What is nature/quarry_trans_normal for?

Jeebies

L2: Junior Member
Feb 15, 2008
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I was browsing the tf textures and ran across this and was wondering how this is used - does anyone know? It looks like a 3d anaglyph of some crystals or something...

nature/quarry_trans_normal
 

Spike

L10: Glamorous Member
Feb 13, 2008
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normalmaps are used to create the 3D appearence on flat textures. You can see examples of it on all HL2, brick walls, concrete walls, human models, etc. If you look at water textures u will realize they are the same kind of textures, they are flat but it looks like a 3D surface

You can link a normal map to a texture with the .vmf.