question about texture size
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Hello!
When I create a 3D creature and I unwrap it into 2D (with Lithunwrap), I arrange the projections and the result is a texture with 1000x750 or 800x600 size. Is it a problem? Have I force the square size(512x512,1024,1024)?
What if I'm using gluBuild2DMipmaps? What is Opengl doing?
In a game like (HL2, or Doom3) what is the texture size?
Thanks, and sorry for the bad english:)
Author
do I have to force the suare size (512x512, etc...)? // understandable question
sorry for the bad english:)
sorry for the bad english:)
When using basic OpenGL, no you do not need to have square textures, however, the sides DO have to be powers of two (64,128,256,512,1024,etc). So both sides can have a different number:
128x128
128x256
128x512
256x256
etc are all allowed.
There does exist an extension that can load non-power-of-two textures NV_render_texture_rectangle
128x128
128x256
128x512
256x256
etc are all allowed.
There does exist an extension that can load non-power-of-two textures NV_render_texture_rectangle
Note that gluBuild2DMipmaps will infact accept non power of two texture (ie. things like 800x600), but it will internally resize them to the nearest power of two.
This is a very common question, perhaps a detailed answer should go into the FAQ ?
This is a very common question, perhaps a detailed answer should go into the FAQ ?
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