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ZephyrZodiac:
What's a bump map? Does it do anything important?
Motoki:
If your video card supports it, it gives the illusion of depth. Also, apparently from what I hear a lot of Nvidia cards do support it but for some reason the game doesn't enable it for them by default unless you go through some process to remedy that. I don't recall how because I have an ATI card so I didn't pay too much attention.
Karen:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2005 November 16, 11:24:07
What's a bump map? Does it do anything important?
Here is an easy way to see the difference. Open up Body Shop and start a new project, then click on the Change Mannequin button. Select a mannequin, then press F8 to zoom in. Note the textured appearance of the bra. If what you see on your PC looks "flatter", less textured, than this picture, you don't have bump maps enabled (or your video card can't support them).
Karen
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IgnorantBliss:
Quote from: Motoki on 2005 November 16, 12:57:23
If your video card supports it, it gives the illusion of depth. Also, apparently from what I hear a lot of Nvidia cards do support it but for some reason the game doesn't enable it for them by default unless you go through some process to remedy that. I don't recall how because I have an ATI card so I didn't pay too much attention.
I think that problem was fixed with Nightlife. I always thought I'd seen bump maps, until I actually saw them in game after installing Nightlife :D. But, in return, I lost object specularity (upon installation, with the same graphics card as before).
ZephyrZodiac:
Well, I can't get Bodyshop to run properly in my game, so I never use it. However, I do have an Invidia 5200 (I think) but I don't know if bump maps are enabled or not. I'm just not technically up in these things.
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