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| - | ====== Spherical Gizmo Mapping ====== | + | ====== |
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| + | **Operation Flashpoint (OFP)** aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) | ||
| **Spherical Gizmo Mapping Tutorial** by remcen aka hottentotten mike | **Spherical Gizmo Mapping Tutorial** by remcen aka hottentotten mike | ||
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| The Problem | The Problem | ||
| - | We want to map this cap: | + | We want to map this cap: |
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| The blue arrows symbolize again the direction of the mapping process. For this reason it should be clear that the texture used must make allowance for that. | The blue arrows symbolize again the direction of the mapping process. For this reason it should be clear that the texture used must make allowance for that. | ||
| - | The texture now looks like this: | + | The texture now looks like this: |
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| - | As you see it looks like the cap from all angles at the same time. | + | As you see it looks like the cap from all angles at the same time. |
| Now... How do we apply that texture to the cap properly with the Gizmo tool? | Now... How do we apply that texture to the cap properly with the Gizmo tool? | ||
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| The more common application is to texture tank turrets, caps, helmets, heads, etc - in short: | The more common application is to texture tank turrets, caps, helmets, heads, etc - in short: | ||
| - | Hemisphere-shaped objects. | + | Hemisphere-shaped objects. |
| The problem is, how do you control the size of the virtual sphere from which the selected area is mapped? | The problem is, how do you control the size of the virtual sphere from which the selected area is mapped? | ||
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| **b) ... and in particular...** | **b) ... and in particular...** | ||
| - | The key to mapping hemispheres is not the size of the arrows of the Gizmo tool. Of course, you can map a hemisphere as if it was a sphere and therewith waste half of the texture. But we can influence the parts of the texture which is used to map the selected area. | + | The key to mapping hemispheres is not the size of the arrows of the Gizmo tool. Of course, you can map a hemisphere as if it was a sphere and therewith waste half of the texture. But we can influence the parts of the texture which is used to map the selected area. |
| Let's come back to the example of the cap from the beginning of the tutorial: | Let's come back to the example of the cap from the beginning of the tutorial: | ||
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| Our example cap now looks like this: as it should be! | Our example cap now looks like this: as it should be! | ||
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