• 2.1 What is a Shader?
• 2.2 Shader Name & File Conventions
• 2.3 Shader Types
• 2.4 Key Concepts
  • 2.4.1 Surface Effects vs. Content Effects vs. Deformation Effects
  • 2.4.2 Power Has a Price
  • 2.4.3 RGB Color
  • 2.4.4 Normalization: a Scale of 0 to 1
  • 2.4.5 Texture Sizes
  • 2.4.6 Color Math
  • 2.4.7 Measurements
  • 2.4.8 Waveform Functions

• 3.1 skyParms <farbox> <cloudheight> <nearbox>
• 3.2 cull <side>
  • 3.2.1 cull front
  • 3.2.2 cull back
  • 3.2.3 cull disable, cull none
• 3.3 deformVertexes
  • 3.3.1 deformVertexes wave <div> <func> <base> <amplitude> <phase> <freq>
  • 3.3.2 deformVertexes normal <div> <func> <base> <amplitude ~0.1-~0.5> <frequency ~1.0-~4.0>
  • 3.3.3 deformVertexes bulge <bulgeWidth> <bulgeHeight> <bulgeSpeed>
  • 3.3.4 deformVertexes move <x> <y> <z> <func> <base> <amplitude> <phase> <freq>
  • 3.3.5 DeformVertexes autosprite
  • 3.3.6 DeformVertexes autosprite2
• 3.4 fogparms <red value> <green value> <blue value> <distance to Opaque>
• 3.5 nopicmip
• 3.6 nomipmap
• 3.7 polygonOffset
• 3.8 portal
• 3.9 sort <value>

• 4.1 tessSize <amount>
• 4.2 q3map_backshader <shadername>
• 4.3 q3map_globaltexture
• 4.4 q3map_sun <red> <green> <blue> <intensity> <degrees> <elevation>
• 4.5 q3map_surfaceLight <light value>
• 4.6 q3map_lightimage < texturepath/texturename>
• 4.7 q3map_lightsubdivide <value>
• 4.8 surfaceparm <parm>
  • 4.8.1 alphashadow
  • 4.8.2 areaportal
  • 4.8.3 clusterportal
  • 4.8.4 donotenter
  • 4.8.5 flesh
  • 4.8.6 fog
  • 4.8.7 lava
  • 4.8.8 metalsteps
  • 4.8.9 nodamage
  • 4.8.10 nodlight
  • 4.8.11 nodraw
  • 4.8.12 nodrop
  • 4.8.13 noimpact
  • 4.8.14 nomarks
  • 4.8.15 nolightmap
  • 4.8.16 nosteps
  • 4.8.17 nonsolid
  • 4.8.18 origin
  • 4.8.19 playerclip
  • 4.8.20 slick
  • 4.8.21 slime
  • 4.8.22 structural
  • 4.8.23 trans
  • 4.8.24 water

• 5.1 qer_editorimage < texture path/texturename>
• 5.2 qer_nocarve
• 5.3 qer_trans <value>

• 6.1 Texture map specification
  • 6.1.1 map <texturepath/texturename>
  • 6.1.2 Clampmap <texturepath>
  • 6.1.3 AnimMap <frequency> <texture1> ... <texture8>
• 6.2 Blend Functions
  • 6.2.1 Simplified blend functions
    • 6.2.1.1 blendfunc add
    • 6.2.1.2 blendfunc filter
    • 6.2.1.3 blendfunc blend
  • 6.2.2 Explicit blend functions
  • 6.2.3 Source Blend <srcBlend>
  • 6.2.4 Destination Blend <dstBlend>
  • 6.2.5 Default Blend Function
  • 6.2.6 Technical Information/Limitations Regarding Blend Modes
• 6.3 rgbGen <func>
  • 6.3.1 RgbGen identityLighting
  • 6.3.2 rgbGen identity
  • 6.3.3 rgbGen wave <func> <base> <amp> <phase> <freq>
  • 6.3.4 RgbGen entity
  • 6.3.5 rgbGen oneMinusEntity
  • 6.3.6 rgbGen Vertex
  • 6.3.7 rgbGen oneMinusVertex
  • 6.3.8 rgbGen lightingDiffuse
• 6.4 AlphaGen <func>
  • 6.4.1 AlphaGen portal
• 6.5 tcGen <coordinate source>
  • 6.5.1 tcGen vector (<sx> <sy> <sz>) (<tx> <ty> <tz>)
• 6.6 tcMod <func> <...>
  • 6.6.1 tcMod rotate <degrees per per second>
  • 6.6.2 tcMod scale <sScale> <tScale>
  • 6.6.3 tcMod scroll <sSpeed> <tSpeed>
  • 6.6.4 tcMod stretch <func> <base> <amplitude> <phase> <frequency>
  • 6.6.5 tcMod <transform> <m00> <m01> <m10> <m11> <t0> <t1>
  • 6.6.6 tcMod turb <base> <amplitude> <phase> <freq>
• 6.7 depthFunc <func>
• 6.8 depthWrite
• 6.9 Detail
• 6.10 alphaFunc <func>

• 9.1 Tools Needed
• 9.2 Setting up Files
• 9.3 Rules and Guidelines
  • 9.3.1 Rules
  • 9.3.2 Guidelines
• 9.4 Making the .pk3 File

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