Terrain normal map.

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Okay so i noticed that there is a "normal map" texture slot in unity's terrain paint tool so i thought i'd make a normal map.I did using CrazyBump but i'm kinda lost on how to apply it.Any help?!?!

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Answer by phfatmonkey · Feb 12, 2013 at 08:16 PM

Here's a link that walks you through it:

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/157140-Unity-4-Beta-terrain-normal-maps-help

But here's the step by step:

Create terrain
Create a material of type Nature > Terrain > Bumped Specular. There won't be a place to apply textures there. That's ok.
Select your terrain and hit the wheel tab (Settings)
Under Base Terrain there is a material slot. Add your newly created material there.
Click the brush tab.
Click the Edit Textures button, then Add Texture.
The window that pops up will allow you to add a diffuse and normal map texture. Click Apply.
Your new texture will fill the terrain if it's the only one. Add more and you can paint them on the terrain.

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PsychoPsam · Mar 19, 2014 at 03:23 PM 0

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The only problem though is the terrain is now shiny. Is there a way to change it in the shader perhaps? Or is there a way to make another shader which is just diffuse bump without spec?

Poemind · May 19, 2014 at 05:49 PM 0

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Yes, is there an answer to the shininess problem mentioned above?

AlucardJay · May 19, 2014 at 06:09 PM 0

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Not that I have found, cannot seem to find a terrain shader that does bump but not specular :(

Something in the Asset Store I've seen but not tried : https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/2680

$$anonymous$$ostiantyn Dvorniks blog with some terrain examples to exa$$anonymous$$e :

$$anonymous$$y next step was to download the inbuilt shaders from here, try and write a new one without the specular. Without any shader knowledge this will be hard!

As I'm currently working on a project, I havn't had time to check these and find a good solution, but I will need a decent terrain bump shader soon, so if you find something here or elsewhere that works, please post back with your findings =]

DaCoder · Jun 02, 2014 at 01:25 PM 1

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To get rid of the shininess you can select your material and set the Specular Color to black.

SterlingStudios · Jun 09, 2014 at 11:51 AM 1

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Got a solution. Go to the material you made. Click on specular color. $$anonymous$$ake it black. Happy Birthday!

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