Texture Sizes

[Zieg]

I finally decided to finish one of my maps and had some questions about textures. For reference it is a Pokemon card battle game in the style of Triple Triad from FF8. If you don't know what that is google it. I wanted to know if you could have 1 huge texture file and all the card models use a portion of the texture for the card faces. So the texture would have each card on it. That way I can have tons of card models with just 1 texture file instead of each one having its own.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Sure you can, you just have to UVMap every model file for each card with VertexModifier.

An example is the WC3-ingame foot trail. There's a texture file with various footprints, various models use different prints from the same texture file.

 

[Zieg]

What is the maximum size you can use for a texture, I need to get 649 pictures on the texture.

 

[I3lackDeath]

I think the absolute max. resolution is 512x512.

 

[Zieg]

512 wont be big enough. Also 649 models might be too much for the game anyways no matter how small they might be. Suppose I might give up on map making, tons of ideas but don't have the skills to do everything myself

 

[PROXY]

You can actually make texture as big as you want, I think. As long it is a multiple of 16....

256x256, 512x512, 1024x1024, 2048x2048...