We are releasing some information related to materials basics, texture maps etc. You may find them useful for Your projects. 1. RVMAT Basics (SuperShader, MultiMaterial, SkinShader, Procedural/Glass/Water/Detail/Normal/Specular/Tree etc. maps) URL: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/RVMAT_basics Done: SuperShader for MAX and MAYA (no .fx files yet) http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Super_shader Done: MultiMaterial for MAX (no sample .mcr script yet) http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multimaterial Done: SkinShader (no sample MAYA cgfx (screenshot) yet) http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Skin_shader Done: Face wound textures http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Face_Wound_Textures Done: Static Environmental Reflections (published mainly for compatibility reason as SuperShader (includes environmental map/fresnel) replacing this functionality) http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Static_Environmental_Reflections * - some hints about physical properties at bottom http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/RVMAT_basics#Physical_properties (including Bullet Penetrability ) 2. Texture Map Types (includes HQ NM) URL: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Texture_Map_Types 3. Post Process effects URL: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Post_process_effects 4. Unit ergonomics (Soldier model proportions) URL: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Soldier_model_proportions 5. Weapons settings (some informations about weapon configs) http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Weapons_settings 6. Damage:
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Damage
updated in BIKI:
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=Weapons_settings&diff=57833&oldid=56416
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=Bullet_penetrability&diff=57836&oldid=52134
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=RVMAT_basics&diff=57820&oldid=52837
while it's minor i hope it helps bit :)
7. other documentation per demand and as needed @TBD NOTE: Please don't edit these wiki pages w/o some prior discussion with BI staff as we will add more info into these in future ... Per demand => if it's possible i will see what can be done about such requests ... if you not post here just bug me on ARMA2 irc channel