Material

The Material { } is a very complex subnode of the ScaledVersion { } node. It regulates the body's ScaledSpace material, and thus, is a crucial element in the formation of a body. Unfortunately, the subnode comes in three different formats, each depending on the value set in ScaledVersion/type. Therefore, three different examples will be given and types will be marked in the table.

Example #

// Vacuum planet/moon
Material
{
	texture = Fruits/PluginData/Banana_colormap.dds
	normals = Fruits/PluginData/Banana_normalmap.dds
	color = 0.6, 0.7, 0.2, 1
	specColor = 0.5, 0.8, 0.7, 1
	shininess = 0.15
	
	resourceMap = Fruits/PluginData/Banana_resourcemap.dds
}

// Atmospheric planet/moon
Material
{
	texture = Fruits/PluginData/Blueberry_colormap.dds
	normals = Fruits/PluginData/Blueberry_normalmap.dds
	color = 0.2, 0.3, 0.65, 1
	specColor = 0.15, 0.2, 0.5, 1
	shininess = 0.215
	
	rimPower = 2.25
	rimBlend = 0.875
	Gradient
	{
		0.0 = 0.2,0.9,0.4,1.0
		0.05 = 0.5,0.7,0.2,1.0
		0.1 = 0.6,0.5,0.1,1.0
		0.2 = 0.2,0.2,0.0,1.0
		0.5 = 0.05,0.05,0.0,1.0
		1.0 = 0.0,0.0,0.0,1.0
	}
	
	resourceMap = Fruits/PluginData/Blueberry_resourcemap.dds
}

// Star
Material
{
	noiseMap = Fruits/PluginData/Watermelon_noisemap.dds
	emitColor0 = 0.245, 0.825, 0.675, 1
	emitColor1 = 0.36275, 0.75, 0.47365, 1
	sunspotTex = Fruits/PluginData/Watermelon_sunspotmap.dds
	sunspotPower = 0.75
	sunspotColor = 0.2875, 0.315, 0.0565, 1
	rimColor = 0.2875, 0.9085, 0.75, 1
	rimPower = 0.7925
	rimBlend = 2.25
}

NOTE: Vacuum = "V", Atmospheric = "A", and Star = "S".

Property	Format	Applies to Type(s)	Description
color	Color	V, A	The main color of the body. Default is (1, 1, 1, 1).
specColor	Color	V, A	The specular color. Default is (0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1).
shininess	Decimal	V, A	The size of the bright spot of sunlight reflecting off the body. The effect is obvious on oceans, but it is less noticeable on bodies without oceans. Default is 0.078125.
texture	File Path	V, A	(Also mainTex) The texture containing the ScaledSpace color map. Default is "White".
mainTexScale	Vector2	V, A	The scale of the color map.
mainTexOffset	Vector2	V, A	The offset of the color map.
normals	File Path	V, A	(Also bumpMap) The texture containing the normal map. Default is "bump".
bumpMapScale	Vector2	V, A	The scale of the normal map.
bumpMapOffset	Vector2	V, A	The offset of the normal map.
opacity	Decimal	V, A	The opacity of the ScaledSpace material. Default is 1.
rampMap	File Path	S	The texture containing the star's ramp map. Default is "White".
rampMapScale	Vector2	S	The scale of the ramp map.
rampMapOffset	Vector2	S	The offset of the ramp map.
noiseMap	File Path	S	The texture containing the star's noise map. Default is "White".
noiseMapScale	Vector2	S	The scale of the noise map.
noiseMapOffset	Vector2	S	The offset of the noise map.
emitColor0	Color	S	The first emission color. Default is (1, 1, 1, 1).
emitColor1	Color	S	The second emission color. Default is (1, 1, 1, 1).
sunspotTex	File Path	S	The texture containing the star's sunspots. Default is "White".
sunspotTexScale	Vector2	S	The scale of the sunspot texture.
sunspotTexOffset	Vector2	S	The offset of the sunspot texture.
sunspotPower	Decimal	S	The power of the sunspots. Default is 1.
sunspotColor	Color	S	The color of the sunspots. Default is (0, 0, 0, 0).
rimColor	Color	S	The rim color. Default is (1, 1, 1, 1).
rimPower	Decimal	A, S	How far from the rim of the sphere/planet the atmosphere rim will go. The lower the number, the greater the coverage. The higher the number, the closer to the edge of the sphere it will cling to. Default for "A" is 3, "S" is 0.2.
rimBlend	Decimal	A, S	The blend between the atmosphere and the rim. Default for "A" is 1, "S" is 0.2.
rimColorRamp	File Path	A	The texture containing the atmosphere's rim color ramp. Default is "White".
rimColorRampScale	Vector2	A	The scale of the rim color ramp.
rimColorRampOffset	Vector2	A	The offset of the rim color ramp.
Gradient	Gradient	A	The rimColorRamp, but explicitly defined through a gradient. The left value is the position on the gradient from 0 to 1, and the right value is the color at that position. 0 describes the side facing the local star, and 1 describes the side facing away from the local star. For a realistic gradient, the terminator value should be approximately at 0.1, whereas stock gradients have a terminator at 0.5.
localLightDirection	Vector4	A	The direction of the local light. Default is (1, 0, 0, 0).
resourceMap	File Path	V, A	The texture containing the body's resource map. Default is "Black".
resourceMapScale	Vector2	V, A	The scale of the resource map.
resourceMapOffset	Vector2	V, A	The offset of the resource map.