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    Tell me: What do these maps exactly diffuse, normal, specular (textures)

    GJGAMESGJGAMES Posts: 45 Member
    edited May 2021 in Tutorials and Tools for Mods & CC
    So yeah i want to know what those mapps do im currently trying to make some glass items but it just appears to be blue,

    Ive only changed the diffuse map to a blue color with an 90% transparent which is in the studio looking like glass but in game its just solid blue.
    So im wondering if i have to change those others maps?
    Therefor ill like to know what they actually do so i know if i have to do something with them or not.


    I have searched the internet and found some explainations but i cant fully place it in sims therms. Dont get me wrong I speak(not write) verry well english but sometimes its easier to understand things if there are in my own language (NL)
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      AmeliaToddAmeliaTodd Posts: 226 Member
      Diffuse = has the color information
      Normal = it is used to create fake relief on a surface
      Specular = defines shininess and highlight

      There are some tutorials about how to make objects transparent, have you been following those?

      https://sims4studio.com/thread/1037/make-object-transparency-add-alpha

      This is a long thread but there are many cases and issues addressed in it, maybe you will find something that suits you?
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      GJGAMESGJGAMES Posts: 45 Member
      AmeliaTodd wrote: »
      Diffuse = has the color information
      Normal = it is used to create fake relief on a surface
      Specular = defines shininess and highlight

      There are some tutorials about how to make objects transparent, have you been following those?

      https://sims4studio.com/thread/1037/make-object-transparency-add-alpha

      This is a long thread but there are many cases and issues addressed in it, maybe you will find something that suits you?

      thanks i think ill look into that 1 not sure if its the one ive allready seen since there are (luckly) alot of tutorials.
      Im 19 and still lonely. Ooops this is the sims forum not a dating app
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      ilovescampersilovescampers Posts: 99 Member
      edited June 2021
      Basically, your glass item should have the PhongAlpha shader and your alpha channel on your diffuse should be black, for full transparency, grey for partial transparency. The darker your texture's alpha channel, the more transparent your object will be.

      This tutorial is helpful, as well: https://sims4studio.com/thread/1157/objects-glass-balloon-effect?page=1
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