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A [[command-line]] tool situated in <code>SteamApps\''username''\souresdk\bin\</code>, previously used to convert a heightmap texture into a [[Normal Maps|normal map]] texture. It stopped working at least since 11 August 2006, generating no output file, but old versions of this program may still exist.

Proper execution of this program included:
* Creating a [[TGA|targa (.tga)]] image with ''_height'' appended before the extension.
* Creating a [[txt|text (.txt)]] file with ''_normal'' appended before the extension, containing the following:
 "bumpscale" "1.0"

Keep in mind:
* You could change the bumpscale if you didn't like the output you were getting.
* The targa (.tga) image and text (.txt) file should have the same name without their appended text and extension.


'''Height2normal''' should be executed with the text file name.

ex: height2normal "C:\a\b\c\tgafile_normal.txt"


The output created by running '''height2normal''' will be a [[TGA|targa (.tga)]] image.

==See also==
* [[Material Creation]]

{{SDKTools}}

[[Category:Material System]]