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diff --git a/doc/classes/BaseMaterial3D.xml b/doc/classes/BaseMaterial3D.xml index aa2ffae48c..f6b16ed2e3 100644 --- a/doc/classes/BaseMaterial3D.xml +++ b/doc/classes/BaseMaterial3D.xml @@ -80,13 +80,16 @@ Threshold at which the alpha scissor will discard values. </member> <member name="anisotropy" type="float" setter="set_anisotropy" getter="get_anisotropy" default="0.0"> - The strength of the anisotropy effect. + The strength of the anisotropy effect. This is multiplied by [member anisotropy_flowmap]'s alpha channel if a texture is defined there and the texture contains an alpha channel. </member> <member name="anisotropy_enabled" type="bool" setter="set_feature" getter="get_feature" default="false"> - If [code]true[/code], anisotropy is enabled. Changes the shape of the specular blob and aligns it to tangent space. Mesh tangents are needed for this to work. If the mesh does not contain tangents the anisotropy effect will appear broken. + If [code]true[/code], anisotropy is enabled. Anisotropy changes the shape of the specular blob and aligns it to tangent space. This is useful for brushed aluminium and hair reflections. + [b]Note:[/b] Mesh tangents are needed for anisotropy to work. If the mesh does not contain tangents, the anisotropy effect will appear broken. + [b]Note:[/b] Material anisotropy should not to be confused with anisotropic texture filtering, which can be enabled by setting [member texture_filter] to [constant TEXTURE_FILTER_LINEAR_WITH_MIPMAPS_ANISOTROPIC]. </member> <member name="anisotropy_flowmap" type="Texture2D" setter="set_texture" getter="get_texture"> - Texture that offsets the tangent map for anisotropy calculations. + Texture that offsets the tangent map for anisotropy calculations and optionally controls the anisotropy effect (if an alpha channel is present). The flowmap texture is expected to be a derivative map, with the red channel representing distortion on the X axis and green channel representing distortion on the Y axis. Values below 0.5 will result in negative distortion, whereas values above 0.5 will result in positive distortion. + If present, the texture's alpha channel will be used to multiply the strength of the [member anisotropy] effect. Fully opaque pixels will keep the anisotropy effect's original strength while fully transparent pixels will disable the anisotropy effect entirely. The flowmap texture's blue channel is ignored. </member> <member name="ao_enabled" type="bool" setter="set_feature" getter="get_feature" default="false"> If [code]true[/code], ambient occlusion is enabled. Ambient occlusion darkens areas based on the [member ao_texture]. |