Material Types

From TrainzOnline
(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
(Material Examples)
Line 1: Line 1:
Materials describe how a modelled surface will appear in the game. They specify a range of configurations and resources including classic material properties, textures and shaders.
+
[[Material]]s describe how a modelled surface will appear in the game. They specify a range of configurations and resources including classic material properties, textures and shaders. Each Material is an instance of a particular preset Material Type, from the selection described on this page.
  
=Material Naming=
+
This page describes content format v4.6.
  
A material name consists of a creator supplied given name and a material type suffix. The material type is one of a set of supported types eg. 'm.onetex'. All material types begin with 'm.' The material type is manually appended to the name of the material within the creation program eg. 3D Studio Max, it is not implied by the configuration of the material.
 
  
The creator supplied given name should begin with a letter and contain only english letters, numbers, dash and underscore characters. Material names in Trainz are not case sensitive.  The names will be converted to lowercase internally, even if the original name from the creation program (ie. 3DS Max, Blender) contained mixed case or was case sensitive.
+
=Material Naming=
  
The same material name may be used by different models intended to be used together, in fact this allows the materials to be efficiently shared. An example valid material name is: ''brickwall.m.tbumptex''
+
A material name consists of a creator-supplied given name and a material type suffix. The material type is one of a set of supported types defined below, eg. 'm.onetex'. All material types begin with 'm.' The material type is manually appended to the name of the material within the creation program eg. [[Autodesk 3ds Max]], it is not implied by the configuration of the material. Material type names in Trainz are not case sensitive.
  
 
For more info about configuring materials see [[Exporting with 3D Studio Max]].
 
For more info about configuring materials see [[Exporting with 3D Studio Max]].
Line 17: Line 16:
 
  - Paint - [http://download.trainzportal.com/tutorials/16_2_trainz_material_paint.zip Download Asset]. View the tutorial video for this asset [https://youtu.be/YGGkb6nvg5I HERE]
 
  - Paint - [http://download.trainzportal.com/tutorials/16_2_trainz_material_paint.zip Download Asset]. View the tutorial video for this asset [https://youtu.be/YGGkb6nvg5I HERE]
 
  - Creating Specular Maps - [http://download.trainzportal.com/tutorials/16_3_trainz_material_specular.zip Download Asset]. View the tutorial video for this asset [https://youtu.be/bR3l1LgHSAk HERE]
 
  - Creating Specular Maps - [http://download.trainzportal.com/tutorials/16_3_trainz_material_specular.zip Download Asset]. View the tutorial video for this asset [https://youtu.be/bR3l1LgHSAk HERE]
 
... check back often for more asset examples to download
 
  
 
=Material Types=
 
=Material Types=
Line 24: Line 21:
  
 
==m.notex==
 
==m.notex==
 +
'''''This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.'''''<br>
 
[[m.notex]] is a non-textured material.
 
[[m.notex]] is a non-textured material.
  
Line 32: Line 30:
 
[[Image:mat_notex.jpg]]
 
[[Image:mat_notex.jpg]]
 
==m.onetex==
 
==m.onetex==
 +
'''''This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.'''''<br>
 
[[m.onetex]] is a diffuse texture mapped material.
 
[[m.onetex]] is a diffuse texture mapped material.
  
Line 47: Line 46:
  
 
==m.gloss==
 
==m.gloss==
 +
'''''This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.'''''<br>
 
[[m.gloss]] is a glossy reflective material.
 
[[m.gloss]] is a glossy reflective material.
  
Line 55: Line 55:
 
[[Image:mat_gloss.jpg]]
 
[[Image:mat_gloss.jpg]]
 
==m.tbumptex==
 
==m.tbumptex==
 +
'''''This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.'''''<br>
 
[[m.tbumptex]] is a bump mapped material.
 
[[m.tbumptex]] is a bump mapped material.
  
Line 65: Line 66:
 
[[Image:mat_tbumptex.jpg]]
 
[[Image:mat_tbumptex.jpg]]
 
==m.tbumpgloss==
 
==m.tbumpgloss==
 +
'''''This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.'''''<br>
 
[[m.tbumpgloss]] is a bump mapped reflective material.
 
[[m.tbumpgloss]] is a bump mapped reflective material.
  
Line 80: Line 82:
  
 
==m.tbumpenv==
 
==m.tbumpenv==
 +
'''''This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.'''''<br>
 
[[m.tbumpenv]] is a bump mapped environment reflective material. In current versions of Trainz this is the preferred material for most models lit by world lighting, unless a particular effect is desired. Exceptions include tunnels and interiors.
 
[[m.tbumpenv]] is a bump mapped environment reflective material. In current versions of Trainz this is the preferred material for most models lit by world lighting, unless a particular effect is desired. Exceptions include tunnels and interiors.
  

Revision as of 19:34, 12 September 2017

Materials describe how a modelled surface will appear in the game. They specify a range of configurations and resources including classic material properties, textures and shaders. Each Material is an instance of a particular preset Material Type, from the selection described on this page.

This page describes content format v4.6.


Contents

Material Naming

A material name consists of a creator-supplied given name and a material type suffix. The material type is one of a set of supported types defined below, eg. 'm.onetex'. All material types begin with 'm.' The material type is manually appended to the name of the material within the creation program eg. Autodesk 3ds Max, it is not implied by the configuration of the material. Material type names in Trainz are not case sensitive.

For more info about configuring materials see Exporting with 3D Studio Max.

Material Examples

Download example assets below and drop them into Trainz to see what effect can be created using the Materials listed below:

- Rust - Download Asset. View the tutorial video for this asset HERE
- Paint - Download Asset. View the tutorial video for this asset HERE
- Creating Specular Maps - Download Asset. View the tutorial video for this asset HERE

Material Types

All materials are lit.

m.notex

This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.
m.notex is a non-textured material.

Opacity = Uniform opacity can be controlled in the material settings.

Full details here: m.notex

Mat notex.jpg

m.onetex

This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.
m.onetex is a diffuse texture mapped material.

Opacity = Per-texel opacity can be controlled via the diffuse texture's alpha channel.

Full details here: m.onetex

Mat onetex.jpg

m.reflect

m.reflect is a reflective material.

Full details here: m.reflect

Mat reflect.jpg

m.gloss

This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.
m.gloss is a glossy reflective material.

Opacity = Uniform opacity can be controlled in the material settings.

Full details here: m.gloss

Mat gloss.jpg

m.tbumptex

This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.
m.tbumptex is a bump mapped material.

Opacity = Per-texel opacity can be controlled via the diffuse texture's alpha channel.

Specular = Per-texel specular strength can be controlled via the normal texture's alpha channel.

Full details here: m.tbumptex

Mat tbumptex.jpg

m.tbumpgloss

This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.
m.tbumpgloss is a bump mapped reflective material.

View the tutorial video on tbumpgloss HERE and download an example asset HERE to drop into Trainz to see what effect can be created using this material. The example asset is a "rust" type material.

Opacity = Uniform opacity can be controlled in the material settings.

Specular = Per-texel specular strength can be controlled via the normal texture's alpha channel.

Reflection = Per-texel blend strength of the reflection can be controlled via the diffuse texture's alpha channel.

Full details here: m.tbumpgloss

Mat tbumpgloss.jpg

m.tbumpenv

This is a legacy material, and should only be used where compatibility with older versions of Trainz is required.
m.tbumpenv is a bump mapped environment reflective material. In current versions of Trainz this is the preferred material for most models lit by world lighting, unless a particular effect is desired. Exceptions include tunnels and interiors.

View the tutorial video on tbumpenv HERE and download an example asset HERE to drop into Trainz to see what effect can be created using this material. The example asset is a "paint" type material.

Opacity = Uniform opacity can be controlled in the material settings.

Specular = Per-texel specular strength can be controlled via the normal texture's alpha channel.

Reflection = Per-texel blend strength of the environment map can be controlled via the diffuse texture's alpha channel.

Full details here: m.tbumpenv

Mat tbumpenv.jpg

Personal tools