mesh_stem_base

Deferred rendering pass. Specifies if the material should be rendered during the deferred pass. All lights influencing opaque objects are computed by means of deferred shading.

Auxiliary rendering pass. Specifies if the material should be rendered into the auxiliary buffer.

Specifies if additional detail textures with the specified UV channel will be provided for the material. Such textures allow to render unique details (such as dirt or worn spots).

• Disabled - a detailed material is not rendered.
• Overlay first - material is rendered in the Overlay mode: detail textures are blended with the base ones according to the first UV coordinates.

  The formula is: A + (B - 0.5) * k,
  

  Formula

  A + (B - 0.5) * k

  where A and B are base and detail textures correspondingly;
  k is an alpha blending coefficient that allows smooth interpolation between alpha values of base and detail textures.

  For example, if Alpha test option for material is disabled, k = base Alpha * detail Alpha.

• Overlay second - material is rendered in the Overlay mode: detail textures are blended with the base ones according to the second UV coordinates.

Enables animation for stems. The available values are:

• None - animation of stems is disabled.
• Default - animation of stems is enabled and can be controlled by the animation parameters.
• Field - animation of stems is enabled and material's animation parameters can be affected by a Field Animation.

Specifies if volumetric shadows from world lights will be rendered from surfaces with the applied material.

Disabled Shadow shafts	Enabled Shadow shafts

Diffuse texture specified the color of the surface.

Without diffuse texture	With diffuse texture

The texture is 4-channeled (RGBA):

• RGB values store a color of the texture
• An alpha (A) value contains either transparency values or a detail mask

Normal map is texture to store information about a surface's normals deviation.

Without diffuse texture	With diffuse texture

The texture is 2-channeled (RG):

• RG values contain two components of a normal
• The third component's value (B) is calculated from the given components in run-time

Specular map is texture to define a surface's shininess and highlight color.

The texture is 4-channeled (RGBA):

• RGB values store reflection color and intensity:
  • White color indicates that the area will be reflective
  • Black color indicates that there will be no reflections
• An alpha (A) value specifies the specular power (Gloss):
  • White color indicates that specular highlights are very bright and intense
  • Black color indicates that the specular highlights are dull

Ambient map is 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 uses only R-channel.

Auxiliary texture is used for auxiliary rendering pass.

Stem noise is coefficient to scale a spatial noise that diversifies the direction of movement of the vegetation stems.

Stem offset is a coefficient to scale an amplitude of horizontal movement for the vegetation stems.

Stem radius is a coefficient to scale an amplitude of vertical movement for the vegetation stems.

Stem scale is a coefficient to scale the speed of vegetation stems movement.

Field Mask is a mask that specifies an area of the animation field to be applied to stems. This mask must match the field mask of the animation field.

Auxiliary color parameter is color picker to choose an auxiliary color for the Auxiliary rendering pass.

Diffuse detail parameter is a coefficient to modify the visibility of the detail diffuse map:

• By the minimum of 0, the detail diffuse texture is not visible at all
• By the maximum of 1, the detail diffuse texture is fully appeared

Normal detail parameter is a coefficient to modify the visibility of the detail normal map:

• By the minimum of 0, the detail normal texture is not visible at all
• By the maximum of 1, the detail normal texture is fully appeared

Specular detail parameter is a coefficient to modify the visibility of the detail specular map:

• By the minimum of 0, the detail specular texture is not visible at all
• By the maximum of 1, the detail specular texture is fully appeared

Normal is a coefficient to scale the intensity of the normals (provided by a normal map). The higher the value, the higher the normal texture effect is.

Diffuse is a coefficient setting the brightness of the diffuse texture. The higher the value, the brighter the diffuse texture is.

Specular is a color picker to choose the auxiliary specular color for the specular texture. It can be used for specifying different specular colors for one texture or modifying the texture color on the spot. The specular color of the texture and this color will be blended.

Gloss shading parameter coefficient to modify size of the highlight 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

Fibers is a coefficient to scale the intensity of the fiber effect. The higher the value, the higher the fiber texture effect is.

Decal mask parameter specifies decal bit-mask. If the decal mask of the decal material matches the surface material, the decal will be projected.