Texture Types Created 8 years ago2016-03-14 15:45:34 UTC by kamyon95

I think there's some texture types right? Like:

If texture name starts with "+" icon, that means it is animated texture.

If texture name starts with "~" icon, that means texture shining with light's brightness.

If texture name starts with "{" icon, that means it is a half-invisible texture like a sprite. (Blue places don't show in game.)

Is there any type of textures i didn't remember???

Textures that starts with "-" and a number are randomly selected and replaced by each other during compiles, allowing for texture variance without having to place each texture inidividually.

Wow i didn't know that, thanks
And
I have a problem again...

"{" textures is not half invisible for me. When i put in game it appears with blue places. What should i do ???

You need to turn the brush with the texture into an entity. Set the render mode to Solid and FX amount to 255.

tie to entity - func_wall
render mode: solid
render fx: 255

yea i did it like this, but it works only func_illusionary... And i want a door

Any brush entity should work, as long as you set the other parameters the way Tetsu0 said.

Ok it worked. I was selected render mode texture accidently. Thanks again

If texture name starts with "!" icon, what's that type???

Water if I remember correctly ?

Oh. ok thanks

I assume how 50% of the mappers don't know this:

There is a water current texture. It can be used in rivers to push players in the direction of the water. Hold on, I saw that somewhere on "The Tommy of Escondido", it is a mapper's site, which contains some interesting information.

I think the prefix for currents is '!cur_', however, not just that, you can also set it to go down, up and in certain directions: !cur90_, !cur180_ !cur270_, etc. It acts as if it's a water brush, and I don't think you need to turn it into a func_water entity. It's interesting, I tested it once, and if I remember correctly, the speed of the current is affected by how much you stretch the texture.

Wait really??? Well that saves me func_water
Thanks for sharing Admer456

All these years and I had never heard of this.

I've got the same feeling that an archeologist finding a working mechanical computer from ancient Greece would have.

example maps or it didn't happen

I have tested if textures starting with !cur_ or !cur<number>_ works as intended. They don't.

Dr. Orange, I don't think that "!cur_" is a prefix. As much as I remember I had a texture named "!cur", or "!cur_90". Without any additional characters. I went through some trial and error to get it working.

But they work very well, even if you can't change some of the parameters (Render Mode) without turning it into an entity. I have the .wad file, and the test map itself. I'll upload an example map (along with the .rmf and a .wad) as soon as possible.

Is there any vanilla texture that demonstrates this?

It's been a long time since I've peeked into the HL1 WADs, but I'm 99% sure there isn't.

Odd that they'd put functionality like that in and then never use it.

It might just be a remnant of the Quake code, just like the toggled animation. Really, there's no official texture that have two animated states. There's a lot of animated textures with a single "off" frame, but there are literary none with multiple "off" frames.

but there are literary none with multiple "off" frames

Not true; The +Number states are 'on' and the +Letter states are 'off' (depending on which texture is applied in the normal state.
Example

Not true; The +Number states are 'on' and the +Letter states are 'off' (depending on which texture is applied in the normal state.
Example

I meant that there are no textures with multiple off frames (+a, +b, +c...) in the stock valve Half-Life wads.

There aren't, but you can see it works.

Unlike this "!cur_" property. To restate:

example maps or it didn't happen

Alright, alright... I'll upload an example map with all of the 6 directions: up, down, left, right, forward, and backward.

Just realize that it's not "!cur_", but "!cur_0" as it shouldn't contain any additional letters. Or maybe it's not "!cur", perhaps it's "cur". In any case and/or situation, I am going to make the map to prove my accidental re-discovery.

i'm still waiting

Here it is: http://twhl.info/vault.php?map=6097

How do you scale the current force?
Nevermind, I forgot how to read

the speed of the current is affected by how much you stretch the texture