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Shaders

These are placed at the very top of your VMT to define what kind of shader your VMT texture will use.

• "alienscale"
• "basetimeslightmaptimesdetail"
• "basetimeslightmapwet"
• "basetimesmod2xenvmap"
• "bloom"
• "blurfilterx"
• "blurfiltery"
• "cable"
• "camo"
• "cloud"
• "debugbumpedlightmap"
• "debugbumpedvertexlit"
• "debugfbtexture"
• "debuglightingonly"
• "debuglightmap"
• "debugluxels"
• "debugmodifyvertex"
• "debugnormalmap"
• "debugunlit"
• "debugvertexlit"
• "decalBaseTimesLightmapAlphaBlendSelfillum"
• "decalmodulate"
• "downsample"
• "eyeball"
• "eyes"
• "fillrate"
• "gooinglass"
• "internalframesync"
• "jellyfish"
• "jojirium"
• "lightmappedgeneric"
• "lightmappedtwotexture"
• "modeladditivetransEnvMapwithMaskedTexture"
• "modulate"
• "overlay_fit"
• "particlesphere"
• "predator"
• "reflecttexture"
• "refract"
• "shadow"
• "shadowbuild"
• "shadowmodel"
• "showdestalpha"
• "skyfog"
• "sprite"
• "teeth"
• "translucentlightmap"
• "unlitgeneric"
• "unlittwotexture"
• "vertexlitgeneric"
• "vertexnormals"
• "volumetricfog"
• "water"
• "watersurfacebottom"
• "wireframe"
• "worldtwotextureblend"
• "worldvertexalpha"
• "worldvertextransition"
• "writeZ"
• "yuv"

Compile Parameters

Can choose 1 or 0

• "%compileclip" 1
• "%compiledetail" 1
• "%compilefog" 1
• "%compilehint" 1
• "%compileladder" 1
• "%compilenodraw" 1
• "%compilenonsolid" 1
• "%compilenpcclip" 1
• "%compileorigin" 1
• "%compilepassbullets" 1
• "%compileplayercontrolclip" 1
• "%compileskip" 1
• "%compilesky" 1
  
• "%compiletrigger" 1
• "%compilewater" 1
• "%compilewet" 1
• "%detailtype" //Not sure about this...
• "%keywords" "c17downtown,c17industrial"
• "%notooltexture" "dev/water_normal"
• "%tooltexture" "dev/water_normal"

Value Parameters

Some of these are 1 or 0 to turn on and off. Others are for textures, as well as other types.

Example:

"$basetexture" "dev/water_normal"
"$reflectentities" 1
"$refracttint" "[0.95 1.0 0.97]"
"$fogcolor" "{22 20 10}"
"$fogend" 30.00
"$refractamount" "0.8"

• "$2basetexture"
• "$a_b_halfwidth"
• "$a_b_noise"
• "$a_s_halfwidth"
• "$a_s_noise"
• "$a_t_halfwidth"
• "$a_threshold"
• "$abstmp"
• "$additive"
• "$alpha"
• "$alpha_bias"
• "$alphatested"
• "$animatedtextureframenumvar"
• "$animatedtextureframerate"
• "$animatedtexturevar"
• "$basetexture" //texture that sets color and transparency
• "$basetexture2" //used with layered textures for displacement maps
• "$basetextureoffset"
• "$basetexturescale"
• "$basetexturetransform"
• "$basetexturetransform2"
• "$bluramount"
• "$blurtexture"
• "$bottommaterial"
• "$brightness"
• "$bumpbasetexture2withbumpmap"
• "$bumpframe"
• "$bumpmap"
• "$bumpoffset"
• "$bumpscale"
• "$bumptransform"
• "$cheapwaterenddistance"
• "$cheapwaterstartdistance"
• "$clientshader"
• "$cloudalphatexture"
• "$cloudscale"
• "$color"
• "$comparez"
• "$crackmaterial"
• "$decalfadeduration"
• "$decalfadetime"
• "$decalscale"
• "$decalsecondpass"
• "$detail"
• "$detail2"
• "$detailframe"
• "$detailscale"
• "$detailscale2"
• "$dudvframe"
• "$dudvmap" //a type of texture map used on a refration shader, use nvidia plugin for pshop to create
• "$dummyvar"
• "$env_cubemap" //sets certain properties to use ingame cubemaps eg. $envmap "env_cubemap"
• "$envcontrast"
• "$envmap" //parameter that sets what the texture's reflects
• "$envmapcontrast"
• "$envmapframe"
• "$envmapmask"
• "$envmapmaskframe"
• "$envmapmaskscale"
• "$envmapmasktransform"
• "$envmapsaturation"
• "$envmaptint" //used to change the color of the envmap. $envmaptint [r g b]
• "$eyeorigin"
• "$eyeup"
• "$fadeoutonsilhouette"
• "$falloffamount"
• "$falloffdistance"
• "$falloffoffset"
• "$fbtexture"
• "$fixedfunction"
• "$flags"
• "$flags_defined"
• "$flags_defined2"
• "$flags2"
• "$fogcolor"
• "$fogenable"
• "$fogend"
• "$fogstart"
• "$forcecheap"
• "$forceexpensive"
• "$forward"
• "$frame"
• "$frame2"
• "$frametexture"
• "$fresnelreflection"
• "$glassenvmap"
• "$glassenvmaptint"
• "$glint"
• "$glintu"
• "$glintv"
• "$gradienttexture"
• "$halfwidth"
• "$hasselfillum"
• "$ignorevertexcolors"
• "$illumfactor "
• "$iris"
• "$irisframe"
• "$irisu"
• "$irisv"
• "$j_b_halfwidth"
• "$j_b_noise"
• "$j_basescale"
• "$j_s_halfwidth"
• "$j_s_noise"
• "$j_t_halfwidth"
• "$j_threshold"
• "$leakamount"
• "$leakcolor"
• "$leakforce"
• "$leaknoise"
• "$lights"
• "$maskscale"
• "$maxlight"
• "$mean"
• "$micros"
• "$micros_frame"
• "$micros_transform"
• "$minlight"
• "$mod2x"
• "$modelmaterial"
• "$multiply"
• "$multiplyby_max_hdr_overbright"
• "$multiplybyalpha"
• "$multiplybycolor"
• "$nocompress"
• "$nocull"
• "$noisechoice"
• "$normal"
• "$normalmap" //point a vtf to it to give the material a normal map
• "$normalmapenvmask"
• "$noscale"
• "$one"
• "$passcount"
• "$polyoffset"
• "$pulserate"
• "$reflectamount"
• "$reflectentities"
• "$reflecttexture" //
• "$reflecttint"
• "$refractamount" //change how much the shader refracts. Decimal value
• "$refractionamount"
• "$refracttexture"
• "$refracttint" //change the hue of the refration
• "$refracttinttexture" //use a texture map to change the hue of the refraction
• "$refracttinttextureframe"
• "$scale"
• "$selfillumtexture"
• "$selfillumtextureframe"
• "$selfillumtint"
• "$shaderprop"
• "$spriteframe"
• "$spriteorientation"
• "$spriteorigin"
• "$spriterendermode"
• "$subdivsize"
• "$surfaceprop"
• "$surfaceprop2"
• "$temp"
• "$temp1"
• "$temp2"
• "$tempvec"
• "$tex2offset"
• "$tex2scale"
• "$texoffset"
• "$texscale"
• "$texture2"
• "$texture2scale"
• "$texture2transform"
• "$time"
• "$tooltexture"
• "$translucency" //if set to 1, will use the alpha channel of $basetexture as transparency
• "$translucent_material" //best guess is, use a grayscale image instead of $basetexture for transp.
• "$translucentgoo"
• "$unlitfactor"
• "$usebumpmap"
• "$usingpixelshader"
• "$waterdepth"
• "$wave"
• "$wetbrightnessfactor "
• "$writez"
• "$xo_b_halfwidth"
• "$xo_b_noise"
• "$xo_s_halfwidth"
• "$xo_s_noise"
• "$xo_t_halfwidth"
• "$xo_threshold"
• "$zero"

Example

"water"
{
 "%tooltexture" "illkid/water_illkid"
 "$cheapwaterstartdistance" 1000
 "$forceexpensive" 1
 "$refractamount" ".8"
 "$refracttint" "[0.95 1.0 0.97]"
 "$reflectentities" 1

 "$reflecttexture" "_rt_waterreflection"
 "$refracttexture" "_rt_WaterRefraction"

 "$reflectamount" ".8"
 "$reflecttint" "[1 1 1]"

 "$scale" "[1 1]"

 "$bumpmap" "dev/water_dudv"
 "$normalmap" "illkid/water_illkid"

 "%compilewater" 1
 "$surfaceprop" "water"
 "$bottommaterial" "illkid/water_illkid"
 "$bumpframe" "0"

 "$fogenable" 1
 "$fogcolor" "{22 20 10}"
 "$fogstart" 1.00
 "$fogend" 30.00

 "Proxies"
 {
  "AnimatedTexture"
  {
   "animatedtexturevar" "$normalmap"
   "animatedtextureframenumvar" "$bumpframe"
   "animatedtextureframerate" 30.00
  }

  "TextureScroll"
  {
   "texturescrollvar" "$bumptransform"
   "texturescrollrate" .05
   "texturescrollangle" 45.00
  }
 }
}

--Gooseman 15:31, 27 Apr 2005 (EDT)

// Texture with spec map only (no bumpmap)

"VertexLitGeneric"
{
"$basetexture" "models/Combine_Scanner/scanner_sheet"
"$selfillum" "1"
"$envmapmask" "models/Combine_Scanner/scanner_mask"
"$envmap" "env_cubemap"
"envmapsaturation" "[.2 .1 1]"
}

// Texture with spec AND bumpmap

"VertexLitGeneric"
{
"$baseTexture" "Models/Antlion/Antlionhigh_sheet"
"$bumpmap" "Models/Antlion/Antlionhigh_normal"
"$envmap" "env_cubemap"
"$envmaptint" "[ .36 .36 .30 ]"
"$envmapconstrast" "1"
"$normalmapalphaenvmapmask" 1
}