What are the tga files used for in MC TP?

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What are the tga files used for in MC TP?

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I take a look into a Minecraft TP and found a lot of black/white tga files. Can someone tell me what they are used for?

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Re: What are the tga files used for in MC TP?

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burli wrote:I take a look into a Minecraft TP and found a lot of black/white tga files. Can someone tell me what they are used for?
maybe they were using them for bump mapping? You'd get a better result with .tga because they can store more info and in a low pixel image not everything needs to be square. but I think they phased away from that format, have they not?

also, they're being black and white would result in cleaner, smoother definition when bump mapping (thought I should add that) and that would be for height map, bump mapping (not normal mapping)

this is just a thought, might not be the true answer.


edit: Hey, haha... nvrmd, I found your answer :P
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mi ... ure-system

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Re: What are the tga files used for in MC TP?

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I found different versions of the same TP. In some of them I found tga, in others not.

But some textures are black/white and I think they use this to colorize them dynamically instead of predefined colors. I tried to colorize them, but it is difficult to hit the right color

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Re: What are the tga files used for in MC TP?

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this may sound like a dumb suggestion (yes, I can get dumber) :D

maybe ask of at MC forums?

How recent are these TPs you're looking at?
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Re: What are the tga files used for in MC TP?

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DOH! Could a mod please delete this 2d post?

idk wth is going on? I think my mouse is going rogue



this may sound like a dumb suggestion (yes, I can get dumber) :D

maybe ask of at MC forums?

How recent are these TPs you're looking at?
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Re: What are the tga files used for in MC TP?

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I'm not sure if a MC user can tell me something about the Minetest technology. It might work totally different

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Re: What are the tga files used for in MC TP?

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it would be best to ask one of the more prominent texture pack artists directly, rather than on the general forum
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