Dark Areas

MrBalll · Post by **MrBalll** » Wed May 31, 2006 6:06 pm

Ok no matter what I do I can't get the dark areas to go away. So far I've UberLightmapped. I've used the LOD Remover. I've cleared my cache. The only area it's not dark is around me. I don't know what else to do. Can someone please help me. Thanks. Also not sure if it makes a difference but I skinned these. I didnt skin them black as you can tell from the picture, it is skinned a darkish grey.

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Geo · Post by **Geo** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:34 am

Correct me if i'm wrong but I think that is to do with bump maps?

MrBalll · Post by **MrBalll** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:49 pm

Is anyone sure thats my problem or is it something else?

The Flying Dutchmen · Post by **The Flying Dutchmen** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:00 am

MrBalll wrote:Is anyone sure thats my problem or is it something else?

bump maps dont make custom bitmaps go black.. you might wanna check up on how you save the .dds file
be sure to generate mipmaps..
thats all i can say

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:13 am

You're probably right, the only reason I suggested that is because when skinning I found bump maps to alter the lightness and sometimes pattern of my custom skins from different angles, thought it could be the same thing.

MrBalll · Post by **MrBalll** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:16 pm

The Flying Dutchmen wrote: bump maps dont make custom bitmaps go black.. you might wanna check up on how you save the .dds file
be sure to generate mipmaps..
thats all i can say

Boy do I feel like a "noob". One of the dds's was saved as DXT1 when it was DXT 5 in dothalo.

Anyways thanks that mipmaps thing helped out.