Adding shine code to material file just makes the body darker

[Doomed User]

I've used both fern's and Blaise's shine code and all it does it make the texture it was applied to darker. Any help?

 

[Doomed User]

Bump.

[Stephen Hopkins]

Did you make a spec map?

[Doomed User]

29 minutes ago, Stephen Hopkins said:

Did you make a spec map?

I was using Blaise's rock-spec and rock-shine files in the code he gave me. I also tried using fern-spec and fern2-shine or however it is. Both ways gave no luck. I literally copied and pasted the code and only changed the texture name it was supposed to be applied to.

[Stephen Hopkins]

55 minutes ago, Mr. Self Destruct said:

I was using Blaise's rock-spec and rock-shine files in the code he gave me. I also tried using fern-spec and fern2-shine or however it is. Both ways gave no luck. I literally copied and pasted the code and only changed the texture name it was supposed to be applied to.

Maybe you didnt use all of it.Here is one of mine. I had a spec map for the truck thus why its called assassinbody-spec. Check yours with this and see if you're missing anything. Maybe post what you entered in the material file as well. I highlighted the objects you'd need to change. 

material _assassinBody.png.001/SOLID/TEX/assassinBody.png
{
technique
{
pass
{
scene_blend alpha_blend

vertex_program_ref NiceMetal_VS
{
}
fragment_program_ref SimpleMetal_PS
{
}
texture_unit diffusetex
{
texture assassinbody.png 2d
tex_coord_set 0
}
texture_unit speculartex
{
texture fern-shine.png 2d
tex_coord_set 1
}
}
pass
{
scene_blend add

vertex_program_ref NiceMetal_Reflect_VS
{
}
fragment_program_ref NiceMetal_Reflect_nocolor_PS
{
}
texture_unit reflectivetex
{
texture assassinBody-spec.png 2d
tex_coord_set 0
}
texture_unit envmaptex
{
cubic_texture EnvironmentTexture combinedUVW
tex_address_mode clamp
tex_coord_set 1
}
}
}
}

[Doomed User]

Yours didn't work either. Not sure why. This is the one Blaise gave me.

I replaced Transcoolertex.png with BSBody.png for my body texture.

material Material.001/SOLI.143/SOLID/TEX/BSBody.png/VertCol
{
technique
{
pass
{
scene_blend alpha_blend

vertex_program_ref NiceMetal_VS
{
}
fragment_program_ref SimpleMetal_PS
{
}
texture_unit diffusetex
{
texture BSBody.png 2d
tex_coord_set 0
}
texture_unit speculartex
{
texture rock-shine.png 2d
tex_coord_set 1
}
}
pass
{
scene_blend add

vertex_program_ref NiceMetal_Reflect_VS
{
}
fragment_program_ref NiceMetal_Reflect_nocolor_PS
{
}
texture_unit reflectivetex
{
texture rock-spec.png 2d
tex_coord_set 0
}
texture_unit envmaptex
{
cubic_texture EnvironmentTexture combinedUVW
tex_address_mode clamp
tex_coord_set 1
}
}
}
}

[Doomed User]

@Stephen Hopkins I copied and pasted your code and made shine/spec maps and all it does is make the spec map the primary texture. It doesn't add shine for me.

[Stephen Hopkins]

On 12/15/2016 at 5:40 PM, Mr. Self Destruct said:

@Stephen Hopkins I copied and pasted your code and made shine/spec maps and all it does is make the spec map the primary texture. It doesn't add shine for me.

Did you correctly replace all the names? If you think you did maybe upload the material file and I can look and see if I see the issue. 

[Doomed User]

5 minutes ago, Stephen Hopkins said:

Did you correctly replace all the names? If you think you did maybe upload the material file and I can look and see if I see the issue. 

It seems like I did. When I changed the top line, however, the whole body went white, which meant I had to revert to the Material.001/SOLI.143/blahblah.png/VertCol thing.

Seems to work on 0.37, by the way.

Here's the material file:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/r7w9ba1a5591aq2/BlacksmithV5.material

[Stephen Hopkins]

Try these two in place of these, obviously make sure you have both of the suggested files.

fern-shine.png                BSBody-shine.png  

fern-spec.png                  BSBody-spec.png

 

Also you might retry exporting it so that it doesnt have the name "material". 

[Doomed User]

Okay so I'm literally the dumbest person alive.

Don't keep your material files in your vehicles folder for quick editing.

Had one in the zip and one in the vehicles folder for easy edits and apparently it fu.cked with the code.

[Stephen Hopkins]

If I had a dollar for every time I chased an issue that was caused by something like that.... Just part of the process of making a truck, glad you got it worked out!