Difference between revisions of "Specular Material (RW Section)"

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; Specular Level : 0.0 is no spec and 1.0 is full spec. Values can go past 1.0, but may produce unrealistic results.
 
; Specular Level : 0.0 is no spec and 1.0 is full spec. Values can go past 1.0, but may produce unrealistic results.
 
; Specular Texture Name : On the PC and Xbox versions of the game this texture is not used. On the PS2 however, it is used as a second reflection map. The string is null terminated, and aligned to 4 byte boundaries with extra zeros appended.
 
; Specular Texture Name : On the PC and Xbox versions of the game this texture is not used. On the PS2 however, it is used as a second reflection map. The string is null terminated, and aligned to 4 byte boundaries with extra zeros appended.
 
==Notes==
 
  
 
The Specular Material section is exclusive to San Andreas and Manhunt. In San Andreas, the use is further limited to vehicles; putting a Specular Material extension on a building object will not yield the same results. Its use in Manhunt is unknown.
 
The Specular Material section is exclusive to San Andreas and Manhunt. In San Andreas, the use is further limited to vehicles; putting a Specular Material extension on a building object will not yield the same results. Its use in Manhunt is unknown.

Revision as of 15:27, 5 November 2006

{{{NAME}}}
RenderWare Stream Section
Vendor {{{VENDORNAME}}}
Module {{{MODULENAME}}}
Module ID 0x{{{MODULEID}}}
Identifier 0x{{{IDENTIFIER}}}
Chunk ID 0x{{{MODULEID}}}{{{IDENTIFIER}}}
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Hierarchy
Parents:
None
Children:
None
Extensions:
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File Format

A Specular Material is one of Rockstar's custom sections. In GTA San Andreas it is used to store material information for specular lighting. The typical location in a SA dff section hierarchy is Clump > Geometry List > Geometry > Material List > Material > Extension > Specular Material.

Data Layout

4b - FLOAT   - Specular Level
 ? - CHAR[?] - Specular Texture Name, see below
4b - DWORD   - unknown, always 0 (zero)

Annotations

Specular Level 
0.0 is no spec and 1.0 is full spec. Values can go past 1.0, but may produce unrealistic results.
Specular Texture Name 
On the PC and Xbox versions of the game this texture is not used. On the PS2 however, it is used as a second reflection map. The string is null terminated, and aligned to 4 byte boundaries with extra zeros appended.

The Specular Material section is exclusive to San Andreas and Manhunt. In San Andreas, the use is further limited to vehicles; putting a Specular Material extension on a building object will not yield the same results. Its use in Manhunt is unknown.