New SWBD Specular Map

[cartrite]

Couldn't you please provide a variant of landmask without 'residual light'?

We are working on updating my Watermask at Celestial Matters though.

I'm about to update the ver3 landmask with ver4. The updated file will be the same file except that there will not be any residual light added.

No news on the subject as yet?

I've put together a landmask without residual light but the program I wrote to add a user specified amount of light never worked well with Windows XP. My plan was to write a script that add a user specified amount of light while decompressing the file.
I also was going to wait until I get get enough VT's made so I can build a web page showing examples (images) of the different amounts of light as compared to no light. I'm still a ways of doing all this but I'll upload the no-light file to my new site later tonight and add a few words linking to the no-light file.
EDIT My site now contains the "no light added" file and is available here
cartrite

[CAP-Team]

What is the advantage of a map without residual light? (sorry I haven't read the entire thread)

[cartrite]

What is the advantage of a map without residual light? (sorry I haven't read the entire thread)

When a normal map is used in OGL2 render path, a little residual light on the spec map will have a little light rendered on the sunlit side of a mountain in addition to the shadow rendered on the other side. If too much residual light is added to the spec map then the texture doesn't look right and it looks kind of like plastic. When there is no residual light, only the shadows are rendered. If you get the right balance, a little residual light added renders a more natural scene.
cartrite

[RVS]

EDIT My site now contains the "no light added" file and is available here

Wow! Thank you very much, cartrite.
With best regards, Robert