ARMA2 updated rvmat for vehicles

soul_assassin · May 4, 2002

Seems the rvmats in A2 have been updated to use the "Super" shader which supports and ambient occlusion map and some sort of cubemap reflection :)

ambient[]={1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000};
diffuse[]={1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000};
forcedDiffuse[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000};
emmisive[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000};
specular[]={0.750000,0.800000,0.700000,1.000000};
specularPower=60.000000;
PixelShaderID="Super";
VertexShaderID="Super";
class Stage1
{
texture="SA_BMD_PACK_1\sa_bmd1_01_nohq.paa";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
	aside[]={1.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	up[]={0.000000,1.000000,0.000000};
	dir[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	pos[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
};
};
class Stage2
{
texture="ca\data\destruct\metal_rough_half_dt.paa";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
	aside[]={8.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	up[]={0.000000,8.000000,0.000000};
	dir[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	pos[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
};
};
class Stage3
{
texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0,MC)";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
	aside[]={1.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	up[]={0.000000,1.000000,0.000000};
	dir[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	pos[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
};
};
class Stage4
{
texture="SA_BMD_PACK_1\sa_bmd1_01_as.paa";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
	aside[]={1.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	up[]={0.000000,1.000000,0.000000};
	dir[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	pos[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
};
};
class Stage5
{
texture="SA_BMD_PACK_1\sa_bmd1_01_smdi.paa";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
	aside[]={1.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	up[]={0.000000,1.000000,0.000000};
	dir[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	pos[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
};
};
class Stage6
{
texture="#(ai,64,64,1)fresnel(0.9,0.1)";
uvSource="none";
};
class Stage7
{
texture="ca\data\env_land_co.paa";
uvSource="none";
};

the ambient map in stage4 is a rgb map with red and blue channels filled with white and the green channel housing the black/white ambient occlusion map. The 2nd and 3rd stages I am not sure yet what they are for. The numbers in the Fresnel component in stage 6 can be used to tweak the strength and the properties of the environment reflection. Neat!

Edit: dont forget to unpbo the ca.pbo into your P:\ drive in order to see this work. And of course Arma2 should be set as Bulldozer of course.

roberthammer · November 24, 2006

Oh thx Soul_Assassin :)

btw i need the new updated ArmA2 rvmat for weapons too :p

Edited June 22, 2009 by RobertHammer

norsu · January 6, 2002

Very cool. I have to give this a shot today :cool:.

gms · November 13, 2007

I tried it on weapons, but the reflections and AO in the game was not ... i will try with your material.

soul_assassin · May 4, 2002

Do not binarize this new rvmat when you pack it or it will not work. Also have a look for env_...paa textures in ca\data\ for stage 7 for some effects, mirror, blurred, color reflections etc.

scubaman3D · November 8, 2006

weapons uses the same shader

roberthammer · November 24, 2006

Finally got something work ingame :) but can you tell me how do you set ArmA1 O2 to work with ArmA2 shaders? Because when i set "D:\ArmA 2\ArmA2.exe -window -buldozer" it will crash with some shader error or something

soul_assassin · May 4, 2002

you have to unpbo the shaders from bin.pbo i think to P:\bin

roberthammer · November 24, 2006

you have to unpbo the shaders from bin.pbo i think to P:\bin

Great! thx Assassin :yay:

fromz · August 9, 2007

These are the new rvmat's effect:

From OH MOD for ArmA2 WIP

soul_assassin · May 4, 2002

Yeh dude as I said in the WIP thread, the aircraft look f*cking incredible! very nice work! Can you perhaps post which settings you have used in the rvmat? Can you also post an example glass rvmat?

marco-polo-iv · June 10, 2004

glass:

ambient[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
diffuse[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
forcedDiffuse[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
emmisive[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
specular[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
specularPower = 500.0;
renderFlags[] = {"NoAlphaWrite"};
PixelShaderID = "NormalMapSpecularDIMap";
VertexShaderID = "NormalMap";

class Stage1 
{
texture = "MAP_Air\data\uh60_skla_nohq.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage2 
{
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,DT)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage3 
{
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,0,MC)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage4 
{
texture = "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1,AS)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};

class Stage5 
{
texture = "MAP_Air\data\uh60_skla_smdi.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform {
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage6 
{
texture = "#(ai,32,128,1)fresnel(0.45,0.94)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage7 
{
texture = "MAP_Air\data\env_land_co.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};

glass_damage

ambient[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
diffuse[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
forcedDiffuse[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
emmisive[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
specular[] = {2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 1.0};
specularPower = 1000.0;
renderFlags[] = {"NoAlphaWrite"};
PixelShaderID = "NormalMapSpecularDIMap";
VertexShaderID = "NormalMap";

class Stage1 
{
texture = "ca\data\destruct\destr_glass_plexi_full_nohq.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {3.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 3.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage2 
{
texture = "ca\data\destruct\destr_glass_plexi_full_ca.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {3.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 3.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage3 
{
texture = "ca\data\destruct\destr_glass_plexi_full_ca.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {3.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 3.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage4 
{
texture = "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1,AS)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage5
{
texture = "ca\data\destruct\destr_glass_plexi_full_smdi.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {3.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 3.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage6 
{
texture = "#(ai,32,128,1)fresnel(0.45,0.94)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage7 
{
texture = "ca\data\env_land_co.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};

glass_in

mbient[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
diffuse[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
forcedDiffuse[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
emmisive[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
specular[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
specularPower = 500.0;
renderFlags[] = {"NoAlphaWrite"};
PixelShaderID = "NormalMapSpecularDIMap";
VertexShaderID = "NormalMap";

class Stage1
{
texture = "MAP_Air\data\uh60_skla_nohq.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage2 
{
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,DT)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage3 
{
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,0,MC)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage4 
{
texture = "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1,AS)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage5 
{
texture = "MAP_Air\data\uh60_skla_smdi.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage6 
{
texture = "#(ai,32,128,1)fresnel(1.01,0.52)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage7
{
texture = "ca\data\env_land_co.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform {
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};

glass_in_damage

mbient[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
diffuse[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
forcedDiffuse[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
emmisive[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
specular[] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
specularPower = 500.0;
renderFlags[] = {"NoAlphaWrite"};
PixelShaderID = "NormalMapSpecularDIMap";
VertexShaderID = "NormalMap";

class Stage1
{
texture = "MAP_Air\data\uh60_skla_nohq.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage2 
{
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,DT)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage3 
{
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,0,MC)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage4 
{
texture = "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1,AS)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage5 
{
texture = "MAP_Air\data\uh60_skla_smdi.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform 
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage6 
{
texture = "#(ai,32,128,1)fresnel(1.01,0.52)";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform
{
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};
class Stage7
{
texture = "ca\data\env_land_co.paa";
uvSource = "tex";

class uvTransform {
	aside[] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	up[] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
	dir[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
	pos[] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
};
};

i hope will help you

Marco

soul_assassin · May 4, 2002

cool thnx :)

roberthammer · November 24, 2006

I got little better glass rvmat

ambient[]={1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000};
diffuse[]={1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000};
forcedDiffuse[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000};
emmisive[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000};
specular[]={0.750000,0.800000,0.700000,1.000000};
specularPower=60.000000;
renderFlags[]={"NoAlphaWrite"};
PixelShaderID="Super";
VertexShaderID="Super";
class Stage1
{
texture="bhd_air\uh60_skla_nohq.paa";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
	aside[]={1.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	up[]={0.000000,1.000000,0.000000};
	dir[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	pos[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
};
};
class Stage2
{
texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,DT)";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
	aside[]={8.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	up[]={0.000000,8.000000,0.000000};
	dir[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	pos[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
};
};
class Stage3
{
texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,0,MC)";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
	aside[]={1.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	up[]={0.000000,1.000000,0.000000};
	dir[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	pos[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
};
};
class Stage4
{
texture="#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1,AS)";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
	aside[]={1.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	up[]={0.000000,1.000000,0.000000};
	dir[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	pos[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
};
};
class Stage5
{
texture="bhd_air\uh60_skla_smdi.paa";
uvSource="tex";
class uvTransform
{
	aside[]={1.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	up[]={0.000000,1.000000,0.000000};
	dir[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
	pos[]={0.000000,0.000000,0.000000};
};
};
class Stage6
{
texture="#(ai,32,128,1)fresnel(0.45,0.94)";
uvSource="none";
};
class Stage7
{
texture="ca\data\env_land_co.paa";
uvSource="none";
};

Try it and you will see the difference :cool:

btw fromz very cool , can you pls show here what settings you used in rvmat :)

TeRp · March 25, 2003

You guys should post diffuse, specular and normal samples, too.

The rvmats don't give that much insight on the final appearance without them. :)

Messiah · May 24, 2002

can anyone link up an example of an ambient occulsion map in ArmaA2? I've had a peek on google and I believe I have a fairly rough idea of how it works, but if someone could be so kind as to post up an AS along with the Diffuse, then that would help me see how the AS correlates to the Diffuse map. Even a small section would help.

Texview doesn't seem to like the new BIS paa, or at least it errors for me.

soul_assassin · May 4, 2002

The composition of the AS map is as follows:

red channel = filled white

green channel = contains the black/white ambient map with black shadows and white where there are no shadows.

blue channel = filled white

alpha channel = either not used at all or all white.

this entails that the ambient occlusion that you bake in your software is no longer applied directly into the diffuse texture but rather used separately with the use of the AS map.

Edited July 1, 2009 by Soul_Assassin

Messiah · May 24, 2002

ok, so essentially those places on my diffuse where I'd use a drop shadow to try and darken an area up, are now in turn shaded in the AS map in the green channel, and removed entirely from the Diffuse.

bear in mind all my modeling, uv unwraps, etc is entirely O2 based, so I have no way to bake anything. All diffuse, spec and norms are hand drawn, as will the AS.

cheers Soul :)

da12thMonkey · May 14, 2003

Messy mate, if you want AO maps baked, I can do them in Max for you.

I did one for the Jackal the other night. There are artifacts where the UV coordinates are shared by multiple components like the wheels and seats and double-sided planes caused by the lighting info being rendered over the map several times (any of our more experienced 3-D gurus who could tell me how to resolve this?), but overall it's not bad.

soul_assassin · May 4, 2002

u can share same uv space by offsetting it by 1 or more in either u or v direction. Since the texture tiles it just remaps itself.

TeRp · March 25, 2003

can anyone link up an example of an ambient occulsion map in ArmaA2? I've had a peek on google and I believe I have a fairly rough idea of how it works, but if someone could be so kind as to post up an AS along with the Diffuse, then that would help me see how the AS correlates to the Diffuse map. Even a small section would help.
Texview doesn't seem to like the new BIS paa, or at least it errors for me.

You got a pm :)

rocket · June 11, 2007

Using Soul_Assasin's great tips here, I've posted a detailed explaination of how I implemented the Super shader (along with sample textures) at in the forums.

ARMA2 updated rvmat for vehicles

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