more visible and the brighter a light map is.

First and Second Parameters

First and second textures parameters are identical and are modified in the First and Second fields of the Parameters tab respectively.

GUI name XML name Type Description
Diffuse diffuse_0_color
diffuse_1_color
color

A color picker to choose the color of the diffuse map.

Diffuse diffuse_0_scale
diffuse_1_scale
slider A coefficient to scale the brightness of the diffuse map.

The higher the value, the brighter the diffuse map is.
Specular specular_0_color
specular_1_color
color

A color picker to choose the color of the specular map.

Specular specular_0_scale
specular_1_scale
slider A coefficient to scale the brightness of the specular map reflections.

The default value of 1 grants the correct color. The higher the value, the brighter the specular reflections are.
Glossiness specular_0_power
specular_1_power
slider

A coefficient to modify size of the highlight (Phong lighting) of the specular map:

  • Low values imitate wider highlights, typically appropriate to create diffuse reflection from the mat surface
  • High values imitate pinpoint highlights, typically appropriate to create uniform reflection of light rays from the glossy surface
Phong rim width phong_rim_0_width
phong_rim_1_width
slider A coefficient to modify the width of an additionally lightened rim of an object, where incident light is perpendicular to surface being lit:
  • By the minimum value of 0, there is no additional lightning of the rim by Phong shading
  • By the maximum value of 1, all the shaded area is lightened according to the scale parameter
Phong rim scale phong_rim_0_scale
phong_rim_1_scale
slider A coefficient to scale brightness of the additionally lightened rim at the edges of an object, where incident light is perpendicular to surface being lit:
  • By the minimum value of 0, there is no additional lightning of the rim by Phong shading
  • By the maximum value of 1, the shaded edges are the brightest
Fresnel bias fresnel_0_bias
fresnel_1_bias
slider A coefficient to compensate for the Fresnel effect and set the minimum necessary reflectance level.

By the minimum value of 0, there is no compensation for the Fresnel effect.

Increasing the value leads to more prominent overall reflections.

By the maximum value of 1, reflections are at their maximum and the Fresnel power parameter does not influence the rendered image.
Fresnel power fresnel_0_power
fresnel_1_power
slider

A coefficient to scale Fresnel effect that defines the amount of reflectance depending on the viewing angle:

  • Low values provide good reflectance even at a large viewing angles
  • High values provide the reflectance only at a small viewing angles. When looking at a large viewing angle, from above, there are no reflections rendered
Last update: 2017-07-03
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