Csgo Complex

Csgo Complex is a very commonly used shader in CS2, usually used for non blendable textures or emissive textures. Page is loosely organized based on how it appears in Material Editor.

Todo: Cleanup, document, and organize.

Texture Inputs and Values

Color

Diffuse color texture for this layer. Typically you will want to remove any baked in lighting information from this texture.

• Color (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _color

• Color Tint - Multiplies the specified color over the entire layer.

• Tex Coord Center - ^[Clarify]
  • Left Box - ^[Clarify], U coord, ranges 0-1
  • Right Box - ^[Clarify], V coord, ranges 0-1

• Tex Coord Scale - Adjusts the U and V scale for this layer.
  • Left Box - ^[Clarify], U coord, multiplier, any number.
  • Right Box - ^[Clarify], V coord, multiplier, any number.

• Tex Coord Rotation - Rotates the texture. Range is -360 to +360

• Tex Coord Offset - Offsets the UVs for this map by the specified values.
  • Left Box - ^[Clarify], U coord, ranges 0-1
  • Right Box - ^[Clarify], V coord, ranges 0-1

• Tex Coord Scroll Speed - ^[Clarify]
  • Left Box - ^[Clarify], U Coord
  • Right Box - ^[Clarify], V Coord

• Scale TexCoord U By Model Scale Axis - ^[Clarify]
  • UV.u*model.x - ^[Clarify]
  • UV.u*model.y - ^[Clarify]
  • UV.u*model.z - ^[Clarify]

• Scale TexCoord V By Model Scale Axis - ^[Clarify]
  • UV.u*model.x - ^[Clarify]
  • UV.u*model.y - ^[Clarify]
  • UV.u*model.z - ^[Clarify]

• Tint Mask (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _mask

Note:  Appears When Toggled

Texture Animation (Appears When Toggled)

Todo: Description

• Animation Grid - ^[Clarify]
• Num Animation Cells - ^[Clarify]
• Animation Time Per Frame - ^[Clarify]
• Animation Time Offset - ^[Clarify]
• Animation Frame - ^[Clarify]

Translucent (Appears When Toggled)

Todo: Description

• When Alpha Test is Enabled
  • Alpha Test Reference (Range: 0.010 - 0.990)
    

For 'alpha test' (1bit) alpha textures this adjusts the cutoff point between 100% transparent and 100% opaque. Useful, particularly, when the alpha test surface is disappearing at lower mip levels.

• • Anti Aliased Edge Strength (Range: 0.000 - 1.000)

• When Translucent is Enabled
  • Opacity Scale (Range: 0.000 - 1.000)
• Translucency (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _trans

Normal

Todo: Description

• Normal (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _normal

Lighting

Roughness

Todo: Description

• Roughness (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _rough

Metalness
Controls color tinting of the specular highlites. The tint color is based on the underlying diffuse color texture. Typically used for metal materials but is useful on all surfaces when used sparingly.

• Metalness - Controls the metalness for the whole texture. (Range 0.000 - 1.00)

• Metalness (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _metal

Note:  Appears When Toggled

Decal Texture (Appears When Toggled)

Todo: Description

• Decal (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _decal
• Decal Translucency (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _trans

Ambient Occlusion

Todo: Description

• Ambient Occlusion (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _ao

• Use Secondary Uv For Ambient Occlusion - Whether to use the secondary UV for the ambient occlusion

Note:  Appears When Toggled

Self Illum (Appears When Toggled)

Todo: Description

• Self Illum Mask (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _selfillum

Detail Texture (Appears When Toggled)

Todo: Description

• Detail (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _detail

Note:  Appears When Mod2X, Overlay, or Overlay and Normals are selected.

• Detail Normal (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _normal

Note:  Appears When Normals or Overlay and Normals are selected.

• Detail Normal Strength - ^[Clarify] (Range: 0.000 - 1.000)
• Detail Blend Factor - ^[Clarify] (Range: 0.000 - 1.000)

• Tex Coord Scale - Adjusts the U and V scale for this layer.
  • Left Box - ^[Clarify], U coord, multiplier, any number.
  • Right Box - ^[Clarify], V coord, multiplier, any number.

• Tex Coord Rotation - Rotates the texture. Range is -360 to +360

• Detail Mask (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _detailmask

• Detail Tex Coord Offset - ^[Clarify]
  • Left Box - ^[Clarify], U Coord (Range: 0.000 - 1.00)
  • Right Box - ^[Clarify], V Coord (Range: 0.000 - 1.00)

• Detail Blend To Full - ^[Clarify] (Range: 0.000 - 1.00)
• Use Secondary Uv For Detail Mask - ^[Clarify]
• Use Secondary Uv For Detail Texture - ^[Clarify]

Fog

Todo: Description

• Fog Enabled - Choose whether or not material is affected by fog.

Texture Address Mode

Todo: Description

• Address Mode U - ^[Clarify]
  • Wrap - ^[Clarify]
  • Mirror - ^[Clarify]
  • Clamp - ^[Clarify]
  • Border - ^[Clarify]
  • MirrorOnce - ^[Clarify]

• Address Mode V - ^[Clarify]
  • Wrap - ^[Clarify]
  • Mirror - ^[Clarify]
  • Clamp - ^[Clarify]
  • Border - ^[Clarify]
  • MirrorOnce - ^[Clarify]

Transmission (Appears When Toggled)

Todo: Description

• Transmissive Color (Image Input) - Path to raw image, accepting .psd, .tga, .tif, .pfm, .mks, .png, .jpg, .exr
  • Image Suffix: _color

Shader Options

Shadows

• Do Not Cast Shadows - Disables shadows being cast from this material.

2-Sided Rendering

• Render Backfaces - Disables culling on backfaces.
• Don't Flip Backface Normals - Doesn't flip the backfaces normals, when Render Backfaces is enabled.

Z-Buffering

• Disable Z Buffering - ^[Clarify]
• Depth Bias - ^[Clarify]
• Occlusion Culling Bounds Scale - ^[Clarify]
  • When Enabled: Adds a variable multiplier with a range of 1.000 - 100.000

Z-Prepass

• Disable Z Prepass - ^[Clarify]

Translucent

• Alpha Test - ^[Clarify]
• Translucent - ^[Clarify]
• Additive Blend - ^[Clarify]

Per-Instance Tint Mask

• Tint Mask - ^[Clarify]
  • When Enabled: Adds a Tint Mask section to the Color variable.

PBR

• Anistropic Gloss - ^[Clarify]
• Self Illum - ^[Clarify]
• Metalness Texture - ^[Clarify]
• Transmissive Backface Ndotl - ^[Clarify]
• Use Albedo for Transmissive - ^[Clarify]
• Disable Transmissive Shadows - ^[Clarify]
• Cloth Shading - ^[Clarify]

Detail Texture

• Detail Texture - ^[Clarify]
  • None - ^[Clarify]
  • Mod2x - ^[Clarify]
  • Overlay - ^[Clarify]
  • Normals - ^[Clarify]
  • Overlay and Normals - ^[Clarify]

Secondary UV

• Secondary Uv - ^[Clarify]

Animation

• Texture Animation - ^[Clarify]
• Texture Animation Mode - ^[Clarify]
  • Sequential - ^[Clarify]
  • Random - ^[Clarify]
  • Scripted - ^[Clarify]

Decal Texture

• Decal Texture - ^[Clarify]

Decal Blend Mode

• Decal Blend Mode - ^[Clarify]

Vertex Color

• Paint Vertex Colors - ^[Clarify]

Lightmapping

• Ignore Face Normals for Lighting - ^[Clarify]