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MoP: swapped incorrect headings around

2007-12-11T10:51:21Z

swapped incorrect headings around

MoP at 18:02, 26 November 2007

2007-11-26T18:02:19Z

MoP at 13:23, 17 October 2007

2007-10-17T13:23:49Z

MoP at 13:23, 17 October 2007

2007-10-17T13:23:28Z

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MegaGen is the in-game tool for generating uncompressed, un-lit [[MegaTexture]] tiles. It loads a [[surface tree]], analyses the nodes and texture layers, and renders out sets of 4096x4096 pixel diffuse and local normal-map textures.<includeonly>

{{main|MegaGen}}</includeonly><noinclude>

Output files can be found in the base game folder under ''maps/<mapname>_x_y.tga'', where x and y denote the tile number (0,0 being top left).

= Options =
*Resolution - the final [[MegaTexture]]'s width and height in pixels.
** Same as '''-r <resolution>''' on the command line
*Render hidden nodes - this will render all nodes, even if they're hidden by the designer
** Same as '''-renderHidden''' on the command line

= Video Cache =
* '''st_imageCacheSize''' - amount of system RAM used for caching textures. The bigger this is, the faster compiles will go.
**32-bit EXEs should only use up to around 1GB or so (1024).
**64-bit EXEs can use up to around 7GB (7168) (This is on a machine with 8GB of memory, more could be used if more is available. Safe bet is to use at least a GB less than there is physical memory available).

= Memory Cache =
* '''st_imageCacheVidMemSize''' - amount of video RAM used for caching textures. This shouldn't be more than half of your card's RAM.

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[[Category:Level Design]]
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−	MegaGen is the in-game tool for generating uncompressed, un-lit [[MegaTexture]] tiles. It loads a [[~~surface tree~~]], analyses the nodes and texture layers, and renders out sets of 4096x4096 pixel diffuse and local normal-map textures.<includeonly>	+	MegaGen is the in-game tool for generating uncompressed, un-lit [[MegaTexture]] tiles. It loads a [[Surface Tree]], analyses the nodes and texture layers, and renders out sets of 4096x4096 pixel diffuse and local normal-map textures.<includeonly>

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 ** Same as '''-renderHidden''' on the command line
-= Video Cache =
+= Memory Cache =
 * '''st_imageCacheSize''' - amount of system RAM used for caching textures. The bigger this is, the faster compiles will go.
-**32-bit EXEs should only use up to around 1GB or so (1024).
+**32-bit EXEs should only use up to around 1.5GB or so (1536).
 **64-bit EXEs can use up to around 7GB (7168) (This is on a machine with 8GB of memory, more could be used if more is available. Safe bet is to use at least a GB less than there is physical memory available).
-= Memory Cache =
+= Video Cache =
 * '''st_imageCacheVidMemSize''' - amount of video RAM used for caching textures. This shouldn't be more than half of your card's RAM.

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 Output files can be found in the base game folder under ''maps/<mapname>_x_y.tga'', where x and y denote the tile number (0,0 being top left).
-= Options =
+= MegaBuild Options =
 *Resolution - the final [[MegaTexture]]'s width and height in pixels.
 ** Same as '''-r <resolution>''' on the command line