$bumpmap

A material's albedo (left) compared to its bump map.

The above material in-game.

The $bumpmap VMT parameter specifies a texture that will provide three-dimensional lighting information for a material. The texture is a bump map, but the process it is used for is called normal mapping. The two terms are often used interchangeably, however.

Warning: $bumpmap will disable prop_static's per-vertex lighting in every Source game but CS:GO. Not enough data is stored in the vertices for normal mapping, so the engine has no choice but to fall back.

Note:

• In the Water shader, $bumpmap is for a DX8 du/dv map. Use $normalmap instead.
• The $bumpmap parameter is not compatible with decals textures.

Basic syntax

LightmappedGeneric
{
	$basetexture	brick/brickwall021a
	$surfaceprop	brick
	$bumpmap		brick/brickwall021a_normal
}

Additional parameters

$bumptransform <matrix>

Transforms the bump map texture. Requires DirectX 9 or above.

The default position is "center .5 .5 scale 1 1 rotate 0 translate 0 0".

1. center defines the point of rotation. Only useful if rotate is being used.
2. scale fits the texture into the material the given number of times. '2 1' is a 50% scale in the X axis.
3. rotate rotates the texture counter-clockwise in degrees. Accepts any number, including negatives.
4. translate shifts the texture by the given numbers. '.5' will shift it half-way.

Note:All values must be included!

Bug: Scaling the texture may cause odd issues where the Texture Lock tool in Hammer will not actually lock the texture in place.

Bug: Rotating textures applied on brushes will rotate around the map origin (confirm: Orangebox engine only?). A fix for this is to change the center position in the VMT to the brush's origin.

$ssbump

Flags the bump map texture as being self-shadowing. Click for more details.

$bumpscale <float>

Scales the bump map by the given value in DirectX 8.

$bumpframe <integer>

The frame to start an animated bump map on.

$nodiffusebumplighting <bool>

Stops the bump map affecting the lighting of the material's albedo, which help combat overdraw. Does not affect the specular map.

Bug: Does not function in Orange Box builds and later.

$forcebump <bool>

Forces DirectX 8 cards to render the bump map. They normally don't for performance reasons.

$bumpoffset <?>

Confirm:DX8 version of center?

$bumpmap2 <texture>

$bumpframe2 <integer>

Used by the WorldVertexTransition shader in blend materials that display two textures. DirectX 9 required.

Console commands

mat_fastnobump <bool>

Quickly enables/disabled normal mapping.

mat_normalmaps <bool>

Displays the bump map texture of all materials that have one in place of their albedo.

(Yes, these two commands have bump and normal the wrong way around!)

See also

• $ssbump
• Bump map, for technical details and a guide to creation.