Decal shapes and colours customization
polycounter lvl 11
It's an interesting topic I think, not one that I've thought about before and I was wondering if any of you guys had done anything like this before.
I'm talking about things like having different painted patterns with different paint jobs on characters or vehicles. Custom decals with variations etc.
Examples would be lets say, the emblem on the shoulders in Halo, or the tattoos in Rockband. Even Need for speed underground for decals on cars.
How is this sort of thing implemented into a game and what is it the artist would have to create? What kind of pipelines have people gone through to actually achieve this feature? I know swapping out models for different hair and different parts are easy enough, it's just custom paint jobs on models with custom colours I can't think of a way to do. I did a quick internet search but I didn't get many results, mostly because I wouldn't know what to look for. xD
What are your thoughts? How have you guys done all this (if you have)?
I'm talking about things like having different painted patterns with different paint jobs on characters or vehicles. Custom decals with variations etc.
Examples would be lets say, the emblem on the shoulders in Halo, or the tattoos in Rockband. Even Need for speed underground for decals on cars.
How is this sort of thing implemented into a game and what is it the artist would have to create? What kind of pipelines have people gone through to actually achieve this feature? I know swapping out models for different hair and different parts are easy enough, it's just custom paint jobs on models with custom colours I can't think of a way to do. I did a quick internet search but I didn't get many results, mostly because I wouldn't know what to look for. xD
What are your thoughts? How have you guys done all this (if you have)?
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With this method, you can create multiples diffuses maps like layers for photoshop.
So in-game script can add them with parameters (manipulating colors, scale, rotation) the limit is only the imagination.
team colours / paint colours are often done with tinting either on a per mesh basis or with some masks - I believe if you dig around for starcraft 2 modding stuff there will be infos on tinting. (maybe for LOL and dota2 as well, not sure)