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| ====== The Preferences Tab ====== | ====== The Preferences Tab ====== | ||
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| To access your preferences, click the Preferences Tab in the main GUI. From here you can set up the way Lys performs | To access your preferences, click the Preferences Tab in the main GUI. From here you can set up the way Lys performs | ||
| - | + | ===== Prefix/Suffix settings ===== | |
| - | The Preferences Tab | + | ** |
| + | Prefix/Suffix Settings:** Enable Prefix: Checking this option will allow you to globally appended a prefix to each maps file name once saved. You can either edit the name in the input field or use the various dropdowns to choose a preset. For example, If your saved normal map is going to be called example.tga and you choose the T_ prefix, the file will then be renamed to T_example.tga | ||
| - | + | **Suffix:** Here you can change the suffix that each map will have appended to its file name once saved. You can either edit the name in the input field or use the various dropdowns to choose a preset. For example, If your saved normal map is going to be called example.tga and you choose the _normal suffix, the file will then be renamed to example_normal.tga | |
| - | Axis Swizzle settings | ||
| - | + | ===== Orientation Options ===== | |
| + | **Cube Map Axis:** | ||
| - | Axis Swizzle: Here you can change the axis in the dropdown to match the Normal/Derivative maps for your engine or application as required, allowing you to save your preference so that it loads by default when Knald starts. By default Knald is set to X+Y+Z+, so if you are using a normal map that differs from this configuration, you will need to change this setting. To change this setting either use the dropdown menu or check the Flip Green check box. | + | **Source:** |
| - | + | **Source Flip Front/Back:** | |
| - | Prefix/Suffix settings | + | **Target:** |
| - | + | **Target Flip Front/Back:** | |
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| - | Prefix/Suffix Settings: Enable Prefix: Checking this option will allow you to globally appended a prefix to each maps file name once saved. You can either edit the name in the input field or use the various dropdowns to choose a preset. For example, If your saved normal map is going to be called example.tga and you choose the T_ prefix, the file will then be renamed to T_example.tga | + | |
| - | Suffix: Here you can change the suffix that each map will have appended to its file name once saved. You can either edit the name in the input field or use the various dropdowns to choose a preset. For example, If your saved normal map is going to be called example.tga and you choose the _normal suffix, the file will then be renamed to example_normal.tga | + | **Debug Cube Map Face Positions:** |
| - | 3D Preview Settings | + | ===== Miscellaneous ===== |
| - | + | **Enable Dithering:** | |
| - | 3d Preview: Change .obj axis so that Y/Z is up Changes the direction of the up axis in the 3d preview window. Change this to match the up direction of your exported mesh. | + | **Render Ground Truth Specular using Brute Force Method:** |
| - | Enable gamma correction on Specular Enables/Disables Gamma correction on the Specular in the 3d viewport. | + | **Use Legacy DDS Header Encoding:** |
| - | Use per vertex tangent space Toggles between per vertex tangent space and no tangent space derivative when viewing imported meshes. This requires a reboot of Knald to take affect. | + | **Enable Anti-Aliasing in the 2D Preview Window:** |
| - | + | **Dilate Results:** | |
| - | Miscellaneous settings | + | **Display Update Notifications on Startup:** |
| - | + | **Enable Tooltips:** Checking this option will turn tool tips on/off at a global level. | |
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| - | Miscellaneous: Pack Displacement into the Alpha of a Normal Map Checking this option will automatically pack the Height Map/Displacement Map into the Alpha channel of the Normal map when saved. | + | |
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| - | Pack Displacement into the Alpha of a blank texture Checking this option will automatically pack the Height Map/Displacement Map into the Alpha channel of a blank texture when saved. The textures RGB channels will be filled with white. | + | |
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| - | Use Alpha by default Checking this option will automatically force Knald to use an Alpha channel by default, when processing Normal/Derivative maps. Using an Alpha channel will cause the masked area to be read as flat. | + | |
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| - | Enable Tooltips: Checking this option will turn tool tips on/off at a global level. | + | |
| - | Save Preferences Configuration | + | ===== Save Preferences Configuration ===== |
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| - | Save Preferences?: Save the changes you have made to the preferences. Apply will apply the changes to the current Knald session only. Save will save the changes you have made and apply them to the current and future sessions of Knald that you run. Cancel will revert any changes that you have made back to the last save that you made | + | **Save Preferences?:** Save the changes you have made to the preferences. Apply will apply the changes to the current Knald session only. Save will save the changes you have made and apply them to the current and future sessions of Knald that you run. Cancel will revert any changes that you have made back to the last save that you made |
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