Albedo map

The albedo map defines the base RGB color of each texel. It is configured using a texture.txt file which is directly referenced from the material (usually within a mesh file although sometimes from the asset's config.txt directly).

Alpha Channel

It is common for (semi-)transparent materials to store the alpha blend factor (ie. opacity level) in the albedo map's alpha channel. Materials which are fully opaque may use the albedo's alpha channel for some other purpose, or not at all.

If no alpha channel is specified, the outcome is identical to a fully white (1.0) alpha channel.

Some legacy material types offer automatic selection of alpha blending, alpha masking or opaque rendering modes based on the contents and configuration of the albedo map. This introduces uncertainties when texture replacement is used as to what material configuration will result. TRS18 materials do not attempt this, and instead rely on the content creator to select the appropriate material type.

Examples

TBD: See Normal map for examples.