[GDS|Entropy] nous illumina en ce 2009-04-12 05:45 -->
> Hello,
> 
> Sorry for lack of updates recently; got a new GF...and you know how 
> consuming those can be. :-)
> 
> Before I proceed with the currently nonexistent waters.inc and 
> waterSurfaces.inc, I have a few questions that I wish to pose to the 
> community.
> 
> 1) how should I handle materials? Those weren't typically used in the .inc 
> files before, and it could be confusing to users calling textures when 
> confronted with a surprise material.
> 
> 2) there have been a few suggestions as to the method of handling radiosity 
> compatibility. How should I do this? I had intended on zeroing ambient, but 
> there was a thread in which an emissive (needs new keyword due to media 
> conflict) property was defined. Though a good idea, can this be implemented? 
> If not, then I think I should just zero ambient as planned. Another method 
> from Christian F. defined a macro on/off for ambient. Is there a consensus? 
> Should I post a survey to my site or something?
> 
> That's about it for now.
> 
> I'm going to proceed with waters.inc under a new post, and I thank all 
> members who submitted metal textures. If you have more, go for it and post 
> them under the metals.inc thread.
> 
> As a side note I am writing a simple prog to store textures in an xml file 
> with pre rendered pictures displayed on demand. This might progress to 
> integration with povray, who knows...right now its just meant to organize 
> submitted textures and dump them to include files. If I end up adding much 
> more to this and it becomes useful, I just may open source it and post it as 
> a utility. A HDD search feature would be nice but I'm not likely to 
> implement that...I'd hate to have to write that regex.. O_o'
> 
> ian 
> 
> 
It's easy to have a material AND a texture.
If someone want a texture, he use the texture. If he want a material, then, he 
use the material.
You can diferiensate them with a prefix:
"P_" for pigments.
"T_" for textures. You also can have no prefix for the texture.
"M_" for materials.
"I_" for interiors.
"F_" for finishes.

As long as you are self concistent, it should be OK.

-- 
Alain
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