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<h1>Material Editor - Tutorial 1</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> The Material Editor is where you create and edit material files (.mat). These files tell the engine which textures and material properties each model uses.<br/> <br/> For this tutorial we will go through controls, viewer properties and setting basic textures (diffuse, normal and specular map) for a tileable floor material. </p> <hr /> <p> First open MaterialEditor.exe located in the game redist.<br/> Since we will be working with a floor we need the preview window to display a plane instead of a box. Simply change Box to plane under "Model" to the right.<br/> Preview controls:<br/> Zoom: scroll wheel<br/> Move lightsource direction: right mouse button+move mouse<br/> <br/> There are a few options under the preview window and they are easy understand.<br/> <br/> To add a diffuse texture check the "Diffuse" box under "Texture Units".<br/> Under "File" press the button next to it, locate and choose a floor texture (example: redist&lt;nowiki>&#92;&lt;/nowiki>static_objects&lt;nowiki>&#92;&lt;/nowiki>mansionbase&lt;nowiki>&#92;&lt;/nowiki>floor&lt;nowiki>&#92;&lt;/nowiki>mansionbase_floor_boards.dds).<br/> Keep the other options as it is.<br/> Do the same thing again with "NMap" and "Specular". These should located at the same place and with _nrm and _specular as prefix.<br/> This is a wood material so do not forget to set "Physics Material" to "Wood" at the top of the window.<br/> Save!<br/> <a href="/lib/exe/detail.php?id=hpl2%3Atutorials%3Amaterial_editor%3Atutorial_1&media=hpl2:tutorials:material_editor:material_editor01.jpg" class="media" title="hpl2:tutorials:material_editor:material_editor01.jpg"><img src="/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=hpl2:tutorials:material_editor:material_editor01.jpg" class="media" title="material_editor01.jpg" alt="material_editor01.jpg" /></a> </p> </div>