Texture Grid ("Fake 3do-ing")

Purpose

A method of speeding up texturing.

How It Works

• Come up with a standard texture, divided into a 4x4 grid, with each cell having a different texture:

0	1	e	f
3	2	d	c
4	7	8	b
5	6	9	a

• To texture a model, put each chart in the cell corresponding to the texture you want.

Advantages

While this cannot replace individual attention as far as quality goes, I hope it will have the following advantages:

1. Faster to texture.
2. Since many units could share the same texture, the texture could be made higher-resolution.
3. Improvements to the texture could be made without having to tweak every unit.

Specific Textures

• 0-3: Painted.
  • 0: Background + single teamcolor stripe.
  • 1: Nested "L"-shape of background and teamcolor. Can be used for multiple stripes, chevrons.
  • 2: Background and teamcolor circles.
  • 3. Teamcolor logo.
• 4-7: Other major types.
  • 4: Unpainted metal (plates, etc.).
  • 5: Wreckage.
  • 6: Camo.
  • 7: Exposed internals (wires, etc.)
• 8-11: Special roles.
  • 8: Construction.
  • 9: Repair pad.
  • a: Glowy energy.
  • b: Radar.
• c-f: Miscellaneous.
  • c: Girders.
  • d: Wheel.
  • e: Fan.
  • f: Pure specials: Split into pure white, pure black, chrome, and transparent.