Maniaplanet Forum

Hi,

I have a small problem, I want save the ProjShad.dds with colors - no Problem. But when I want take my skin, the colors of the shadows are grey, in which format I have to save the dds ?


http://kreipe.patrick.coolserverhosting.de/ProjShad.dds

You should save it as DXT1c / no alpha

http://www.mania-creative.com/howto/tm_ ... ndex-eng-1

Pedal wrote:You should save it as DXT1c / no alpha

http://www.mania-creative.com/howto/tm_ ... ndex-eng-1

Well, it seems to work in TMUF/NF but not in maniaplanet?

You have to have the shaders set to "Fast" to see the fake shadows properly.

zarexz wrote:You have to have the shaders set to "Fast" to see the fake shadows properly.

hmmm... I save this file with paint.net and/or photoshop CS.6 and I got always the same effect
Which plugins do you use to convert shadows, which should work in Maniaplanet?

I have these settings in Photoshop

set shaders to Fast in Maniaplanet settings...

If I remember correctly, it was told that the fake shadows cannot be in colors, and get transformed to gray automatically by the actual 3D engine.
This means neon lights below the car are not feasible, if you tried to do exactly this

kripkee wrote:

zarexz wrote:You have to have the shaders set to "Fast" to see the fake shadows properly.

Sorry. Shader settings in the trackmania launcher need to be set to "Fast" indeed.
Save your file as DXT1-No alpha.



EDIT: You also have to be on track. It doesn't show in colour in the painter menu.

cool
but this means the shadows are still gray with nice shader settings, right?

TMarc wrote:cool
but this means the shadows are still gray with nice shader settings, right?

I can't reproduce a grayscale fakeshadow at all.
It's either there in colour or not at all.
Shaders: Very fast & Fast = coloured fakeshadow.dds
Shaders: Nice & Very nice = dds file is ignored.