LME basic

[Aily]

File Name: LME basic

File Submitter: Aily

File Submitted: 17 Jul 2011

File Category: Shaders

 

Leadwerks Material Editor (LME) for Leadwerks 2.3 and 2.4 just in 3DS MAX viewport.

Many thanks to Omid for idea and beta-testing

 

Features:

You see same picture in MAX viewport and Leadwerks engine.

One click to export entire model with multiple materials.

 

Materials features:

 

base:

overlay

alphatest

twosided

cast shadows

 

maps:

diffuse map

bump map

cubemap reflection map

spec/gloss/reflection map

 

shader effects:

specular

gloss

bump strenght

fresnel reflections (fake carpaint)

mix two materials "on-the-fly" by vertex color "R" using 2 layer diffuse alpha channel as mask blended edges

 

Why it need to use:

Very fast and easy model texturing by grass, dirt, e.t.c.

 

LME divided to 3 parts:

 

1. "LME_TWO_LAYERS.fx" - 3DS MAX HLSL viewport shader

2. "LME_mesh.frag, LME_mesh.vert" - Leadwerks GLSL shaders with same features as "LME_TWO_LAYERS.fx"

3. Modified Arbuz's material exporter for exporting materials from MAX to Leadwerks

 

Install:

 

Turn off 3DS MAX and Leadwerks editor!

 

1. Copy "LME_TWO_LAYERS.fx" to "3DSMAX/maps/fx"

2. Copy "GMF_MaterialExporter.ms" to "3DSMAX/scripts/startup"

3. Copy "LME_mesh.frag, LME_mesh.vert" to "Leadwerks SDK/shaders/mesh" or your Leadwerks project shaders/mesh

 

Now you can see video how it works.

 

Performance:

On some machines meshes with vertex colors rendering some slower.

LME is calculating every material as if it with bump map, so some 1-2 FPS will be lost (not so crytical)

Cubemap reflection is a heavy effect, so not need to waiting from it space ship speed.

 

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