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# 1 21-04-2003 , 12:41 AM
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Poly textures, one file or many?

When texturing a poly mesh, do I need to have all the textures for the whole mesh in a single image file or is it possible to texture one area of the mesh with one image file and place a different image file for another part of the poly mesh?

For example have a file called front.tga and back.tga or should I map them together into one large file? Thanks.
 
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# 2 21-04-2003 , 12:46 AM
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Depends on th model mate... Most of the time one will do..
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# 3 21-04-2003 , 05:32 AM
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If you want, select all of the faces of your 'front' and apply the front shader. And the same for the back.
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# 4 21-04-2003 , 06:04 AM
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Only game models are really limited as to the number of textures and size of textures you can use
 
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