Half-Life SDK/Textures

Todo:  Decals Detail Textures AllocBlock optimization (max textures; dictated by lightmaps, which are always 16 luxels per texel, regardless of texture scale "Chrome" textures func_wall (actually required for certain texture rendermodes) Brush entity rendermodes, WAD texture characters, MDL texture flags materials.txt (equivalent to $surfaceprop, but only affects sounds; uses MAT files for additional surface properties, such as debris and decals) Note:Some limitations to keep in mind: While textures do not need to be powers of two, they usually must be multiples of 16. MDL textures can be multiples of 8, but dimensions that aren't multiples of 16 can sometimes be buggy. 8x8 textures can be used for single-color model "materials", but it's otherwise better to stick to multiples of 16. Textures can be a maximum resolution of 512x512 in the OpenGL renderer. The software renderer is limited to 256x256, but it is buggy and frequently is disregarded (targeting OpenGL only). Sven Co-op can use textures up to 1024x1024. AllocBlock has been raised from 64 to 512 to compensate. In some versions of GoldSrc, the user can set a lower gl_max_size, which is sometimes unintentionally set to 256. This seems to be broken in the current Half-Life build, however. Getting started WADs Decals Detail textures Skyboxes External links The303's GoldSrc texture tutorial

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