Texture tiling

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Almo (Posted 2004) [#1]

Hi! Is there an easy way to tile textures? For example, if a texture is on a 1x1 cube, I want to make a 4x4 cube where the texture tiles over the surface, so it's displayed 16 times.

Mustang (Posted 2004) [#2]

UV mapping...

Almo (Posted 2004) [#3]

Sorry, I'm a 3d newbie. What's UV mapping?

Mustang (Posted 2004) [#4]

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/kelbeau/max2ued/html/uvw.html http://www.psionic3d.co.uk/tutorials/lowpoly/zuvm.html http://www.delaflor.com/uvtutorial2.html

Almo (Posted 2004) [#5]

So do I have to use a modelling program? I'm just a lowly programmer. I just want to take this one texture and use Blitz to texture various things made with CreateCube.

Odds On (Posted 2004) [#6]

You can use ScaleTexture on the texture you want to tile. Basically scale the texture the opposite amount you want to tile it (ScaleTexture tex, 0.25, 0.25) to tile it 4 times on the cube. An easier way to remember how much to tile it is to simply use: ScaleTexture tex, 1.0/num_tiles, 1.0/num_tiles

Almo (Posted 2004) [#7]

Got it. Thanks!