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- WOODS.DOC
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- WOODMAPS.INC
- ============
- This file contains color_maps used by woods.inc. There are two types of
- color_maps used; the first, the "WoodMapxA" color_maps, are intended as
- the 1st layer of multi-layer textures, although many will work quite well
- by themselves, as single layer texture color_maps.
-
- The second, the "WoodMapxB" color_maps, contain transparent colors and are
- intended for use as top layers in conjunction with the "WoodMapxA" maps.
-
- There is a complimentary "B" map for each "A" map in the file. The maps
- are each numbered (the "x" in "WoodMapxA" and "WoodMapxB") from 1 to 19.
- Thus, WoodMap19A has a complimentary top layer defined as WoodMap19B.
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- WOODS.INC
- =========
- These textures do not have colormaps assigned in them. This is so they
- you can mix and match with the colormaps in WOODMAPS.INC as described
- above.
-
- All wood textures are designed with the major axis of the woodgrain
- "cylinder" aligned along the Z axis. With the exception of a few
- of the textures in this file that have a small amount of X-axis rotation
- built-in for best effect, the textures below will exhibit a very straight
- grain pattern unless you apply a small amount of X-axis rotation to them
- (generally 2-4 degrees will suffice).
-
- Study the scene files in the WOODS subdirectory to see how to use these
- textures. We would strongly advise that you render all of these files
- and keep them around for reference purposes.
-
- These textures really need to be rendered with antialiasing and at
- least 640x480 resolution to get the most out of them. Anything less
- than that and you won't be seeing them as they were designed.
-
- The WOOD_x.POV files display the woods.inc textures on wooden slabs that
- are arranged on the x/y plane. The slabs have somewhat rounded edges to
- display the effects of the woodgrain on non-flat surfaces. These files
- use both TESTCAM.INC and TESTOBJS.INC.
-
- WOODS.POV is another scene that demonstrates all of the 30 woodgrains
- defined in woods.inc. If you're short on harddrive space and can't
- afford to keep samples of all of the woodgrains around, then at least
- retain a copy of the WOODS.TGA image around for reference purposes.
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