Modulate

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Modulate is a shader that modulates the colors of any pixels behind it.

GIF Animation showing "Modulate" shader in action.

Description

Accepts only a $basetexture and this texture will be used to modulate pixels. Multiplies the color behind it with this surface's texture.

Tip.pngTip:This can be effectively used to fake various features that Source may not support, such as vertex coloring or lightmapping on models, by creating a surface above the first one to modulate it.
Todo: Test performance more. Probably expensive when many layers are in use.

See also

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