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i have a question: what is the "normalmap"


ah, i almost forget it, has anybody done a Io bumpmap???

ElPelado wrote:i have a question: what is the "normalmap"


ah, i almost forget it, has anybody done a Io bumpmap???

Hi ElPelado,

A normal map is a special version of a bump map which is direct used by the grafic card. If you use a bump map then Celestia convert this internaly to a normal map while it load the textures. Therefore works the DXT texture compression (DDS files) only with a normal map. Celestia can't use bump maps in DDS format.

See also this post: http://celestiaproject.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1614

Bye Jens