07-11-2018, 04:03 PM
(07-11-2018, 03:22 PM)jaca44 Wrote: Well that seems different from Rich2005's ideas in post $4 which seem to produce a nice bump map. Others also do it on given texture files. My problem is probably more to do with my Gimp skills in that I am not following post $4's steps correctly somehow.
Just lack of understanding and what I wrote can be misconstrued
quote..Using the Gimp dds plugin gets
1. A main surface image: https://i.imgur.com/DcSkJRY.jpg
2. Some sort of semi-transparent texture overlay image: https://i.imgur.com/EARBI0u.jpg ...unquote
This is not from the single .dds image. They are separate .dds images that should be provided in the model package.
If you only have a single dds image then you will have to reconstruct a suitable bumpmap (just the rivets and seams) to use. Not easy for a beginner, very tedious once you get some experience.