Lightwolf84 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Hello Many mods and texture packs have _n dds files, what is purpose of them? For example this hunter rifle texture pack:1stpersonhuntingrifle1stpersonhuntingrifle_nhuntingriflehuntingrifle_n I only installed 1stpersonhuntingrifle and huntingrifle files, and it worked fine.So what are those _n files? :thanks: :thanks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky84 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Hello Many mods and texture packs have _n dds files, what is purpose of them? For example this hunter rifle texture pack:1stpersonhuntingrifle1stpersonhuntingrifle_nhuntingriflehuntingrifle_n I only installed 1stpersonhuntingrifle and huntingrifle files, and it worked fine.So what are those _n files? :thanks: :thanks: they are bump maps that give the model more detail and depth. they help with the lighting reflectiveness on the model. i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGBlank Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Yep, they tell the game how light should reflect, this way you can have a physically flat and smooth mesh that looks like wood, smells like wood, and reflects light like wood (ok, ok, not the smell, yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightwolf84 Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Okay! :wink: Thanks boys. :thanks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted1084753User Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_map Should help you understand what they do (or possibly just confuse you further...) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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